AltWeeklies Wire
'Gone Baby Gone': Inappropriate Afflecknew
Ben unwisely puts Casey at the bat in his promising directorial debut.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
10-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
The Fretful Humanistnew
Wes Anderson's McSweeneysification of movies.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
'Rendition': Say Unclenew
Latest Iraq War film delivers rote "relevance."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, rendition
'Things We Lost in the Fire': Land of the Lostnew
Muted emotions fail to strike sparks.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
'The Darjeeling Limited' Goes Off the Railsnew
Wes Anderson delivers more color, less humanity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Plowing Down Kids on 'Reservation Road'new
Based on its concept, the film should have been an all-out gut-wrench fest. If you're going to have a plot device as emotionally manipulative as a dead child, I should at least choke up once, right?
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Reservation Road, Terry George
'30 Days of Night': Why I Will Never, Ever Go to Alaskanew
Based on a fairly overrated graphic novel by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, the film version of 30 Days of Night is pretty goddamn cool.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Slade, 30 Days of Night
Got to Be Real
Dan in Real Life finds authenticity beyond its wacky movie ironies.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dan in Real Life, Peter Hedges
'Pushing Daisies' is a Dark Cartoonnew
So far, the show is hard to predict, and in the copycat world of network TV, that's a good thing.
New York Press |
David Goldman |
10-18-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Rendition' Makes Points Often and Bluntlynew
But by crafting an intricate and engaging story out of this country's most despicable "weapon" in the war on terror, it's possible that its message may be more well-received than the dozens of damning documentaries that have preceded it.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, rendition
'Murder Party' Kills Kids with Humor & Mayhemnew
"I guess the only real issue I have with hipsters and scenesters is intellectual snobbery. It drives me nuts," says director Jeremy Salnier. "Murder Party aims to take their scene and dumb it down with slapstick gags and gratuitous gore."
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jeremy Saulnier, Murder Party
'Gone Baby Gone': Mean Streetsnew
Irish-American street life and working-class misery are always easy excuses for over acting.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
'Wristcutters': Death & Pizzanew
Imaginative afterlife story gets mundane on the big screen.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
White Lies: Why Critics Don't Get Tyler Perrynew
Most critics don't "get" Tyler Perry basically because most critics are whites who are not only clueless about Perry's African-American culture, but unsympathetic to his particular expression.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
'Sleuth' Remakes 'Sleuth'new
Kenneth Branagh updates, and downgrades, the film, even with Michael Caine for a second go-round.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth
