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Say what you will about George Clooney as an actor: As a director, he clearly has balls. Vintage leather balls, in fact.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
04-17-2008 |
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Tags: George Clooney, Leatherheads
Good Cast, Wastednew
This pretty but bland film rests solely on the shoulders of its stars.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
04-17-2008 |
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Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
Bloody Funny, Horrifically Ironicnew
Eugene director Henry Weintraub premieres his latest film.
Eugene Weekly |
Nick DeMarino |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Depraved, Henry Weintraub
The Judd Apatow Comedy Train Gets Back on Tracknew
Jason Segel, a hilarious bit player in Knocked Up, gets the limelight in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, a comedy that, while not as consistent as some of Apatow's classic efforts, certainly belongs in the same class.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-17-2008 |
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Van Sant's Non-Narrative Expression Continues in 'Paranoid Park'new
Gus Van Sant again uses plot lightly in this hypnotic tale of an alienated young skateboarder.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
What David Fincher Hath Wroughtnew
Willem Dafoe goes up against an art-loving serial killer in Anamorph. Struggling artists across the city should take note: Apparently morality is what it takes to succeed in the art business.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
04-17-2008 |
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A Decent Novel Becomes an Indecent Movie that Reaches for Artnew
Evan Rachel Wood as Diana finds herself trapped in a Columbine-style high school massacre, confronting her classmate-gunman in the girls' lavatory. The movie comprises memories and fantasies that flash through her mind's eye.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-17-2008 |
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Screenwriter Daniel Taplitz Makes Screwball Comedy Less Screwynew
Working outside of mainstream chick flicks (You've Got Mail), hipster flicks (Before Sunrise) and chump flicks (Knocked Up), Taplitz has pursued questions of attraction and commitment through personal language and neurotic obsession.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-17-2008 |
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The 'Super-Size Me' Guy Tries and Fails with a New Docu-gimmicknew
In Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? Spurlock is a Posse of One tracking the War on Terror's poster boy. Unfortunately for Spurlock, the comedian-on-a-quest schtick has begun to wear thin.
New York Press |
Felicia Feaster |
04-17-2008 |
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'The Forbidden Kingdom' Brings a Mash of the Titansnew
Jet Li and Jackie Chan partner as heroes in a Hollywood film that respects Hong Kong action cinema.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Hidden in Plain Sightnew
Director Tom McCarthy based his new film, The Visitor, on first-person accounts from detainees in limbo.
Boston Phoenix |
Brett Michel |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Visitor, Tom McCarthy
The Seniors in 'Young@Heart' Are Never Too Old to Learn New Songsnew
If you saw the Rolling Stones concert film Shine a Light and were impressed by the energy of those sexagenarian band members, you should check out another concert film that's about an even older -- and, in some ways, even cooler -- group of musicians.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Walker, Young@Heart
Morgan Spurlock's Average-Guy Shtick Makes Michael Moore Look Like Noam Chomskynew
There comes a time in every humorist's life when he has to ask himself: is my facetiousness actually contributing to global ignorance? In Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?, the matter of whether Spurlock's ignorance is comically assumed or genuine begins not to matter.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
04-17-2008 |
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'Holly' is Never Quite Sure of Itselfnew
This earnest film is shocked, shocked that there are child prostitutes in Cambodia.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
04-17-2008 |
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The Spurlock Doctrinenew
As comedy, sure! As journalism, not so much.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-16-2008 |
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