AltWeeklies Wire
'Hatchet' Brings Back Blood-and-Boobs Filmmakingnew
Despite the fact that assorted sun-deprived internet bloggers are dubbing writer/director Adam Green the savior of modern horror, it should be noted right up front that Hatchet isn't clever, smart, original, particularly well-made or all that convincingly acted.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-11-2007 |
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Tags: Adam Green, Hatchet
Paul Haggis Gets the Iraq War Right
Writer/director Paul Haggis (Crash) uses a biblically grounded metaphor as an all-encompassing touchstone for the desperate plight of physically and psychologically wounded Iraq War soldiers returning home.
Tags: Paul Haggis, In the Valley of Elah
'Raw Tactics of the Subversive Body' Provokesnew
This provocative new anthology of videos explores the human body as weapon, symbol, object, subject or organism.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
09-10-2007 |
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AIDS Beginsnew
Director André Téchiné dramatizes the onset of AIDS through the lives of four interconnected people, two of them gay, one uncertain and the other heterosexual.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
09-10-2007 |
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'Halloween' is a Bloody Messnew
Rob Zombie's remake is a trick but no treat.
Birmingham Weekly |
Carey Norris |
09-10-2007 |
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Tags: Halloween, Rob Zombie
Crazed Man vs. Machinenew
The hilarious The King of Kong features a passionate niche of classic arcade gaming buffs who fanatically guard their records and protect their heroes with a zealotry that would probably be terrifying, were it not so damn funny.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
09-10-2007 |
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'Exiled': The Blood and the Beautynew
The visual poetry of Johnnie To's gangster films counters their nihilism.
Chicago Reader |
Fred Camper |
09-10-2007 |
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Tags: Exiled, Johnnie To
Shane Meadows Comes Out of Guy Ritchie's Shadownew
Though Meadows still uses violence and genre-tweaking humor to entertaining effects, he has evolved into a far more original filmmaker.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-07-2007 |
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Tags: Shane Meadows, This is England
'No End in Sight' Shows Both the War in Iraq and on Reasonnew
The documentary is woven together by terse narration from Campbell Scott and contains nothing unfamiliar to regular readers of political blogs by center-leftists, but its cohesion will satisfy the most dedicated antiwar critic.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-07-2007 |
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Tags: Charles Ferguson, No End in Sight
The Grimmest Movie You'll Want to See Againnew
Some reviewers are calling Death Sentence morally reprehensible for being sympathetic to the vigilante, but the movie could be perceived as against revenge, since the outcomes are horrific for heroes and villains alike.
The Georgia Straight |
Ron Yamauchi |
09-07-2007 |
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Tags: death sentence, James Wan
Innovative Documentary Puts a Human Face on Iraq Warnew
José Antonio Gutierrez was a blip on the media radar, the first U.S. soldier to be killed in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The film looks at Gutierrez's life rather than create an anti-Bush screed.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
09-07-2007 |
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Milos Forman Returns to Form with 'Goya's Ghosts'new
For the director of such classics as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus, Milos Forman fell off pretty hard in recent years with The People vs. Larry Flynt and Man in the Moon.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
09-07-2007 |
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Tags: Goya's Ghosts, Milos Forman
300 Guns and a Babynew
Don't be fooled by the overblown, leather-clad machismo, profusion of violence or terrible one-liners -- once you realize that Shoot 'Em Up is not taking itself too seriously, it gets much better, giving Clive Owen license to engage in all manner of absurd gun-slinging with an infant in his backpack.
Montreal Mirror |
Jeffrey Malecki |
09-07-2007 |
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Tags: Michael Davis, Shoot 'Em Up
Can a Hard-Hitting Dafur Doc Inspire Intervention?new
Tonal modulation is everything in a political doc; the more dire the matter at hand, the more delicate the issue of how to address it. The crisis in Darfur compels The Devil Came on Horseback to commence in full-on grab-and-shake mode.
Nashville Scene |
Rob Nelson |
09-07-2007 |
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