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'Iron' Deficiencynew
The plot is thoroughly stupid, but fun enough here and there, and Gwyneth Paltrow has never looked lovelier.
Tags: Jon Favreau, Iron Man
Nostalgia Trumps Imagination & Joy in New 'Indiana Jones'
The creative team spends so much time telling us how wonderful it is that we're all here together again that they forget to make us interested in what's actually happening. Harrison Ford may seem revitalized, but those of us who were hoping to feel the same are left feeling ... whipped.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-19-2008 |
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David Mamet's Redbelt is a Return to Formnew
In a sense, the arc of Mamet's career has been one long journey from Chicago to Hollywood, and his last few movies as a writer-director -- State and Main, Heist and Spartan -- suggested that arc was turning steeply downward. Redbelt emphatically reverses this decline by combining in near-perfect proportion what Mamet loves and hates about Hollywood.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
05-19-2008 |
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Tags: David Mamet, Redbelt
'Prince Caspian' is a Satisfying Visit Back to the Fantasy Worldnew
Andrew Adamson's film version of the C.S. Lewis book, though it suffers from many of the same flaws as his 2005 adaptation of the first Narnia novel, expands and contracts the story in just the right places to transform it into successful summer-blockbuster fodder.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
05-16-2008 |
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Go Back to Narnia with 'Prince Caspian'new
It's a little long, a little boring, but not entirely without visual inventiveness. Your mileage may vary depending on whether you're squiring tykes (sure, why not) or going by yourself as a grown-ass man or woman (don't bother).
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-16-2008 |
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Acid on the Eyesnew
Though it features a talented cast, Speed Racer is a horrendous failure.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-15-2008 |
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100 Minutes of Helen Hunt's Egonew
If you've ever wanted to see Salman Rushdie playing a gynecologist, then consider seeing Then She Found Me.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-15-2008 |
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First Shotnew
Reviews of what to see, listen to and read.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
05-15-2008 |
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Tags: first shot, Steve Schneider
Illegal Immigrants Find Out that Brooklyn isn't All Skinny Jeansnew
Sangre de Mi Sangre is decidedly not a fun, sexy summer movie, eschewing as it does romance for tentative connections forged in desperation, and fight scenes dripping with money for gritty life-or-death lunges on the streets of a Brooklyn rarely seen on film.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
05-15-2008 |
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Brits Behaving Badly Aren't Enough to Keep the Sexy Spark From Being Dousednew
Indian director Sivan's Before the Rains feels less Satyajit Ray than Lifetime, using Sajani and Moores' ill-fated love affair as a metaphor for the travesty of colonialism. Prepare to be schooled.
New York Press |
Felicia Feaster |
05-15-2008 |
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Tags: Before the Rains, Santosh Sivan
Cameron Diaz Once Again Saves the Sex Comedynew
And this time, with Ashton Kutcher.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-15-2008 |
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In 'Never Forever,' Money Can't Buy Happinessnew
Never Forever's characters are not people with whom you can empathize, nor does that seem to be writer and director Gina Kim's goal, at first. But the strength with which I came to care for Sophie Lee (Vera Farmiga) by the film's end was surprisingly overwhelming.
Dig Boston |
Laura Dargas |
05-15-2008 |
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Tags: Never Forever, Gina Kim
'Son of Rambow' is a Truly Funny Film About Identity and the Loss of Innocencenew
But there's another level to Garth Jennings' latest -- a subtle underlying theme about how foreign influences have affected the culturally isolated Brits.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
05-15-2008 |
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Tags: Garth Jennings, Son of Rambow
'Battle for Haditha' is Iraq Fiction Worth Seeingnew
A rare dramatic film from veteran documentarian Nick Broomfield, this film's final outcry of grief, vengeance, and injustice is a terrifying illustration of how badly we've bungled -- by creating new terrorists in attempting to eradicate established ones.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
05-14-2008 |
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Tags: Iraq, Battle for Haditha
Stayin' Alivenew
Stephen Walker's documentary about the Massachusetts chorus of retired people can be uncomfortable, because the participants (average age 80) don't seem to be in on the joke that is central to their act, which is elderly singers performing rock and punk rock more associated with rebellious youth.
Tags: Stephen Walker, Young@Heart
