AltWeeklies Wire
The Lion in WInternew
Peter O'Toole, in an Oscar-caliber and -nominated performance, pulls off this tricky May-December relationship with colossal panache and sublime craft.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-01-2007 |
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Tags: Roger Michell, venus
A Good Doctornew
Forest Whitaker's Oscar nomination is a sign of a great performance packed into an ordinary film.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
02-01-2007 |
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Smoke, But No Firenew
Despite a spirited cast, Smokin' Aces confuses, frustrates.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
02-01-2007 |
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Tags: Joe Carnahan, Smokin' Aces
O Laughter, Where Art Thou?new
Dumb comedies bottom out with Epic Movie and The Naked Mile.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-01-2007 |
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An Epic Letdownnew
Break out your calculators for this one: 28 blockbuster spoofs + eight blowjob jokes X 7 million tweens = box office pay dirt.
New York Press |
Steve Scibelli |
02-01-2007 |
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Docu-Teasenew
This Tony Kushner documentary punches like a sissy.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
01-31-2007 |
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Mad About the Boynew
Notes is a very clever film, but in a curious way, smaller than the novel.
Tags: Notes on a Scandal, Richard Eyre
Nu Yellersnew
Not just for System of a Down fans, the film spends more time analyzing historical events than observing high jinks on the band bus.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-26-2007 |
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Tags: Carla Garapedian, Screamers
The One That Got Awaynew
Even more distracted than its heroine, Catch and Release barely takes time to grieve before plunging desperately into farce.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-26-2007 |
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Tags: Catch and Release, Susannah Grant
Well-Versednew
The only thing missing from this rich sampling of the Wilson aesthetic is a sustained inquiry into that aesthetic's limits.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
01-26-2007 |
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Throw it Backnew
Could a truly feminist, non-patronizing romantic dramedy even exist today, or ever?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
01-26-2007 |
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Tags: Catch and Release, Susannah Grant
Queens and Kingsnew
Ten minutes in to Blossoming, you've not only entered a story but a world of indelible images, rituals, textures, eccentricities.
Female Troublenew
Penelope Cruz's magnificent, Oscar-nominated performance also marks a welcome return to Spain from the wife-and-girlfriend ghetto of her disappointing Hollywood sojourn.
Coming Homenew
Almodovar plumbs the feminine mystique — again.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-25-2007 |
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Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Volver
Misfirenew
Clint Eastwood's companion to Flags of Our Fathers essentially grafts a spare, ashen look to a very bleeding heart.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
01-25-2007 |
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