AltWeeklies Wire
An Open Letter to Gordon Ramsaynew
I tried, Chef, I really did, and on numerous occasions -- but I just cannot sit through an entire episode of Hell's Kitchen. Invariably, after or during one of your obscene and belittling rants, I tell you to shut the fuck up, consciously using one of your favorite expletives.
Sydney Pollack, R.I.P.new
Once upon a time -- when both personal expectations and statistical expectancy were lower -- 73 would have counted as a reasonably long life. It no longer seems that way, but Pollack's professional accomplishments certainly suggest a full -- even bursting -- life.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
06-02-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Sydney Pollack
Misfit Joys
Kung Fu Panda invests a familiar formula with uncommon fun.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-02-2008 |
Reviews
Spanish-Language TV: Perverse and Profoundnew
La Cosa Nostra claims a half-million mostly young and middle-age viewers. It can be incomprehensible, reprehensible, raunchy, wacky, and, at times, insightful. There are sketches about old folks having sex, racial jokes, glimpses of bestiality, digs at religion, and -- let's not forget -- a stripper and a pole.
Miami New Times |
Janine Zeitlin |
06-02-2008 |
TV
The New Indy Offers More Thrills and Chills, but Why?new
As everyone knows, Indiana Jones is back at it again, some 19 years after what some of us thought was The Last Crusade. Everyone's older now -- Spielberg, Lucas, Ford, us. But what really seems old, and rather tired, is the idea itself, that a movie can be devoted almost entirely to thrills and chills.
Golden Oldienew
The Indiana Jones franchise has grown older and more sentimental, but it still puts on a good show.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
April Showersnew
In her directorial debut, Helen Hunt never establishes the delicate balance she’s after.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Helen Hunt, Then She Found Me
'The Year My Parents Went on Vacation' Makes No Mistakesnew
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation is radiant with restrained and affecting performances, scored beautifully and shot so precisely that you may find yourself not paying attention to the subtitles.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
I Want to Believe in 'Prince Caspian'new
Narnia still just isn't magical enough.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Thomas McCarthy's 'The Visitor' is Every Bit as Powerful as 'The Station Agent'new
The Visitor is so small, so human in its fears and disappointments, that by comparison, films like Rendition look not only ineffective but irresponsible
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Visitor, Thomas McCarthy
The Beat Goes On for the Young@Heart Chorusnew
Stephen Walker's documentary doesn't do justice to the stories behind the Young@Heart Chorus.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Walker, Young@Heart
I, Robot: Robert Downey Jr. proves the man makes the suit.new
Iron Man is the best summer action film this year — at least until the release of The Dark Knight.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Jon Favreau, Iron Man
Cirque du So What?new
A suicidal stunt man and a little girl with a broken arm? This could get messy. Compulsive, self-indulgent fabulist--both the protagonist and the film have a lot going for them.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Fall, Tarsem Singh
Controversy at Cannes: 'The Headless Woman'new
At Cannes, one can reliably emerge from seeing a near masterpiece only to discover that everyone -- or at least the influential industry trade newspapers -- has declared the very same movie une catastrophe! Such is the case with The Headless Woman.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-30-2008 |
Movies
Norwegian Pie: Joachim Trier's 'Reprise'new
Like their American youth-movie counterparts, the 20-something guy friends of Norwegian director Trier's Reprise spend a lot of time talking about and clumsily pursuing the fairer sex. Only, his characters are as much (or more) concerned with getting published as getting laid.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
