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Cameron Diaz Once Again Saves the Sex Comedynew
And this time, with Ashton Kutcher.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
Rocky Costanzo, Founder of LifeLine Entertainment, Can't Quit His Day Jobnew
Chances are you've never heard of Costanzo or Amhurst. Yet, at age 34, Costanzo and the company he heads have made four feature films, all available on (and direct-to) DVD.
OC Weekly |
Luke Y. Thompson |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
In 'Never Forever,' Money Can't Buy Happinessnew
Never Forever's characters are not people with whom you can empathize, nor does that seem to be writer and director Gina Kim's goal, at first. But the strength with which I came to care for Sophie Lee (Vera Farmiga) by the film's end was surprisingly overwhelming.
Dig Boston |
Laura Dargas |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Never Forever, Gina Kim
'Son of Rambow' is a Truly Funny Film About Identity and the Loss of Innocencenew
But there's another level to Garth Jennings' latest -- a subtle underlying theme about how foreign influences have affected the culturally isolated Brits.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Garth Jennings, Son of Rambow
'Battle for Haditha' is Iraq Fiction Worth Seeingnew
A rare dramatic film from veteran documentarian Nick Broomfield, this film's final outcry of grief, vengeance, and injustice is a terrifying illustration of how badly we've bungled -- by creating new terrorists in attempting to eradicate established ones.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
05-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Iraq, Battle for Haditha
Stayin' Alivenew
Stephen Walker's documentary about the Massachusetts chorus of retired people can be uncomfortable, because the participants (average age 80) don't seem to be in on the joke that is central to their act, which is elderly singers performing rock and punk rock more associated with rebellious youth.
Tags: Stephen Walker, Young@Heart
Halifax Becomes Stand-In Citynew
Thanks to a busy summer of film shooting, Halifax will become Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sunnydale trailer park.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tara Thorne |
05-13-2008 |
Movies
'War, Inc.': Savage Satire Compares to Reality
The would-be comic lampoonery, about a time when all wars are outsourced, mirrors the realities of America's corporate-enabled occupation of Iraq.
OSS 117: The Best Spy Spoof Since 'Austin Powers'new
Before Ian Fleming devised 007, long before Mike Myers was born (later to conceive Austin Powers), French agent OSS 117 was a pulpy sensation in countless espionage novels and several movies.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tarsem Indulges His Imagination in 'The Fall'new
Tarsem clearly chose to make The Fall as an excuse to splash more beautiful images across the screen. And splash he does, from the gorgeous black-and-white of the pre-credit sequence to the desert landscapes of Roy's story.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
05-12-2008 |
Reviews
Harmony Korine's Waynew
The director on flying nuns and his Mexican Michael Jackson.
L.A. Weekly |
Joshuah Bearman |
05-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mister Lonely, Harmony Korine
Behind the Scenes at the Sundance Labsnew
I'm headed up to the peaceful resort that houses Robert Redford's Sundance Institute and plays host every January to eight Fellows, handpicked from a pool of more than 2,000 applicants, for the coveted five-day Sundance Screenwriters Lab.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
05-09-2008 |
Movies
Harmony Korine on 'Mister Lonely' and Growing Up in Nashvillenew
Smoke has followed Harmony Korine since the early 1990s, when he moved to New York from Nashville.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley and Jack Silverman |
05-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Dark Days of Lloyd T. Binfordnew
Binford was known from coast to coast as the toughest censor in America.
The Memphis Flyer |
Michael Finger |
05-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
David Mamet Knows Kung Funew
The ghosts of the Shaw Brothers haunt this tale of Mike Terry, a painfully noble Los Angeles jiu-jitsu instructor who, through a series of increasingly unlikely occurrences, gets sucked into a world of sketchy movie producers and unethical mixed martial arts fighters.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
05-09-2008 |
Reviews
