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Lovely by Surprise (Indigenous Film Works) Print E-mail
Written by Adrienne Jones   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009

dvd_lovely-by-surprise_sm.jpgLovely by Surprise is an odd, odd movie with a lot of charm.

 

 
Tulpan (Zeitgeist Films, NR) Print E-mail
Written by Sarah Boslaugh   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009

film_tulpan_sm.jpgTulpan is an episodic film, the opposite of the traditional Hollywood product.

 

 
Melora Hardin | All About You Print E-mail
Written by Jason Gonulsen   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009

you_melora_sm.jpgYou, which was written by her husband, Gildart Jackson, has already achieved considerable success since its release.

 

 
Whatever Works (Sony Pictures Classics, PG-13) Print E-mail
Written by Sarah Boslaugh   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009

film_whatever-works_bw.jpgThe lack of effort is evident in everything from the feeble attempts to update the script to some notably out-of-focus shots inexplicably left in the final cut.

 

 
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Dreamworks/Paramount Pictures, PG-13) Print E-mail
Written by Jason Green   
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
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Director Michael Bay is known for big, dumb action movies. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen may just be his biggest, dumbest movie yet.

 

 

 
Food, Inc. (Magnolia Pictures, PG) Print E-mail
Written by Pete Timmermann   
Wednesday, 24 June 2009

film_food-inc_sm.jpgThe way the food industry works in America is making animals suffer, farmers poor, corporations rich, and everyone sick and fat.

 

 
The Proposal (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, PG-13) Print E-mail
Written by Matthew F. Newlin   
Friday, 19 June 2009

film_proposal_sm.jpgThe best part of the movie, by far, is the cast.

 

 
Year One (Columbia Pictures, PG-13) Print E-mail
Written by Adrienne Jones   
Friday, 19 June 2009

film_year-one_sm.jpgThere are several problems with the film, and at the top of that list is the main characters' seeming lack of interest in most of the things that happen to them.

 

 
Adoration (Sony Pictures Classics, R) Print E-mail
Written by Joe Bowman   
Friday, 19 June 2009

film_adoration_sm.jpgNone of Atom Egoyan's efforts that followed came close to matching The Sweet Hereafter's brilliance.

 

 
American Harmony (This Is Just a Test Productions, NR) Print E-mail
Written by Sarah Boslaugh   
Friday, 19 June 2009

film_american-harmony.jpgAmerican Harmony is the Pumping Iron of barbershop quartet singing.

 

 
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (Thinkfilm, NR) Print E-mail
Written by Sarah Boslaugh   
Tuesday, 16 June 2009

dvd_roman-polanski.jpgZenovich finds plenty of guilt to spread around to others involved in the case.

 

 
Tyson (Sony Pictures Classics, R) Print E-mail
Written by Pete TImmermann   
Friday, 12 June 2009

film_tyson_sm.jpgWhat's next, a documentary in which O.J. Simpson is once again made out to be a hero?

 

 
Easy Virtue (Sony Pictures Classics, PG-13) Print E-mail
Written by Adrienne Jones   
Friday, 12 June 2009

film_easy-virtue_sm.jpgWhile Easy Virtue looks the part of a roaring '20s romp, it fails on several levels.

 

 
The Taking of Pelham 123 (Columbia Pictures, R) Print E-mail
Written by Matthew F. Newlin   
Friday, 12 June 2009

film_pelham_sm.jpgThe most credit in the movie has to be given to John Travolta, who brings so many wonderful layers to his performance.

 

 
The Hangover (Warner Bros., R) Print E-mail
Written by Pete Timmermann   
Friday, 05 June 2009

film_hangover_sm.jpgThere is a lot to admire in The Hangover; aside from having a lot of good laughs, its structure is novel and lends itself to surprises.

 

 
Land of the Lost (Universal Pictures, PG-13) Print E-mail
Written by Kevin Renick   
Friday, 05 June 2009

film_land-of-the-lost_sm.jpgLand of the Lost is a lowbrow take on time travel and alternate realities, based loosely on the cheesy old TV show.

 

 
My Life in Ruins (Fox Searchlight, PG-13) Print E-mail
Written by Sarah Boslaugh   
Friday, 05 June 2009

film_my-life-in-ruins_sm.jpgThere's very little magic for most of the 95 minutes of this film—just a succession of stock situations and characters leading to a plot resolution which was obvious almost from the start.

 

 
Lemon Tree (IFC Films, NR) Print E-mail
Written by Sarah Boslaugh   
Friday, 05 June 2009

film_lemon-tree_sm.jpgLemon Tree is an allegory of Israeli-Palestinian relations, and as such is loaded with symbolism.

 

 
Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project (Third World Newsreel, NR) Print E-mail
Written by Sarah Boslaugh   
Tuesday, 02 June 2009

dvd_dreams-deferred.jpgThe most obvious answer as to why Sakia Gunn's story did not receive wider coverage is that both victim and assailant were African-American, and Black-on-Black crime in Newark simply isn't news to most of the nation.

 

 
Little Ashes (Regent Releasing, R) Print E-mail
Written by Adrienne Jones   
Friday, 29 May 2009

film_little-ashes_sm.jpgLittle Ashes wants to be a romance, political drama and coming-of-age story, all rolled into one.

 

 
Drag Me to Hell (Universal Pictures, PG-13) Print E-mail
Written by Matthew F. Newlin   
Friday, 29 May 2009

film_hell_sm.jpgSam Raimi does a terrific job of keeping the audience scared while also interspersing plenty of absurdity.

 

 
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