AltWeeklies Wire
Hollywood Productnew
Heist picture doesn't make clean getaway.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job
Greek to Menew
High Museum film series gets to the heat of the matter.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Passport to Greek Film
Pop Tartnew
Come back to the '80s with this re-release.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Diva, Jean-Jacques Beineix
Mean Streets of Brazilnew
City of Men and Alice's House portray life in the big cities.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Band in Israel Banned in Egyptnew
Cultural exchanges do not always make the noise generated by the New York Philharmonic's recent visit to North Korea.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Eran Kolirin, The Band's Visit
'The Bank Job': A Well-paced, Crackling Little Filmnew
New Zealand director Roger Donaldson is a competent helmsman who too often seems to hit on crappy, not very original scripts. The Bank Job isn't going to add much to his resume, but it's not all bad.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job
'The Other Boleyn Girl' is Mediocre at Bestnew
A flimsy and foolish adaptation of Philippa Gregory's novel surrounding the scandalous affair between Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII.
Dig Boston |
Harry Vaughn |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
'Girls Rock!' Hits Nerves of the Teen Psyche Varietynew
By focusing on the raw sentiments ("spillage") of campers, Girls Rock! is an intelligent -- and, more importantly, entertaining -- look at how girls fight self-imposed stereotypes in very different ways than boys do.
'CJ7': Space Puppy Lovenew
Fluffy extraterrestrial pooch helps poor-but-honest kid succeed on Earth.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: CJ7, Stephen Chow
Pig Talenew
There are several theories floating around the Internet purporting to explain why Penelope is finally being released now. It did, after all, make its debut at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
03-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Palansky, Penelope
Like Father, Like Sonsnew
Lost boys look for missing dads in the brutal City of Men.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
03-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: City of Men, Paulo Morelli
Growing Wildnew
Another visit to Brazil's slums tries to show how gun-toting boys become men.
Baltimore City Paper |
Steve Erickson |
03-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: City of Men, Paulo Morelli
'The Business of Being Born': Special Deliverynew
In 1900, 95 percent of the births in this country took place at home. Today, it's less than 1 percent. What happened? Epstein rounds up the experts to explain how what was once considered a blessed event came to be seen as a medical event.
A Forgotten Heist Gets a Welcome Reminder
The Bank Job is a good old-fashioned bank heist movie that's based on a 1971 London robbery in which a Lloyds Bank vault was emptied while the city slept.
Tags: Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job
Pete Travis Misses the Marknew
The president's been shot! In Vantage Point , a vaguely political action thriller, the president of the United States gets shot a lot.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Al Hoff |
03-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Pete Travis, Vantage Point
