AltWeeklies Wire
'My Winnipeg': Cinema for Insomniacsnew
A babbling, narcissistic voiceover dooms Guy Maddin's despite occasional flashes of brilliance.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg
How to Act the Steve Coogan Way: An Interview with the 'Hamlet 2' Mannew
As a parody of inspirational teacher flicks, Hamlet 2 is a rousing success -- the type Mr. Holland would toss his opus for. It's almost completely due to Coogan.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
08-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Oddly, the Supporting Cast of 'The Rocker' Steals the Movienew
As the guy for whom time has stopped, Rainn Wilson is too often like the lead in a bad sitcom: not just foreshadowing some comedic business but practically outlining how the gag is going to play out.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
08-21-2008 |
Reviews
For All its Flaws, 'Mirrors' Offers Insight into an Intriguing Directornew
Director Alexandre Aja's films have been so mired in controversy that no one seems to notice how personal they are.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
08-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, Mirrors
'The Rocker': A Different Drummernew
Rainn Wilson marches to his own beat.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-20-2008 |
Reviews
Place Value: All that separates The Rocker and is star powernew
Hamlet 2 works better than The Rocker, because it actually takes star power to play a guy who doesn't have any.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
08-20-2008 |
Reviews
Blackface vs. Black Faces: It's the claim of authenticity that's truly offensivenew
It isn't the act of painting the hands and face black that's offensive and harmful. It's the claim of authenticity that goes along with that act, the assumption that something real and true is being represented when someone darkens his face, paints on a huge red mouth, and shucks and jives on a stage. So Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer is offensive, as is C. Thomas Howell in Soul Man. But so is Samuel L. Jackson in Black Snake Moan, Terence Howard in Hustle & Flow, and 50 Cent on any given day.
Charleston City Paper |
Conseula Francis |
08-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder
The Bollywood Connection: Local company ReelSports, like Sylvester Stallone and Snoop Dogg, is on the vangaurd of India's global ascentnew
What's fueling this fusion of East and West? Partly the desire of Westerners to seize the opportunity to work in an interesting and hospitable environment. Far more important, though, has been the desire of Bollywood to impress Western audiences and to make larger forays into savvy and lucrative Western markets.
Charleston City Paper |
Dan McCue |
08-20-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Chakde! India, Shimit Amin
Some Things are Rotten in 'Hamlet 2,' but Not Steve Coogannew
Coogan is the master of center-stage asshattery. In place of an arrogant blowhard, Coogan is reduced to the drama teacher who cares a little too much and is painfully oblivious to the way his effeminate enthusiasm alienates his students.
Willamette Week |
Saundra Sorenson |
08-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Fleming, Hamlet 2
'The Rocker' is Stupid But Enjoyablenew
There's something Novery sweet about it, even if much of the humor is found in physical comedy involving Rainn Wilson getting hit in the head or the nuts.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
08-20-2008 |
Reviews
Steve Coogan Continues Hot Season with 'Hamlet 2'new
Coogan, who was introduced to American audiences by playing legendary record exec Tony Wilson in 24 Hour Party People, here plays Dana Marschz, an actor whose failed career has led him to try to teach and direct theater at a Tucson high school.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
08-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Andrew Fleming, Hamlet 2
Woody Allen Muses Over the Women in His Moviesnew
Woody Allen has had nothing but complicated relationships with the women in his life, and while he's still getting along swimmingly with latest muse, Scarlett Johansson, history says that, like all good things, this, too, must come to an end.
Baltimore City Paper |
Cole Haddon |
08-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blacklisted Scribe Dalton Trumbo Finds His Way onto the Big Screennew
Adapting Christopher Trumbo's stage play, Peter Askin's Trumbo pays tribute to blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo in his own words — but not the words you'd expect.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
08-19-2008 |
Reviews
The 2008 Alternative Fall Film Preview
There's no question that autumn is the best season for movies. While most audiences will only see a few titles from the list of 120 movies distributed between Labor Day and Christmas, alt weekly readers tend to be a more ravenous bunch of filmgoers, cramming in excess of twenty movies in the last four months of the year.
The YoungCuts Film Fest Pulls Together Consistantly Good Shortsnew
Chalk it up to the digital revolution or well-funded film schools or the willingness to take on credit card debt, but the festival films' production values are impressively high, all told.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
08-18-2008 |
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