AltWeeklies Wire
Love Hangoversnew
If you manage to suspend disbelief and buy that something did in fact inspire them to start drooling "I love you"s all over each other, Flannel Pajamas can be an engrossing train wreck.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Flannel Pajamas, Jeff Lipsky
It's a Fee Countrynew
Michael Moore wannabe James D. Scurlock takes on an incendiary topic for his feature debut, but instead of becoming outraged, you might just end up rolling your eyes at the mawkishness of his approach.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: James D. Scurlock, Maxed Out
Depth From Abovenew
The film's political commentary is far from subtle, but it's offered with winning good humor.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bong Joon-ho, The Host
Continental Congressnew
If you're only going to see one Thai romance-Western -- and who knows where to find another? -- make it this one.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Smarter Starternew
More sitcom than film, but light and sweet.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Starter for 10, Tom Vaughan
Neighborhood Watchnew
Avenue Montaigne doesn't argue that all the world's a stage, just that a few blocks of Paris can be a setting that fully contains one charmed little world.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Avenue Montaigne, Daniele Thompson
Hot and Bothersomenew
Writer-director Craig Brewer hasn't exactly made a traditional grindhouse film, though -- you see, this one's a grindhouse film with heart.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
Numb and Numbernew
One expects more from Carrey, a comedian who until now has painstakingly chosen his forays into pathos.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Joel Schumacher, The Number 23
Not-So-Jolly Ranchernew
If the movie were at least partially satirical, its implausibilities wouldn't nag -- but it isn't, and they do
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Eastern State of Mindnew
Though his film is set in the '80s, von Donnersmarck dislikes Soviet-era nostalgia.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Buggin' Outnew
The Lives of Others traffics in a virtue too many art-house directors fear: optimism.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Raiding Nadernew
A film dedicated to a man with a jones for warnings should come with this one: Like Nader himself usually is, it's better to go into An Unreasonable Man already armed with an opinion.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Riding Solonew
Cage brings all his Elvis-wannabe coolness to the role, projecting mellow self-confidence whether Johnny is stumbling away from a stunt or telling his manager not to mess with the Carpenters soundtrack in his apartment.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ghost Rider, Mark Steven Johnson
Wilberforce of Naturenew
Anti-slavery crusader William Wilberforce certainly deserves a film, and if Amazing Grace isn't equal to his achievements, it's a useful introduction to them.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Amazing Grace, Michael Apted
