THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 1”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Captain America: The First Avenger”
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER – Worth A Ticket: Marvel Goes Back To the Future There’s a certain irony in the fact that, in this summer of Super 8 and its Spielberg rapture, the most succes...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Puncture”
PUNCTURE: Worth A Ticket – A Bracingly Dark Ride No one is going to see PUNCTURE in theaters, and that’s a shame, because unaccountably, it’s one of the best pictures around. “Unaccount...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “We Bought A Zoo”
WE BOUGHT A ZOO: Worth A Ticket – Cameron Crowe Pays His Dues and Keeps His Dignity There’s a classic line in Albert Brooks’s incredibly prescient 1979 Real Life where Brooks, as the pro...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Wrath of the Titans”
WRATH OF THE TITANS: Watch It At Home – Put Back the Kraken The producers of WRATH OF THE TITANS swore that this time the 3D would be better than it was in 2010’s Clash of the Titans, and you know wh...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Much Ado About Nothing”
One of the most charming things about Joss Whedon’s new film of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, unveiled today at the Toronto Film Festival, is that it’s not out to prove anything. Its actors are garbed in modern dress, and...
SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Review: “The Survivor,” “Charlotte” & “I’m Your Man”
THE SURVIVOR (no distrib): So many films and television productions have tackled the subject of the Holocaust over the decades that it takes real effort to break through with a story that feels fresh. Barry Levinson&...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Sarah’s Key”
SARAH’S KEY – Watch It At Home: Misses a Difficult Mark There may be no cinematic minefield more dangerous for filmmakers than the Holocaust. For films entering that difficult territory, the...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “In Time”
IN TIME: Watch It At Home – The Clock Never Really Starts Ticking Andrew Niccol wants to be a populist moviemaker of ideas, but he just doesn’t have the knack. Niccol’s ideas are genuinely im...
SHOWBUZZDAILY @ SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Middle of Nowhere”
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, which won the Sundance US Dramatic Directing award for Ava DuVernay last night, is in no rush. The films moves with deliberation as it establishes its leading character and her difficult situation: ...