Tue 4 May 2010
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Directed by Samuel Bayer
Starring Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Thomas Dekker
*1/2
There are those horror filmmakers who have a genuine respect for the genre and always strive to craft distinctive movies that entertain and terrify, even if the finished product doesn’t always measure up to their ambitions.
Mon 3 May 2010
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My coverage of the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival concludes with a few more capsules and a small awards ceremony.
Sun 2 May 2010
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Sun 25 Apr 2010
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Sun 25 Apr 2010
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Behind the Burly Q
Directed by Leslie Zemeckis
**1/2
If nothing else, Leslie Zemeckis’ new documentary Behind the Burly Q functions as a lovingly made scrapbook for the memories of the men and women that populated the burlesque scene in the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s.
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Thu 22 Apr 2010
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Thu 22 Apr 2010
Posted by Ethan under Film Journal International, Film Review
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A great cast is wasted in the sub-par comic book movie The Losers, based on Andy Diggle’s hugely entertaining series. Read my review at Film Journal.
Wed 21 Apr 2010
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Writer/director Nicole Holofcener’s latest dramedy has the goods to be a modest spring hit before the summer move onslaught begins. Read my review over at Film Journal.
Thu 15 Apr 2010
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Kick-Ass
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Starring Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage.
**1/2
Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass begins in the real world and ends up firmly in comic-book land. I suppose that’s only appropriate seeing as how the film is adapted from a comic-book, an eight-issue limited series by celebrated comics scribe Mark Millar. On the page at least, Millar aimed for a tone that was both outlandish and grittily real; the violence was over-the-top (the amount of blood and gore on display rivals an Evil Dead flick) but the characters were all too human, marching into battle with little besides their fists, batons, or, in one case, a flame-thrower, and frequently coming away with serious injuries.Â
Thu 8 Apr 2010
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When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors
Directed by Tom DiCillo
**
Tom DiCillo’s new rock doc When You’re Strange is subtitled A Film About The Doors, but really it’s a film about that band’s iconic frontman, one Jim Morrison, a controversial figure who continues inspire devotion and loathing in equal measure almost forty years after his death.
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