Archive for August, 2006
The Wicker Man 2006
August 31st, 2006 by Cinema Blend Movie ReviewsSyndicated 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
August 31st, 2006 by STEPHEN HOLDENSyndicated 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...
Movie Review | ‘Lassie’: The Noblest Collie of All Bounds Anew in the Glen
August 31st, 2006 by JEANNETTE CATSOULISSyndicated 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
August 31st, 2006 by MANOHLA DARGISSyndicated 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...
Movie Review | ‘This Film Is Not Yet Rated’: Some Material May Be Inappropriate or Mystifying, and the Rating May Be as Well
August 31st, 2006 by A. O .SCOTTSyndicated Reviews
Kirby Dick's feisty, intellectually engaging documentary tries to illuminate an aspect of moviemaking — and moviegoing — that is deliberately left in the...