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Enjoy 'The Host' - A South Korean Good-old-fashioned Monster Movienew
Funny, scary, emotional, thrilling and occasionally bloody B-grade monster threatens Seoul!
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Host, Joon-ho Bong
No Way to Pretty This Bizarre Picture Up
There are two upbeat components to this tragic story about a Lory Yazurlo, a fiercely independent woman left a quadriplegic after an accident in an 18-wheeler, who lives and works at her own pig sanctuary in Bunnell, Fla., on a 20-acre settlement from CSX.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
'There's No Enemy, There's No Victory'
Unsettled excels where many others have failed: The film draws complete pictures of the people on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict -- the surfer dude who doesn't want to leave, the mother of a soldier, the protest-ready "religious filmmaker."
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Hootnick, Unsettled
A Biting Look at TV Sitcom Production
David Duchovny, Justine Bateman, Ioan Gruffudd and Sigourney Weaver star in the creatively draining world of TV.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jake Kasdan, The TV Set
Highly Original Without Getting Bogged Down in Quirk
Swedish Auto is a slowly unfolding romance about two issues-laden loners who each happen to have a penchant for voyeuristic stalking.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Derek Sieg, Swedish Auto
Something Completely Unexpected
Blair Witch director Daniel Myrick finally answers the "What's he gonna do next?" question.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Daniel Myrick, The Strand
A Novel Premise is Undercut
A young bajillionaire can't get a date and winds up obsessively attending speed-dating sessions.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: speed dating, Tony Herbert
It Takes Guts to Call a Movie About Your Mom 'Son of a Bitch'
While director Jon Ezrine is obviously in need of therapy beyond the cinematic sort, it's unfortunate that his portrait of his racist, nutty Miami Beach mom and his equally off-base siblings comes off as so ... normal.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jon Ezrine, Son of a Bitch
An Elegiac Story
Based on the story by Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh, A Season of Madness is only 17 minutes long, but it elegantly captures the crushing despair that's felt when trapped in a worthless marriage.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: A Season of Madness, Katja Esson
Alan Rickman Drives the Movie
Despite the ominous overhang of death, isolation and mental illness, Snow Cake never entertains too much pathos.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Evans, Snow Cake
'The Office' Meets 'Sleepaway Camp'
While perfectly accurate, such a description -- and it's the only apt one -- doesn't evoke the ringing of box-office cash registers.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Smith, Severance
This Film is a Triumph
Shot mostly by the racing crews, it is a testimony to the vast loneliness of the ocean and the mental fortitude it takes to cross it.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Luke Wolbach, Row Hard, No Excuses
An Overcooked Story and Dull Cinematography
But Pretty in the Face should nonetheless be applauded for its brave concept.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Nate Meyer, Pretty in the Face
Poetic and Engaging
Operation Homecoming is notably emotional.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Wild West Existence Not for the Faint of Heart
The synopsis of Off the Grid sets up the documentary as a rare glimpse into a community of misfits who call home a waterless wasteland on 15 square miles in the middle of nowhere.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
