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Praising Arizona
3:10 to Yuma showcases two great actors making one another better.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 3:10 to Yuma, James Mangold
'September Dawn': Evil-doing Zealots?new
This movie about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of Sept. 11, 1957, during which local Mormons murdered 120 members of a wagon train heading West, reeks of ulterior motives.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Cain, September Dawn
'Self-Medicated': Hey Kid, The First One's Freenew
It contains some freshman mistakes, but this microindie has such dramatic momentum, such a need to tell its story, that it's well worth a look.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Monty Lapica, Self-Medicated
'Ladron' is a Caper Soaked in Latin Flavornew
This Spanish-language caper film, made in Los Angeles, offers grand entertainment and sociological import.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
'Illegal Tender': Dirty Money's Dirty Laundrynew
A throwback to the Eighties crime dramas and Seventies blacksploitation films, this Latino action thriller about family ties and blood feuds rarely transcends clichés.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Franc. Reyes, Illegal Tender
'The Boss of it All': Lars in Chargenew
Von Trier assures us at the outset that this will be a "cozy comedy," the last thing you might expect from this prickly filmmaker.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lars von Trier, The Boss of it All
'Black Sheep': Ewe Are What Ewe Eatnew
It's smart; it's silly; it's shear terror, as the ruminants develop a taste for human flesh.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Sheep, Jonathan King
'Balls of Fury': Paddle Soresnew
Goofy pingpong comedy gets by on the amiable nerd panache of chunky lead Dan Fogler.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Garant, Balls of Fury
'Lady Chatterly' Features Beautiful Pre-Digital Filmmakingnew
In Ferran's hands Lawrence's once banned material is suddenly tastefully old-fashioned.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lady Chatterley, Pascale Ferran
'Hula Girls' Shimmies Through Cliches with Heartnew
The phrases "mining town," "out of work" and "hula dancing" are likely to conjure up a new variation on the old Full Monty formula, which is exactly what director Lee Sang-il does.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Hula Girls, Lee Sang-il
The World Needs Rob Zombie's 'Halloween'new
Carpenter's 1978 film was so archetypal it couldn't afford to have any depth -- Zombie's version goes for grittier realism, a tricky proposition when it comes to myth and legend.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
08-31-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Halloween, Rob Zombie
Crowe Vs. Bale: Mangold Reinvents Elmore Leonard Western
Director James Mangold’s update of the Elmore Leonard short story that spawned the original 1957 Western, is a gritty action-packed movie that trades on the talents of its headstrong leading men.
Tags: 3:10 to Yuma, James Mangold
'Self-Medicated' Worksnew
The film plays like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest crossed with Requiem for a Dream, tied together for the Facebook set.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
08-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Monty Lapica, Self-Medicated
The Men Who Would Be 'The King of Kong'new
In a battle for the world record of King Kong, being killed by a giant digital monkey or manipulated by a petulant, jealous rival is sometimes enough to make a grown man cry.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
08-30-2007 |
Reviews
The Natives Are Zestlessnew
A latter-day Mary Poppins confronts naughty, negligent and, most unforgivably, upper-crust parents.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
08-30-2007 |
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