TRUMBO
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 96 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! By itself, the golden age of Trumbo’s career would make for an inspired documentary. But, alas, history situates him in another story, a tragedy that nearly consumed him and many other members of Hollywood…
Posted on July 24, 2008 by Matthew Sorrento
KILL THE ARTIST (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 40 minutes |
Alas, the parade of grotesque images has the opposite effect of its original intentions…
Posted on July 23, 2008 by Phil Hall
FILM THREAT’S GUIDE TO THE 2008 SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON (PART 3)
The geeks inherit the Earth for one week a year, and that week is upon us. The 2008 San Diego Comic-Con kicks off with Preview Night on Wednesday, and we’re here to offer you a day-by-day hitlist of the panels and programming worth checking out…
Posted on July 22, 2008 by Mark Bell
FILM THREAT’S GUIDE TO THE 2008 SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON (PART 2)
The geeks inherit the Earth for one week a year, and that week is upon us. The 2008 San Diego Comic-Con kicks off with Preview Night on Wednesday, and we’re here to offer you a day-by-day hitlist of the panels and programming worth checking out…
Posted on July 22, 2008 by Mark Bell
TONY N’ TINA’S WEDDING: THE MOVIE (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 110 minutes |
This is unforced, gradually unhinged, always-entertaining hilarity involving one of the most unconventional wedding receptions ever to be put on film…
Posted on July 22, 2008 by Rory L. Aronsky
BEFORE THE FALL (TRES DÍAS)
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 93 minutes |
2008 AFI FEST FEATURE! With a plot the sounds like a cross between Michael Bay’s “Armageddon” and a Spanish soap opera, F. Javier Gutiérrez’s feature film debut is an interesting, if uneven, twist on the standard end of the world drama…
Posted on July 21, 2008 by Mariko McDonald
I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 70 minutes |
Both subjects seem to really enjoy the attention they get from the camera, but the filmmakers are careful not to exploit them…
Posted on July 21, 2008 by Mariko McDonald
LA CRÈME
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 0 minutes |
While the film doesn’t exactly mine new ground comedy wise, the simplicity with which the story is told still manages to make it stand out…
Posted on July 21, 2008 by Mariko McDonald
SPARROW
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 87 minutes |
For the time actually spent watching the film, “Sparrow” is as refreshing as a cool glass of lemonade on a hot day…
Posted on July 21, 2008 by Mariko McDonald
THE ECHO
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 0 minutes |
For an American horror film, “The Echo” is above average, but as an Asian horror remake it fails to stand-out…
Posted on July 21, 2008 by Mariko McDonald
WHO IS KK DOWNEY?
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
2008 DEAD CHANNELS FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! Sure to be scooping up yet another audience award at a film festival near you, “Who is KK Downey?” is an auspicious debut feature of deeply funny talent…
Posted on July 21, 2008 by Mariko McDonald
RED
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 98 minutes |
2008 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! This movie has a humungous amount of problems, but I think that its absolute worst sin is that it’ll make you think that the Jack Ketchum novel is some sort of Oprah’s book of the month reject…
Posted on July 21, 2008 by Jeremy Knox
MAMMA MIA!
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 108 minutes |
Since the story takes place on a small Greek island, they are often accompanied by a literal Greek chorus. And, when everyone is singing and everyone is dancing, “Mamma Mia!” literally rocks, and rocks hard…
Posted on July 20, 2008 by Scott Mendelson
THE DARK KNIGHT
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 127 minutes |
Despite several genuine flaws, the film works splendidly as a Batman story, an action drama, and an intelligent and thoughtful adult entertainment. That it’s merely one of the best films of the year and not the greatest movie ever made is no shame. By any rational standard, “The Dark Knight” is a triumph…
Posted on July 20, 2008 by Scott Mendelson
LOU REED’S BERLIN
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 85 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! On paper, and in general, “Lou Reed’s Berlin” is a can’t-miss. If you’re a fan of Lou Reed’s music, you’re going to see this film and, as said music is performed competently, you’re likely not going to have many complaints…
Posted on July 20, 2008 by Mark Bell