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'3:10 to Yuma' Successfully Remakes an Adult Westernnew
In overhauling an antique genre piece no one particularly remembers, Mangold kept the original theme -- poor-but-honest homesteader vs. high-living crook -- while simultaneously amping up the many grotesqueries available in the Old West.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 3:10 to Yuma, James Mangold
'Ladron que Roba a Ladron': E Pluribus Pratfallnew
An American comedy for the other America.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Nowhere to Runnew
Where's the disaster? Right at Your Door. And what time is it? The 11th Hour.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
08-22-2007 |
Movies
'Ruslan and Ludmila': Unrealismnew
The enchanted world of Aleksandr Ptushko.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
08-15-2007 |
Reviews
'No End in Sight': The Wonks of Warnew
Because Ferguson is a political scientist, his documentary differs from the many films that have tried to explain America's adventure in Iraq anecdotally.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
08-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Charles Ferguson, No End in Sight
Bourne, Baby, Bournenew
The Bourne Ultimatum is the most exciting movie of the summer by leaps and bounds.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
08-01-2007 |
Reviews
'No Reservations' & 'Sunshine': Front Burnersnew
Eleven-year-old Abigail Breslin pretty much steals No Reservations from Catherine Zeta-Jones, while Sunshine director Danny Boyle gets a pretty good bang for his $45 million.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
07-25-2007 |
Reviews
'Rescue Dawn': Little Dieter, Meet Joshuanew
What'll it be, the determined survivalist or the Mean Widdle Kid?
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
07-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Rescue Dawn, Werner Herzog
All Roads Lead to Romanew
The musical world of Gypsy Caravan is wide, loud, and furiously energetic.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
07-05-2007 |
Movies
Tags: Gypsy Caravan, Jasmine Dellal
'Sicko'-logicalnew
Michael Moore's expose of America's healthcare ills is just the prescription to spur political debate.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
06-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Sicko
'You Kill Me': Shots and Whispersnew
San Francisco is for lovers -- even a drunk, middle-aged hit man.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
06-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John Dahl, You Kill Me
'La Vie en Rose': Glitter in the Gutternew
Olivier Dahan shows us why singer Edith Piaf matters.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
06-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan
'Pussycats' Wantednew
Bay Area ladies strut their stuff for a crack at reality TV stardom.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
06-06-2007 |
TV
We'll Always Have Parisnew
A bateau-mouche full of directors takes turns embracing the city of love.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
05-24-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various, Paris, Je T'Aime
The Saul Zaentz Media Center Is on the Brink of Extinctionnew
The thirty or so documentary film producers and sound engineers living in the East Berkeley building face a rent increase somwhere between 40 and 100 percent.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
04-05-2007 |
Movies
