AltWeeklies Wire
Conspiracy is in the Air ... No Wonder Hollywood is Embracing Paranoianew
With 9/11 Truthers, Birthers, Tea Partyers, and even Obama school-speech muckrakers dominating news cycles, conspiracy is clearly in the air. Hollywood has noticed -- that's why theaters are suddenly awash in paranoia.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-10-2009 |
Movies
Tom Hanks and Ron Howard Need to STOP Making Robert Langdon Movies!new
Angels and Demons presents scenarios so illogical, so preposterous, that it makes the Alien vs. Predator, American Pie and Beethoven franchises look like high art.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-20-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, action movies
With 'Angels & Demons,' Ron Howard Continues His Attempt to Imitate Spielberg -- and Failsnew
This overwrought chase/final-countdown movie is as banal as the genre comes. It's not a well-made action film; it's just expensively made. Howard's incompetence hides behind high-priced collaborators and goofy F/X.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-14-2009 |
Reviews
'Da Vinci Code' Sequel Goes Through the Roof
For all of the Catholic Church hullabaloo over Dan Brown's novels, Ron Howard's Da Vinci Code sequel is an exuberant cinematic adaptation that combines elements of horror, religious tradition, and high-tech suspense to give audiences a non-stop thrill ride.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-11-2009 |
Reviews
Once Again, Everyone Takes Dan Brown Way Too Seriously
Dan Brown gets a bad rap for his unique brand of beach-reading literature, but maybe he just should have been born 60 years earlier. If his work was going to be turned into cinema, it really should have been for 1930s serials.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-11-2009 |
Reviews
'Frost/Nixon' Doesn't Pull its Punchesnew
I'm not a huge fan of Ron Howard's films. They're usually well made, but I often leave them with a feeling of insincerity. In Frost/Nixon, however, Howard is wisely restrained—in the film's climactic moment.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
12-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
The Timeless Showbiz of 'Frost/Nixon'new
Frost/Nixon displays bursts of some of Ron Howard's sharpest work in his fifty years in show business, but it functions best as a cartoon that chooses to think of itself as burnished bravura.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
12-10-2008 |
Reviews
'Frost/Nixon': Frosted Dicknew
Like Oliver Stone, Ron Howard paints Nixon a little more sympathetically than many of us who remember the era are likely to warm to. Nixon was an unlovable scoundrel, a villain who would have dismantled the Constitution, had he been able to.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-05-2008 |
Reviews
'Frost/Nixon' Prioritizes Media Over Politicsnew
Frost/Nixon dramatizes the series of 1977 TV interviews that British chat host David Frost did with President Richard Nixon following his resignation after the Watergate scandal. A minor TV event -- on the level of Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs at tennis -- Howard confers it lunatic importance.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-04-2008 |
Reviews
'Code' Unknownnew
This feels like a dumbed-down synopsis of something cracked to begin with.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
07-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Code Warriorsnew
This faithful adaptation of Dan Brown's bestseller treats the novel as if it were a sacred text, even though it's basically a Hardy Boys mystery dressed up in provocative attire.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Decrypting Da Vincinew
The Da Vinci Code uses God as a cartoonish prop in a forgettable thriller -- one can hardly blame Christians for objecting.
Jackson Free Press |
Stephen McDill |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
The Bloodline Gangnew
Spotty acting, uneven pacing, goofy dialogue -- The Da Vinci Code often feels like a dumbed-down synopsis of the original.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
All Worked Upnew
The only thing more lame than The Da Vinci Code is the hubbub surrounding it.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Cracking Up the Code
Howard's film is a soft mush of the book's ideas.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
