AltWeeklies Wire
The Best of the Best: The Movie Year in Bracketsnew

The best? Argo and Zero Dark Thirty.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
12-27-2012 |
Movies
Tags: Best Movies of 2012
All That Glittersnew

Memo to the Academy: When you're handing out kudos, please don't forget these gems.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
12-05-2012 |
Movies
The Horrornew

Mark Patton, star of Nightmare on Elm Street 2, on acting, horror and his 'scream queen' status.
The Pitch |
Abbie Stutzer |
10-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Count 'Em, Seven Reasons To See Seven Psychopathsnew

As funny as it is violent, and it's very violent.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
10-10-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths
Mad About Madsennew

The actor opens up and dishes career, family turmoil and horse fucking.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
10-09-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pitch Perfect: Rebel Yellnew

Rating: ***
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
09-29-2012 |
Reviews
Looper and Hotel Transylvania: One Huge Hit and One Small Chucklenew

Don't check into this cartoon hotel but definitely check out Looper.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-27-2012 |
Reviews
Reality Show Fame and a Ride "So Pimpy, It's Disgusting"new

If you’ve ever wondered what happens to a guy who travels with his family in a Christian singing group as a child, grows up to host a local Saturday night horror program as a vampire Elvis (using an Eastern European accent learned from his immigrant grandparents), and turns his lifelong love of cars and motorcycles into a successful business, then you might tune into History Channel’s Counting Cars (Tuesdays, 10 p.m.), which starts filming its second season this fall.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Kristen Peterson |
09-25-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cars, History Channel
Oh, Canadanew

The Toronto Film Festival forecasts a so-so film season.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
09-24-2012 |
Movies
The Master Showcases The Two Best Performances of the Yearnew

The Master--which explores the lure and vagaries of power and free will--excises veins of American complexity rarely seen since the plays of Arthur Miller.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-19-2012 |
Reviews
Bad Cop to Good Cop: David Ayers Switches Teams

“End of Watch” is a gritty brief apologia from writer-director David Ayer for his less than complementary Los Angeles copsploitation films “Training Day” and “Harsh Times.”
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
09-18-2012 |
Reviews
According to Ira Glass, Making Movies Isn't So Funnew

A conversation with Ira Glass about Sleepwalk With Me.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
09-13-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
TIFF is the Fest of Timesnew

Hundreds of films to be screened in 10 days.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-05-2012 |
Movies
Lights! Camera! Cleveland!new

Are Cleveland filmmakers finally ready for their close-up?
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
08-30-2012 |
Movies
Tags: Cleveland Film Industry
Moonshine Rebels: Public Enemy Era Splashes with Booze and Blood

Inflected with the same gritty appreciation for brutal violence that director John Hillcoat applied to his Australian-set period Western “The Proposition,” “Lawless” is a Depression era bootleg gangster fantasy baked in booze, blood, and grime.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-28-2012 |
Reviews