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Weirdsville Neither as Funny Nor as Serious as it Should Benew

An awkward cross between Requiem for a Dream and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Weirdsville never achieves the balance it needs to work either as a dark portrait of petty crime and drug addiction or as a goofy, ramshackle stoner comedy.

Las Vegas Weekly | Josh Bell | 01-30-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Allan Moyle, Weirdsville

Persepolis is Quite an Extraordinary Achievementnew

Though the film leaves out the subtle and complex political nuances of the book in favor of speed and brevity, it’s also a good deal livelier and funnier.

Las Vegas Weekly | Jeffrey M. Anderson | 01-30-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Persepolis, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi

Francis Ford Coppola Returns From Hiatusnew

I wish I could report that Youth Without Youth is a comeback of immense proportions and that Coppola has restored himself as a kind of genius auteur, but the film is far more difficult than that.

Las Vegas Weekly | Jeffrey M. Anderson | 01-30-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Francis Ford Coppola, Youth Without Youth

Not Up to Snuffnew

The problem Untraceable is it gives its hero little to do beyond tapping on computer keys and fretting in a maternal way about her daughter and the younger FBI agents under her care.

Charleston City Paper | Maryann Johanson | 01-30-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Gregory Hoblit, Untraceable

Watching People at Computer is Boringnew

Untraceable, the new would-be cyber-thriller starring Diane Lane, misses this concept entirely.

C-Ville Weekly | Devin O'Leary | 01-30-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Gregory Hoblit, Untraceable

D.O.A.new

Over Her Dead Body is billed as a romantic comedy, but if that is what this film is, then that means it’s possible that a movie without the slightest bit of romance or comedy can qualify as such.

San Diego CityBeat | Todd Kroviak | 01-30-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Jeff Lowell, Over Her Dead Body

Never Forgetnew

Nanking isn’t for the faint of heart, or stomach, as the sheer volume of suffering is almost impossible to comprehend.

San Diego CityBeat | Anders Wright | 01-30-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman, Nanking

Uno, Dos, Tres, IMAX!new

The 3D and the surround sound may temporarily create the feeling of actually being in the front row of a U2 concert, but that's only if you can ignore the fact that no one around you is dancing or cheering or even singing along, all essential concert-going experiences.

Chicago Newcity | Andy Seifert | 01-30-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Catherine Owens; Mark Pellington, U2-3D

Blood Moneynew

Emotionally dissatisfying as it ultimately is, There Will Be Blood is nonetheless a defensible work of art. It is long (two hours and 38 minutes), but it's not tedious. Anderson keeps us watching, our hope, perhaps, sustaining us through the hopelessness on screen

Gambit | Rick Barton | 01-30-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood