Archive for August, 2006
The Wicker Man 2006
by Cinema Blend Movie Reviews August 31st, 2006 | Movie Reviews
Long before the movie ends with its big reveal, youll know whats going on, whether or not youve seen the original. Thats alright, getting there is pleasant even if youve figured out where IThe Wicker ManI is headed. Its Cage, the guys just a pleasure to watch. Writerdirector Neil LaBute seems to know just how to use him, and sends him panicking and panting all over the island in a desperate, probably futile hunt for non-existent clues.
Movie Review | ‘Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film’: A Portrait of the Artist as a Visionary, a Voyeur and a Brand-Name Star
by STEPHEN HOLDEN August 31st, 2006 | Movie Reviews
Ric BurnsÂ’s absorbing four-hour critical biography of the seminal pop artist is devoted to the proposition that Warhol was the greatest artist of the second half of the 20th century.
Movie Review | ‘Lassie’: The Noblest Collie of All Bounds Anew in the Glen
by JEANNETTE CATSOULIS August 31st, 2006 | Movie Reviews
Everything old is new again in the latest film about the beloved pooch with the I.Q. of a grad student and the instincts of a boomerang.
Movie Review | ‘Mutual Appreciation’: When ‘In Search OfÂ’ Is Not a Phrase in the Ads
by MANOHLA DARGIS August 31st, 2006 | Movie Reviews
Written and directed by Andrew Bujalski, this wonderful independent film wonÂ’t save or change your life, but it may make your heart swell. Its aim is modest and true.
Movie Review | ‘This Film Is Not Yet Rated’: Some Material May Be Inappropriate or Mystifying, and the Rating May Be as Well
by A. O .SCOTT August 31st, 2006 | Movie Reviews
Kirby Dick's feisty, intellectually engaging documentary tries to illuminate an aspect of moviemaking — and moviegoing — that is deliberately left in the dark.
