Review for Body of Lies - Go - A Engaging, Intense, Well Written Thriller I had the pleasure of seeing this film on opening day. I enjoyed this film, thought the cast including Dicaprio were great. Now, I can understand why some may be not like this film because of the Iraq War, but I disagree. I think if you look at the quality, acting, direction, the suspense writing, this is not your typical political, Iraq war type of film, this is more about who do you trust, how do you know how to trust your superior even if she/he is pulling strings behind your behind, so this film raises and makes you think about moral issues like these. I firmly believe that Dicaprio will get a Oscar nod, if not a win for sure. Review for Beverly Hills Chihuahua - Go - Chihuahua Movie I had a great time watching this movie. if u love dogs, wanted to see a funny movie, have laughs go see this movie. Review for Quarantine - Oh No! - Quarantine, best *comedy* of the year This movie was just remarkably terrible, i haven't laughed at such bad acting and a terribly done plot since, well, Dragon Wars. Every moment of the film was predictable, and the characters reactions in the movie were unrealistic quick, beginning to bash a head in before the head appeared (there was no possible way for the character to know the "zombie" if you will, was in that location) During the first half of the film the theatre remained silent, then the other (1) moviegoer and I began laughing hysterically at all the problems with the movie, while predicting every event as it happened. The plot had some potential, however these "horror" films seem to no longer provide time for the viewers to become emotionally attached to the characters, which makes their deaths meaningless, twice in the movie I was asking myself who the person that just died was, or who the zombie was. Overall a terrible movie if you want a scare, but if you want laughs go with some friends and make fun of it
L.A. Times - Movie Reviews
'Quarantine' Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 The recovered-video-style horror film has pretty good performances and some thrills, but in the end you'll want out.
The recovered-video genre of horror ("The Blair Witch Project," "Cloverfield") may still have legs, but if “Quarantine” is any indication, they're wobbling.
'Ashes of Time' impeccably restored Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Also reviewed: 'Breakfast With Scot'; 'Fraude: Mexico 2006'; 'Talento de Barrio' and more
Wong Kar Wai's beautiful but demanding 1994 martial arts epic "Ashes of Time" has been impeccably restored, with "Redux" added to its title, and boasts excellent subtitles that help the viewer understand that it is set in the parallel universe of its genre and unfolds in five parts according to Chinese seasons. Visually superb, its score enhanced by added music, "Ashes of Time Redux" is an elegiac, contemplative work with an elliptical narrative that is hard to follow.
'Body of Lies' Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Director Ridley Scott and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe can't make up for a thin story.
"Body of Lies" is a film in disguise. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, except in this case the disguise is better than what it's covering up.
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Mary Richard Brody Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 The Film File Happy-Go-Lucky David Denby Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 The Film File Goings on About Town: Movies Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 OPENING
AZUR AND ASMAR
Michel Ocelot directed this animated fable, set in the Middle Ages, about a man seeking his long-lost brother. Opening Oct. 17. (IFC Center.)
THE ELEPHANT KING
In this drama, a woman (Ellen Burstyn) sends one of her sons (Tate Ellington) to bring the other (Jonno . . .
Rolling Stone Movie Reviews
Miracle at St. Anna Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:57:21 -0700
Starring:
Omar Benson Miller, Michael Ealy, Derek Luke, Laz Alonso
Review:
Critics are raining down hard on Spike Lee's first war epic. And
it's not like I don't have objections. Miracle at St. Anna
is too long, lazily constructed, and crammed with too many
characters and subplots for any director to develop fully outside
of an HBO miniseries. But Lee isn't any director. He's an
African-American maverick with a legit gripe against the white face
that Hollywood puts on war. The first scene in Miracle
shows us a black World War II veteran watching John Wayne on TV
lording it over the D-Day invasion in The Longest Day. "We
fought that war too," says the vet. Point taken.
It's no surprise that Lee decided to make a film of James
McBride's well-received novel about the Buffalo Soldiers, black GIs
segregated from the regular Army, who served with the 92nd
Infantry...
Rating:
2 Stars
Eagle Eye Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:54:34 -0700
Starring:
Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan
Review:
Questions: Did everyone involved in this botched thriller OD on
speed? Does jimmy-legs director D.J. Caruso think if he slowed down
the action we'd figure out how stupid the plot is? Did Shia LaBeouf
and Michelle Monaghan think there was any acting involved in
playing characters on the run from a computer intent on global
domination? Are BlackBerrys and iPhones the enemy because they make
us easy for the computer to track? Can the computer make me forget
this movie?
Rating:
1.5 Stars
Flash of Genius Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:19:41 -0700
Starring:
Greg Kinnear
Review:
For a while, it looked like Greg Kinnear showed his acting chops
best with supporting roles in the likes of As Good as It
Gets, Little Miss Sunshine and the current Ghost
Town. Well, hang on. Kinnear takes the star spot in Flash
of Genius and rides it to glory. He plays Robert Kearns, the
Detroit professor, inventor and father of six who came up with the
idea for the intermittent windshield wiper during the 1960s. Go
ahead, groan. I felt the same way. A night reading patent law seems
more exciting. But Kinnear takes this true story — John
Seabrook's 1993 New Yorker article formed the basis of the
script, by Philip Railsback — and runs with it. Kearns had
his "flash of genius" when a champagne cork popped his eye on his
honeymoon with wife Phyllis (Lauren Graham). Why couldn't a...
Rating:
3 Stars
Rotten Tomatoes: Top Movies
41% Beverly Hills Chihuahua Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:05:02 -0700 Despite hitting some sweet notes, Beverly Hills Chihuahua is little more than disposable family entertainment. 61% Quarantine Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:05:02 -0700 Fans of the handheld camerawork of CLOVERFIELD and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT will find much to like in this remake of Spanish film REC. 51% Body of Lies Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:05:02 -0700 Body of Lies relies on the performances of Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio to elevate it beyond the conventional espionage thriller.
NPR Topics: Movies
'Rachel Getting Married' Writer Shares Creative Journey Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:41:00 -0400 The new film, Rachel Getting Married, isn't just about weddings. Instead, it tells the bittersweet story of a troubled young woman who leaves rehab to take part in her sister's wedding. Farai Chideya talks with Jenny Lumet, the film's screenwriter. Inside Nigeria's Growing Film Industry Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:36:00 -0400 The Nigerian film industry known as "Nollywood" is hugely popular, but virtually unknown outside of Africa. The documentary, Welcome to Nollywood, goes behind the scenes of the bourgeoning Nigerian movie industry. NPR's Tony Cox talks with the film's director and a Nigerian filmmaker. Robert Jordan, Hemingway's Bipartisan Hero Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:44:00 -0400 Though fierce political opponents, John McCain and Barack Obama agree on a literary matter: Each picks Ernest Hemingway's 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, featuring the stoic freedom-fighter Robert Jordan, as a favorite.
NYT > Red Carpet
The Lawsuit Over Producer Credit for 'Crash' Gets Personal SHARON WAXMAN Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400 A top executive of the movie academy described one of the producing team behind the best-picture winner, "Crash," as throwing a tantrum in suing over credit for the film. News Analysis: Los Angeles Retains Custody of Oscar DAVID CARR Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400 Los Angeles, a place where race is discussed rarely, saw itself in "Crash," a film where encounter and understanding are just a random fender-bender away. 'Crash' Walks Away With the Top Prize at the Oscars DAVID M. HALBFINGER and DAVID CARR Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400 In a stunning twist, the motion picture academy turned its back on "Brokeback Mountain," awarding the Oscar for best picture to "Crash."
Village Voice | Films
Morning Light's Squeaky Clean Disney Agenda Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Two unnerving phenomena—the popularity of reality-TV competitions and the Walt Disney Company's ability to churn out entertainment starring the most squeaky-clean humans on earth—come together in Morning Light, a nightmarishly upbeat documentary about a group of young people wh...
The Secret Life of Bees, Tailored for the Crossover Female Market Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 From its attention-grabbing B-movie beginning, The Secret Life of Bees, a family drama based on the bestselling novel by Sue Monk Kidd, chugs pleasantly into a television special tailored for the crossover female market, while dropping tantalizing hints that it has more on its mind than a ...
Tru Loved's Utopian Multiculturalism Almost Flattens Film's Inherent Fluffiness Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Writer-director Stewart Wade's Tru Loved is a kitschier incarnation of an after-school special: hokey and simplistic, but also gawkily sweet-natured. Recently relocated from San Francisco to the suburbs, Tru (Najarra Townsend) and family—composed of her two lesbian mothers and two ga...
Film News from Times Online
Richard Nixon film may be a thinking man’s Rocky - but I was not the underdog, says David Frost Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0000
Only one of the real-life antagonists in Frost/Nixon can be present
when the film receives its world premiere in Leicester Square tonight.
Tony Curtis, last of the great Lotharios Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0000
Tony Curtis comes towards me in a wheelchair, wearing a white sleeveless
T-shirt and very short white shorts. “Good to meet you,” he says. He takes
my hand, brushes it with his lips and almost imperceptibly looks me up and
down. At 83, despite baldness and a paunch, the legendary Hollywood Lothario
still knows how to turn on the charm. He apologises for the wheelchair,
which he needs following a bout of pneumonia in 2006 that has inexplicably
affected his legs. “I can walk, just not very well.”
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