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'2 Days in Paris': French Kiss-offnew
Julie Delpy offers an affair, and a city, to remember.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 2 Days in Paris, Julie Delpy
Johnnie To's 'Exiled' (John) Woos Leonenew
It doesn't get much better than a movie that balances hair-trigger violence with moments of gentle humor.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Exiled, Johnnie To
'3:10 to Yuma' Successfully Remakes an Adult Westernnew
In overhauling an antique genre piece no one particularly remembers, Mangold kept the original theme -- poor-but-honest homesteader vs. high-living crook -- while simultaneously amping up the many grotesqueries available in the Old West.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 3:10 to Yuma, James Mangold
'3:10 to Yuma' is a Thinking-person's Westernnew
Russell Crowe and Christian Bale help further define a subgenre.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 3:10 to Yuma, James Mangold
'Shoot 'Em Up': Gun Fight After Gun Fight After Gun Fightnew
Body count high, plot points low, title accurate.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Davis, Shoot 'Em Up
Michael Davis on the Delirious Action of 'Shoot 'Em Up'new
Not many people have asked the question, "What if you took the hospital scene from John Woo's Hard Boiled with Chow Yun-Fat holding a gun and a baby and extended it to over ninety minutes?" but I'm glad Michael Davis did.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
09-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Davis, Shoot 'Em Up
'Kid Nation' Stirs Controversynew
The idea was to send 40 kids into the wilderness and allow them to create their own Lord of the Flies-style society, but now at least one parent and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors are raising concerns about how the series was made.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-04-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Olivier Dahan Steers Clear of Cliches in 'La Vie En Rose'new
The writer/director cracks famed French songbird Edith Piaf's life apart like a frozen chocolate bar and serves it up in disjointed shards.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan
'The Nanny Diaries': Lifestyles of the Rich and Thoughtlessnew
The film takes an easy, bland path to Annie's unsurprising self-discovery, peeking at but quickly dropping some complex ideas along the way.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
'Talk to Me': Ladies' Mannew
A tonal shift from gentle biopic to record of social upheaval unmoors Talk to Me.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kasi Lemmons, Talk to Me
Can Leonardo DiCaprio Make Ecology Sexy?new
Leo boosts The 11th Hour with his star power, but the environmental film seems like it's preaching to the converted.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Adam Goldberg is the New Woody Allen?new
2 Days in Paris is a casually heady, observationally nuanced peek inside one couple's romantic foibles -- for good and, most humorously, ill.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 2 Days in Paris, Julie Delpy
'The 11th Hour' Directors Hope to Deliver a Global Warningnew
The film distinguishes itself from other talking-head documentaries not only by the sheer emotional fervor, but also by demonstrating that our species can engineer its survival.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
'Them' Does Its One Thing Wellnew
Hardly in need of recap, the film simply involves a young couple in a large house being terrorized by unseen aggressors over the course of a long, dark night.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
'Idol' Worshipnew
Fear and loathing at the American Idol tryouts.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
09-04-2007 |
TV
