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Sean Penn Roughs It With 'Into the Wild'
Sean Penn directs this thoroughly satisfying account of Christopher McCandless's wilderness journeys that Jon Krakauer eloquently brought to light in his 1996 best-selling book.
Tags: Into the Wild, Sean Penn
It's a Wrap: A Look Back at the Summer of '07new
A look at the highlights and low points of the past four months in cinema.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
09-14-2007 |
Movies
'The Brothers Solomon' Get No Lovenew
Knocked Up summed up all the fears of a generation bent on eternal adolescence and has smart social observations beneath its seemingly dumb comedy. But if you're looking for social commentary, Brothers is strictly dumb and dumber.
The Georgia Straight |
Janet Smith |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob Odenkirk, The Brothers Solomon
'Hatchet' Sucksnew
How this utterly worthless slasher flick managed to avoid going straight to video and then directly to the bargain bin will confound discriminating horror fans for days, if not weeks.
The Georgia Straight |
Steve Newton |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Green, Hatchet
David Cronenberg, King of Creepynew
What gets lost in the violence and gore of Cronenberg's films is that he is also a workaday filmmaker, concerned with the ordinary pursuits of visual storytelling.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Green Flick Compete at Toronto Film Festivalnew
The environmentally focused films in Climate for a Change series are competing for a $25,000 prize offered by a green investment firm.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-14-2007 |
Movies
Report from the Toronto International Film Festivalnew
For a film fanatic like myself, TIFF has become a victim of its own success; I've watched as the number of media in attendance rose every year, and so has Hollywood.
Evan Rachel Wood Uneasy in the Spotlightnew
Wood is one of the most talked-about actors at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, thanks to her work in two movies, King of California and Across the Universe, not mention her relationship with shock-rocker Marilyn Manson.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Skin-deep 'Gossip Girl'new
Another snotty teen soap about snotty socialites at a snotty school for rich little snots, oh boy!
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
09-14-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Shoot 'Em Up' is Like Watching a Video Gamenew
In Shoot 'Em Up, the action is so dark, blurry, shaky, and chopped up, you may find yourself squinting and bobbing your head to try and get a better look.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Davis, Shoot 'Em Up
'In the Valley of Elah' Looks at The War Once Homenew
Paul Haggis fights to reveal one of combat's most dismissed consequences.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mark Keizer |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
'The Hunting Party' Feels Like Two Different Moviesnew
One is a smart comedy about TV reporters, and the other is a fact-based story about those reporters hunting a war criminal in postwar Bosnia -- but the two never blend, and only a few of the scenes generate either laughs or tension.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Shepard, The Hunting Party
'Mr. Woodcock' Risesnew
Don't underestimate this light comedy because of its gratuitously juvenile title or its weak premise of a self-help writer who can't cope -- the plot might be predictable, but the dialogue is surprisingly witty and the performances strong.
NOW Magazine |
Jeff Rutherford |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Gillespie, Mr. Woodcock
Fall Film Preview: Autumn-atic Cinemanew
Monster mists, killer aliens, steamy sex scenes and much more fall into cinemas this season.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
09-14-2007 |
Movies
This is a Well-Titled Movienew
This is a movie whose body count is much higher than its IQ.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Davis, Shoot 'Em Up
