AltWeeklies Wire
The New Peter Principlesnew
A mix of zeal, swagger and thrills, just enough to spill your popcorn.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
07-13-2012 |
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Tags: Spiderman
Woody Allen's To Rome with Love explores that whole sad clown thingnew
Ruggero Leoncavallo's famous opera Pagliacci (or Clowns) is a perfect fit for Allen's themes, if not for his lifelong identity: This is the opera where that whole sad clown thing comes from.
Hyper-violent, soul-suckingly awful Savagesnew
Savages was clearly assembled by a committee charged with synthesizing the hippest films about crime and Mexico of the last generation.
To Rome with Lovenew
There's too little Rome and too much love in Woody Allen's mediocre follow-up to Midnight in Paris
Orlando Weekly |
William Goss |
07-06-2012 |
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The Amazing Spider-Mannew
Marvel reboot fails to improve on much of anything.
Orlando Weekly |
William Goss |
07-06-2012 |
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The Same Web Twice: Sony Reboots Spidey and Company
How quickly generations come and go. If you’re old enough to remember seeing Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man, and thought Tobey Maguire would carry Spider-Man’s mantle far into the 21st century, Hollywood is here to tell you your time has passed.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
07-02-2012 |
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Your Sister's Sister worth knowingnew
The dialogue in Your Sister's Sister is so natural, flowing and unforced that it's a wonder audience members don't frequently call out the makers of other movies for penning lines that sound as if they could only have come from a screenwriter's keyboard.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
06-29-2012 |
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Tags: Lynn Shelton, Mark Duplass
The Amazing Spider-Man: Tangled webnew
Perhaps it's best to think of Sam Raimi's 2002 Spider-Man and Marc Webb's 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man as the cinematic equivalents of Coke Classic and New Coke.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
06-29-2012 |
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Tags: The Amazing Spider-Man
Moonrise Kingdom takes the crownnew
Equal measures sweet and bittersweet, Moonrise Kingdom is nothing less than Wes Anderson's best film to date.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
06-29-2012 |
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Tags: Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Ted: Bear hugs for allnew
Rude, raunchy and decidedly non-PC, Ted is the sort of movie for which trailers serve no purpose, since they can't convey the R-rated content in PG-approved snippets.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
06-29-2012 |
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Boo Hoo!new
'Lola Versus' is silly, stupid and tragically shallow.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
06-28-2012 |
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People Like Usnew
An action writer's family drama feels like slick, wholesome detox, but the stars make it work.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-28-2012 |
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A benign, cozy world in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdomnew
Anderson makes us long to be in the shoes of these characters by sealing his universe into a well-haberdashed container of nostalgia.
Tags: Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Ted might be one of the best comedies of the yearnew
How does a man who is already stretched thin by his network television demands expect to develop his live-action film debut properly?
Charleston City Paper |
Isaac Weeks |
06-27-2012 |
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Lincoln Made Into Just Another Action Heronew
Over the weekend, a twelve year old named Charlie saw Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.
Random Lengths News |
Danny Simon |
06-26-2012 |
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