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Guy Maddin Doses Audiences with Another Mad Vision of Yesteryearnew
Experimental fantasist Maddin continues his somewhat prolific career of weirdness with Brand Upon the Brain!, a curiously anachronistic horror-mystery the filmmaker describes as "semi-autobiographical."
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
12-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brand upon the Brain!, Guy Maddin
Roped In by 'The Roping Show'new
Watching the show on RFD-TV is a little like catching a Japanese game show or a four-hour Mexican variety show -- it's funny because we really don't understand it.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
11-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Struck Downnew
Four tips for surviving the Writers Guild of America strike.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
11-13-2007 |
Movies
'Martian Child': Real, Earnest and Phonynew
Now, I'm the first person to champion the cause of nonconformity, but Martian Child does something very dangerous with its weirdness: It commodifies it.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
11-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Martian Child, Menno Meyjes
'Dirty Sexy Money' is a Guilt-Free Guilty Pleasurenew
Kudos to Dirty Sexy Money for mixing two parts Dynasty, one part Arrested Development and a dash of The Royal Tenenbaums and bringing to a boil.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
10-16-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
The Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Turns Fivenew
Over the course of the festival's seven days, a whopping 76 films from 18 different countries will be showcased -- everything from an Israeli-based forbidden love story to an Argentine coming-of-age tale to a nostalgic look at lesbian porn to a hairy homo documentary.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
10-02-2007 |
Movies
'Hatchet' Brings Back Blood-and-Boobs Filmmakingnew
Despite the fact that assorted sun-deprived internet bloggers are dubbing writer/director Adam Green the savior of modern horror, it should be noted right up front that Hatchet isn't clever, smart, original, particularly well-made or all that convincingly acted.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Green, Hatchet
'Kid Nation' Stirs Controversynew
The idea was to send 40 kids into the wilderness and allow them to create their own Lord of the Flies-style society, but now at least one parent and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors are raising concerns about how the series was made.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-04-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Olivier Dahan Steers Clear of Cliches in 'La Vie En Rose'new
The writer/director cracks famed French songbird Edith Piaf's life apart like a frozen chocolate bar and serves it up in disjointed shards.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan
Can Leonardo DiCaprio Make Ecology Sexy?new
Leo boosts The 11th Hour with his star power, but the environmental film seems like it's preaching to the converted.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
'Mind Control with Derren Brown': He's Not a Psychicnew
Yet Brown is better at what he does than just about everybody on the planet who claims to have supernatural powers.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
08-14-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Becoming Jane': Austen Transformednew
The film boils all of Austen's various pen-and-ink plots down to their cliche essence and crams them into a single overly familiar narrative.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Becoming Jane, Julian Jarrold
Rescue Dawnnew
Werner Herzog puts his actors through hell, with heavenly results
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
07-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Rescue Dawn, Werner Herzog
AMC's "Mad Men" - Clever and Well-madenew
This show is about the art of selling things—everything from department stores to political candidates—and it does so with a critical eye and a sly wink.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
07-31-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
A Feast for the Modern Imaginationnew
Apt documentary takes a look at one of the odder, more tragic places in America.
Weekly Alibi |
Jessica Cassyle Carr |
06-19-2007 |
Reviews
