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Home Field Advantage: Inside 'Friday Night Lights'new
A look at the first-string cast, crew, and city that have made Friday Night Lights a television playmaker season after season.
Austin Chronicle |
Belinda Acosta |
04-29-2010 |
TV
Tags: NBC, Friday Night Lights
Mercenary Mess of 'Losers'new
The Losers is a convoluted and largely uninteresting failure.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-28-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Losers, Sylvain White
'Oceans': Life Underwaternew
Oceans takes the nature documentary to a whole new level.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
04-28-2010 |
Reviews
'Oceans' Gets a Sea Minusnew
This documentary can’t turn its pretty pictures into a cohesive narrative.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
04-27-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Jacques Perrin, Oceans
'Kells', Yeah!new
The Secret of Kells illuminates virtues of hand-drawn animation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-27-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Secret of Kells, Tomm Moore
Ghostly Scenes Don’t 'Eclipse' Subtle Irish Dramanew
Aidan Quinn enlivens The Eclipse’s paranormal activity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-27-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Conor McPherson, The Eclipse
J. Lo's Back in 'The Back-Up Plan'new
Jennifer Lopez is both a good sport and one funny mother in The Back-Up Plan
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
04-26-2010 |
Reviews
Chris Rock in a Hard Placenew
The comedian faces a classic African-American dilemma.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
04-26-2010 |
Reviews
Relearning Disgust: Dutch Filmmaker Tom Six Dares His Audience
High concept meets sustained graphic horror in Tom Six's satirically challenged thriller that succeeds if only by the realistic treatment of its gross-out premise via the best mad scientist performance in recent memory.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-26-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Human Centipede, Tom Six
'The Art of the Steal': Preservation vs. Profitnew
This documentary about a Philadelphia art struggle is quite effective, if a bit slanted.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-22-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Art of the Steal, Don Argott
'Death at a Funeral' is a Tragic Remakenew
Unless you're dying to see James Marsden's ass, there's no reason to see Death at a Funeral.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-22-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Death at a Funeral, Neil LaBute
'Death at a Funeral': Back from the Gravenew
The British farce returns, African-Americanized and slightly better.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
04-21-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Death at a Funeral, Neil LaBute
'The Joneses' Doesn't Keep Up With Its Early Promisenew
The Joneses starts off quite well, which makes it all the more disappointing to see it end so badly, yet it remains a film that’s worth checking out in some form.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
04-21-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Derrick Borte, The Joneses
Hit-Girl gives 'Kick-Ass' Its Super-Powersnew
A few dips into crime fighting clichés can’t keep this film down.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-20-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn
'The Perfect Game' Swings and Missesnew
The formula is all but etched in stone: Choose a ragtag, underdog team and follow them to their triumphant, come-from-behind victory at whatever national championship courtesy of whichever unconventional but inspiring coach they’ve stumbled across.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
04-19-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Perfect Game, William Dear
