AltWeeklies Wire
Woody Allen Tries Paris, and It Tastes goodnew
Allen revisits the droll premise of A Twenties Memory with Midnight in Paris, an unremittingly delightful demonstration that the past is never past or even what we think it was.
San Antonio Current |
Steven Kellman |
06-09-2011 |
Reviews
Midnight in Paris is an Examination of Nostalgianew
Woody Allen's latest, Midnight in Paris, is an amusing fantasy with a slight but charming hook.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
06-08-2011 |
Reviews
Heavy Metal Parking Lot: ´16 perfect minutes´new
The scene was the parking lot of the Capitol Centre in Landover, Md. before a Judas Priest/Dokken double bill in the heyday of hair metal, and the piece that resulted is basically a series of interviews with wasted teenage tailgaters that is at once disturbing, revealing and hilarious.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
06-08-2011 |
Reviews
Goodnight, Burbanknew
The show depicts the ridiculousness of a local newscast while providing character development through off-air interactions, such as Laura Silverman's tendency to insert Jesus into most conversations.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
06-08-2011 |
Reviews
The Big Uneasy Blows Whistle on Corps of Engineersnew
Harry Shearer's powerful documentary uncovers the strategic errors that rendered New Orleans uniquely vulnerable to flooding during big hurricanes.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Charles Donelan |
06-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Back in Time: J.J. Abrams Celebrates Amateur Filmmaking
Sure to inspire a new generation of youngsters to pick up video cameras and start making their own movies, "Super 8" is an intentionally restrained monster movie that plays the heartstrings of its young characters against a nostalgic brand of filmic suspense.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-06-2011 |
Reviews
Merely Ornamentalnew
French comedy 'Potiche' would be better off as a more serious film.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
06-02-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Potiche, Catherine Deneuve
Monkey Businessnew
'The Hangover Part II' is just the first movie done over -- in a dark, unfunny way.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-02-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: The Hangover Part II
Digging Up Secrets in the Intense and Absorbing Incendiesnew
Their late mother's instructions are shocking and cold: "Bury me with no casket, no prayers, naked, facedown, away from the world."
Long Live Saturday Night Livenew
Saturday Night Live wins, end of the world loses.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
06-01-2011 |
TV
The Tree of Lifenew
Terrence Malick pushes his luck.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
06-01-2011 |
Reviews
Iraqi Children Show Us Their Worldnew
In his outstanding documentary The First Movie, filmmaker Mark Cousins wants to find the innocence and hope that still remain in Iraq, bursting to life in its children.
Charleston City Paper |
Ryan Finn |
05-31-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: The First Movie, Mark Cousins
Unearned Treasurenew
The new 'Pirates of the Caribbean' is lifeless -- but that's not stopping it from bringing in the bucks.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-27-2011 |
Reviews
Hero Worship: Interview With Comic Book Idol Stan Leenew
The characters Stan Lee created—from Spider-Man to the Fantastic Four to The Avengers—have been pop cultural icons for more than 40 marvelous years. The Alibi got a chance to speak with Lee about the summer of superheroes in film.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
05-26-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Summer Movie Preview 2011new
Sit back, relax, and let Uncle James tell you about the stuff Hollywood has in store for you!
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-26-2011 |
Reviews
