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Staring Blank: Spike Jonze’s Intelligence is Artificial
Where Spike Jonze once soared using magical realism — albeit written by someone else — as his guide (see “Being John Malkovich”) he now flounders with a self-penned technology driven story that shrivels before your eyes.
A Family Problem: Not Your Mother’s Meryl Streep
Tracy Letts’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play loses an hour-and-a-half from its original running time, but none of its dramatic impact in the playwright’s own screenplay adaptation.
'Dallas Buyer's Club''s Emotional Rodeonew
Jared Leto (left) and Matthew McConaughey deliver Oscar-worthy performances as people living with AIDS in the ’80s in “Dallas Buyers Club.”
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
12-13-2013 |
Movies
Fire and Ice: Scott Cooper Delivers on Promise
Scott Cooper’s American character study-thriller bursts at the seams.
Christmas Gush: Emma Thompson Saves The Holidays
A Hollywood tailor made crowd-pleaser, “Saving Mr. Banks” utilizes as much fantasy as fact in the telling of Walt Disney’s tenacious efforts to transform “Mary Poppins” into a movie — with the necessary approval of its popular children’s-book author.
A Sloppy Con: Good Delivery — Bad Form
If awards were handed out for the sloppiest movies, “American Hustle” would be a dead ringer for just such a booby prize.
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW: COLE SMITHEY'S CLASSIC CINEMA
Formulated as a Nouvelle Vague-styled homage to Howard Hawks’s “Red River,” Peter Bogdanovich’s brilliant adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s 1966 novel is a haunting coming-of-age movie that encapsulates the death of the Old West through the microcosmic prism of a small Texas town.
'The Book Thief': Powerful Storiesnew
"The Book Thief" anchors itself in the reality of war, where true courage can mean ordinary people who keep promises to old friends.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
12-05-2013 |
Movies
Juxtapositions in Juareznew
Narco Cultura looks at the unique world of a music genre that glorifies violence.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
12-05-2013 |
Movies
New LIRR Massacre Documentary Resurrects Past Horrorsnew
On Dec. 7, 1993 a crowded Long Island Rail Road train left Penn Station at rush hour. As countless Long Islanders can still recall, a tragedy unfolded between New Hyde Park and Merillon Avenue.
Long Island Press |
Spencer Rumsey |
12-05-2013 |
Movies
Tags: Charlie Minn
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS: COLE SMITHEY'S CLASSIC CINEMA
Cole Smithey's weekly classic cinema print and video column.
Just Like T-Bone Burnett’s Blues: The Coen Brothers Deliver Another Ode to American Roots Music
The Coen brothers are master curators of culture.
A Losing Proposition: Spike Lee and Korea Don’t Mix
The only usefulness of Lee’s travesty is to alert would-be audiences that they should see, or revisit, Chan-wook Park’s incredible film.
The Hunger Games: Catching Firenew
The have-nots are coming.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
11-24-2013 |
Reviews
Delivery Man: A flaccid endeavornew
Rating: *1/2
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
11-24-2013 |
Reviews
