AltWeeklies Wire
Chained By The Bluesnew
Black Snake Moan courts profitable controversy with its images of a black man holding a white woman in chains -- but Brewer's film is a well-written, well-acted drama which reveals surprising depths of character and emotion.
Port Folio Weekly |
Gregory Epps |
02-21-2007 |
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Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
I Love the '70s
Craig Brewer awkwardly mixes exploitation cinema with therapy in Black Snake Moan.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
License to Lienew
A biopic that isn't accurate can still be true.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
02-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Factory Girl, George Hickenlooper
A Bridge Too Farnew
An ill wind is blowing through the children's film, and its coming straight out of Walden Media, the Hollywood production company backed by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
02-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bridge to Terabithia, Gabor Csupo
Unpleasant Junk
Schumacher pulls the plug on Jim Carrey's career.
Tags: Joel Schumacher, The Number 23
Tastlessnew
Hannibal the Cannibal's early suppers.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Hannibal Rising, Peter Webber
On the Short Listnew
And the Oscar goes to ... see the five nominees and judge for yourself.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-15-2007 |
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Whack-a-Molenew
The career of Robert Hanssen, the brilliant real-life FBI spy whose exploits as a double agent caused a great many deaths, should be the mole story to end all mole stories, but it is not.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Same Old Songnew
Drew Barrymore plays lyricist to Hugh Grant's has-been musician in this Valentine's Day romantic comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Lawrence, Music and Lyrics
An Endangered Speciesnew
This Thai film is part melodrama and part spaghetti western, as if Sirk and Peckinpah fell into a blender and out poured tear-soaked Polaroids, giant exploding squibs and blown-up heads, tearful Asian songbird ballads, and homoerotic outlaw bonding.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-15-2007 |
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Waste of Talentnew
Eddie Murphy follows up some of his best work with some of his worst.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian Robbins, Norbit
Cult Classicnew
Experience the movie that is to the Western what Norway is to spinach.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro Jodorowsky, El Topo
Public Portalnew
This African film seeks to incite global change.
New York Press |
Armond White |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Abderrahmane Sissako, Bamako
A Strange Kind of Lovenew
Peter O'Toole's still got it -- his performance as a "dirty old man" in Venus is a sly reminder of the obvious yet overlooked point that many a distaste may be defeated with a helping of the highly tasteful.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Michell, venus
Respectnew
The cover of Beat Kings makes a suggestion to "respect the architect" -- an action carried out in loving detail with this documentary honoring hip-hop producers and their underrated contributions to the art form.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
02-15-2007 |
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