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'Atonement': A Novel Treatnew
It's that rare combo: a good movie based on a good book.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
12-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Atonement, Joe Wright
An Inconvenient Man
Independent Lens film examines the legacy of Ralph Nader.
Barren Sci-fi Horror Bites the Hand That Wrote it
Director Francis Lawrence was clearly not the best choice to helm the latest adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 classic sci-fi/horror blender that spawned The Last Man on Earth and The Omega Man.
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
The Best Films of 2007
Every year film critics love to bemoan what a lousy lot of movies the previous twelve months have wrought as if the art of filmmaking were hitting an all time low. However 2007 was a tremendous year for high quality movies that elevated the craft.
Strike Up the Bandnew
Eran Kolirin, the 34-year-old writer-director of The Band's Visit, has a sense of humor as dry as Bet Hatikva's arid desert wind and is too smart to bore us with ham-fisted humanistic bromides.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Eran Kolirin, The Band's Visit
John Cusack Enters the Iraq Weepstakesnew
Grace is Gone wants to massage liberal sensibilities about the war without alienating the church-going, Wal-Mart-shopping Middle Americans who might see, in Stanley Phillips, a reflection of themselves.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Grace is Gone, James Strouse
Knocked-up Knockoutnew
Tart of tongue and sweet of disposition, Juno offers living proof that crisp writing, graceful directing and an abundantly poised young lead can perk up a premise that’s been bludgeoned to death.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
A Visit to the Big Housenew
In each episode of the documentary series Lockup, the viewer is given a guided tour of one of our nation's prisons. Some are modern high-tech hellholes, others are collapsing chipped-paint, broken-toilet hellholes, but all are hellholes.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
12-07-2007 |
TV
Guy Ritchie Steps Backwardnew
Revolver turns out to be a touchy-feely ultraviolent gangster flick. Come over here and give Scarface a hug, you big gruff pussycat.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Guy Ritchie, revolver
Cosmic Dustnew
The Golden Compass spins wildly trying to hit every point on the dial.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Weitz, The Golden Compass
Believing in Billynew
Billy the Kid, a disarmingly funny and genuinely poignant low-budget documentary, sports old-fashioned comedic charm and the psychological weight of a Freudian wet dream.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Billy the Kid, Jennifer Venditti
Original Impactnew
John Cusack transforms himself for this effective sob story that brings the war home.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Grace is Gone, James Strouse
'The Golden Compass': Aspiring Fantasy Franchisenew
Best line: "I am an armored bear. War is the sea I swim in and the air I breathe," proclaims Iorek, voiced with towering gruffness by McKellan (who was cast against the wishes of director Chris Weitz).
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Weitz, The Golden Compass
Tone Deafnew
John Turturro, as director, hits all the wrong notes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Of Hollywood, Bruce Lee, and MC Hammernew
Far be it from me to declare that an entire genre of film is dead, but shit, the reels that make up Finishing the Game would probably be just as useful as a tombstone on mockumentary's grave.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Hedriksen |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Finishing the Game, Justin Lin
