AltWeeklies Wire
How the South Was Boringnew
The obvious, trite plot of Honeydripper will leave viewers longing for a nice, big dose of Ritalin.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
02-10-2008 |
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Tags: Honeydripper, John Sayles
Bleak Streetnew
British kitchen-sink realism meets crime drama in the atmospheric but underdeveloped London to Brighton.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
02-08-2008 |
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Alternate Awardsnew
No Oscars? Try these honors on for size.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
02-08-2008 |
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Martin Beats Stillernew
Your enjoyment of Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins can be predetermined by one question: Do you think an obstacle course showdown between Martin Lawrence and Cedric the Entertainer sounds hilarious? If not, move along to the next review.
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
02-08-2008 |
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Let's Hope Real Comedy Comes into Playnew
You know how most DVDs come with extra features about the making of movie, interviews with the stars and the director, and whatever else was captured on film that fans might find moderately interesting? They seem to have got it backward here.
Did Romance Exist Before Movies?new
Hollywood perfected it with sophisticated women and beautiful men trading witty dialogue while overcoming artificial obstacles to the kind of rapturous love that only had to last until the words "The End" left us to imagine that they could keep it up for the ensuing lifetimes.
Vaughn & Gamesnew
Don't judge Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show by its title—the documentary isn't 100 minutes of Fred Claus running his mouth.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-08-2008 |
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El Violin Plays a Song That Hurts to Hearnew
It is unsurprising how seamlessly writer/director Francisco Vargas’ filmic language in El Violin melds a 1970s tale of peasant rebellion with intimations toward the country’s entire history of oppression, struggle and survival.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
02-07-2008 |
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Tags: Francisco Vargas, El Violin
Recent Comedies Mostly All Wetnew
Some observers are calling this a golden age for comedy films, but even a golden age has its share of fool’s gold.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
02-07-2008 |
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Tags: Andy Tennant, Fool's Gold
Persepolis More Like a Non-Iranian Filmnew
Persepolis is confidently cosmopolitan in its outlook and resonances. Yet it's also an indirect reminder that Iranian culture has been strangely (and, one might add, tragically) bifurcated for going on three decades now.
Son of a Gunnew
An oddly soothing, if contradictory, portrait of an artist.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
02-07-2008 |
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Finding Meaning in Romcom Fluffnew
Where The Hottie and the Nottie lingers on a mismatched relationship, Fool's Gold relies on the predictable twists of a remarriage comedy.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
02-07-2008 |
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Strike Up the Bandnew
Pretty, resonant and utterly approachable as a gentle comedy, The Band's Visit is conventionally low key.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
02-07-2008 |
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Tags: Eran Kolirin, The Band's Visit
Arty Assassinsnew
In a wannabe Tarantino flick, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s killers talk like actors, not hitmen.
New York Press |
Armond White |
02-07-2008 |
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Tags: In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
'Eye' vs. 'Eye'new
The weird rules of the Asian-horror-remake craze.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
02-07-2008 |
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