AltWeeklies Wire
Tommy Lee Jones Owns 'In the Valley of Elah'new
The two-hour movie belongs to Jones, but it is also remarkable for sharp, unfussy acting in the smaller parts.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Haggis, In the Valley of Elah
'Good Luck Chuck' Tries to be a Gross-Out Comedy and a Date Flicknew
Jessica Alba and Dane Cook work hard to win over audiences, but the film works hard to be an American Pie type flick and have heart.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lekich |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Good Luck Chuck, Mark Helfrich
Jennifer Gardner Faces the Heat in 'The Kingdom'new
In an L.A. interview room, she says that because she had just had a daughter with husband Ben Affleck, she and her long-time stuntwoman, Shauna Duggins, were concerned about how much physical activity she could endure during filming.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
09-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Berg, The Kingdom
Vancouver International Film Festival Shows Depth of Chinanew
With a wide array of titles, the festival's films certainly reject the notion of a monolithic national personality.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-21-2007 |
Movies
Video Game Show Nabs Emmynew
Victor Lucas, Emmy winner -- it's got a nice ring to it. And Lucas, creator and host of Electric Playground, the longest-running -- and arguably the best -- television magazine show about video games, is proud of the accomplishment.
The Georgia Straight |
Blaine Kyllo |
09-21-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
A Fistfull of Moviesnew
Seth Gordon's new documentary, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters about gaming legend Billy Mitchell tops all the box office challengers.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
The Return of Popeye -- Sailor, Hero, American Malenew
Popeye has just resurfaced in two formats: Warner Home Video's gluttonous four-disc Popeye The Sailor: 1933-1936, Vol. 1 and E.C. Segar's book Popeye: I Yam What I Yam, published by Fantagraphics.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
09-21-2007 |
Movies
Director Julie Taymor's Beatles Musical is a Huge Letdownnew
Across the Universe is rock-solid kitsch, compete with giant puppets, hidebound lyricism and chiffon-wrapped floating nudes, much like the levitating Greek oracle in 300.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
09-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Across the Universe, Julie Taymor
Richard Gere Gets a Good Shaking in 'The Hunting Party'new
Just as Richard Shepard brought out the sick-comic, caddish style of Pierce Brosnan in The Matador that wasn't often a part of Bond films, Shepherd wakes up Richard Gere.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
09-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Shepard, The Hunting Party
'The Jane Austen Book Club' Isn't as Bad as it Soundsnew
The gross outline is female-buffet: a variety of types with whom the viewer can choose to identify, from salty purple-lady elder to dissatisfied wife.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
09-20-2007 |
Reviews
John Waters On the Mainstreamng of Gay Culturenew
"I had more fun when it was illegal to be gay," says Waters.
INDY Week |
Zack Smith |
09-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
David Cronenberg's Crime Film Updates a Sacred Mythnew
Following the 2005 critical success of A History of Violence, there's a natural impulse to view David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises as a formerly maverick director's continuing foray into accessible, even mainstream, filmmaking.
'In the Valley of Elah' Tries to Be a Mystery & an Iraq Filmnew
Unfortunately, Haggis doesn't have the stylistic chops to do "restrained" in the way that, say, Sidney Lumet can. His would-be restraint ends up committing the cardinal sin of being dull, dull, dull.
'Delirious': Star Strucknew
Tom DiCillo keeps plugging away with latest indie comedy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Delirious, Tom DiCillo
Good ol' Fellanew
Ray McKinnon returns to the South in Randy and the Mob.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Randy and the Mob, Ray McKinnon
