AltWeeklies Wire
Chiklis Plays Dirty to the Endnew
While The Shield centers around corrupt cops, it also offers some sense of balance by showing officers and detectives who do play by the rules.
Orlando Weekly |
Marc D. Allan |
09-05-2008 |
TV
Tags: The Shield, Shawn Ryan
Dallas Filmmaker Casey Gooden Pays for His Funny Short Films as He Goesnew
Last year's Lone Star International Film Festival saw the unusual sight of a program of short films playing to a packed house, and among the entries screening for an appreciative crowd was Casey Gooden's Intervention. Written and shot in less than a week during January 2007, the film is a comedy about two down-and-out criminals who try to rob a church that they think is empty.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
09-05-2008 |
Movies
'A Jihad for Love' and 'Traitor': Holy Roilersnew
Two films spotlight the perils of challenging tradition.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
First Shot: 'Disaster Movie'new
This week marks the release of Disaster Movie, the umpteenth genre parody from the Friedberg-Seltzer house of knee-jerk larfs. It should be our cue to bemoan the current state of big-screen slapstick, and to argue that if David Zucker could only get back on his game, he'd show these punks who built the Airplane they're all riding on.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
09-04-2008 |
Movies
The Missing Minutes of 'Nixon'new
This new DVD release of Oliver Stone's Richard Nixon biopic benefits from the addition of 28 minutes of deleted scenes--even though it's now more than 3 1/2 hours long. Also reviewed: John Hughes' High School Flashback Collection and American Experience: The Presidents Collection.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
Making a Mess of 'Babylon A.D.'new
Babylon A.D. is bad, but not as bad as other critics are making it out to be.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Babylon A.D., Mathieu Kassovitz
'American Teen': High School Confidentialnew
American Teen is fascinating, stunning and terrifying, all at once.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
The Boys of 'Entourage' are Back in Action, Almostnew
In the season opener of Entourage, Vinnie Chase finds himself in jail--a free-floating party jail with joints by the fist-load, gorgeous girls at the ready and, as always, the loyal buddies who follow him everywhere--this time behind the figurative bars of Hollywood prison.
New York Press |
David Blum |
09-04-2008 |
TV
Chris Eska's 'August Evening' Ponders the Troubled Assimilation of Illegal Immigrantsnew
With a healthy dose of good intentions, the film has the fine-tuned backbone of an observant family drama.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
'Trouble the Water': The Big Uneasynew
This new documentary goes into the eye of the Hurricane Katrina disaster that wiped out a community.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
A New Rom-com Tries to Convince Us That We Want to Be Italiannew
If a movie is written and directed by a man married to an Italian woman, is the use of jaw-dropping stereotypes acceptable?
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
Chad Allen and Judith Light Present Conflicted Sexuality with Originalitynew
Save Me's title is both a secular and spiritual plea from people with no control over their emotional lives. This wide-ranging understanding is what makes Robert Cary's gay-themed movie interesting. It’s neither a problem nor a protest movie.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert Cary, Save Me
'American Teen' Documents High School's 'Total Caste System' and Morenew
Documentarian Nanette Burstein spent an entire school year at the only high school in tiny Warsaw, Ind., where there is no escape from the pressure cooker of adolescence or from conservative small-town conformity.
Charleston City Paper |
Maryann Johanson |
09-03-2008 |
Reviews
'Stealing America': Another Uplifting Tale on the Death of Democracynew
Stealing America documents what many people think happened the last few electoral contests. Namely, that the bedrock of American democracy was undermined by voting machines that have no system of checks and balances, no audit trail and no accountability whatsoever.
Dig Boston |
David Day |
09-03-2008 |
Reviews
Darby Crash and Burnnew
It's to Rodger Grossman's credit that he tries to make the characters in What We Do is Secret real people. But he doesn't succeed.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
09-03-2008 |
Reviews
