AltWeeklies Wire
'When Did You Last See Your Father?' Floats Along Unconvincinglynew
If it were more maudlin, it'd be a cheesy TV movie, but then it might at least have greater feeling to it.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
07-07-2008 |
Reviews
'I Love Money' is Exactly What it Sounds Like: Patheticnew
With I Love Money, even the pretense of looking for a personal connection has been abandoned. The title brazenly declares the true intentions of just about anyone who goes on a reality TV show (look for Please Pay Attention to Me, coming soon).
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
07-07-2008 |
TV
'Garcia Girls' is Worth the Roundabout Journeynew
Showcased at Sundance back in 2005, How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer finally makes its way to theaters thank no doubt to the increased profile of star America Ferrera, better known these days for her role on Ugly Betty. Whatever the reason, it's a welcome arrival and a nice alternative to what we typically consider summer entertainment at the movies.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
06-27-2008 |
Reviews
Pixar Hits New Creative Heights with 'WALL-E'new
This pointed satire of our short-sighted indolence -- itself far more thought-provoking, by the way, than were such recent eco-docs as An Inconvenient Truth and The 11th Hour -- ultimately satisfies more than does the cutesy romance between WALL-E and EVE, which has a few lovely moments but generally tends to pander.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Mike D'Angelo |
06-27-2008 |
Reviews
What 'The Love Guru' Doesn't Have is Anything Actually Funny or Relevantnew
But it does have everything a big summer comedy is expected to have, including star cameos, sex jokes, gay jokes, penis jokes, testicle jokes, pee jokes, poop jokes and booger jokes.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
06-19-2008 |
Reviews
'The Incredible Hulk' Reboots -- but Can't Improve -- the Marvel Superheronew
If you enjoy watching huge dudes wail on each other, you surely won't be disappointed; those hoping for something more, however, will sense the movie shrinking even as the CGI steroids kick in.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Mike D'Angelo |
06-16-2008 |
Reviews
USA’s New Procedural Marshals Little Excitementnew
Procedural fans looking for something new this summer probably won’t mind Sight’s mediocrity, and it does at least make an effort to shed some light on an area of police work that’s underrepresented in TV and movies—and generally depicted from the criminal’s perspective if it’s showcased at all. The more these similar shows fill the cable airwaves, though, the harder each one will have to work to distinguish itself. And in that respect, In Plain Sight clearly falls short.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
06-05-2008 |
TV
'Swingtown' is Both Timid and Titillatingnew
With the sexual revolution in full swing, so to speak, the show's adventurous suburbanites explore such racy activities as group sex and partner-swapping, while their teenage kids do some experimenting of their own.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
06-05-2008 |
TV
Film Should've Remained in Shallow Waternew
Though the title implies otherwise, Bra Boys is neither an ’80s sex romp nor a cross-dressing exposé. The documentary does, however, concern porn: the little-known genre of wave porn, specifically.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Julie Seabaugh |
06-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Bra Boys, Sunny Abberton
It's Not the TV Show, but the 'Sex and the City' Movie Still Deliversnew
It's been four long years since we last saw Sex and the City, and boy, has it gained weight -- about two hours' worth. Clocking in at a gargantuan 148 minutes, the feature-length addition to the beloved HBO series feels a tad long. (I mean, I love Sex as much as the next person, but two and a half straight hours of it is going to leave someone sore.)
Las Vegas Weekly |
Matthew Scott Hunter |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
'Prince Caspian' is a Satisfying Visit Back to the Fantasy Worldnew
Andrew Adamson's film version of the C.S. Lewis book, though it suffers from many of the same flaws as his 2005 adaptation of the first Narnia novel, expands and contracts the story in just the right places to transform it into successful summer-blockbuster fodder.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
05-16-2008 |
Reviews
'Iron Man' Hits All the Requisite Superhero Beatsnew
Summer-blockbuster season kicks off adequately and predictably with Iron Man, a perfectly entertaining superhero movie that fulfills all the requirements of its genre admirably, but never rises beyond the level of baseline satisfaction.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
05-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Jon Favreau, Iron Man
'The Big 4-0' Isn't Quite 'My Super Sweet 16' for the Middle-Agednew
Perhaps there's more distasteful wallowing to come, but at least in its first episode, 4-0 is wholesome and bland.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
04-18-2008 |
TV
Morgan Spurlock's Search for bin Laden is an Exercise in Crass Futilitynew
There may be worse movies out there right now, but none so utterly and dispiritingly pointless.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Mike D'Angelo |
04-18-2008 |
Reviews
'Never Back Down' is an Updated 'Karate Kid'new
Never Back Down is certainly as bad as its Steven Seagal-style title suggests, but I didn't quite hate it. In fact, there are some unintentionally hilarious moments that almost make the film worth seeing.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Matthew Scott Hunter |
03-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeff Wadlow, Never Back Down
