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'Next Day Air' is More Profound than Most Art-House Farenew
Opening without fanfare or official validation, Benny Bloom's film displays more creativity and relevance to our ways of thinking (about money and relationships) than movies that pose as art.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-14-2009 |
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Tags: Benny Bloom, Next Day Air
'Outrage' Looks at Closeted Pols
Documentarian Kirby Dick brings the same methodical approach he applied to This Film is Not Yet Rated, about Hollywood's shadowy ratings board, to examine the practice of closeted gay, largely Republican, politicians to systematically vote against gay rights issues as a way of deflecting attention from their own sexuality.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-13-2009 |
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'Rudo y Cursi' Scores Cinematic 'GOOOAALLL!'new
or his first feature film, Carlos Cuaron proves himself to be a brash, promising rookie who delivers not so much a sports movie as an anti-sports movie.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-13-2009 |
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Tags: Carlos Cuaron, Rudo y Cursi
The Limits of Tolerating Jim Jarmuschnew
The Limits of Control is an enormously irritating movie. It is a puzzle box that contains no hints about life, only references back to other surrealist artworks and Jarmusch's own films.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
05-13-2009 |
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Rudo y Cursi': Confusion in the Southnew
Rudo y Cursi is not a typical comic buddy flick about the misadventures of two rancheros from the sticks. As conceived by writer-director Carlos Cuaron, the brothers' picaresque story is a sharp social satire of contemporary Mexico, held together by the slapstick glue of their country-boy antics.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
05-13-2009 |
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'Da Vinci Code' Sequel Goes Through the Roof
For all of the Catholic Church hullabaloo over Dan Brown's novels, Ron Howard's Da Vinci Code sequel is an exuberant cinematic adaptation that combines elements of horror, religious tradition, and high-tech suspense to give audiences a non-stop thrill ride.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-11-2009 |
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Once Again, Everyone Takes Dan Brown Way Too Seriously
Dan Brown gets a bad rap for his unique brand of beach-reading literature, but maybe he just should have been born 60 years earlier. If his work was going to be turned into cinema, it really should have been for 1930s serials.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-11-2009 |
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'O'Horten' Is a Potent and Unpretentious Movie Full of Simple Joy
Odd Horten is a retiring 67-year-old Oslo train conductor whose consciousness expands over a couple of days in Brent Hamer's fascinating seriocomic character study.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-11-2009 |
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'Adoration' Is a Forward-Thinking Exploratory Work of Cinema
Talented Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan errs on the side of shattered melodrama in a thought-provoking dissection of post-9/11 sensibilities.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-11-2009 |
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Set Phasers to Awesomenew
The Star Trek reboot will delight fans and newcomers alike.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Kyle Francis |
05-07-2009 |
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The New 'Star Trek' Is the Best Film in the Seriesnew
Director J.J. Abrams has pulled off a modern movie miracle with his reboot of the Star Trek franchise. He manages to retain the vibe of the beloved TV and film series while creating something altogether different, fresh and irresistibly entertaining.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-07-2009 |
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Ignore the Critics: 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' Is Fine Superhero-Movie Fun!new
I think that the reason X-Men Origins: Wolverine has gotten such bad reviews is that reviewers do not understand something that film lovers like to call "awesomeness."
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-07-2009 |
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'Star Trek': The Future Ain't What It Used to Benew
J.J. Abrams' Star Trek is more about appealing to fresh viewers without alienating the fans than establishing its own vision of the future, or even extending Roddenberry's.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-06-2009 |
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How Did It All Start for Wolverine?new
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is the elaborate yet curiously dull backstory of Marvel Comics' favorite razor-clawed mutant badass.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jonathan Kiefer |
05-06-2009 |
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Energetic 'Star Trek' Embraces Some of Its History and Throws Some Away
J.J. Abrams has shown that he knows how to deliver brainy action, and how to leave his distinctive thumbprint on an existing franchise.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-04-2009 |
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