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Wednesday, February 3,2010
Feature Review

Crazy Heart

Another impressive Jeff Bridges performance lifts the familiar plot mechanics of Crazy Heart.

By Scott Renshaw
If I were picking a Jeff Bridges role that I thought would represent his finest work, and bring him the attention he has so long deserved as one of America’s best actors, it probably wouldn’t be his performance in Crazy Heart ...
Wednesday, January 27,2010
Feature Review

Sundance 2010 Wrap-Up

When the snow cleared at Sundance, the documentaries were way ahead of the fiction films.

By Scott Renshaw
How much do you have to love movies to trudge through a week like this one?
Wednesday, January 20,2010
Feature Review

Slamdance Independent Film Festival

No longer just a rebel festival, Slamdance matures in its teen years.

By Jacob Stringer
The Slamdance Independent Film Festival is now celebrating its Sweet 16. My, how quickly they grow up ...
Wednesday, January 13,2010
Feature Review

The Lovely Bones

Lost in Translation: Peter Jackson’s radical reworking of The Lovely Bones results in a failed thriller.

By Scott Renshaw
On paper, it probably seemed to Peter Jackson that he had a take on Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones that was inherently more cinematic—more “movie-ish”—than the story Sebold told ...
Wednesday, January 6,2010
Feature Review

Bad Lieutenant—Port of Call: New Orleans

The Big Sleazy: Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage produce a Bad Lieutenant remake that pops with wild originality.

By Scott Renshaw
Even if you hate remakes, the announcement of Bad Lieutenant—Port of Call: New Orleans had to be at least somewhat easier to take ...
Wednesday, December 30,2009
Feature Review

Best Films of 2009

Three columns, three critics, three lists.

By Scott Renshaw, MaryAnn Johanson & Eric D. Snider
Maybe the year’s troubles made its great comedies even more satisfying ...
Wednesday, December 23,2009
Feature Review

It’s Complicated

Nancy Meyers follows her successful film comedy formula in It’s Complicated.

By Scott Renshaw
Nancy Meyers probably wasn’t going for irony with the title of her new comedy It’s Complicated ...
Wednesday, December 16,2009
Feature Review

Avatar

Treasure Planet: James Cameron puts a ton of money—but not much writing ability—into the dazzling Avatar.

By Scott Renshaw
Do you really care how much it cost to make and/or market James Cameron’s Avatar? The entertainment media sure seems convinced that we do ...
Wednesday, December 16,2009
Feature Review

Up in the Air

Plane Truth: No need to overthink the basic movie pleasures of Up in the Air.

By Scott Renshaw
As awards season kicks into high gear, commentators are going to talk about Up in the Air in terms of its timely attention to economic instability and corporations that feast on the carrion of the down-sized ...
Wednesday, December 9,2009
Feature Review

Invictus

Field of Screams: Clint Eastwood directs another emotionally noisy drama in Invictus.

By Scott Renshaw
Fifteen years ago, there was no American director I would have trusted more with material like Invictus than Clint Eastwood ...
 
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