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The Fourth Indy Jones Adventure is Arguably OKnew
We could call Crystal Skull the senior citizens' special of the year. Or an amiably expensive timewaster. Or loads of fun for the easily amused -- no, that's probably too dismissive. Or the Boomers' Revenge. Or perhaps it's just a popcorn movie made from, uh, mature corn.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
05-22-2008 |
Reviews
Wanting More from 'Indiana Jones'new
There are good things and indifferent things throughout this enterprise by the two richest directors who ever lived, but most of the best (and worst) moments work from surprise, which reviews have already splashed across the media consciousness.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
05-21-2008 |
Reviews
Millions of Americans Remain Confused and Misinformed About Coming Digital-TV Transitionnew
On February 17, 2009, the United States launches an ambitious digital-TV transition, requiring all full-power broadcast stations to scrap their analog transmissions in favor of digital-only signals. Yet surveys indicate that the American populace is thoroughly confused about the change.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
05-21-2008 |
TV
'Iron' Deficiencynew
The plot is thoroughly stupid, but fun enough here and there, and Gwyneth Paltrow has never looked lovelier.
Tags: Jon Favreau, Iron Man
The Six Degrees of Indiana Jones Summer Film Guidenew
This year marks the release of yet another historic sequel, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. How better to celebrate this bit of moviegoing good fortune than to link every summer 2008 film to the immortal Mr. Harrison Ford?
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
05-20-2008 |
Movies
Nostalgia Trumps Imagination & Joy in New 'Indiana Jones'
The creative team spends so much time telling us how wonderful it is that we're all here together again that they forget to make us interested in what's actually happening. Harrison Ford may seem revitalized, but those of us who were hoping to feel the same are left feeling ... whipped.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-19-2008 |
Reviews
David Mamet's Redbelt is a Return to Formnew
In a sense, the arc of Mamet's career has been one long journey from Chicago to Hollywood, and his last few movies as a writer-director -- State and Main, Heist and Spartan -- suggested that arc was turning steeply downward. Redbelt emphatically reverses this decline by combining in near-perfect proportion what Mamet loves and hates about Hollywood.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
05-19-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: David Mamet, Redbelt
Cannes So Far: Sean Penn's Festival of Response
Cannes is much more than an all-you-can-watch buffet of world cinema (more than 2,300 films are shown during its 10 days), it's a bellwether of cinematic, economic, and global social values. But to weigh these new values, we have to wait until the climactic awards ceremony on May 25th.
'Prince Caspian' is a Satisfying Visit Back to the Fantasy Worldnew
Andrew Adamson's film version of the C.S. Lewis book, though it suffers from many of the same flaws as his 2005 adaptation of the first Narnia novel, expands and contracts the story in just the right places to transform it into successful summer-blockbuster fodder.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
05-16-2008 |
Reviews
Go Back to Narnia with 'Prince Caspian'new
It's a little long, a little boring, but not entirely without visual inventiveness. Your mileage may vary depending on whether you're squiring tykes (sure, why not) or going by yourself as a grown-ass man or woman (don't bother).
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-16-2008 |
Reviews
Acid on the Eyesnew
Though it features a talented cast, Speed Racer is a horrendous failure.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
100 Minutes of Helen Hunt's Egonew
If you've ever wanted to see Salman Rushdie playing a gynecologist, then consider seeing Then She Found Me.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
First Shotnew
Reviews of what to see, listen to and read.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: first shot, Steve Schneider
Illegal Immigrants Find Out that Brooklyn isn't All Skinny Jeansnew
Sangre de Mi Sangre is decidedly not a fun, sexy summer movie, eschewing as it does romance for tentative connections forged in desperation, and fight scenes dripping with money for gritty life-or-death lunges on the streets of a Brooklyn rarely seen on film.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
Brits Behaving Badly Aren't Enough to Keep the Sexy Spark From Being Dousednew
Indian director Sivan's Before the Rains feels less Satyajit Ray than Lifetime, using Sajani and Moores' ill-fated love affair as a metaphor for the travesty of colonialism. Prepare to be schooled.
New York Press |
Felicia Feaster |
05-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Before the Rains, Santosh Sivan
