AltWeeklies Wire
A Mad, Mad About Mads Worldnew
The hunky actor Mads Mikkelsen helps Adam's Apples.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
05-10-2007 |
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Who's Afraid of Ralph Nader?new
In his stubborn refusal to accept an imperfect world, Nader is eminently unreasonable.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
05-09-2007 |
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Thrice Bitten: 'Spider-Man 3'new
Everything's comin' up Peter Parker.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
05-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
The Tyranny of Distancenew
Sarah Polley's Away from Her balances lucidity and grace.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
05-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Away from Her, Sarah Polley
Peter Parker Can't Losenew
The ballyhooed Spider-Man 3 spins a pretty, but flimsy, web.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
05-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
White Liesnew
The director of Basic Instinct goes home.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
05-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
Brushes With Greatnessnew
Once upon a time, maybe, more romantic comedies were like Avenue Montaigne.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
05-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Avenue Montaigne, Daniele Thompson
Did Curtis Hanson Recently Lose a Parent?new
Because his last three pictures all have a big parent-child conflict in them, a development you wouldn't expect from the director of Wonder Boys and LA Confidential.
NOW Magazine |
Josh Harkness |
05-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Curtis Hanson, Lucky You
Paris Sans Amournew
Private Fears focuses on human isolation.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
05-04-2007 |
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'Civic Duty': Neighborhood Snitchesnew
The line separating civic duty from vigilantism is the focus of this paranoid thriller set squarely in the new age of terrorism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Civic Duty, Jeff Renfroe
Oh, the Tangled Webs We Weavenew
When cascading through the cityscape, Spider-Man 3 still makes us gasp with delight, but on Earth those gasps come solely in reaction to the cynical dreariness of the script.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
'The TV Set': Network Bluesnew
David Duchovny and Sigourney Weaver star in this dyspeptic drama about the work of creating television shows.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jake Kasdan, The TV Set
Sequel Dud: The Plague is the Movie Itself
It's a cut-and-paste example of how movie sequels are predictably inferior to their ancestors.
Spidey Gets ADDnew
Spider-Man 3 fails because it tries to cram in way too much.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
Ambiguously Evilnew
Paul Verhoeven has again created a hard-to-classify film with sly intelligence.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
