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Expect The Artist to be showered with Oscar lovenew
You'll know it's truly the Year of the Silent Film if next Tuesday morning you wake up and The Artist has earned an Academy Award nomination in at least one of the two Best Sound categories.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
01-19-2012 |
Movies
Disingenuous Journeynew
'Extremely Loud' packs a wallop at the end -- but the rest of the film is too manipulative.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
01-19-2012 |
Reviews
It Never Endsnew
The year 2011 in film had some good -- and a whole lot of terrible.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm and Colin Boyd |
01-19-2012 |
Movies
Crtitic's Pick: Shamenew
Over the span of a year he's played iconic comic-book villain Magneto in X-Men: First Class, classic literary character Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre, and groundbreaking Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method, but it still took Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) showing off a little more than his acting ability to get some serious consideration this awards season.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
01-19-2012 |
Reviews
Classic Methods for Nu Dekadesnew
Oakland duo wrestles with terms like "conscious hip-hop," and modern forms of marketing.
East Bay Express |
Will Butler |
01-18-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nu Dekades
The Artist is deserving of the feverish praise it has inspirednew
A French silent film as Oscar's Best Picture of 2011? I'm voting oui.
Confusion: Steve McQueen is a Deceased Actor, Not an Accomplished Director
Director/co-screenwriter Steve McQueen makes half movies. The sophomore follow up to his over-praised 2008 debut film "Hunger," about Irish Republican Army leader Bobby Sands's prison hunger strike, attempts to disguise its lack of narrative rigor with an unsatisfying minimalist approach.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
01-18-2012 |
Reviews
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close's premise is apposite and affectingnew
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close tackles 9/11, a cinematic third-rail used as the milieu for films both brilliant (United 93) and inept (World Trade Center; Remember Me).
Spoiler site claims Elise Testone makes American Idol top 42new
If an American Idol spoiler site is right, Charleston's very own Elise Testone wins over Randy, JLo, and Steven, landing in the singing contest's top 42.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
01-18-2012 |
TV
Shame isn't as shaming as it thinks it isnew
First off, let me just say I don't feel sorry for any dude whose dick I can see from the back. That's the first strike against the lead character as played by Michael Fassbender in Steve McQueen's latest film, Shame.
The Artist recalls a time of cultural changenew
Movies don't get much more ebullient, charming, and heart-skippingly cute than the romantic comedy The Artist, which has edged its way into many critical best lists.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
01-18-2012 |
Reviews
The Spy Who Came In From the Fognew
No gadgets or disguises, but a nearly impossible mission.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
01-18-2012 |
Reviews
Slap Happy: Soderbergh Knocks Off Tarantino
Proof positive that Steven Soderbergh can make a shamelessly fluffy action thriller, "Haywire’s” trump card is the estimable abilities of mixed-martial-arts-fighter-turned-actress Gina Carano.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
01-17-2012 |
Reviews
Parents With Problemsnew
An impeccable cast creates characters you won't soon forget in Roman Polanski's 'Carnage'
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-13-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Roman Polanski, Carnage
Review: 'Carnage'new
Propelled by juicy performances, Roman Polanski's brisk drama offers a fine opportunity to wallow in excess and feel superior afterward.
