AltWeeklies Wire
'There Will Be Blood' is Anderson's 'Citizen Kane'new
With There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson has taken a stab at making The Great American Movie -- and I daresay he's made one of them.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-28-2007 |
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Bloodless 'Blood'new
Paul Thomas Anderson's new film is striking but dry as dust.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-28-2007 |
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Arrested Developmentnew
The first two minutes of Juno cause concern, but the next 90 minutes become one of the year's best films.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-27-2007 |
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Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
'Cox' Blocknew
For every funny part in Walk Hard, there are two that fall flat.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
12-27-2007 |
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Big Talknew
The ever-ingratiating Denzel Washington both stars and directs this feel-bad-then-good fable, based on the mid-'30s triumphs of the debate team from all-black Wiley College. Also reviewed: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-27-2007 |
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Your Dreams are Worthlessnew
An undercurrent of pathetically naked hope that makes Great World of Sound weirdly compelling, and a sad-but-honest look at the depressing consequence of our national obsession with fame.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
12-27-2007 |
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Tags: Craig Zobel, Great Wall of Sound
'The Walker' Plays Fill in the Blanksnew
The Walker provides glimmers of detail, with hardly any context -- and it's pretty impossible to get into a film when you feel like you're only getting half the story.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
12-27-2007 |
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Tags: Paul Schrader, The Walker
Extreme Skiers are So... So... Extreme!new
Steep is one more fawning sports documentary in the vein of Dogtown and Z-Boys, Riding Giants, Step into Liquid, and First Descent, and while it's not nearly as good as any of those, it still has some stuff to recommend.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
12-27-2007 |
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Tags: Mark Obenhaus, Steep
'The Orphanage': Scary Movienew
Spanish horror from newcomer Juan Antonio Bayona brings back the thrill of a classic ghost story.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-27-2007 |
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Tags: Juan Antonio Bayona, The Orphanage
IM Legendnew
An adapted screenplay about the last online chatter.
Portland Phoenix |
Christopher Gray |
12-27-2007 |
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Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
'The Bucket List': When Jack Met Morgannew
Rob Reiner's new comedy contradicts itself with star power.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-27-2007 |
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Tags: Rob Reiner, The Bucket List
'The Great Debaters' Commits the Worst Kind of Sentimentalizingnew
Denzel Washington's black biopic is more concerned with uplifting than exposing truth.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-27-2007 |
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'Charlie Wilson's War': Power Chicnew
Mike Nichols and Aaron Sorkin replace the solemnity of war with irreverent shtick.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-27-2007 |
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Tags: Mike Nichols, Charlie Wilson's War
Family Treenew
One wonders if Noah Baumbach didn't come to Margot at the Wedding with inadequate material to flesh out an entire feature. Some parts just don't hold together.
'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly': Real & Surrealnew
A true story lets director Julian Schnabel exercise his imagination.
Chicago Reader |
Andrea Gronvall |
12-26-2007 |
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