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Terrence Malick's Latest Visual Epic, The Tree of Lifenew
Malick claimed the prestigious Palme d'Or with The Tree of Life, and with this effort, he's tripping along at a rate of about one film per decade.
Super 8: Raiders of a Lost Artnew
Writer-director J.J. Abrams' adventure yarn Super 8 is set in 1979, a year that's nestled between the release dates of Steven Spielberg's first two blockbusters, 1975's Jaws and 1977's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and his subsequent two blockbusters, 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark and 1982's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
06-16-2011 |
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Midnight in Paris: Say Oui to Woodynew
Stating that Midnight in Paris is Woody Allen's best film in over a decade really doesn't mean anything at all, considering that most of his output since the previous century has consisted of such clunkers as Hollywood Ending and Cassandra's Dream.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
06-16-2011 |
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Meek’s Cutoff is a Historic Horror Filmnew
A haunting meditation on existence set in the Pioneer West of 1845 Oregon, Meek's Cutoff plunges you into a reality not your own but so tactile and vivid you begin to feel its sensations.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
06-15-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Meek's Cutoff
Super 8: Abrams' Instant Summer Classicnew
Starring Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning and Kyle Chandler.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
06-15-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Super 8
Where Have All The Bees Gone?new
Documentary looks at the mysterious disappearance of honeybees and the repercussions that has had on humans.
Boise Weekly |
Elizabeth Duffy |
06-15-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Ellen Page, Vanishing of the Bees
Special Delivery: Jim Carrey Keeps Penguins Afloat
Loosely based on Florence Atwater's 1938 children's book, "Mr. Popper's Penguins" never completely gels.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-13-2011 |
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X-Men: First Classnew
How they got that way, more or less.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
06-13-2011 |
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Woody Allen Tries Paris, and It Tastes goodnew
Allen revisits the droll premise of A Twenties Memory with Midnight in Paris, an unremittingly delightful demonstration that the past is never past or even what we think it was.
San Antonio Current |
Steven Kellman |
06-09-2011 |
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Midnight in Paris is an Examination of Nostalgianew
Woody Allen's latest, Midnight in Paris, is an amusing fantasy with a slight but charming hook.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
06-08-2011 |
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Heavy Metal Parking Lot: ´16 perfect minutes´new
The scene was the parking lot of the Capitol Centre in Landover, Md. before a Judas Priest/Dokken double bill in the heyday of hair metal, and the piece that resulted is basically a series of interviews with wasted teenage tailgaters that is at once disturbing, revealing and hilarious.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
06-08-2011 |
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Goodnight, Burbanknew
The show depicts the ridiculousness of a local newscast while providing character development through off-air interactions, such as Laura Silverman's tendency to insert Jesus into most conversations.
Boise Weekly |
Damon Hunzeker |
06-08-2011 |
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Back in Time: J.J. Abrams Celebrates Amateur Filmmaking
Sure to inspire a new generation of youngsters to pick up video cameras and start making their own movies, "Super 8" is an intentionally restrained monster movie that plays the heartstrings of its young characters against a nostalgic brand of filmic suspense.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-06-2011 |
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Merely Ornamentalnew
French comedy 'Potiche' would be better off as a more serious film.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
06-02-2011 |
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Tags: Potiche, Catherine Deneuve
Monkey Businessnew
'The Hangover Part II' is just the first movie done over -- in a dark, unfunny way.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-02-2011 |
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Tags: The Hangover Part II
