AltWeeklies Wire
Does the Recent Surge of Stoner Movies Mean America is Going to Pot?new
Marijuana movies are a hot genre right now -- Knocked Up, Harold & Kumar (both Go to White Castle and Escape from Guantanamo Bay), and Superbad have made piles of green at the box office. Just this past week, Pineapple Express topped the box office at $12.5 million, a record for a Wednesday opening in August. And those are just the obvious offenders.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-14-2008 |
Movies
More Star Wars?new
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the franchise’s new animated feature, doesn't come within light years of the original entry's glory, but it's a welcome relief from the last three.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
08-13-2008 |
Reviews
Woody Allen's European Sex Romp is a Shocking Triumphnew
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a breezy triumph for Allen, not so much a return to form as a discovery of new perspective. It's the delight of an old jester discovering that his best material -- youth, and its illusions -- is inexhaustible.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
08-13-2008 |
Reviews
Ben Stiller Abandons Subtle Satire for Broad Gags in 'Tropic Thunder'
Stiller isn't ego-less enough to really let Hollywood have it, and he's too much of a clown to get sophisticated about it. Tropic Thunder provides random goofiness without an identity, or much of a point.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-11-2008 |
Reviews
Eccentric Crispin Glover Wants to Show You His Taboo-filled Filmnew
Glover chooses to screen his films personally, instead of going through the normal distribution model of using movie theatres, because he wants to emphasize the interactive element of entertainment. Consider it a throwback to the days of vaudeville.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Michelle Kay |
08-08-2008 |
Movies
'Man on Wire' Re-creates a Jaw-dropping High-wire Exploitnew
Philippe Petit, together with a band of accomplices, snuck into the World Trade Center, still under construction, and strung a wire between the towers, upon which Petit – an extraordinary wire-walker – not only walked, but also danced, hopped, lay down, and even playfully taunted arriving police.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
08-08-2008 |
Reviews
Stoner Comedy 'Pineapple Express' is Kind of a Bummernew
Seth Rogen and James Franco aim for Belushi and Aykroyd, but achieve only Emilio Estevez and Richard Dreyfuss.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Mike D'Angelo |
08-07-2008 |
Reviews
Aaron Rose Presents a Love-letter to the Creative and Dispossessed in 'Beautiful Losers'new
Rose's directorial debut, is a quirky documentary about the rise of 10 under-appreciated—but highly influential—independent artists whose late 1980s and early '90s street culture roots and childlike spirit continue to shape contemporary pop culture.
New York Press |
Ashna Ali |
08-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Aaron Rose, Beautiful Losers
The High Crimes and High Art of 'Man On Wire'new
Even after seeing Man on Wire three times, I'm ready to see it again: just about any place. It's far and away my favorite film commercially released in 2008 to date.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
08-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
What We Demand from Our Movie Heroes Says as Much About Us as Themnew
As the villains move closer toward the state of amoral blank slates -- less monsters and more unknowable black holes of pure negativity -- they have opened the ground for heroes to step more squarely into the chasm the bad guys have left behind. That shift is why, of late, the heroes actually have the better roles; why, fittingly, Batman remains a more compelling character than the starkly one-dimensional Joker.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
08-01-2008 |
Movies
Labor Dispute at Movie Theater Hinges on Skills of Projectionistsnew
As projectionists picket to get a contract at the landmark Alameda Theatre, some patrons lose faith.
East Bay Express |
Rin Kelly |
07-30-2008 |
Movies
Why Aren't There More Musical TV Shows?new
Like RENT or Carousel or Pippin or Moulin Rouge or whatever, but in televised episodic form.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
07-28-2008 |
TV
Miss Mulder and Scully? Watch the Re-runsnew
The truth is still out there, like an unsold lawn chair at a garage sale, in this just plain lousy second big-screen outing for erstwhile FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
07-25-2008 |
Reviews
A New Crop of Game Shows Take On-Air Debasement to a New Lownew
Watching a real Japanese game show conjures up mixed feelings of glee at the rampant creativity and sadness for the desperate contestants who'll do anything for money or attention. Watching shows like Wipeout and Hurl! is merely depressing, a reminder that when faced with a choice between originality and exploitation, American reality-TV producers will almost invariably choose the latter.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
07-25-2008 |
TV
'Step Brothers' is to Humor what Rape is to Sexnew
The latest Judd Apatow-produced slab of celluloid from Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly is their most blatant exercise in desperation yet.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
07-24-2008 |
Reviews
