AltWeeklies Wire
A Novel Premise is Undercut
A young bajillionaire can't get a date and winds up obsessively attending speed-dating sessions.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: speed dating, Tony Herbert
It Takes Guts to Call a Movie About Your Mom 'Son of a Bitch'
While director Jon Ezrine is obviously in need of therapy beyond the cinematic sort, it's unfortunate that his portrait of his racist, nutty Miami Beach mom and his equally off-base siblings comes off as so ... normal.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jon Ezrine, Son of a Bitch
An Elegiac Story
Based on the story by Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh, A Season of Madness is only 17 minutes long, but it elegantly captures the crushing despair that's felt when trapped in a worthless marriage.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: A Season of Madness, Katja Esson
Alan Rickman Drives the Movie
Despite the ominous overhang of death, isolation and mental illness, Snow Cake never entertains too much pathos.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Evans, Snow Cake
'The Office' Meets 'Sleepaway Camp'
While perfectly accurate, such a description -- and it's the only apt one -- doesn't evoke the ringing of box-office cash registers.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Smith, Severance
This Film is a Triumph
Shot mostly by the racing crews, it is a testimony to the vast loneliness of the ocean and the mental fortitude it takes to cross it.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Luke Wolbach, Row Hard, No Excuses
An Overcooked Story and Dull Cinematography
But Pretty in the Face should nonetheless be applauded for its brave concept.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Nate Meyer, Pretty in the Face
Poetic and Engaging
Operation Homecoming is notably emotional.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Wild West Existence Not for the Faint of Heart
The synopsis of Off the Grid sets up the documentary as a rare glimpse into a community of misfits who call home a waterless wasteland on 15 square miles in the middle of nowhere.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
The Plot is Small and Simple
Four middle-aged guys on a road trip take a bathroom break on the side of the road, find an unusual rock on the edge of a cliff and attempt to push it over.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mani Haghighi, Men at Work
Genre-Bendernew
Jonathan Lethem writes chick lit, with occasional kangaroos.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Will Dean |
03-27-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Back from the Gravenew
A revitalized Stooges manage to show up the Black Lips and the Ponys, two young pretenders to the throne.
Baltimore City Paper |
Mikael Wood |
03-27-2007 |
Music
Stair Racer Steps it Upnew
Michael Branca faces an uphill climb to gain recognition for his sport.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Kristin Pazulski |
03-27-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Drama Kingnew
The Decemberists' Colin Meloy sets his characters free.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Patrick Rapa |
03-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Decemberists
Heartache is as Ageless as Hard-Ons
Spin a globe and pick any spot to find, as sure as the sun shines, a place where teen boys think about sex.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
