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'The Boss of it All': Light-hearted for von Trier
Lars von Trier takes a break from his trademark approach to polemics to induce snide laughs with an office satire about an actor hired by an IT company CEO to pose as its president in order to sell off the company.
Tags: Lars von Trier, The Boss of it All
'Rocket Science': A Charming Narrative
Positively winning coming-of-age drama/comedy stacks the deck with newcomer Reece Daniel Thompson as Hal Hefner, a stuttering New Jersey High School student.
Tags: Jeffrey Blitz, rocket science
'Fay Grim': Inarticulate and Grueling
Woe is he, or she, that goes in search of Hal Hartley, the mojo-handy director of Henry Fool.
Tags: Fay Grim, Hal Hartley
'ShowBusiness': The Work Behind the Curtains
Even audiences not enamored with Broadway musicals could find Dori Berinstein's documentary entertaining and informative.
'Death at a Funeral': Over the Top, Backwards
Director Frank Oz nearly redeems himself after his disastrous Stepford Wives remake with a British black comedy.
Tags: Death at a Funeral, Frank Oz
'Mr. Brooks': Jekyll and Hidenew
As a family man with a secret dark side, Kevin Costner makes bad look good.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
06-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bruce A. Evans, Mr. Brooks
'Hostel: Part II': Not Much of a Sequel
Similarly gory and exploitative as its torture-porn predecessor, writer/director Eli Roth's horror sequel is nothing more than a makeover of Hostel substituted with female characters.
Tags: Eli Roth, Hostel: Part II
'Your Mommy Kills Animals': A Sobering Doc
A boisterous debate over what actions should be taken against organizations that abuse animals.
'Private Fears in Public Places': Hollywood Mon Amournew
The latest from French master Alain Resnais is a classic studio-style heartbreaker.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
06-11-2007 |
Reviews
'Ocean's Thirteen': Con Jobnew
Who's zooming whom?
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
06-08-2007 |
Reviews
'La Vie en Rose': Poor Sparrownew
A new Edith Piaf biopic takes the troubled singer’s life on trust.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
06-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan
Flanders Blows, and Not Like the Poppiesnew
If Republicans are still searching for reasons to bash the French, they need look no further than the work of Bruno Dumont.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
06-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bruno Dumont, Flanders
'Jindabyne': The Men From Snowy Rivernew
Disintegration in a small Australian town.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jindabyne, Ray Lawrence
'The TV Set': Pilot Seasonnew
Television is no place for a writer.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jake Kasdan, The TV Set
'Waitress': Bittersweet Triumphnew
Serving a slice of sweet sorrow.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adrienne Shelly, waitress
