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Complicated Charactersnew
Flawed people in flawed relationships make for a stimulating screenplay in Andrew Wagner's adaptation of Brian Morton's novel.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
12-17-2007 |
Reviews
Judd Apatow Hearts 'Walk Hard'new
Just cause Apatow called it "the stupidest movie ever made" doesn't mean he doesn't like it.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
12-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Steven Sondheim Excited for Tim Burton's 'Sweeney Todd'new
Though Sondheim is normally adverse to musicals on the screen, he's pleased with the new film version of his play.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
12-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
One-Flick Ponies?new
With Juno, director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody prove to be more.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
12-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
Long Live the 'King'new
Archives of the cult classic King of the Hill are open for all to judge.
The Texas Observer |
Susana Hayward |
12-17-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
De Palma's 'Redacted' Indicts All of Usnew
To date, only 28 movie theaters in the country have shown the astonishingly apropos Redacted, which puts the blame for al-Mahmudiyah not on a few renegade soldiers, but where it belongs: on the American people.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, Redacted
Measly 'Munksnew
Dear Santa, I've been a good girl. How could you let this movie happen?
NOW Magazine |
Deidre Swain |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Tim Hill
Staid Script and Direction Ground 'The Kite Runner'new
I'm worried. Marc Forster, the humorless auteur behind Monster's Ball and Finding Neverland, is directing the next James Bond movie.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
All Kidman Asidenew
Kidman's The Golden Compass is passable, but skip her Wedding.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
Striker's Guiltnew
St. Louis-area writer Paul Guyot feels isolated from his fellow picketers in Hollywood.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
12-14-2007 |
Movies
Dispatch from the European Film Awardsnew
A large digital screen featuring a clip of Jean-Paul Belmondo in Breathless, puffing on his Lucky Strike in an endless loop, was the closest the audience at the 20th European Film Awards in Berlin wound up getting to the evening's lifetime achievement honoree, Jean-Luc Godard.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-14-2007 |
Movies
'The Kite Runner' Doesn't Flynew
Kites fly high over the San Francisco Bay and Kabul (okay, China), but not much else soars in Marc Forster's flaccid adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's vivid 2002 novel, which covers three decades of Afghanistan's misery under serial totalitarian rule.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
Will Smith: The Stuff of 'Legend'new
Moment for moment, Smith is simply dazzling, and for all the undeniably impressive work the actor has done on his physique for this role, what's most appealing about Smith is his native intelligence -- the way you see him thinking his way through a role -- and his capacity for human weakness.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
Last Man Standingnew
Once a cautionary tale about human folly, has the doomsday myth become just more fun and games?
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-14-2007 |
Movies
'For the Bible Tells Me So' Preaches to the Convertednew
A new documentary bumbles a strong message.
Arkansas Times |
Fritz Brantley |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
