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The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival Returns with Biggest Lineup Yetnew
This year nearly 140 films from more than 40 countries (not counting several short-film programs) will screen, compared to about 80 titles in 2007.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matthew Smith |
04-16-2008 |
Movies
Forgetting, but Apparently Not Forgiving, Sarah Marshallnew
Apatow's created another sex comedy with another director-for-hire (Nicholas Stoller), and it takes the attitude that sex is a wholesome and laudable activity for every person to enjoy -- unless that person is your ex, in which case she must be punished.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Homemade Indiana Jones Movie is Exactly as Amazing as It Soundsnew
Long before Be Kind Rewind sparked a legion of fan films on YouTube, three Mississippi kids crafted what is now known as Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, an amazing homemade replica of their favorite film.
Willamette Week |
Andy Davis |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sorry, Haters: 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' is Funnynew
I didn't really start wholeheartedly imbibing the Apatow Kool-Aid until Knocked Up, but now, having taken in the Apatow-produced Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I don't expect to find myself having second thoughts about trying anything these guys put out for quite some time.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
04-16-2008 |
Reviews
The Harold & Kumar Fellas Talk Politics and False Ladypartsnew
Neil Patrick Harris included!
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The Visitor' Charms but Overstays its Welcomenew
This movie is a respectable follow-up to The Station Agent, but its suit-finds-groove response to globalization and deportation ultimately feels like a formula McCarthy should have already seen beyond.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
04-16-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Visitor, Thomas McCarthy
Wong Kar-Wai Takes a Wrong Turnnew
Norah Jones helps derail mystifyingly titled My Blueberry Nights.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Maria Komodore |
04-16-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: My Blueberry Nights, Wong Kar-Wai
In 'Sarah Marshall,' Jason Segel Doesn't Forget the Sex Scenesnew
Segel isn't your standard movie star: He's goofy and tall and built not particularly well. But in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, he has multiple sex scenes with multiple partners, including Kristin Bell and Mila Kunis. Maybe that's because Segel, in his first leading role, also wrote the screenplay.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Is 'Zombie Strippers' Any Good?new
Look, this movie is called Zombie Strippers, and it delivers on its title. It has zombies, and it has strippers; there are bitings and boobies, a few killer jokes and some that just drop dead. If that's your thing, this is your movie, especially if you drink heavily ahead of time.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
04-16-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Lee, Zombie Strippers
Life's Never What You Expect in 'Young@Heart'new
The story of a Massachusetts senior citizens' choir -- where the minimum age is 73 -- is funny, blunt and often moving.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
04-16-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Walker, Young@Heart
Talking 'Blueberry Nights' with Wong Kar-Wainew
Directors rarely indulge in wholesale revision of their work; so-called director's cuts going back to a baggier version of what's in the theaters, yes, but a wholesale rethinking, no. But Wong Kar-Wai seems to have done it on almost every project he's tackled.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Blueberry Nights, Wong Kar-Wai
Cash to Live Onnew
The Nazis offer prisoners a chance to survive concentration camps if they help replicate western currencies.
Isn't It Funny When 'Smart People' Do Stupid Things?new
On the surface of their new film, first-time filmmakers Mark Poirier and Noam Murro are in danger of stepping into all the cliche pitfalls of the genre. Fortunately, an intelligent script and a fine cast conspire to make this a sharper-than-average slice of indie satire.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
04-15-2008 |
Reviews
'The Grand' Feels Like Inflated Sketch Comedynew
Writer and director Zak Penn's episodic comedy features a huge cast slouching toward and through a poker tournament, with every scene, from the table to the backstory inserts, feeling like an improv session.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
04-15-2008 |
Reviews
Unpolished Actors Shine in 'The Year My Parents Went on Vacation'new
Director Cao Hamburger's key achievement in this finely crafted, rich, visually appealing, and absorbing story of an extreme latchkey childhood is in the unvarnished behavior of the youngest cast members.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
04-15-2008 |
Reviews
