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Zemeckis, Computers: 1; Critic: 0new
Boy, was I prepared to hate the sword-and-sandals out of this movie.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis
'Enchanted' is the Blandest of Them Allnew
It would be a sight quicker -- and doubtless more gracious as well -- to discuss what generally works in Disney's Enchanted than to dwell on all that doesn't.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Enchanted, Kevin Lima
Uncle Brian's Turkey-Day Bashnew
A guide to nine of the biggest "turkeys" American cinema has to offer, and an answer to the awake-at-night question, "Is Ishtar really all that terrible?"
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
'Mist'-ified Horrornew
Goofy Stephen King adaptation can't balance shock with schlock.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
'August Rush': Visualizing the Invisiblenew
Kirsten Sheridan speaks about her father's influence and the balance between genius and madness.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
11-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: August Rush, Kirsten Sheridan
'I'm Not There' Is Not About Dylan, It's About Haynesnew
Altogether, Todd Haynes' film is a presumptuous act of reverse hubris. No one should expect to be entertained by the story it doesn’t tell or the blind alleys it revisits.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes Dives Deep into Dylan With 'I'm Not There'new
With this, his most ambitious work to date, Haynes' affection for re-creating the past finds its match in his innovative dissection of a complex artist's soul.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
Testing the Limits of Artistic Vision in 'Margot'new
Baumbach fifth feature follows in terse, cutting strokes a short-story writer Margot Zeller with teenage son in tow to the wedding of her estranged sister.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
'It's a Lotta White Folks'new
Alex LeMay's documentary Desert Bayou tells a Hurricane Katrina story that you almost certainly haven't heard, as 600 black New Orleans evacuees are transported to Salt Lake City.
Jackson Free Press |
Darren Schwindaman |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex LeMay, Desert Bayou
Roped In by 'The Roping Show'new
Watching the show on RFD-TV is a little like catching a Japanese game show or a four-hour Mexican variety show -- it's funny because we really don't understand it.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
11-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'The First Basket' Expores Jewish Basketball Playersnew
There was a time, strange as it might seem, when short Jewish men dominated the world of basketball.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Steve Cohen |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Vyorst, The First Basket
Troops, I Did It Againnew
Brian De Palma's Redacted shows war imagery because the media won't.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, Redacted
The Muslim Amos 'n' Andy?new
CBC's Little Mosque on the Prairie and The CW's Aliens in America represent a giant step forward in media imagery: These are not your 24-type Muslims.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
11-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Beowulf': Dead Men Walkingnew
It would be unfair to call the soulless, heartless and corporate Beowulf pornographic. Pornography, at least, attempts to engage us, if only on a level of animal instinct.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis
'I'm Not There' Takes on Bob Dylan, in All His Complexitynew
Todd Haynes' approach is daring, complex and brilliantly suited to his subject.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
