AltWeeklies Wire
Tripping Out on a Kid's Shownew
A combination of in-jokes and surrealist farce, the children's DVD Showbeast is trippier than Sesame Street and more avant-garde than Pee Wee's Playhouse, though it would still appeal to a little kid or a stoned person.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
12-12-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
The Strike Hits Homenew
Get used to new unscripted shows like Crowned, Clash of the Choirs, and Duel.
C-Ville Weekly |
Eric Rezsnyak |
12-12-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'I Am Legend': Apocalypse Nahnew
The biggest problem -- the one that prevents the film from rising above mediocrity -- is that it sometimes grabs you by the balls, yet it's afraid to twist like an apocalypse should.
Willamette Week |
Ap Kryza |
12-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
'Juno' Turns on a Heroine's Choicenew
I walked into Juno expecting to love it, and halfway through was beginning to think I didn't care for it very much. But the film soldiers on, and develops a gravity to match its gravidity.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
12-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
$128 Million Later: Will Smith is the Last Movie Star on Earthnew
The exteriors are stunning, and sadly, an insistent, ongoing metaphor for the script's inability to suggest much interior life.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
12-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
Almost Famousnew
A long wait for a short brush with stardom at The Amazing Race auditions.
San Diego CityBeat |
Nathan Dinsdale |
12-12-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Guy Maddin Doses Audiences with Another Mad Vision of Yesteryearnew
Experimental fantasist Maddin continues his somewhat prolific career of weirdness with Brand Upon the Brain!, a curiously anachronistic horror-mystery the filmmaker describes as "semi-autobiographical."
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
12-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brand upon the Brain!, Guy Maddin
Zen Chef Edward Espe Brown on 'How to Cook Your Life'new
The film takes viewers inside Brown's educational cooking retreats, where he draws parallels between food preparation, Zen and everyday life.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
12-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Never See TVnew
Striking WGA writers want the TV industry to know "what kind of fantastic blockbusters and hit TV shows and dinner-time background noise that America is missing out on."
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Millard |
12-11-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Solitary Man
I Am Legend captures the eerie loneliness of the last man on earth.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
Morgan Spurlock Helps Reverend Billy Fend Off the Shopocalypsenew
Producer Spurlock and director Rob VanAlkemade track Reverend Billy, his wife/partner Savitri D, and their 35-member gospel choir on a cross-country bus tour.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirk Woundy |
12-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Honey and Clover': Another Art School Confidentialnew
Honey and Clover is a live-action manga adaptation set in a college dorm full of silent longing and artistic insecurity.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Honey and Clover, Masahiro Takada
'The Steal Phantom' Examines Fandomnew
The comedic documentary finds skinny, boyish Jason Georgiades, a University of Pittsburgh art student, seeking an audience with the Pittsburgh Steelers to share a trick play he'd designed.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
12-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hollywood North's Going Greennew
Whitehorse filmmaker Paul Davis put the Georgia Straight on hold to diligently transfer his laundry's grey water to his toilet so he could flush eco-sensitively.
The Georgia Straight |
Pieta Woolley |
12-10-2007 |
Movies
A Sinister Role Lured Nicole Kidman to 'The Golden Compass'new
Although the movie is being marketed to families, Mrs. Coulter is arguably the most threatening character Kidman has ever played.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
12-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chris Weitz, The Golden Compass
