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George Clooney's Hit Man Hides Out in The Americannew
Few actors today both possess and exercise the star power needed to make films like The American. But artistic appreciation does not always produce artistry.
Tags: The American, Anton Corbijn
The American: This Gun for Hirenew
Director Anton Corbijn has a jeweler's eye for visual detail, but he's still trying to get a handle on other cinematic elements. The result is a beautiful, boring movie that's the least interesting George Clooney outing since Ocean's Twelve.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
09-02-2010 |
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Tags: The American, Anton Corbijn
Cue the Green Pukenew
This exorcism faux-documentary won't make your head spin.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-01-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Daniel Stamm, The Last Exorcism
Left Turn at the Equatornew
Oliver Stone's new documentary is eye-opening when it's not merely lazy.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
09-01-2010 |
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Tags: Oliver Stone, South of the Border
One Sharp Machetenew
Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis made a real movie out of a fake movie trailer he created in 2007. The result is Machete, a satirical, over-the-top sendup of the immigration debate.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
09-01-2010 |
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Quiet Desperation in Mademoiselle Chambonnew
The virtue, and limitation, of Mademoiselle Chambon is the ordinariness of the characters and their quotidian affair. It's one we can relate to, but it's not necessarily one that we go to the movies to watch.
Call Me Fishmealnew
'Piranha 3-D' satisfies an appetite for blood and circuses.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, Piranha 3-D
Get Low Doesn't Go Low Enoughnew
A film that looks to Horton Foote for inspiration is worth taking seriously, but this director and screenwriter don't have what it takes to give their synthetic concoction any authority.
Tags: Get Low, Aaron Schneider
Wallet Weirdonew
'Wild Grass' is one of those artsy French films that many American audiences loathe.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
08-31-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Alain Resnais, Wild Grass
Taste the Fury: Mexploitation Comes to Town
Robert Rodriguez's co-directed grindhouse fun-fest "Machete" is loaded with laughs, gore, and sly '70s-styled social commentary about America's current immigration crack-down.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
08-31-2010 |
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Rambo: Ancient Musclenew
'The Expendables' is just awful—but our resident Stallone addict is still looking forward to the sequel.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-30-2010 |
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Micmacs: Cute and political at the same timenew
Micmacs mixes cute characters with a political message.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
08-27-2010 |
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Going-Out Partynew
Get Low is an interesting sort of mystery film, because, unlike the standard mystery movie, the question is not "who dunnit?" but "what done he did?" Robert Duvall stars as Felix Bush, an ornery old hermit who, like all the best ornery old hermits, lives on the outskirts of a small town in 1930s Tennessee...
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-25-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Get Low, Aaron Schneider
Good News About "Bad Writing"new
OK, so maybe you only see Sedaris' hands and not his actual face, but you know it's him from the distinctive voice and the way he fidgets.
Boise Weekly |
Bill English |
08-25-2010 |
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Unfamiliar Facesnew
Todd Solondz revisits old characters in Life During Wartime.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Young |
08-25-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Todd Solondz, Life During Wartime
