Friday, November 20, 2009

Cheat Code

Break! Break! Break! It's DJ Hero!

By Bryant Franks

Antichrist

Movie review: Want to see a penis masturbated until it spurts blood? This film is for you! by Jeff Meyers

An Education

Movie review: A killer cast and a Nick Hornby credit lifts this Pygmalion-y twist by Jeff Meyers

2012

Movie review: Implausible, nihilistic and preachy, this year’s blockbuster catastrophe flick is a total disaster by Corey Hall

Pirate Radio

Movie review: Phillip Seymour Hoffman shows us how to remember rock ’n’ roll radio by Corey Hall

Gentlemen Broncos

Movie review: It’s true, Utah looks otherworldly, but in the hands of Jared Hess, it’s a tacky desolate wasteland of Members Only jackets a... by Corey Hall

American Harmony

Movie review: Go inside the heady, competitive world of … barbershop quartets by Jeff Meyers

The Messenger

Movie review: Silent war casualties left behind on the home front by Jeff Meyers

Crude

Movie review: Killer doc exposes Texaco/Chevron’s ugly role in polluting Ecuador by Corey Hall

Bronson

Movie review: Fans of fist-to-face violence will dig this by Jeff Meyers

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Movie review: Commercial desires impale the tiny heart of the world’s biggest teen vampire franchise by Jeff Meyers

The Blind Side

Movie review: An improbable Sandra Bullock comeback is almost as triumphant as this gridiron tale by Corey Hall

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Movie review: A must-see film of empathy for the tragic human condition by Corey Hall

Previous Stories

Night moves

Idiot Boxing: George Lopez makes his bid for late-night talk supremacy | By Jim McFarlin [11/11/2009]

Couch Trip

Harvey Keitel's crooked cop still gets skin crawling | By Paul Knoll [11/11/2009]

Couch Trip

Talking Heads make some sense; plus, Snow White gets hotter, Mara Nair rules, and Clone Commandos kick ass | By Metro Times film writers [11/4/2009]

Cheat Code

Brave new worlds: Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Halo 3 | By Metro Times game reviewers [11/4/2009]

Previous Film Reviews

Taxidermia

Film: It’s either magical realism or the most disturbing movie you’ll likely ever see | By Corey Hall [11/4/2009]

The Fourth Kind

Film: Dreadful brain-eating garbage best left for the scrap heap | By Corey Hall [11/11/2009]

A Christmas Carol

Film: New version of the classic has bells, whistles, but lacks heart | By Jeff Meyers [11/11/2009]

The Men Who Stare At Goats

Film: Never have so many give so much talent for so little | By Jeff Meyers [11/11/2009]

The Box

Film: A taut thriller fricasseed in a goopy mélange of metaphysical pretension and morality, The Bo... By Corey Hall [11/11/2009]

Coco Before Chanel

Film: Fashion visonary trivialized by trite film | By Corey Hall [11/11/2009]

Afghan Star

Film: Hawking Yankee pop-culture in a war-torn nation, at least there’s no Paula Abdul | By Jeff Meyers [11/11/2009]

G.I. JOE: SHOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE

by: Corey Hall on 8/5/2009

MCG HEARTS THE MITTEN.

by: Corey Hall on 5/21/2009

ALL HAIL JACKIE EARLE HALEY

by: Brian Smith on 3/10/2009

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