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I’m Lovin’ It: Fewer Big Macs May Equal Better Sexnew
Morgan Spurlock, the producer, director and star of “Super Size Me,” an informative, funny and deeply disturbing documentary, shows what would happen if you ate fast food three times a day by going on a 30-day all-McDonald’s eating binge.
Terminally Trappednew
Steven Spielberg masterfully makes the airport terminal a character in its own right, a bright, bland emporium of name-brand culture—not the ’60s pleasure palace in "Catch Me if You Can," but an inescapable enclosure, a bit like the haunted house in "Poltergeist" or the totalitarian dystopias of "AI" and "Minority Report."
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
06-16-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Spielberg, The Terminal
The Corporation Psychoanalyzednew
Corporations are "persons" under the law. A new book and film ask, What kind of people?
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
06-15-2004 |
Reviews
Gates of Hell Open a Little Wider for TV Plastic Surgeons
If the first three episodes of Season 2 are any indication, the entirety of this darkly comic drama's first season was just a toe in the waters of what a network can get away with on basic cable.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
06-12-2004 |
TV
Bipolar Express
Steven Spielberg can't integrate the entertainer and the serious artist in "The Terminal."
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-11-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Spielberg, The Terminal
"The Stepford Wives" Has Little Reason to Existnew
Never before has the transition from human to automaton been so unnoticeable.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
06-10-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Frank Oz, The Stepford Wives
"Bloom" is Cause Enough to Re-Joycenew
As the centenary of Bloomsday approaches, Sean Walsh’s flawed but fun film is a serviceable way to mark the occasion for those not inclined to drag out their dog-eared copies of Ulysses.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-10-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bloom, Sean Walsh
Documentary Ponders Spin During Iraq Warnew
Some of the same criticisms leveled at both Al-Jazeera and Centcom's press spin can also be leveled at the documentary "Control Room."
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
06-10-2004 |
Reviews
Paying Tribute to Haiti's Moral Beaconnew
Demme is able to make the life of one maverick character, Haitian radio journalist and folk hero Jean Dominique, illuminate the best and worst capacities of an entire culture.
Boise Weekly |
Nicholas Collias |
06-10-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jonathan Demme, The Agronomist
Improving Potternew
Thank goodness for Alfonso Cuarón: He's given the third Harry Potter film a soul.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-09-2004 |
Reviews
Director Captures Shape and Spirit of Harry Potter Books
Director Alfonso ("Y Tu Mama Tambien," "Great Expectations") Cuaron brings the series back to life after professional embalmer Chris Columbus’ previous two attempts at sucking the life and charm out of author J.K. Rowling’s unruly creation.
Birmingham Weekly |
Scot Lockman |
06-08-2004 |
Reviews
"Six Feet Under" Is Back, Looking Almost Alive
The fourth-season premiere of the HBO series is every bit as maudlin and humorless as most of last season, but, fortunately, subsequent episodes are as lively and darkly funny as anything from that wondrous summer of Season One.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
06-07-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
The Life of Refugees in the U.S.new
Could you make it in the USA if you were not born here? This devastating film describes a year in the life of two friends who are refugees from south Sudan.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
06-03-2004 |
Reviews
"The Return" Continues Long-Held Tradition in Russian Cinemanew
For almost 100 years now, the Russians have been making some of the world’s greatest movies for nobody other than themselves. Ignoring the traps of current events, “The Return” asks universal questions about family, religion and the natural world.
LEO Weekly |
Alan Abbott |
06-03-2004 |
Reviews
Former Porn Star Embraces Life in the Slow Lanenew
Back from a decade of decadence, Amber Hunter (a.k.a. Little Cinderella) embraces life in the slow lane.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Brian Abrams |
06-03-2004 |
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