AltWeeklies Wire
'Rocket Science': A Contest Between Truth and Cutenessnew
At its best Rocket Science shakes off its influences and offers original perception -- but the movie is not always at its best.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
08-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeffrey Blitz, rocket science
'Superbad': Fastest Kids Alivenew
Superbad isn't as thoughtful a movie as Knocked Up, but it may be more important, because it's looser, less polished and more indicative of what we can expect from this generation of entertainers.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
08-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Greg Mottola, Superbad
'No End in Sight': They Do Quagmires, Don't They?new
Here, finally, is a chart of where Iraq went wrong.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
08-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Charles Ferguson, No End in Sight
Saving Parker Posey in 'Broken English'new
It makes for a sort of poetic justice that Posey's best performance in years is as a woman who needs saving.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
07-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken English, Zoe Cassavetes
Danny Boyle's Sunshinenew
Sunshine, on the other hand, definitely qualifies as serious, playing very much like Alien without the alien.
Willamette Week |
Alastair Rockoff |
07-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Boyle, Sunshine
I Know Who Killed Me - You, Ms. Lohannew
It’s all an excuse for the nubile starlet to exhibit virtually every last freckle, before shrieking and whimpering while some nutjob cuts her limbs off.
Willamette Week |
Alistair Rockoff |
07-30-2007 |
Reviews
'Broken English': Saving Parker Poseynew
That Posey finds some of the finest, most affecting displays of vulnerability I've ever watched on a screen, and that Cassavetes captures them, means that two artists are doing something wonderfully right.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
07-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken English, Zoe Cassavetes
'Sunshine': Kubrick Would be Proudnew
This movie about killing heat will prove emotionally cold to most audiences expecting the soapy fun of Stars Trek and Wars, but it's still a compelling epic of human endurance.
Willamette Week |
Alistair Rockoff |
07-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Boyle, Sunshine
'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' is Deadnew
It's too late for therapy, so here's an autopsy.
Willamette Week |
Daniel Carlson |
07-18-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Joshua': And You Thought Damien Was a Hellraisernew
What if Rosemary's baby had to compete for parental attention with the kid from The Omen? This thriller manages to build on this unoriginal premise with its smart drama of family discord and self-absorption, two things far more common in Manhattan apartments than Satan.
Willamette Week |
Alistair Rockoff |
07-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: George Ratliff, Joshua
The Trouble With 'Harry'new
Is that evil inside the boy wizard, or raging hormones?
Willamette Week |
Ap Kryza |
07-12-2007 |
Reviews
Bad Toys IInew
The movie that's kind of awesome until your head starts to hurt from all the Michael Bay-ness.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
07-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Bay, Transformers
'Sicko': Physician, Heal Thyselfnew
A kinder, gentler Michael Moore still stings a little.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
06-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Sicko
'Ratatouille': Another Incredible Movie from Brad Birdnew
It's not just the best animated film this year, it's the best animated film to come out of the U.S. since Bird's last effort, The Incredibles.
Willamette Week |
Ap Kryza |
06-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Bird, Ratatouille
'A Mighty Heart': Jolie Warnew
Waiting -- bored and anxious -- for Daniel Pearl's second death.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
06-21-2007 |
Reviews
