AltWeeklies Wire
'Rendition': Say Unclenew
Latest Iraq War film delivers rote "relevance."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, rendition
'Things We Lost in the Fire': Land of the Lostnew
Muted emotions fail to strike sparks.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
'The Darjeeling Limited' Goes Off the Railsnew
Wes Anderson delivers more color, less humanity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-18-2007 |
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Plowing Down Kids on 'Reservation Road'new
Based on its concept, the film should have been an all-out gut-wrench fest. If you're going to have a plot device as emotionally manipulative as a dead child, I should at least choke up once, right?
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Reservation Road, Terry George
'30 Days of Night': Why I Will Never, Ever Go to Alaskanew
Based on a fairly overrated graphic novel by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, the film version of 30 Days of Night is pretty goddamn cool.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Slade, 30 Days of Night
Got to Be Real
Dan in Real Life finds authenticity beyond its wacky movie ironies.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dan in Real Life, Peter Hedges
'Rendition' Makes Points Often and Bluntlynew
But by crafting an intricate and engaging story out of this country's most despicable "weapon" in the war on terror, it's possible that its message may be more well-received than the dozens of damning documentaries that have preceded it.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, rendition
'Gone Baby Gone': Mean Streetsnew
Irish-American street life and working-class misery are always easy excuses for over acting.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
'Wristcutters': Death & Pizzanew
Imaginative afterlife story gets mundane on the big screen.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
White Lies: Why Critics Don't Get Tyler Perrynew
Most critics don't "get" Tyler Perry basically because most critics are whites who are not only clueless about Perry's African-American culture, but unsympathetic to his particular expression.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-18-2007 |
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'Sleuth' Remakes 'Sleuth'new
Kenneth Branagh updates, and downgrades, the film, even with Michael Caine for a second go-round.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth
'Things We Lost in the Fire' Survives Thanks to Benicionew
Things We Lost in the Fire (too bad the title wasn't one of those things) evinces an open naivete that survives the calculation of the plot -- and in the lead, Benicio Del Toro transforms himself from reliable character actor to serious leading man.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
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'Rendition': Swept Awaynew
The real novelty in Gavin Hood's off-again, on-again Rendition isn't the plot -- rather, it is scriptwriter Kelley Sane's unique curveball at the end.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, rendition
Behind the Cameranew
Ben Affleck and Sean Penn score with their directorial efforts.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
10-17-2007 |
Reviews
Ben Affeck, Natural Director?new
It's easy to forget that Affleck won an Oscar for the Good Will Hunting screenplay. With his latest release he's rediscovered the perfect role for himself, one that he probably should have been playing all along: the guy behind the camera.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
10-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
