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'Harry Brown': The Cool Side of Slownew
Michael Caine remains in full burn as Harry Brown.
North Bay Bohemian |
Richard von Busack |
05-11-2010 |
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What's So Funny 'Bout War, Greed, and Ignorance: Robin Hood Prequel is an Uphill Slog
For as muddled as its medieval politics are, thanks to Brian Helgeland's scattershot screenplay, director Ridley Scott's cloud-covered history of Robin Longstride's path to outlaw legend soars whenever Cate Blanchett takes the screen as Maid Marion.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-11-2010 |
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Tags: Robin Hood, Ridley Scott
'Babies'new
Filmmaker Thomas Balmes contrasts the lives of privileged babies with those in the developing world.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Harry Kloman |
05-10-2010 |
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'Vincere': Winning and Losing At Any Costnew
Benito Mussolini's delusions of grandeur reserved him his own personal corner of hell. Vincere, an epic of historical fiction, is heaven.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
05-05-2010 |
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Banksy is One Artful Dodgernew
Exit Through the Gift Shop excels in prankish creativity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-04-2010 |
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Tags: Banksy, Exit Through the Gift Shop
'The Losers' Demonstrates the Good and Bad of Comic-Book Adaptationsnew
While the steady resurgence of the comics industry led to a decade’s worth of well-established superhero movies and iffy adaptations of high-profile graphic novels, The Losers is the rare exception that takes Hollywood a little deeper into comics.
Metro Pulse |
Nick Huinker |
05-03-2010 |
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Tags: The Losers, Sylvain White
Taking Pedophilia Seriously: The 'Nightmare' Grows Cold
More contemplative and thematically muscular than Wes Craven's 1984 original slasher flick, Samuel Bayer's updated version has a quieter surreal edge rooted more in suspense than in the former film's regular bloodletting.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-03-2010 |
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'Please Give' Isn't Just a Chick Flicknew
In its casual, disarming way, this movie is as deep and as grand a film as you’ll find in the multiplex this year and demands to break out of the gender ghetto.
Inland Empire Weekly |
Amy Nicholson |
04-29-2010 |
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Tags: Please Give, Nicole Holofcener
Mercenary Mess of 'Losers'new
The Losers is a convoluted and largely uninteresting failure.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-28-2010 |
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Tags: The Losers, Sylvain White
'Oceans': Life Underwaternew
Oceans takes the nature documentary to a whole new level.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
04-28-2010 |
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'Oceans' Gets a Sea Minusnew
This documentary can’t turn its pretty pictures into a cohesive narrative.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
04-27-2010 |
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Tags: Jacques Perrin, Oceans
'Kells', Yeah!new
The Secret of Kells illuminates virtues of hand-drawn animation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-27-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Secret of Kells, Tomm Moore
Ghostly Scenes Don’t 'Eclipse' Subtle Irish Dramanew
Aidan Quinn enlivens The Eclipse’s paranormal activity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-27-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Conor McPherson, The Eclipse
J. Lo's Back in 'The Back-Up Plan'new
Jennifer Lopez is both a good sport and one funny mother in The Back-Up Plan
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
04-26-2010 |
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Chris Rock in a Hard Placenew
The comedian faces a classic African-American dilemma.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
04-26-2010 |
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