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'Visioneers': All George Wants is an Explosion-Free Lifenew
Zach Galifianakis' natural zaniness is muted in Visioneers, a bleak view of a dystopian future.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
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'Chéri': Power Outagenew
When Michelle Pfeiffer is offscreen, Chéri feels like it might capsize at any moment.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
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'Julie & Julia': Cooking For Twonew
The delightful Julie & Julia is full of things often thought to be near-impossible in Hollywood movies.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
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'(500) Days of Summer' Is Just Too Fucking Cutenew
(500) Days of Summer has a few fantastic scenes, but mostly, it hovers nervously around the edges of a moment.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
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'Funny People' Shows a Kinder, Gentler Judd Apatownew
Poignant without ever being manipulative, densely referential with numerous classic lines, Funny People is a once-in-a-decade comedy.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
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'Summer Hours': The Objects and the Affectionnew
Olivier Assayas' tastefully made family drama is compact and close, calm and collected.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
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'Every Little Step': Rejection, Rejection, Successnew
You needn't be a musical theater geek to find this documentary about the casting of A Chorus Line fascinating.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
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Source Material: 'Food, Inc.'new
Food, Inc. is a synthesis of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma, two landmark inquiries into the way we eat now.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
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'Whiteout' is an Uncomfortably Numb Thriller-Wannabenew
Maybe snow blindness struck director Dominic Sena and his four screenwriters, as they transformed Greg Rucka's graphic novel into an uncomfortably numb movie.
The Georgia Straight |
Patty Jones |
09-11-2009 |
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It's a Battle of Thingamabob vs. Machine in '9'new
WALL-E would never get out alive in director Shane Acker's postapocalyptic hellscape.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
09-11-2009 |
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Boss Lady: 'The September Issue' Takes You to Worknew
In September, Anna Wintour's legendary iciness seems like the unremarkable product of natural decisiveness and an incredibly heavy schedule. She's irreverent, yes, but someone has to be, even at the highest echelon.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
09-10-2009 |
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Doc About Chevron's Eco Destruction, While Better Than Most, Still Doesn't Measure Up as Artnew
Crude touches all manifestations of oil greed which P.T. Anderson avoided when making his contemptuous anti-American pseudo-epic There Will Be Blood. Anderson kowtowed to trite anti-Bush cynicism, not even doing justice to the muckraking source novel, Oil!, by Upton Sinclair. Blood was trendy, Crude is aggrieved.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-10-2009 |
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Indie Idol Andrew Bujalski's 'Beeswax' is a Lo-Fi Standoutnew
Beeswax will surely lure Bujalski fans, but even those who think they hate mumblecore won't be disappointed by this tale. It's his best and most mature work to date, focusing on Austin, Texas twins Jeannie and Lauren.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
09-10-2009 |
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Tags: Beeswax, Andrew Bujalski
'Big Fan' Piles Shame Upon Failure for Patton Oswalt's Football Lovernew
The director of Big Fan, Robert Siegel, is the screenwriter of last year's The Wrestler. I was not an admirer of that movie, but I'll concede that its patronizing melodrama was elevated by the grace notes of Mickey Rourke. Big Fan, however, is pure, concentrated condescension.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
09-09-2009 |
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'All About Steve' Should've Been About Sandranew
It is reasonable to assume that the delay of All About Steve's release, from late February to Labor Day weekend, is not a sign of studio confidence. But with Sandra Bullock resuscitated by The Proposal and Bradley Cooper proven bankable by The Hangover, it's now or never for the tale of Bullock's nutty crossword puzzle designer following Cooper's TV news cameraman all across the country.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jonathan Kiefer |
09-09-2009 |
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