AltWeeklies Wire
'Persepolis' Celebrates Power of Two Graphic Art Formsnew
It boggles my mind that a French and Persian filmmaking team beat Americans to the punch with such a definitive adaptation of a graphic novel.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-23-2008 |
Reviews
Boys Don't Crynew
Why the best romantic comedies aren't about women.
Charleston City Paper |
Conseula Francis |
01-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 27 Dresses, Anne Fletcher
The Spooky Art of 'The Orphanage'new
The Orphanage is an effective, desperately unsettling ghost story that shows Hollywood how a horror movie should be done.
Charleston City Paper |
Nick Smith |
01-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Juan Antonio Bayona, The Orphanage
Deadly in Pinknew
Teeth's biting satiric gore meets the Brazilian kitchen sink drudgery of Alice's House.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
01-23-2008 |
Reviews
'Cloverfield''s 9/11 Infelicitiesnew
Last weekend's $46-million top-grosser essentially says that its characters and, by extension, its paying audience, deserves to be killed: New Yorkers, Americans, Abrams' target demographic. I never thought I would see a movie made in the United States that was so gung-ho about 9/11.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
01-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
'Cloverfield' is Just a Monster Movie, Right?new
There's no way Cloverfield could possibly be worth the to-do. Could it?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
01-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
Myth Guidednew
Woody Allen's latest Greek allusions don't add up to much.
Baltimore City Paper |
Cole Haddon |
01-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Cassandra's Dream
Ground Zeronew
Cloverfield turns attacking New York into mass-market Hollywood entertainment.
Baltimore City Paper |
Evan Guilfoyle |
01-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
'Persepolis': A Good But Unnecessary Adaptationnew
While its minimalist black-and-white drawing style makes it a prime candidate for a translation from comics to film, Persepolis runs into a bit of a snag.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
01-22-2008 |
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'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly': Mind Over Matternew
Adapted memoir finds a man trapped in his body.
'Honeydripper': Image Problemnew
John Sayles can write a good story, but can he tell it visually?
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
01-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Honeydripper, John Sayles
Public Culpability Gets Credit for Torture
2008 gets its first installment of torture porn with a predictable thriller that blames a bloodthirsty public and big media for fostering an atmosphere of retribution violence.
Tags: Gregory Hoblit, Untraceable
'Cloverfield' is a Horrornew
It's taken just over six years for the idea of an escapist disaster movie set on the streets of New York City to go from pop-culture anathema to a hotly anticipated commercial commodity.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
Adrift in 'Cassandra's Dream'new
Woody Allen's latest casts him in uncertain waters.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Cassandra's Dream
Actors on Cruise Controlnew
Directed by Callie Khouri at the pace of an unhurried stroll, the comforting predictability of Mad Money is a little like watching I Love Lucy in slow motion.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lekich |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Callie Khouri, Mad Money
