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Smashingly Meh
The Incredible Hulk isn’t as good as Ang Lee’s Hulk. And M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening isn’t very good at all. What a weekend for summer movies! Today: The Incredible Hulk (Slant magazine) The Happening (Slant magazine) Chris & Don: A Love Story (Cinematical) Human Rights Watch International Film Festival 2008: A Promise to the…
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Celts Again
A trip to the NBA Finals once again delayed this week’s link dump, which is here, sans cute commentary. In Theaters: Kung Fu Panda (Slant magazine) You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (Slant magazine) On the Rumba River (Cinematical) Coming Soon: Encounters at the End of the World (Slant magazine)
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Blame Boston
I had planned to post a link round-up on Friday night. Then the Celtics won the Eastern Conference championship. And I forgot. So without further ado, here it is now, highlighted by Anvil! The Story of Anvil. Out Now: Stuck (Slant magazine)
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Too Much Bull, Not Enough Whip
After 19 years in hibernation, the swashbuckling Dr. Jones reappears on the big-screen this weekend in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Alas, while the heroic archaeologist’s latest adventure certainly has a few sterling moments, his is, ultimately, not a triumphant return. In more heartening news, however, next week brings an honest-to-goodness…
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Prince Teenybopper
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was, like its source material, a second-rate Lord of the Rings fantasy epic drenched in religious allegory, and Prince Caspian, its follow-up, is similarly underwhelming. Except, however, that it’s worse in virtually every way. Today: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Slant magazine) Yella (Slant magazine) After Today:…
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Go Monkey Go!
The best thing about Speed Racer is a monkey, which tells you something about the lameness of the Wachowski Brothers’ spazzy remake of the 1960s Japanese cartoon. Still, it’s far superior to Uwe Boll’s latest, which earns my third zero-star review of the year. Friday: Speed Racer (Slant magazine) Battle for Haditha (Cinematical) The Tracey…
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Iron Giant
Summer unofficially begins today with the release of Iron Man, the latest Marvel superhero to warrant a big-screen franchise. It’s far from perfect, and certainly no Spider-Man 2. But thanks to Robert Downey Jr.’s fantastic performance, it’s also a good way to kick off this spectacle-heavy cinematic season. Iron Man (Slant magazine)
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Laziness Rules
The summer movie season begins tomorrow with the NYC press screening of Iron Man, and to prepare for this coming onslaught of popcorn, I’ve been saying my prayers, taking my vitamins, and…oh, wait, that’s someone else. Actually, I’ve been doing very little other than working and sleeping, the latter of which is to blame for…
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Slow Going
Because most of this week’s new films screened early, and because Iron Man seems to have scared most other movies away from late-April, early-May, I only have three new links – including my second zero-star review in 7 days! – for this gorgeous Friday morning. Enjoy. Out Now: Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Slant magazine) Out…
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High School Hell
This week’s batch o’ links features my first zero-star review in some time, for the unnecessary and – worse – monumentally incompetent remake of 1980’s Prom Night. And to compound that negativity, may I present my write-up of the largely intolerable Smart People as well. Still, the week wasn’t a total loss, as evidenced by…
