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The week in TV Jan. 3-9: Celebrity Apprentice, Cashmere Mafia, American Gladiators, The Wire and The L Word previewed/reviewed with unparalleled wit and insight.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
12-28-2007 |
TV
'Fields of Fuel' is a Documentary & Adventure Storynew
The 90-minute doc introduces a potential new fuel source: algae.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
12-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fields of Fuel, Josh Tickell
Going Longnew
New films never run out of breath.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
12-28-2007 |
Reviews
'Charlie Wilson's War': Mr. Wilson's World Ordernew
Well, finally the American film industry has done it. At last, there's a movie about American foreign policies and programs in the Middle East and West Asia, in Iraq and Afghanistan, that Americans can feel good about.
Tags: Mike Nichols, Charlie Wilson's War
'There Will Be Blood' is Anderson's 'Citizen Kane'new
With There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson has taken a stab at making The Great American Movie -- and I daresay he's made one of them.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-28-2007 |
Reviews
American Cinema: Our Best Diplomat in 2007?new
Wherever my travels have taken me this year, whether as close as the screening room down the street or as far afield as the Cannes Film Festival in France, the sentiment has been the same: What a banner year it has been for American movies.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-28-2007 |
Movies
Kick Yourself for Not Seeing These Moviesnew
From minor hits to complete obscurities, these films from 2007 -- and others -- deserved more attention than they got, either from audiences, distributors, or critics.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
12-28-2007 |
Movies
Bloodless 'Blood'new
Paul Thomas Anderson's new film is striking but dry as dust.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-28-2007 |
Reviews
Ellen Page's Leap Yearnew
From the snowy Sundance hills to Academy Award predictions from Roger Ebert, 2007 belongs to Halifax actor Ellen Page and her new movie, Juno.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tara Thorne |
12-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
Arrested Developmentnew
The first two minutes of Juno cause concern, but the next 90 minutes become one of the year's best films.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
'Cox' Blocknew
For every funny part in Walk Hard, there are two that fall flat.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
12-27-2007 |
Reviews
Big Talknew
The ever-ingratiating Denzel Washington both stars and directs this feel-bad-then-good fable, based on the mid-'30s triumphs of the debate team from all-black Wiley College. Also reviewed: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-27-2007 |
Reviews
A Journal of the Vague Yearnew
Shaky morals and muddled heroes defined 2007's best movies.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-27-2007 |
Movies
All Queasy on the Eastern Frontnew
War is hell, and 2007's war movies weren't much better.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-27-2007 |
Movies
