AltWeeklies Wire
Strike a Pose
300 burdens its exercise in style with too many righteous speeches.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 300, Zack Snyder
TV/DVD Week: March 8-14
Fabulously witty previews of Las Vegas, Blood Ties, The New Adventures of Old Christine and The Riches on TV; reviews of Borat, Fast Food Nation and The Loop on DVD.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
03-02-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Vicious Cycle
Wild Hogs rides a nasty strain of gay-panic humor.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Walt Becker, Wild Hogs
I Love the '70s
Craig Brewer awkwardly mixes exploitation cinema with therapy in Black Snake Moan.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
It Had to Be Hugh
Music and Lyrics shows that Hugh Grant still has the romantic comedy chops.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Lawrence, Music and Lyrics
Care Bearers
Pedro Almodovar celebrates communities of female mutual support in Volver.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Volver
Zeal Island
In Letters from Iwo Jima, the real battle is over ideology.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-05-2007 |
Reviews
Losing Score
A potentially intriguing film gets drowned in musical melodrama in Notes on a Scandal.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Notes on a Scandal, Richard Eyre
Ring Cycle
Rocky Balboa works better in the past tense than in the present.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
Trio Life
Dreamgirls hits most of the right notes for drama told through song.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
Bread Winner
Old-school human drama just plain works in The Pursuit of Happyness.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-07-2006 |
Reviews
New World Ardor
Gibson captures the simple (500-year-old) story of an intense personal quest in Apocalypto.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson
Immortal Purposes
An attempt at epic philosophy falls short in The Fountain.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
License Renewed
Casino Royale breathes fresh life into James Bond.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Casino Royale, Martin Campbell
Meat and Greet
Fast Food Nation turns visceral journalism into theoretical conversation.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-09-2006 |
Reviews
