Contributions
Movie Review: The Last Exorcism
HORROR The Last Exorcism (LIONSGATE) STARS > Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Caleb Landry Jones, Iris Bahr DIRECTOR > Daniel Stamm RATING > 2/5 OPENS > AUG 27 Don’t you hate it when you’re just starting to get into a movie that’s been moving along weirdly (but not badly) for an hour or so and […]
Movie Review: Piranha 3D
HORROR-COMEDY PIRAHNA 3D (Dimension Films) STARS > Steven R. McQueen, Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, Ving Rhames, Jerry O’Connell, Christopher Lloyd, Jessica Szohr DIRECTOR > Alexandre Aja RATING > [4/5] OPENS > AUG 20 There will be those who dismiss Piranha 3D as a travesty of modern filmmaking, a parody of a parody (which it is, […]
Movie Review: Animal Kingdom
PHOTO: Adam Arkapaw (courtesy of Sony Pictures Classic) DRAMA ANIMAL KINGDOM (Sony Pictures Classics) STARS > James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton DIRECTOR > David Michôd RATING > [5/5] OPENS > AUG 13 Woe unto those who cross the Cody family. A tight-knit Australian crime clan […]
Movie Review: Who Killed Nancy
DOCUMENTARY WHO KILLED NANCY (Peace Arch Entertainment) STARS > Glen Matlock, Steve Dior, Howie Pyro, Alan Parker DIRECTOR > Alan G. Parker RATING > [2.5/5] OPENS > JUL 30 “Sid Vicious will not have to stand trial for the murder of a girlfriend at the Chelsea Hotel. Sid is no longer Vicious; he’s dead.” So […]
Crippled Black Phoenix - 200 Tons of Bad Luck
200 Tons Of Bad Luck If there's anything disappointing about Crippled Black Phoenix's follow-up to their superb 2006 debut, A Love Of Shared Disasters, it's that the U.K. post-rock sorcerers rely too much on the sounds of others. Led by multi-instrumentalist Justin Greaves (ex-Iron Monkey) and Mogwai bassist Dominic Aitchison, CBP aptly describe their melancholy melodies […]
Screening: No One Knows About Persian Cats
DRAMA NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS (IFC Films) STARS > Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad DIRECTOR > Bahman Ghobadi RATING > [3.5/5] OPENS > APRIL 23 You think some of the bands featured in AP have problems? The musicians in No One Knows About Persian Cats can’t play in public in their homeland […]
Head Automatica - Popaganda
Head Automatica Popaganda When Glassjaw mouthpiece Daryl Palumbo loaded up his iPod with Squeeze and Elvis Costello records and decided to get his swerve on with Head Automatica, more than a few Glassjaw fans were sure he’d gone gay. The rest of us knew it was exactly the opposite. Still, without Dan The Automator’s production […]