AltWeeklies Wire
Tom Kalin's 'Savage Grace' is Shallow and Gracelessnew
Other New Queer Cinema mavericks have gone on to make films that challenge artistic, thematic, and commercial assumptions. In comparison, Savage Grace is oddly conservative.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
06-18-2008 |
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Steve Carell Stars in Mediocre Remake of TV Classic 'Get Smart'new
In the Apatow era, one more fallible-but-lovable man-boy may be one too many to make Get Smart's concept the laugh riot it aims to be.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
06-18-2008 |
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'The Incredible Hulk' Fails in the Shadow of 'Iron Man'new
Edward Norton, try as he does with an almost heroic effort to make Bruce Banner as interesting as his towering, verdure-shaded beefcake within, doesn't possess Robert Downey's casual radiance.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
06-17-2008 |
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CONTROL Issues: 'Get Smart' Favors Nostalgia over Comedic Potential
Stuck with a title and a history, Get Smart loses its comedic potential.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-17-2008 |
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Tags: Peter Segal, Get Smart
'Get Smart' Never Gels, but Still Earns its Entertainment Value
With so much comic grist to build on, it's a shame that the writers chose to ignore the no-brainer elements that should have shoehorned the comedy as a recognizable poke of infectious laughter.
'The Incredible Hulk' Reboots -- but Can't Improve -- the Marvel Superheronew
If you enjoy watching huge dudes wail on each other, you surely won't be disappointed; those hoping for something more, however, will sense the movie shrinking even as the CGI steroids kick in.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Mike D'Angelo |
06-16-2008 |
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'Young People Fucking' Proves Fuck is the New Blacknew
First there was FCUK. And then there were bands like Holy Fuck and Fucked Up. And then Sarah Silverman was fucking Matt Damon. And now there's Young People Fucking, which has some folks calling for a crackdown.
The Georgia Straight |
Craig Takeuchi |
06-13-2008 |
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'Before the Rains' Explores Love, Lust and Empirenew
Before the Rains is a carefully recreated and opulent period drama that explores the psychology of individuals grappling, and losing their grip, with the historical conditions of their time.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
06-13-2008 |
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Hulk Lack Emotional Resonance!new
More of a continuation than a remake of Ang Lee's critically mixed Hulk (2003), The Incredible Hulk seems intent on repairing the damage inflicted by its predecessor.
The Portland Mercury |
Wm. Steven Humphrey |
06-13-2008 |
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'Young People Fucking' is Light and Sexynew
It may reek a little of desperation, but calling a movie Young People Fucking is a pretty smart way to get audiences to actually see a Canadian movie. Shameless, sure, but it'll probably generate more ticket sales than a handful of Genies ever could.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
06-13-2008 |
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Tags: Martin Gero, Young People Fucking
'The Happening' is Goofynew
The Happening is being marketed as the first R-rated film from Shyamalan, and it's also widely viewed as Shyamalan's last chance to remind everyone he used to make good movies. It's also so terrible as to be nearly unwatchable.
The Portland Mercury |
Erk Henriksen |
06-13-2008 |
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'The Happening' is NOT Happeningnew
M. Night Shyamalan's latest fails to revive his flagging career.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
06-13-2008 |
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Tags: M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening
Adam Sandler Demonstrates How Far He's Fallen Since 'Happy Gilmore'new
Beginning encouragingly with a bit of charming stupid-funny, You Don't Mess with the Zohan rapidly disintegrates into blank-staring, brain-cell-destroying inanity, alighting, occasionally, on the rarest flowers of slap-yourself-on-the-forehead-because-it's-so-stupid funny and then, about 12 minutes into the two-hour-long slog, it settles into illimitably stupefying, comatose-inducing and transcendentally dimwitted, anti-funny.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
06-13-2008 |
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Two Docs Examine the Love and Politics of Christopher Isherwood and Derek Jarmannew
Chris & Don: A Love Story and Derek are elegies to gay cultural figures, novelist Isherwood and filmmaker Derek Jarman, but they also uniquely chronicle lives of affection and rebellion -- personalities that are rarely found in the gay films that break into today's mainstream.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-12-2008 |
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Guy Maddin Explores His Hometown and Childhood in New Docufantasianew
When someone grows up on tales of stampeding racehorses being frozen in a river, leaving just their rearing heads above the ice, how can they not be a little off-kilter in their sensibilities?
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
06-12-2008 |
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