— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — During certain portions of “Green Zone,” it seemed that the project was only green-lighted when the relevancy of Oscar-giant “The Hurt Locker” was established. Riding under the assumption that Kathryn Bigelow’s war epic would win[...]
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Under Review: ‘One in the Gun’
— by SEAN GERSKI — “One in the Gun,” by writer/director Rolfe Kanefsky, has some of the most captivating camera work I have seen in quite some time. The work is inventive, but never showy. The camera angles don’t distract from the story, but rather give you a different [...]
Under Review: ‘Children of Invention’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Some movies rely on explosive action sequences and eye-popping visuals to make an impression. Others are more successful in their subtlety. “Children of Invention” is a prime example of the latter, painting a timely portrait of economic woes and the enduring spirit[...]
Under Review: ‘Looking for Eric’
— by BEV QUESTAD — Eric is the 50-ish universal man who finds himself off-track. Using sports analogy, the grace of a woman and an inner desire to finally, at long last, find his true self, Eric self-talks himself through his challenges. Not the film to impress your date However, if you [...]
Under Review: ‘Chameleon’ (aka ‘Kaméleon’)
— by BEV QUESTAD — “We all had the same dream. Not women. Not fame. But cash … because that meant that you were someone.” This is another Hideous Man Show – but this bad dude meets the seemingly angelic, beautiful, seductive, duplicitous Hideous Woman.[...]
Under Review: ‘Nurse.Fighter.Boy’
— by JOEL CRARY — A nurse named Jude (Karen LeBlanc) watches a young man die on an operating table. He has suffered a bullet wound to the chest. There is a look of fear in his eyes as blood from the wound runs between Jude’s fingers and then, nothing. It is as though a […][...]
Under Review: ‘Beyond Sherwood Forest’
— by SEAN GERSKI — It’s fitting that Erica Durance stars in “Beyond Sherwood Forest,” since the most apt way to describe the movie might be that it is a “Smallville”-esque take on the Robin Hood story. You don’t want to go into either one looking for s[...]
Under Review: ‘Brooklyn’s Finest’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Crime and gangster films function on atmospheric tension and character drama and the best way to convey both of these aspects is to place the cold-blooded protagonists in an over-populated environment and the best place for the job is the one and only New York[...]
Under Review: ‘Alice in Wonderland’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Tim Burton — a supposed match in cinema heaven. Lewis Carroll’s famous dreamscapes and eccentric characters mixed with Burton’s quirky direction made “Alice in Wonderland” a film to look out[...]
Under Review: ‘Food, Inc.’
— by H.G. WATSON — Robert Kenner’s “Food, Inc.” really, really wants to be the wake up call for the food industry that “An Inconvenient Truth” was for global warming. And God bless his little heart, Kenner certainly tries. Shocking images of[...]
Under Review: ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’
— by RACHEL COYNE — I was lucky to be able to attend an advanced screening of “Hot Tub Time Machine,” and a studio rep informed us that the movie we were about to see was not the final cut, so it’s a bit unfair for me to review it already. Anyway, here’s my review[...]
Under Review: ‘White on Rice’
— by SEAN GERSKI — Tucked away in one room of the Hamajima household are two bunk-bed mates: Bob and Jimmy. The duo could not be more dissimilar. Bob (played by newcomer Justin Kwong) is an industrious type of kid. Even though he is only 10 years old, he runs his own landscaping[...]
Under Review: ‘Cop Out’
— by ALEXA MILAN — I love “Clerks.” I love “Dogma.” I even love “Zack and Miri Make a Porno.” But, unfortunately, Kevin Smith’s latest directorial venture is a bit of a disappointment, probably because it didn’t come from the wonderfully of[...]