AltWeeklies Wire
The Director of Independence Day is a Natural Fit for Elizabethan Intriguenew
Director Roland Emmerich’s new film opens and closes at a modern theater. The curtain draws and, before a polite crowd dressed in their Sunday best, a narrator sets the scene.
San Antonio Current |
Justin Strout |
11-03-2011 |
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Like Crazynew
Take these sweet young lovers seriously. Somebody has to.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
11-03-2011 |
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Conspiracy Theater in Anonymousnew
Anonymous is a hoot for literate moviegoers, a treat for theater geeks, a rag on backstage egotists, and an alternate version of the Elizabethan Age. But I seriously doubt that it is history.
The Help May Clean Up Oscar Nightnew
"Sucking the life out of the past and flattening history."
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
11-02-2011 |
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Tags: The Help, 2012 Oscars
Diamond in the Buff: Michelle Williams Embodies Marilyn Monroe
Michelle Williams gives an Oscar-worthy performance as Marilyn Monroe in director Simon Curtis's thoughtful adaptation of diaries by Colin Clark.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
10-31-2011 |
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The Rum Diarynew
Johnny and Hunter do Puerto Rico.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
10-31-2011 |
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Martha Marcy May Marlenenew
First cult is the deepest.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
10-28-2011 |
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Tags: Martha Marcy May Marlene
Pa Negre (Black Bread)new
This is the movie that nearly swept the Goya Awards (Spain’s Oscar), and the first film to represent Spain in the race for Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2012 that is not spoken in Spanish (the original is in Catalan, but San Antonians will see a version dubbed into Spanish with English subtitles).
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-27-2011 |
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A Surprisingly Good Puss in Bootsnew
"Wait a minute, I'm being entertained by a movie about a damn talking, sword-fighting cat!"
The Story of a Painting in The Mill and the Crossnew
Lech Majewski's film revels in the earthy details of 16th-century Flemish life even as it employs up-to-the-minute CGI techniques to bring this wonderfully complex painting by Pieter Bruegel to life.
Telling the Wall Street Side in Margin Callnew
Anybody who goes into Margin Call hoping to see investment bankers raked over the coals will be disappointed.
No Holds Bardnew
The director of Independence Day is a natural fit for Elizabethan intrigue
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
10-27-2011 |
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Hallmark Hunternew
Johnny Depp finally bestows an origin story upon a gonzo legend.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
10-27-2011 |
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Review: Anonymousnew
This film's plot - that Shakespeare's plays were not written by him - is confusing, lurid hooey, but you'll have fun trying to wade through it.
