AltWeeklies Wire
Measly 'Munksnew
Dear Santa, I've been a good girl. How could you let this movie happen?
NOW Magazine |
Deidre Swain |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Tim Hill
Staid Script and Direction Ground 'The Kite Runner'new
I'm worried. Marc Forster, the humorless auteur behind Monster's Ball and Finding Neverland, is directing the next James Bond movie.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
Food Fightersnew
Le Cirque was the place to see and be seen for more than two decades, a New York landmark that served kings and kingmakers. Director Andrew Rossi captures the run-up to Le Cirque 3.0 in this bittersweet documentary.
NOW Magazine |
Deidre Swain |
11-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: A Table in Heaven, Andrew Rossi
Saint Charlesnew
Decades before Queer As Folk and Will & Grace, there was Charles Nelson Reilly , best known as the fey 70s game show contestant who wore sailor hats, toupées and, along with frequent TV co-star Paul Lynde, perfected the art of campy innuendo for generations of North American viewers.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
11-30-2007 |
Reviews
The Missable Mistnew
Frank Darabont's third feature adaptation of a King novella is a lot less classy than The Shawshank Redemption or The Green Mile.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
11-26-2007 |
Reviews
Inside Noah's Artnew
As with anyone in their late 30s or early 40s, Noah Baumbach's psycho-sexual development owes a lot to the movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
11-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brian De Palma's Not Retreatingnew
The director sifts through the casualties of yet another war for Redacted.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, Redacted
Why is Josh Brolin So Damn Happy?new
An Oscar-tipped turn in No Country For Old Men proves this Goonie is good enough after all.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Director Bryan Friedman on 'The Bodybuilder and I'new
Friedman's estranged dad, Bill, is a middle-aged bodybuilder who gave up a mansion and partnership in a law firm in order to pose in a bikini.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
11-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kevin Bacon Gets the Third Degreenew
The formerly Footloose actor brings home the you-know-what in dramatic fashion.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alison Eastwood, Rails & Ties
'Elizabeth: The Golden Age': Thin Lizzienew
When a director starts marshalling wordless heavenly choirs in the third act, you know his picture's in trouble.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
'We Own the Night' Works if You Ignore the Finalenew
The first 90 minutes are very good, though, and they mark a leap forward for a director whose thrillers previously wavered between dour and depressing.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: James Gray, We Own the Night
Evan Rachel Wood, the Princess of Californianew
It girl is now free to explore more grown-up roles -- and her inner rock chick.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
10-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: King of California, Mike Cahill
Desperate Houseswives with Dicks?new
Two shows -- Big Shots and Dirty Sexy Money -- shoot for the soap opera success of the housewives.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
09-28-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Emile Hirsch on 'Into the Wild'new
Filmed on more than 30 locations from Mexico to Alaska, Into The Wild casts Hirsch as doomed Kerouac- and Thoreau-wannabe Chris McCandless, a role that required the actor to kayak rapids, rock climb, stare down grizzly bears and, ultimately, to lose 40 pounds for the sake of emaciated verisimilitude.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
09-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Into the Wild, Sean Penn
