AltWeeklies Wire
'Moving Midway': Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?new
A white Southern family's alterna-history meets reality.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
10-17-2008 |
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Tags: Godfrey Cheshire, Moving Midway
First Shot: Fraud at the Multiplex?new
The makers of An American Carol have pinned their flick's underwhelming $3.7 million opening weekend on a shadier phenomenon: fraud at the multiplex.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: David Zucker, An American Carol
First Shot: 'An American Carol'new
Kevin Farley has chosen to introduce himself to the public by playing the Michael Moore–esque documentarian Michael Malone in David Zucker's An American Carol.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-17-2008 |
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'City of Ember' Tells it Straight ... Sort Ofnew
It's uneven and flawed and not as totally honest as I might have led you to believe, but at least we're spared yet another round of the Remarkable Boy Who Believed Hard Enough and instead see something that at least approximates the trouble of being a child who must over-come in an adult world.
Arkansas Times |
Matthew Reed |
10-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gil Kenan, City of Ember
'Max Payne' Doesn't Get Much Further than the Video Game Didnew
The film goes the way of every other movie based on a video game: It starts with a character, and maybe an idea for a look, but after that, it has nothing.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
10-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: John Moore, Max Payne
'Sex Drive': Road Tripenew
Clark Duke is no Jonah Hill. And he's certainly no Michael Cera, though he's best known for co-starring with Juno's baby daddy in Clark and Michael, a CBS-sponsored webisode series. Ergo, Sex Drive -- a raunchy, gross-out teen comedy that's actually based on a book -- is no Superbad.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Sean Anders, sex drive
Softcore Porn Leads to Love in the Strange New Romcom 'Good Dick'new
Whatever success Good Dick may achieve as a film is almost entirely thanks to Jason Ritter's performance. Without his charisma and boy-next-door appeal, the movie would be just a cautionary tale about not using Netflix.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
10-16-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Good Dick, Marianna Palka
'W.' Gets a Bnew
Maybe it's because Sarah Palin has put the bar so low, but Oliver Stone's Bush seems to have credibility, and he evokes sympathy.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-16-2008 |
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'What Just Happened?' Proves Barry Levinson Still Can't Directnew
In addition to getting wrong the proverbial Hollywood shibboleths (about violence, pets, etc.), Levinson and screenwriter Art Linson fake concern over selling out when everybody knows it is the way of things: Our tabloid media specializes in celebrating it.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-16-2008 |
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Oliver Stone Doesn't Settle for Easy Ridicule, He Looks Deep Inside Bush's Soulnew
The hard work of Stone’'s new film about George Bush -- that uses the synecdoche title W. -- is to avoid impertinence and rebuild the concepts of fairness and empathy while examining the Bush enigma.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-16-2008 |
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'Trouble the Water' Eyes Katrina from Inside the Stormnew
With three years' worth of outraged hindsight to go on, the Robertses' shaky-handed coverage and Deal and Lessin's focus on storytelling make Trouble the Water a digestible account -- and an indispensable supplement to our understanding of just what the hell happened in New Orleans.
Willamette Week |
Saundra Sorenson |
10-16-2008 |
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Dakota Fanning is Abused by Racism and Breakfast Foods in 'Bees'new
In case you are pondering whether to take your children -- or, bless your sweet little heart, yourself -- to see The Secret Life of Bees, it seems helpful to clarify up front that this is the Southern-set Dakota Fanning movie in which Dakota Fanning does not get raped. (That would be Hounddog.)
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-16-2008 |
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Ridley Scott's Latest is Covert Chaosnew
Body of Lies makes no sense at times, but the action and the acting make it fun and exciting.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, Body of Lies
'The Exiles' is a Moody Explorationnew
The restored version of a 1961 movie following Native Americans in L.A. offers an experience in film textures.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kent Mackenzie, The Exiles
Weathermen Doc 'The Weather Underground' Lets You Make the Callnew
With Barack Obama's William Ayers connection becoming recent fodder for GOP attacks, this Oscar-nominated 2002 documentary is making a timely appearance in theaters.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
10-15-2008 |
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