AltWeeklies Wire
Spider-Man Franchise Loses Steam
After bucking the pitfalls of creating a sassy big screen superhero based on a popular comic book, and following it up with an even better sequel, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film series has fizzled into a flagging mix of confused passion and diluted villainy.
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
Web Slight
Spider-Man 3 only matches some of what made its predecessors great.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
04-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
Death, Landscape and Raymond Carvernew
Ray Lawrence maps the human heart.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
04-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jindabyne, Ray Lawrence
Cool, Composed 'Turner' Hits Note of Suspensenew
Dercourt says that while his film is certainly French, it is close enough to classic American thrillers that he expects it to find an audience on this continent.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
04-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Denis Dercourt, The Page Turner
Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man Confidentialnew
Although he may walk away from Spider-Man after this film, Maguire is aware of the effect that it will have on generations of fans.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
04-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
The Heat is Onnew
Blowing up the status quo.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz
In a Cold Placenew
Courage in a Russian bleak house.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrei Kravchuk, The Italian
Puppy Lovenew
It's not a banal tale about a boy and his dog, but a fresh one about an older woman and hers. Who knew Molly Shannon playing a petulant nutjob could be so moving?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike White, Year of the Dog
Cavorting With Caninesnew
In his directorial debut, Mike White embraces the awkward with this story of a woman (played by Molly Shannon) who just wants to be loved.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike White, Year of the Dog
The Political Becomes Personalnew
Ken Loach paints a grim realist portrait that captures the solemnity of an Ireland turning on itself and the tragedy of two brothers spiraling away from each other.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Silence Is Chartreusenew
At once eerie, picaresque, and evocative, this is a daring and breathtakingly constructed documentary about the Carthusian monks of the French Alps, who have taken a vow of silence.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Into Great Silence, Philip Groning
Interminable Islandnew
Steve Austin stars in this WWE-produced movie about a death row convict who is brought to a remote island to fight nine other killers to the death for a televised bout.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Scott Wiper, The Condemned
Verhoeven Returns With Dutch Treatnew
Although in many ways a characteristically perverse Paul Verhoeven spectacle, this Dutch World War II resistance story is more morally shaded as well as handsomely mounted and suspenseful.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
Unoriginal Scaresnew
Vacancy steals from numerous horror movies to create an entertaining feature.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Nimród Antal, Vacancy
Drippy, Yet Zippynew
Despite awful characteristics, In the Land of Women does not totally suck.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: In the Land of Women, Jon Kasdan
