Archive for May, 2009
Review: ‘Up’ soars on flights of fancy
May 29th, 2009 by Mick LaSalleSyndicated Reviews
Up RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Animation. Starring the voices of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer and Jordan Nagai. Directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson. (PG. 96 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) There are scenes in "Up" of such beauty, economy and poetic wisdom...
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Worth Seeing: Which movies to see this weekend
May 29th, 2009 by Mick LaSalleSyndicated Reviews
The best of "I Wake Up Dreaming": Audiences are not ready to let go of this B-noir festival, after two weeks of playing to sell-out and near sell-out crowds, so the Roxie has tagged on a one-week extension, featuring the best of the past two weeks of dark,...
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Movie review: Japan’s Oscar winner ‘Departures’
May 29th, 2009 by Walter AddiegoSyndicated Reviews
Departures RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Drama. Directed by Yojiro Takita. Starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki. (In Japanese with English subtitles. Not rated. 131 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) In "Departures," winner of this year's best...
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Review: ‘Big Man Japan’
May 29th, 2009 by G. Allen JohnsonSyndicated Reviews
Big Man Japan RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) LMAN4 Comedy. Starring Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi, Ua. Directed by Matsumoto. (PG-13. 103 minutes. At the Opera Plaza in San Francisco and the Shattuck in Berkeley.) The concept of the comedy "Big Man Japan" is...
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