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March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Che: Part Two
Steven Soderbergh concludes his two-part biopic with Che's Bolivian endgame.
"...countryside in his corner and one of the greatest actors in movie history subsuming himself in a legendary and..."
Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Bedtime Stories
Adam Sandler has finally found his audience: 3-year-olds. Maybe he should stop making movies already and just rent himself out for kids’ parties.
Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Frost/Nixon
Ron Howard presents us with Richard M. Nixon – the Christmas gift that keeps on giving.
"...between the two protagonists, and Langella and Sheen, the actors, are evenly matched. Each man also counts a few..."
Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Doubt
Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams star in the film version of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play.
"...assemblage is always a pleasure to watch. Unfortunately, the actors don’t all behave as though they’re performing in the..."
Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Cadillac Records
The story of the birth of Chicago blues is well-told through this ensemble portrait of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James, Little Walter, and their label, Chess Records.
"...many, many more, throughout the Fifties and Sixties. The actors cast as the bluesmen and -women are spectacular –..."
Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Four Christmases
From the director of the hit documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters comes this holiday-themed romantic comedy that stars Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. Opens Wednesday.
"...subgenre is Four Christmases, a D-list comedy with A-list actors. (No doubt, the five Oscar winners in the cast..."
Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis
The Longshots
Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst directs Ice Cube and others in this sports movie about the first girl to play Pop Warner youth football.
"...sentimentality and contrived jokiness by grabbing his two lead actors and holding on for dear life, knowing that the..."
Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Despair Deferred, and an Odd Couple
"...spend the day handing out awards to the various actors and actresses we’ve come across during our time watching..."
Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt
Tropic Thunder
Instead of entering the jungle to find the heart of darkness, Ben Stiller goes in to take aim at the Achilles' heel of Hollywood: its utter pomposity and self-importance.
"...but also so much more. Other targets are the actors – the pampered, self-deluded, overindulged, and overly Method –..."
Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Meet Dave
Eddie Murphy reteams with his Norbit director for this new extraterrestrial comedy in which miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form.
"...the career of one of our most seasoned comic actors, "mildly amusing" can only be regarded as a letdown...."
July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Flight of the Red Balloon
Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien directs this contemporary homage to the classic international short, "The Red Balloon."
"...experimental puppet theatre and has an unruly tenant. (The actors improvised all the dialogue on set, and Binoche, quite..."
June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Snow Angels
Filmmaker David Gordon Green guides his cast, headed by Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale, through a fumbling world of nursed grudges and blown opportunities.
"...the depths of their characters without drowning in typical actors’ concerns about motivation and meaning. Call it Method Acting..."
April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Caramel
The denizens of a beauty parlor in Beirut depend on one another for friendship and support in this lovely Lebanese film.
"...strength of her vision. With the help of nonprofessional actors, Labaki has carved out a delectable slice of life..."
Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Martin Lawrence is remarkably subdued in this story about a successful professional who returns home to rural Georgia and discovers that his family still makes him feel like a petulant teenager.
"...scatological moments are left in the hands of other actors. They include Epps, who plays a morally defunct con..."
Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Fred Claus
Awash with amazingly talented actors – Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey, to name a few – Fred Claus is sadly just an early lump of coal under the tree.
"...needs, it’s an efficiency inspector. Awash with amazingly talented actors and comedians, including Higgins as a lovelorn elf, Richardson..."
Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
Hannah Takes the Stairs
The naturalistic indie talker unhurriedly follows a young woman through her days and nights – Nerf-ball games at work, waiting for the bus, and a series of relationships fueled by “chronic dissatisfaction.”
"...often blank spaces of your 20s. Swanberg films his actors with the naturalistic matter-of-factness typical of the trend, with..."
Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
3:10 to Yuma
3:10 to Yuma puts the lie to the presumptive myths that Westerns are dead and remakes are always a bad thing.
"...success. Casting Crowe and Bale, two of the finest actors around, as the story's two central characters is a..."
Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Molière
This ragtag biographical portrait plays something like Meet the Parents vs. Shakespeare in Love: A Farce in Three Acts.
"...kind of film that allows audiences to laugh at actors slipping on banana peels and feel educated at the..."
Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Stardust
This uneven adaptation of Neil Gaiman's bestselling novel is clogged with too much fairy dust.
"...fantasy is never enough, however, for Vaughn and his actors, who appear to be having way too much fun..."
Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Hot Rod
Cross Napoleon Dynamite's endearing optimism with Ben Stiller's total commitment to his goofy characters, and you'll wind up with a character something like Andy Samberg's hapless stuntman.
"...the invention of Lonely Island – the trio of actors Samberg and Taccone and director Schaffer (whose videos include..."
Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Introducing the Dwights
Introducing the Dwights is a difficult film to watch. Ostensibly a comedy, it’s really just a collection of awkward stage performances set off by scenes of familial dysfunction.
"...a new low in the dubious realm of nonretarded actors grinning and flailing their arms about in the hopes..."
July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Day Watch
The second in a Russian science-fiction trilogy is a fantastic sight to behold, but don't try explaining the plot.
"...of the first and employs essentially the same lead actors and astonishing visual style, although the plot is less..."
June 15, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Year of the Dog
In his directorial debut, Mike White embraces the awkward with this story of a woman (played by Molly Shannon) who just wants to be loved.
"...composed symmetry and hardly any camera movement. Giving the actors plenty of time to rest in every moment, he’s..."
April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
Black Snake Moan
Like a steady 12-bar blues progression, Black Snake Moan lays down a groove and works the chords over and over 'til they're all spent.
"...all outrageous and patently stereotypical, but Brewer and the actors invest these representations with everything they have. It’s great..."
March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Blood and Chocolate
Lycanthropy and young love: not as yummy as it sounds but nowhere near as godawful as Van Helsing, a small mercy but very much appreciated.
"...(The Ring, Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm), does its actors few favors; most of the dialogue verges between the..."
Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Hoboken Hollow
This Texas-made slasher film draws on the early Eighties Ellebracht slave-ranch case in Kerr County for its story, but like the real thing, it's a bloody mess.
"...a barely watchable hundred minutes here using only washed-up actors and a washed-up genre. Not just anybody can, even..."
Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Shawn Badgley
Alpha Dog
It’s a soggy true-crime drama – too serious to be trashy, too trashy to be serious.
"...Sharon Stone. This true-crime yarn beaded with hot, young actors is like watching McG’s Fastlane on Xanax. Because it..."
Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls is an infectious experience of sequins and songs that lives up to the hype. Opens Monday.
"...innocence that her real-life counterpart rarely projected. The male actors fare less well, largely because their characters are not..."
Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Babel
Four disparate stories are woven into an eloquent and electrifying depiction of mankind's increasingly fractured state.
"...of the West) and legions of unknown and nonprofessional actors (revelation upon revelation), Babel is an incendiary piece of..."
