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Jessica Alba Can't Save 'Good Luck Chuck'new
Dane Cook and director Mark Helfrich have created a strong contender for worst movie of 2007.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Good Luck Chuck, Mark Helfrich
'Silk' is Pretty, Vacantnew
I don't want to give the impression that the film's a complete waste of time, because it's not; the fantastic scenery and well-crafted details had me glued to the screen most of the time -- when I wasn't rolling my eyes in exasperation.
Montreal Mirror |
Jason Bogdaneris |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francois Girard, Silk
Fall Film Preview: Autumn-atic Cinemanew
Monster mists, killer aliens, steamy sex scenes and much more fall into cinemas this season.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
09-14-2007 |
Movies
Innovative Documentary Puts a Human Face on Iraq Warnew
José Antonio Gutierrez was a blip on the media radar, the first U.S. soldier to be killed in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The film looks at Gutierrez's life rather than create an anti-Bush screed.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
09-07-2007 |
Reviews
Milos Forman Returns to Form with 'Goya's Ghosts'new
For the director of such classics as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus, Milos Forman fell off pretty hard in recent years with The People vs. Larry Flynt and Man in the Moon.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
09-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Goya's Ghosts, Milos Forman
300 Guns and a Babynew
Don't be fooled by the overblown, leather-clad machismo, profusion of violence or terrible one-liners -- once you realize that Shoot 'Em Up is not taking itself too seriously, it gets much better, giving Clive Owen license to engage in all manner of absurd gun-slinging with an infant in his backpack.
Montreal Mirror |
Jeffrey Malecki |
09-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Davis, Shoot 'Em Up
'Ten Canoes': A Tale Well Toldnew
There was some worry near the beginning that the film would lurch toward a sort of distanced National Geographic-style anthropological framing of other cultures, but one is quickly drawn into a compelling story full of realized and engaging characters.
Montreal Mirror |
Jeffrey Malecki |
08-27-2007 |
Reviews
'The Nanny Diaries': More Adventures in Babysittingnew
Like The Devil Wears Prada, Diaries never does much more than indulge its audience’s happy willingness to feel superior to rich people, but that’s not to say that it doesn't have some fun doing it.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
08-27-2007 |
Reviews
'War': Violent Vendettanew
Those expecting the full-on martial arts thriller may be disappointed -- instead, we get a revenge-fuelled action movie that stays within the confines of its cliche-ridden genre, but it does so with impeccable style.
Montreal Mirror |
Jason Bogdaneris |
08-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: WAR, Philip G. Atwell
'Resurrecting the Champ': Fighting Wordsnew
A solid yet imperfect film about boxing and writing.
Montreal Mirror |
Jeffrey Malecki |
08-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Resurrecting the Champ, Rod Lurie
World Film Fest Previewsnew
A sampling of the 215 feature films and 194 shorts playing at this year's fest, including Confessions of an Innocent Man, Lady Chatterly, Dying in Athens, and more.
Montreal Mirror |
Jason Bogdaneris, Malcolm Fraser, Jeffrey Malaecki and Mark Slutsky |
08-27-2007 |
Movies
Satoshi Kon Discusses 'Paprika'new
Kon creates an imaginative and gorgeous world where images and characters follow a strange, but somehow comprehensible, dream logic.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
08-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Paprika, Satoshi Kon
'Arctic Tale': Deep-freeze Cheesenew
This polar documentary is well-meaning but shrill.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
'The Last Legion': A Poor Excuse for an Adventure Movienew
This thing is a lousy, embarrassing all-around swords-and-sandals flick that resembles more an episode of that '90s Sinbad TV show than anything that should be respectably called a motion picture.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Lefler, The Last Legion
Werewolves Go Nowhere in 'Skinwalkers'new
This is one of those horror entries that reminds you of how much mediocrity there is in the genre.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: James Isaacs, Skinwalkers
