AltWeeklies Wire
Despite the Labels, SATC Movie is a Canal Street Knockoffnew
Trust me, there's precious little to give away other than labels, for though Sex and the City is every bit as busy as its HBO progenitor was, it's mostly plotless, not to mention pointless.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Argentina's 'XXY' is Surprising and Originalnew
Argentinean director Lucia Puenzo makes her feature debut with a thoughtful yet startling film that's part family drama, part coming-of-age tale, and wholly original.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucia Puenzo, XXY
'The Strangers' is Not Scary Enoughnew
While you can't fault Bryan Bertino for erring on the subtle side in a genre that lately is all about splashy, silly excess, The Strangers just needs a little more oomph to be truly scary.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Strangers, Bryan Bertino
Hated Director Uwe Boll Takes on His Criticsnew
Speaking to the Mirror from Vancouver, he delivered an uninterrupted five-minute monologue touching on why nobody in Chicago wanted to interview him and he had to fly home after the screening, neo-Nazis, why Alone in the Dark was just as good as Elektra, why Paul Haggis' Crash is "pathetic," and how Postal is an incisive indictment of America.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Surfwise' Captures what a Family Gained and Lost by Living the Beach-Bum Lifenew
Doug Pray's documentary may be about a brood of 'boarders, but it's less about hanging ten than living off the grid.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
It's Not the TV Show, but the 'Sex and the City' Movie Still Deliversnew
It's been four long years since we last saw Sex and the City, and boy, has it gained weight -- about two hours' worth. Clocking in at a gargantuan 148 minutes, the feature-length addition to the beloved HBO series feels a tad long. (I mean, I love Sex as much as the next person, but two and a half straight hours of it is going to leave someone sore.)
Las Vegas Weekly |
Matthew Scott Hunter |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
'The Unforeseen' is a Mezmorizing Doc on Development and the Environmentnew
The Unforeseen centers on the ambitions of one developer, Gary Bradley, and those who would oppose his will in Austin, Texas. Dunn merges her findings with a cinematic style that alternates between impressionistic, cinematic poetry and solid, straight-ahead uses of narrative and interview.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
'The Strangers' Offers No Kindness to Liv Tyler and Scott Speedmannew
If Kristen (Tyler) and James (Speedman) listened to their first instinct, we wouldn't have the sleek, stripped down new thriller The Strangers, the movie that accomplishes everything that Michael Haneke tried to do with his sadistic hostage-takers in Funny Games earlier this year.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
05-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Strangers, Bryan Bertino
Intelligent Steroid Doc Sees Both Sides of the Issuenew
Without endorsing use of the drug, Chris Bell, who's a bodybuilder himself, dives into the heated debates surrounding the maligned practice and finds something pretty damn close to an even-handed portrait, if not a fair and balanced one.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
05-29-2008 |
Reviews
'The Foot Fist Way' Shows the Way of the Idiotnew
It's Napoleon Dynamite meets Hot Fuzz set in the world of martial arts.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-29-2008 |
Reviews
The Incest of 'Savage Grace' Knocks Julianne Moore from Her Gay Cinema Thronenew
Moore plays a woman who is the target of her gay son's frustrations in Savage Grace -- the story of Barbara Baekeland, the unbalanced wealthy socialite who led her son to incest and murder in 1972.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-29-2008 |
Reviews
The 'Sex and the City' Movie isn't Egregious, It's Worsenew
Like that bottle of whiskey stereotypical newspaper editors keep in their desk drawer, Carrie Bradshaw is the Barbie doll recessed in the handbag of contemporary white-collar women -- she fortified their gaudiest Cinderella dreams through weekly televised teasings of possibility.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-29-2008 |
Reviews
First Shotnew
Reviews of upcoming movies, DVDs, video games and soundtracks.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
05-29-2008 |
Movies
Tags: first shot, Steve Schneider
The Incredible Imagery of 'The Fall'new
A story told by a paralyzed stuntman to an injured girl makes for one of the most inventive films in recent memory.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Fall, Tarsem Singh
'Flight of the Red Balloon' Takes a Languid Strollnew
The lovely but languid film presents such commonplace activities, level emotions, and long, leisurely takes that it's perfect for mellowing out after a stressful day or a sensory-overload film like Speed Racer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-29-2008 |
Reviews
