Archive for April, 2009

The Limits of Control

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews April 30th, 2009 | Movie Reviews








Starring:

Isaach de Bankole, Alex Descas, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Luis
Tosa...

Review:

Even the great ones hit snags. With The Limits of
Control, Jim Jarmsuch gets tangled up in his own deadpan. I'd
explain a little of the plot, but there isn't any. Just the stoic
visage of Isaach De Bankolé as a nameless hitman who wanders
through non-touristy Spain (shot with a poet's eye by the masterful
Christopher Doye) doing meet-and-greets with terrific actors, such
as Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Gael Garcia Bernal and John Hurt.
They don't act, really. They strike poses. But it's Read More

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews April 30th, 2009 | Movie Reviews








Starring:

Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Lacey Chabert, Michael
Doug...

Review:

Look, I wouldn't mind a comic desecreation of Charles Dickens'
A Christmas Carol, as long as the darned thing was funny.
Hell, Bill Murray hit that mark twenty years ago in
Scrooged. But Ghosts of Girlfriends Past never
comes as close as spitting distance to a laugh. Matthew
McConaughey, who hit a comedy low (I thought) in Fool's
Gold, sinks ever lower as hotshot celeb photographer Connor
Mead, a stud who badmouths marriage to his about-to-be-wed kid
brother (Breckin Meyer). Connor, a Scrooge when it comes Read More

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

by Rolling Stone Movie Reviews April 30th, 2009 | Movie Reviews








Starring:

Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan,
Rya...

Review:

Summer movies whimper to a start with the wheezing
Wolverine, a transparent attempt to squeeze a faltering
franchise for its last drop of box-office juice. It should work for
at least a week, until Star Trek opens and blows it out of
the water by showing how an origin story should be done. Anyone
looking for dangerous thrills is out of luck unless they risk
federal prosecution by illegally downloading the movie on the
Web.
(Watch Peter Travers' video review of Wolverine)
The movie itself is Read More

Review: ‘The Garden’ doc bets on the farm

by Peter Hartlaub April 30th, 2009 | Movie Reviews
The Garden RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Documentary. Starring Joan Baez, Daryl Hannah and Dennis Kucinich. Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy. (Not rated. 80 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) A vermin-infested plot of land just a few miles from the heart of the Los...










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Review: ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ can’t cut it

by Mick LaSalle April 30th, 2009 | Movie Reviews
X-Men Origins: Wolverine RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER)Science-fiction adventure. Starring Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston and Lynn Collins. Directed by Gavin Hood. (PG-13. 107 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) There's an implicit threat in the title "X-...










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