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Playing Gamesnew
The Hunger Games isn't a critical feast.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
04-02-2012 |
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The human beast in Bullhead and Thin Icenew
The Belgian crime drama Bullhead, which was among this year's foreign film Oscar nominees, is as clumsy and misshapen as its unfortunate protagonist, a bulked-up cattle farmer and gangster named Jacky Vanmarsenille.
England's Odd Couplenew
Opens Friday at The Flicks
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
08-03-2011 |
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Tags: Food, Michael Winterbottom, Movies, Culture, England, Steve Coogan, Cinema, The Trip, Rob Brydon
John Hillcoat's 'The Road': Brutalism on Celluloidnew
"One for The Road," I said to the ticket taker. "Ha ha ha, that's not the first time I've heard that," he said. And that was the last laugh I had at the movies that day.
Dig Boston |
David Day |
12-09-2009 |
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Gerald Peary's Ode To The Film Criticnew
Rock critics rarely cut gold records. Likewise, few football reporters go on to quarterback Super Bowl winners. But with his eight-years-in-the-making documentary on film criticism, long-time critic and professor Gerald Peary incinerates the barrier between subject and reporter, demonstrating more than mere comprehension of the art he's scrutinized for decades.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
09-03-2009 |
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Highlights and Lowlightsnew
Here are 20 more reasons to race to -- or from -- the multiplexes and art houses this fall.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Huston and Cheryl Eddy |
08-25-2004 |
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NUVO of Indianapolis Offers Searchable Movie Guidenew
NUVO, Indianapolis's alternative weekly, offers capsule reviews of hundreds of films, searchable by movie name, actor name, keyword or MPAA rating. They can also be viewed alphabetically. Each capsule review is about 50 words.
A Partly Cloudy Look at the Summer Movies Aheadnew
June starts with the third Harry Potter movie, which finds our almost-adolescent heroes and hot older heroine smoking pot, having three-way sex, and road-tripping across Mexico. No, wait, that’s the last movie directed by Alfonso Cuarón, "Y Tu Mamá También," and we’d much rather see a sequel to that.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-07-2004 |
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