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Madness Approaches
A crazy work week lies ahead, but before the you-know-what hits the fan, here are last week’s two new review links. Nothing special here, but hey – Rush Hour 3 comes out this Friday! And who’s not excited about that? Out Now: Hot Rod (Slant magazine) Out Later: King of California (Slant magazine)
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The Master, Part II
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1912-2007 Now can we please have a brief moratorium on great directors passing away?
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The Master
Ingmar Bergman, 1918-2007
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Still Unpacking…
…which, in terms of unpleasantness, has few equals. Nonetheless, here’s a quick link dump, with more robust posts to hopefully follow soon. Out Now: No Reservations (Slant magazine) This is England (Slant magazine) Molière (Cinematical) Who’s Your Caddy (Slant magazine) Sunshine (Cinematical) The Sugar Curtain (Slant magazine) Your Mommy Kills Animals (Cinematical) Out Later: Naming…
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Brief Intermission
I’ll be busy moving the family to our new digs next week, so this will be my last blog post until we’re settled and I’ve got Internet service up and running. Nonetheless, two oven-fresh Cinematical reviews will be going live next Friday (for Sunshine and Your Mommy Kills Animals), and I’ll try to link to…
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Less Than Meets the Eye
The release to see this week is Werner Herzog’s incredible Rescue Dawn. But for those craving a mindless popcorn movie, there are two new crummy ones hitting theaters that are sure to help augment one’s depression over the state of mainstream Hollywood filmmaking. Thanks, Michael Bay and Robin Williams! Out This Week: Transformers (Slant magazine)…
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Mid-Week Threesome
Given that Bruce Willis’ latest opens today, I figured I’d pass along links to a few high-profile releases, including Live Free or Die Hard. The real gem here is Ratatouille, yet another sterling Brad Bird (and Pixar) effort, though fans of extreme, inane action probably won’t be disappointed by the return of John McClane. This…
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Mighty Weak
Two supposedly mighty films hit theaters today – Evan Almighty and A Mighty Heart – but neither is a very strong candidate for moviegoers’ time or money. Rather, those itching for a cinematic fix might want to check out Michael Moore’s Sicko – which I’ll be catching sometime in the next few days, with a…
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Less Than Fantastic, Better Than Lousy
This weekend’s number one movie – Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer – doesn’t come close to approaching greatness. Yet given the recent trend toward self-serious superhero movies, its light, frivolous tone struck me as something of a relief. Otherwise, this week’s (slightly delayed) link dump features my three contributions to Slant’s coverage of…
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Hostile
As most of my latest reviews have yet to be posted online, I only have one new review link for today, and it’s a doozy. Eli Roth’s follow-up to last year’s counterfeit exploitation flick Hostel is, in virtually every regard, a significant downgrade from its overhyped, overrated predecessor, striking phony pose after phony pose to…
