AltWeeklies Wire
Pop Tartnew
Come back to the '80s with this re-release.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Diva, Jean-Jacques Beineix
Mean Streets of Brazilnew
City of Men and Alice's House portray life in the big cities.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Band in Israel Banned in Egyptnew
Cultural exchanges do not always make the noise generated by the New York Philharmonic's recent visit to North Korea.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Eran Kolirin, The Band's Visit
Festoon the Bedchambers of Gotham with My Milkshake, Babynew
From SportsCenter to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann to a T-shirt kiosk near you, the all-the-rage catch-phrase "I drink your milkshake" has been gathering meteorite momentum, and is now destined to lose its fizzle quicker than you can say "Show me the money."
San Antonio Current |
Cynthia Hawkins |
03-05-2008 |
Movies
'The Bank Job': A Well-paced, Crackling Little Filmnew
New Zealand director Roger Donaldson is a competent helmsman who too often seems to hit on crappy, not very original scripts. The Bank Job isn't going to add much to his resume, but it's not all bad.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job
'The Other Boleyn Girl' is Mediocre at Bestnew
A flimsy and foolish adaptation of Philippa Gregory's novel surrounding the scandalous affair between Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII.
Dig Boston |
Harry Vaughn |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
'Girls Rock!' Hits Nerves of the Teen Psyche Varietynew
By focusing on the raw sentiments ("spillage") of campers, Girls Rock! is an intelligent -- and, more importantly, entertaining -- look at how girls fight self-imposed stereotypes in very different ways than boys do.
'CJ7': Space Puppy Lovenew
Fluffy extraterrestrial pooch helps poor-but-honest kid succeed on Earth.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: CJ7, Stephen Chow
Double Featurenew
How the Holechek Brothers' 305 went from hit YouTube short to full-length film.
Pig Talenew
There are several theories floating around the Internet purporting to explain why Penelope is finally being released now. It did, after all, make its debut at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
03-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Palansky, Penelope
Like Father, Like Sonsnew
Lost boys look for missing dads in the brutal City of Men.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
03-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: City of Men, Paulo Morelli
Launching Legacy Film Festivalnew
Last fall, Jasmine Richardson and Laura Green decided to launch a minority film festival in Baltimore. Some six months later and the pair has realized it's not only possible, but it's happening.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
03-04-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Legacy Film Festival
Growing Wildnew
Another visit to Brazil's slums tries to show how gun-toting boys become men.
Baltimore City Paper |
Steve Erickson |
03-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: City of Men, Paulo Morelli
'The Business of Being Born': Special Deliverynew
In 1900, 95 percent of the births in this country took place at home. Today, it's less than 1 percent. What happened? Epstein rounds up the experts to explain how what was once considered a blessed event came to be seen as a medical event.
A Forgotten Heist Gets a Welcome Reminder
The Bank Job is a good old-fashioned bank heist movie that's based on a 1971 London robbery in which a Lloyds Bank vault was emptied while the city slept.
Tags: Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job
