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Digital Video Has Become as Unreliable a Narrator as Celluloidnew
Hollywood has finally started to respond to the success of YouTube and other online video sites. Cloverfield, Redacted, and Diary of the Dead purported to be "found" videos, made by someone who didn't plan for their footage to wind up in a movie theater. But video looks too good to be "real."
Baltimore City Paper |
Martin L. Johnson |
06-24-2008 |
Movies
'Black Gold' Turns Derrick Crews into Reality TV Starsnew
The language is filthy and so are the men; for television, this seems about as real as reality programming can get. In fact, you get the feeling most of these dudes would rather be anywhere else than in front of a camera -- preferably up to their armpits in grime, grit and oil.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
06-24-2008 |
TV
'Love Songs' Offers Perverse Entertainmentnew
The film takes a sudden nosedive into a deep, deep funk, vying to becoming the most depressing musical since Cabaret.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
06-23-2008 |
Reviews
The Filmmakers of 'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey' Continue on Their Questnew
Globe-trotting from South America to the Middle East and even China to document heavy metal’s impact around the world, Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen learned a thing or two about getting in and out of sticky situations with the footage they needed.
NOW Magazine |
Evan Davies |
06-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Anti-Superhero; Genre Bending and Plot Surprises Follow
Will Smith plays anti-hero Hancock in director Peter Berg's against-the-grain superhero movie that features a tricky plot revelation to put a fresh spin on its storyline.
Tags: Peter Berg, Hancock
Mongol: Meet the Barack Obama of 12th-century Asianew
Genghis Khan's all about rejecting the politics and divisions of the past. He's a new kind of leader, ready to unify the fractious clans of Central Asia into one nation under a new code of law.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
06-23-2008 |
Reviews
Steve Carell on Improv and 'Get Smart'new
While improvisation would seem to be more welcome in an indie film or a show like his hit The Office than in a big-budget summer blockbuster like this, Carell says it still has its place. "It was a mix. We stuck to the script, but there were chances to play. We would come up with alternatives because you never know in the final outcome what will or won't work. So we tried to give ourselves some options on various takes."
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
06-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Aye, Robot: Review of WALL-E
In Pixar's lyrical WALL-E, a machine teaches humanity how to re-discover beauty.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Stanton, WALL-E
'The Love Guru': Mike Myers' Cosmic Goofnew
Mostly it's dreary dick jokes and elephant poop, slack directing by Marco Schnabel (a second unit on the Austin Powers movies) and, of all fatal errors, Mike Myers shooting for cuddly.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
06-20-2008 |
Reviews
'Kit Kittredge': As American As Overpriced Dollsnew
In Mattel co-production, all it takes to cure the Depression is a little Miss Sunshine.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
06-20-2008 |
Reviews
'Hulk' No Longer Lumbersnew
The new take on the Marvel Comics hero moves more swiftly than its predecessor.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
06-20-2008 |
Reviews
Is 'Winnipeg' for Real?new
Guy Maddin's docu-fantasia describes a surreal city.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
06-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg
'The Incredible Hulk' is Brainless Fun -- and Little Elsenew
The movie is pretty much a take-it-or-leave-it affair: It's not bad for a summer no-brainer, but it's definitely not the vast improvement on the prior film its producers would like you to believe it is. It's pretty good, yet unremarkable.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-19-2008 |
Reviews
'The Happening': Fun With Neuronsnew
The latest M. Night Shyamalan movie can be entertaining -- if viewed as a cheesy, 1950s sci-fi film.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-19-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening
What 'The Love Guru' Doesn't Have is Anything Actually Funny or Relevantnew
But it does have everything a big summer comedy is expected to have, including star cameos, sex jokes, gay jokes, penis jokes, testicle jokes, pee jokes, poop jokes and booger jokes.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
06-19-2008 |
Reviews
