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Hollywood Productnew
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-03-2008 |
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'The Orphanage': The Parent Trapnew
The Orphanage's scares aren't cheap, and with an exception or two, you probably won't even jump at its twists. Instead, its capacity to frighten lurks in its atmosphere.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-03-2008 |
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Tags: Juan Antonio Bayona, The Orphanage
Cockroaches Attacknew
AVPR is an insult to the Aliens that came before--not to mention filmgoers.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-03-2008 |
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Complex Motivationsnew
Unlikable people talk a lot in this character-driven film you'll love or hate.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-03-2008 |
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Inside the Mind of a Killernew
Factual consistency predicates the narrative in The Killing of John Lennon, but Andrew Piddington's re-creation of Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman's descent into murderous insanity is hardly a procedural investigation into psychological disarray.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-03-2008 |
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Speaking the Truthnew
Historical drama struggles to rise above conventions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Allison Keene |
01-02-2008 |
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Care Giversnew
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney find time for Dad.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-02-2008 |
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Tags: Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Belles and the Beastnew
Julian Schnabel once again delivers high art.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-02-2008 |
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The Year in Filmnew
There Will Be Blood, Ratatouille top our critics' charts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster and Curt Holman |
01-02-2008 |
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Against Blood Typenew
There Will Be Blood marks a sharp change of pace for writer/director P.T. Anderson, the most prodigiously gifted and brashly confident of Hollywood's young hotshots.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
01-02-2008 |
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'There Will Be Blood' Falls Down its Own Wellnew
We're variously reminded of Greed, Citizen Kane, Days of Heaven, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and even Werner Herzog's oil-fire documentary, Lessons of Darkness -- all better movies on similar themes.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
01-02-2008 |
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Not All of Today's Horror Films are Schlockynew
The Orphanage is more ghost story than horror movie, and though it's low on the gore scale, it's still very scary, deeply atmospheric and seriously creepy, owing success to its solid direction and cinematography from Oscar Faura that holds the same precision to detail as Pan's Labyrinth.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
01-02-2008 |
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Tags: Juan Antonio Bayona, The Orphanage
The Prosthetic Achievement: Oil is Sweeter Than Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson has grown immensely as a writer/director since his last picture (Punch Drunk Love), so much so that in a single film he has become America's most visionary and accomplished modern-day auteur.
Going Longnew
New films never run out of breath.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
12-28-2007 |
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'Charlie Wilson's War': Mr. Wilson's World Ordernew
Well, finally the American film industry has done it. At last, there's a movie about American foreign policies and programs in the Middle East and West Asia, in Iraq and Afghanistan, that Americans can feel good about.
Tags: Mike Nichols, Charlie Wilson's War
