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Close Shavenew
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp walk the razor's edge in Sweeney Todd.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
12-19-2007 |
Reviews
Why is a Paralyzed Editor Like a Hawkish Congressman?new
Take The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to Charlie Wilson's War and find out.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
12-19-2007 |
Reviews
Barber of Gorenew
Tim Burton's inspired Sweeney Todd is black and red all over.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
12-19-2007 |
Reviews
Strop the Musicnew
Sweeney Todd delivers grand spectacle, dull tunes.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
12-19-2007 |
Reviews
Twisted Sistersnew
Noah Baumbach casts perfect actors to play estranged family
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
12-19-2007 |
Reviews
The Gloomy Cinematic Gifts of Christmasnew
Ah, the holidays -- that time when our thoughts naturally turn to slashed throats, drug addiction, child rape and putting dad in a nursing homes. Hence Sweeney Todd, The Kite Runner, Walk Hard and The Savages.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
12-19-2007 |
Reviews
Savage Gracenew
Note-perfect, Tamara Jenkins' The Savages puts all too much American moviemaking to shame.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
12-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Holiday Movies 2007new
Dissecting this season's new releases.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
12-19-2007 |
Movies
Carry a 'Toonnew
By limiting itself to precisely one fart joke and one poop joke, Alvin and the Chipmunks is pretty highbrow in today's kiddie-flick environment.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
12-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Tim Hill
Back to the Drawing Boardnew
Is it possible you've lived for the past seven years amid the wreckage of post-20th-century pop culture and you still don't know what the hell anime is?
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
12-18-2007 |
TV
Corn-based Doc Unearths America’s No. 1 Cropnew
Without calls to action or divisive language, this artistic little piece of investigative journalism explores the hand-in-hand transformation of corn and the American food supply.
Weekly Alibi |
Jessica Cassyle Carr |
12-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Aaron Woolf, King Corn
Crash Landingnew
Contrived and conventional, The Kite Runner fails to fly.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
12-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
Top Ten: The Year in Moviesnew
La Vie en Rose, Control, and I'm Not There didn't merely rescue the music biopic from Hollywood; they represent the best of what 2007 movies offered: an explosion of cinematic craft.
Baltimore City Paper |
Staff |
12-18-2007 |
Movies
Top Ten: The Year in Televisionnew
Fuck Tony Soprano: there, we said it. Not only does David Chase's massive soap opera for the male midlife crisis not appear on this Top 10 list, but only one voting viewer put it on a ballot.
Baltimore City Paper |
Staff |
12-18-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Confessions of a Neocon TV Fannew
Or, how I learned how to stop worrying if watching torture condones torture and enjoy prime time American television.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
12-18-2007 |
Movies
