THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 1”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Breaking Dawn Part I”
THE TWILIGHT SAGA – BREAKING DAWN PART 1: Watch It At Home – The Saga Sags In Slow Prelude To The End The worldwide phenomenon that is Twilight often finds itself compared to Harry Potter, and...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: The CW’s “Hart of Dixie” – PREMIERING TONIGHT
> Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sh...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “Pan Am” – PREMIERING TONIGHT
> Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sh...
THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The Secret Circle”
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – ABC’s “Revenge”
> Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sh...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “The Deep Blue Sea”
> If you were going to describe the films of Terence Davies (Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, The House of Mirth) in one word, that word would not be “dynamic.” Or “kinetic.” ...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Your Sister’s Sister”
> Lynn Shelton’s Humpday in 2009 was one of the most engaging pictures to come out of the mumblecore movement (“mumblecore,” for the uninitiated = ultra-low-budget, small scale film with dialogue mostly improv...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Ten Year”
> TEN YEAR, which premiered tonight at the Toronto Film Festival, is one of the few festival movies that has the feel of a potential hit. This is because, apart from its hugely engaging cast and, to be sure, some effectiv...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Salmon Fishing In the Yemen”
> The first substantial buy of the Toronto Film Festival (Shame had sold first, but for art film prices) turned out to be Salmon Fishing In the Yemen, a modestly engaging romantic comedy from Lasse Hallstrom. Hallstrom ha...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Sarah Polley’s “Take This Waltz”
> In just her second feature film as a director (her first was 2006’s Oscar-nominated Away From Her), Sarah Polley demonstrates that she’s already a filmmaker with rare grace and sensuality in TAKE THIS WALTZ, which...
THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Gus Van Sant’s “Restless”
> Gus Van Sant has been making movies for 25 years, but Restless–apart from its technical polish–feels like the work of a Sundance newcomer. And one who’s been reading too much Salinger, while meanwhile wearin...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “One Day”
ONE DAY – Watch It At Home: An Off-Day What went wrong with ONE DAY? It’s been clear for a while that its studio, Focus Features, didn’t have great confidence in the film: first they post...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Crazy Stupid Love”
CRAZY STUPID LOVE – Worth A Ticket: It All Works Without further ado: CRAZY STUPID LOVE is the comedy of the summer. Also the drama. There are certainly spectacles out there now prov...