AltWeeklies Wire
'The Counterfeiters' & 'Chicago 10': Vintage Violencenew
Bad old days -- the Holocaust and Vietnam war protests -- are revisited with fresh eyes.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
02-28-2008 |
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Range of Agesnew
Coppola comes off like a smart, striving grad student. Young again, you might say.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
02-27-2008 |
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'Penelope' is a Fairy Tale With No Shortage of Fracturesnew
Maybe Penelope's sufferings are her mother's fault. But the movie has only itself to blame for its blemishes.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
02-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Palansky, Penelope
'The Band's Visit' Gently Strums the Heartstringsnew
Kolirin gives us a charming little drama that skirts sentimentality and manages to be a feel-good film without necessarily feeling very good.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
02-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Eran Kolirin, The Band's Visit
Will Ferrell Goes for the Easy Layup in 'Semi-Pro'new
The bottom line: Just how many times can Will Ferrell make the same comedy about a flailing, pasty, self-deluded athlete and/or broadcaster?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-27-2008 |
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Tags: Kent Alterman, Semi-Pro
Women On the Vergenew
Bonneville and Penelope never threaten to break the mold.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-27-2008 |
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Considering 'Chicago 10' in the Present Momentnew
The fanciful documentary intercuts events on the streets of Chicago during the 1968 Democratic Convention and a re-creation of the "Chicago Seven" trial of Yippie leaders Abbie Hoffman, Rennie Davis, Jerry Rubin and others.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
02-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Brett Morgen, Chicago 10
'Taxi to the Dark Side' Delivers the Brutal Truthnew
Gibney's vital, shattering documentary demonstrates how the combination of hoo-rah slogans and amoral leadership translates into atrocity on the ground.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
02-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side
Will Farrell Takes Up Old School Basketball
Farrell loiters in the comfort of his signature punch-drunk delivery of outrageous lines and sight gags in a '70s era parody that extends the funk vibe of Judd Apatow's summer comedy Superbad.
Tags: Kent Alterman, Semi-Pro
'Taxi to the Dark Side' Examines Torturenew
Alex Gibney's film is a devastating investigation into how the war on terror has corrupted our nation's values.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Al Hoff |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side
Shooting the President's Never Been So Boringnew
Temporal gimmicks aren't exactly an innovation in the world of motion pictures, but nobody told the makers of the crummy, incredibly annoying Vantage Point.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Pete Travis, Vantage Point
Kids These Daysnew
Charlie Bartlett is the feature debut of Austin Powers' snappy film editor Jon Poll, so it is but a heartbeat cut till we meet our hero with his head down a toilet at the funky public school to which he has been dispatched by his desperate single mother.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
Blood Moneynew
The Counterfeiters is morally ambiguous Holocaust tale of survival and collusion.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-25-2008 |
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Pointlessnew
All-star cast can't save Rashomon wannabe Vantage Point.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
02-25-2008 |
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Tags: Pete Travis, Vantage Point
Downey Does Drunkardnew
Robert Downey Jr.'s too-real drunk routine steals the Charlie Bartlett show.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
