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Tone Deafnew
Joe Wright doesn't have a clue how to film Ian Mcewan's novel, Atonement.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
12-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Atonement, Joe Wright
No Exitnew
No Country for Old Men is a showcase of brilliant, minimalist acting, a visual masterpiece and an uncomfortable philosophical challenge.
The Icy Beauty of 'Atonement'new
There's much to admire in the glassy expanses of this film, yet much that's puzzling as well.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
12-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Atonement, Joe Wright
'Bella' Offers Life Too Beautiful to be Believednew
Trite coincidence and obvious symbolism are compounded by absurd components of the story.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
12-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, Bella
Settle the Scorenew
Clément Virgo and Rossif Sutherland on Poor Boy’s Game, their Halifax-set story of boxing, violence and racial tension.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Clément Virgo, Poor Boy’s Game
Feel the Painnew
The drugs don't work for Hayden Christensen in the lousy thriller Awake.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Awake, Joby Harold
Old Schoolnew
The Cemetery Club focuses on the colourful characters in an Israeli seniors' learning group
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Tali Shemesh, The Cemetery Club
Das Lootnew
A documentary deftly explores the Nazi theft of thousands of works of art.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
Savage Lovenew
Tamara Jenkins plumbs the depths of choosing a nursing home in her new film, The Savages, and jacks it up a few notches by asking what it's like to care for a demented father who never cared for you.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Iron 'Butterfly'new
There is more directing per square inch of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly than one is likely to find in any other movie released this year.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
'The Rape of Europa': Shot Through the Artnew
How the Nazis looted and destroyed Europe's cultural treasures.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
So Respectable
Atonement delivers compelling filmmaking better analyzed than felt.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Atonement, Joe Wright
Be-yawned Belief
The Golden Compass isn't interesting enough to threaten anyone's soul.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Weitz, The Golden Compass
Going South: 'His Dark Materials' Sink
The hullabaloo surrounding any "anti-religious" theme to Philip Pullman's 1995 His Dark Materials trilogy (the title is taken from Milton's Paradise Lost) takes a distant backseat to screenwriter/director Chris Weitz's spotty filmic adaptation that never locates a throughline to the convoluted narrative.
Tags: Chris Weitz, The Golden Compass
Amy Adams' Charming Daffiness Wins Out in 'Enchanted'new
As a postmodern take on cinematic fairy tales, Enchanted recalls the Shrek films, but where Shrek dripped with sarcasm and irony, Enchanted chooses to entertain with cheerful, positive storytelling.
The Memphis Flyer |
Greg Akers |
11-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Enchanted, Kevin Lima
