AltWeeklies Wire
'Safe House' recycles typical good guy, bad guy farenew
The rules are fairly easy in Hollywood if you're a filmmaker wanting to direct a movie. Prove yourself a moneymaker like Michael Bay and budgets will usually swell.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
02-16-2012 |
Reviews
Colbert Report Unexpectedly Cancels Tapingsnew
The Colbert Report has canceled two scheduled days of filming this week.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
02-16-2012 |
TV
Kudzu, moonshine and more at the Strange Beauty Film Festivalnew
Although N.C. filmmakers make up about a third of the 48-film program, work from Winnipeg, Taiwan, Germany and the United Kingdom will also be screened.
Spy vs. Spy vs. Romance: Tom Hardy and Chris Pine Cross Swords for Luv
Daft competitive seduction is at the heart of this scattershot romantic comedy that veers woefully into uncultivated screwball territory.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-14-2012 |
Reviews
Culture-Blended Animation: Arrietty Borrows From Ghibli
Meshing Japanese animation styles with Mary Morton’s beloved 1952 children’s novel “The Borrowers,” animator-cum-director Hiromasa Yonebayashi and co-director Gary Rydstrom create a delightful adaptation.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-13-2012 |
Reviews
Foreign film in San Antonio suffers for 'Ramboville' mindsetnew
In San Antonio, it is easy to find an Audi, a glass of Chianti, and a slice of Camembert. But if you seek imported cinema, you are better off in smaller municipalities — Austin, Boulder, Portland — than the seventh largest city of the United States.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
02-09-2012 |
Movies
Bombers, Bullets and Black Historynew
White critics miss the point of Red Tails.
Eugene Weekly |
Dante Zuniga-West |
02-09-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Red Tails, Tuskegee airmen
MLK: The Assassination Tapesnew
This doc re-creates the days before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination using TV and radio reports from the time, most not broadcast since 1968. It gives you the feeling that you’re living through the civil rights leader’s last minutes.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
02-08-2012 |
TV
Scouting This Year's Short Film Oscar Nomineesnew
The Carolina Theatre will be screening one program for the live action shorts and one for the animated shorts.
Critic's Diss: 'The Woman in Black'new
There's a reason why censorship boards cut the scene in the 1931 horror movie classic Frankenstein, where the Monster tosses a happy little girl into a lake and drowns her.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
02-08-2012 |
Reviews
The Foreign Film Manifestonew
As Steven Kellman rightfully says, San Antonio is a hellhole for foreign films.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopeteguin |
02-08-2012 |
Movies
Tags: foreign film
Your Oscar Cheat Sheetnew
A how-to guide to be an Academy Award know-it-all this year.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
02-08-2012 |
Movies
Tags: 2012 Oscars, 2012 Academy Awards
Sliding By Adventure Franchise Barely Passes Muster
Though hampered by some uninspired efforts in the joke department from newbie cousin screenwriters Brian and Mark Gunn, "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" is a passable PG-rated family adventure movie.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-06-2012 |
Reviews
Get Your Adrenaline Pumping at Banff Mountain Film Festivalnew
Banff Mountain Film Festival returns to Boise.
Boise Weekly |
Lisa Huynh Eller |
02-04-2012 |
Movies
Bounty Blahsnew
'One for the Money' is another stinker starring Katherine Heigl
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
02-02-2012 |
Reviews
