AltWeeklies Wire
'Public Enemies': Dodging Bulletsnew
Public Enemies resembles cable television in its hit-and-miss screenplay, uneven performances and overall lack of dramatic power.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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Man on the 'Moon'new
Duncan Jones' Moon is a compact, smartly made science fiction throwback of a film.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
07-16-2009 |
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'Lemon Tree': Uprootednew
Lemon Tree is many-sided thing, including an astute political drama, but the film ultimately is about two women forced by circumstance into a rivalry.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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Let 'Brothers' Take Time to Bloomnew
There's a particular satisfaction in the way the pieces of The Brothers Bloom shift and circle around each other, the story woven by one character reflecting the story given to us by writer-direction Rian Johnson.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
07-16-2009 |
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This 'Merry Gentleman' Is a Hit Man and Former Batmannew
Michael Keaton directed and stars in this glum story about a suicidal hit man and the woman who may save him or prove to be his undoing.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-16-2009 |
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The Boy Magician Answers the Call of His Little Wand in 'Half-Blood Prince'new
We're still wild about Harry, even though this new adventure prefers to flush pink with its lovesick teens than forward-thrust toward the mammoth battle of good vs. evil.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-16-2009 |
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Localwashing: The Corporate Co-Opt of Localnew
With Americans' new focus on buying products made close to home, corporations are moving quickly to co-opt the term "local." But if everything is local, is anything local?
Gambit |
Stacy Mitchell |
07-16-2009 |
Business & Labor
'Tyson' is a Knockoutnew
Tyson won't find a broad audience, but it deserves one.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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'Easy Virtue': Bitch vs. Bielnew
Is there anything Kristin Scott Thomas can't do?
Eugene Weekly |
Suzi Steffen |
07-16-2009 |
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'The Hangover': What Happens in Vegasnew
The first third of The Hangover is so chokingly funny that I actually heard people wheezing to catch their breath.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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'Rudo y Cursi': Just What the Name Saysnew
The reuniting of Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna isn't enough to make Rudo y Cursi work.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
07-16-2009 |
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'Anvil!': Rock of Agesnew
This documentary celebrates the unknown legends of heavy metal.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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'Up': Such Great Heightsnew
Pixar's 10th movie is one of its best.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
07-16-2009 |
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Tribe Lays Groundwork for Condor's Return to Redwood Countrynew
Under orders from its elders, California's largest Native American tribe, the Yurok, is working to bring back one of redwood country's long-lost inhabitants -- prey-go-neesh, the endangered California condor.
North Coast Journal |
Heidi Walters |
07-16-2009 |
Environment
Will Wolves Be Saved Under New Mexico's Recovery Program?new
Under a questionable partnership, the Fish and Wildlife Service has managed to give away its statutory responsibility to recover endangered species to a consortium of agencies, allege critics of the way wolf introduction is being managed in the southwest. Wolves are being removed -- or killed -- by the very people charged with reintroducing the animals to the wild.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Laura Paskus |
07-16-2009 |
Animal Issues
