AltWeeklies Wire
'Crossing Over': Wayne Kramer's Borderline Offensivenew
Haven't we been here before? The inbred mutant offspring of Crash and Babel, Crossing Over treats the subject of illegal immigrants coming to (and from) Los Angeles with the same vulgarity Kramer brought to his 2006 children-in-peril thriller, Running Scared.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
02-27-2009 |
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Tags: Wayne Kramer, Crossing Over
'Madea Goes to Jail' Makes It Clear: Tyler Perry Really Needs to Be Stoppednew
It seems like every time somebody farts, a new Tyler Perry movie comes out. Perry's latest, Madea Goes to Jail, stinks to high heaven, so that backs up that theory.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
02-26-2009 |
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Steven Soderbergh's Two-Part 'Che' Biopic Is a True Work of Artnew
But Che is a work of art much more than it's an attempt at political statement-making, and on that front, what Soderbergh has done is truly impressive.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
02-26-2009 |
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Not Another Fairy Tale: 'Beauty in Trouble'new
Like the best of Kundera's fiction, Beauty in Trouble explores the ways that politics, history and economics can meet in the bedrooms of Prague.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Wyatt Williams |
02-25-2009 |
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A Filmmaker and Her Subject Chronicle an Epic Immigrant Experiencenew
The Betrayal fascinates like other rare, intimate documentaries shot over long periods -- Michael Apted's Seven Up series being the most famous example.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
02-25-2009 |
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'Gomorrah' Recognizes the Mob for What It Is: A Quiet Scourgenew
The real-life Neapolitan crime organization, known as the Camorra, is depicted here as a hovering presence above the locals, dropping down into ordinary lives only as sudden flashes of death, but otherwise reigning from above, its fearsome presence unseen but influencing every action.
Willamette Week |
Andy Davis |
02-25-2009 |
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'Harvard Beats Yale 29-29': For a Moment, Football Was the Worldnew
Forty years later, players remember the Harvard-Yale game of 1968 in the context of a nation in turmoil.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
02-23-2009 |
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Tags: football, College, history, documentary, 1960s, Harvard, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29, Kevin Rafferty, Yale
'Three Monkeys': Great Photography, Not Enough Crimenew
Rooted in the old Confucian proverb ("See no evil..." etc.), this slow-paced Turkish crime tale is constructed more from holes than plot.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
02-23-2009 |
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'Confessions of a Shopaholic'-aholicnew
Was Shopaholic a great movie? Nah. But it was everything a chick flick should be, meaning pink and sparkly as a glass of Rose Brut, and completely and offensively cliched.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Caralyn Green |
02-23-2009 |
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Tyler Perry's 'Madea Goes to Jail'
Tyler Perry continues to preach to the choir with his entertaining albeit stereotype-laced blend of melodrama and comedy.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
02-20-2009 |
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The New 'Friday the 13th' Is Better Than the Originalnew
Producer Michael Bay again joins with director Marcus Nispel to reboot an iconic slasher-film franchise--and the result is a slick and respectable remake of Friday the 13th.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
02-20-2009 |
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'Moscow, Belgium' Succeeds by Revealing the Diversity of the Everydaynew
Moscow, Belgium won't be the best movie you'll see this year, and it doesn't aim to change the world or make a lot of money or destroy communism. What it does aim to do is demonstrate how watching ordinary people can be completely compelling, and also, how ordinary people don't have a standard form.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
02-20-2009 |
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'Welcome' to a Quaint Comedynew
From an outsider's perspective, Welcome to the Sticks is a straightforward fish-out-of-water comedy, but something in this warm French comedy captured the national imagination. A third of the country went to see it in theaters, unseating Titanic as the top-grossing film ever released in France.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Peter Hemminger |
02-19-2009 |
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All Hail Cliff Clavin!new
It's banal, it's predictable, and it's basically excruciating.
The Portland Mercury |
Logan Sachon |
02-19-2009 |
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'Absurdistan' is Full of Village Peoplenew
Filmmaker Veit Helmer's dusty, imaginative yarn Absurdistan is a fable so curious even Benjamin Button might hesitate to tell it.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
02-18-2009 |
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Tags: Absurdistan, Veit Helmer
