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Action as Usual: The Cinema of Statham Rolls On
As far as Jason Statham action movies go, writer-director Boaz Yakin’s Manhattan-set effort rolls with the best of them.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-24-2012 |
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East Texas Folklore: Linklater Goes Regional
Richard Linklater’s impeccable black comedy — based on the real-life exploits of Carthage, Texas mortician Bernie Tiede — is so infectiously eccentric you don’t want the movie to end.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-24-2012 |
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'Buffy' and 'Lost' alum dick around with horror clichésnew
If its geek pedigree isn't enough to tip you off that The Cabin in the Woods isn't your typical slasher movie, it should become clear within the first few minutes that co-writers Drew Goddard (who also directs) and Joss Whedon have something else in mind for their pre-apocalyptic twist on The Evil Dead.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Gallucci |
04-20-2012 |
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Bully is worth watching, but lacks one thing — bulliesnew
It was the end of the line in my search for the kid who, during my sixth-grade year, made gym a class I feared every day.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
04-20-2012 |
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Strikingly similar stories from Israel and Japan in Footnote and Jiro Dreams of Sushinew
One is a fiction feature from Israel; the other is a documentary about a Tokyo sushi chef. The dissimilarities end there. Both films feature an aging father and a middle-aged son, and both depict the lifelong obsession of the older man and the pitfalls of passing the torch to his heir.
Tags: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
A Song of Lifenew
“Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are.”
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
04-20-2012 |
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Tags: Harry Belafonte, Sing Your Song
Taking on the Clichesnew
'The Cabin in the Woods' features fine scares--and a thought-provoking puzzle
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-20-2012 |
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Shining a Light on Bullyingnew
'Bully' -- controversial before it was released -- tells heartbreaking stories about a big problem.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
04-18-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Bully, Bully review
Milquetoast Passion: Nicholas Sparks’s Tear-Stained Cheese
From a casting perspective, Zac Ephron is the ideal embodiment of vanilla American mediocrity to stand in as Logan, a politically ambiguous Iraq war vet who stalks a woman whose photo he finds on the battlefield.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-17-2012 |
Reviews
For Jesse Owens, What Happened After the Olympics Is Its Own Storynew
The son of Alabama sharecroppers and grandson of a slave, Jesse Owens won a record four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Five months later, he was racing a gelding for money on a dirt track in Cuba.
Polish film In Darkness Digs Deeper into WWII anti-Semitismnew
In Darkness is an unhappy portrait of humanity flailing about in the sewers, and things didn't get much worse than Poland and Ukraine in 1943: Virtually all of the 200,000 Jews in the vicinity of Lvov were annihilated.
Every parent's nightmare in We Need to Talk About Kevinnew
The bulk of Kevin is art house horror; Swinton confers its humanity.
A Darker Oznew
Maybe it's the freakishly dyed and poofed hair of the TV personalities hosting the games, but there's a bit of dystopian Oz going on the film adaptation of "The Hunger Games." But then, when you really think about it, Oz may have been in Technicolor, but it was definitely a creepy place.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
04-06-2012 |
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Problem Childnew
Starring Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly and Ezra Miller as Kevin.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
04-05-2012 |
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'Coriolanus' is a captivating, timely directorial debut by Ralph Fiennesnew
Social and economic inequality set the cinematic stage in Coriolanus, a highly-inspired adaptation of William Shakespeare's early 17th century play, which, in many ways, parallels the protest movement against governmental power tripping that began in New York City late last year and has since spread across the U.S.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
04-05-2012 |
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