AltWeeklies Wire
'The Signal' Sends a Bloody, Dystopian Messagenew
Among many ridiculous scenes, the one in which someone literally jump-starts and interrogates a decapitated head summarily erases any chance you'll take the script's weak stab at social commentary -- i.e., technology is destroying our minds -- seriously.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-21-2008 |
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'Charlie Bartlett' & 'Honeydripper': Cure of Dutynew
The heroes of two new films go hunting for quick fixes.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-21-2008 |
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Perv is as Perv Doesnew
Silver Scream Spook Show finds its heart.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-20-2008 |
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Tags: Karl Freund, Mad Love
Late Termnew
Marking time during Romania's oppressive regime.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-20-2008 |
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Scary Movies: Things to Comenew
Indie horror films like Diary of the Dead, The Signal, and The Last Winter send mixed signals about genre's future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-20-2008 |
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'Charlie Bartlett' & 'Vantage Point': Illusions of Powernew
Drug-dealing student quickly conquers high school. World peace might take slightly longer.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
02-20-2008 |
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Of Analogies and Alpha Dogsnew
Charlie Bartlett, fittingly, feels like a first film. It's flecked throughout with a decent store of genuine laughs and sweet, budding-romance moments, but these are offset too frequently by painfully conventional bits and notably odd directorial choices.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
02-20-2008 |
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Tags: Charlie Bartlett, John Poll
'In Bruges' Creates a New Kind of Hit-Man Humornew
Ostensibly a comedy, the film cracks its jokes with a heavy heart. It tries to laugh off what hit men do for a living and fails miserably.
Tags: In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
'In Bruges': Limbo Shticknew
The film is a delightful mixture of the sacred and profane.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
02-19-2008 |
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Tags: In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
The Political Thriller Returns With a Vengeance
Director Pete Travis has turned debut screenwriter Barry Levy's Rashomon-inspired script, about an assassination attempt against a U.S. president on a visit to Salamanca into a dizzyingly complex puzzle that sits comfortably next to such great political thrillers as In the Line of Fire.
Tags: Pete Travis, Vantage Point
Philippa Gregory's Novel Gets Shackled
Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson make a handsome, if redundantly costumed, pair of 16th century English sisters in this half-hearted period drama set between King Henry VIII's noble court and his volatile bedroom.
D.I.Why?
Be Kind Rewind assumes too much about the appeal of indie effort.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-15-2008 |
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Tags: Michel Gondry, Be Kind Rewind
A World of His Ownnew
Francis Ford Coppola's first film since The Rainmaker doesn't strike gold.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
02-15-2008 |
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Snowbirdsnew
A brief history of extreme skiing.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
02-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Obenhaus, Steep
Definitely Notnew
The Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy is too bland to compete with this week's foreign fare.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
02-15-2008 |
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Tags: Adam Brooks, Definitely, Maybe
