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• REVIEWS

  2012 a bad year for film

  The perfect follow-up for those moviegoers who were simply crushed when Transformers: Revenge of the...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by Matt Brunson
• FILM CLIPS

  Capsule revies of films playing the week of Nov. 18

  AMELIA In its effort to be one of the first Oscar-bait titles out of the gate, the stately but steri...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by Matt Brunson
• VIEW FROM THE COUCH

  Bruno, North By Northwest among DVD reviews

  BRUNO (2009). To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen's smackdown of Dan Quayle during the 1988 Vice Preside...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by Matt Brunson
• REVIEWS

  The Box worth opening

  The Box is the latest picture from writer-director Richard Kelly, who with the cult fave Donnie Dark...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by Matt Brunson
• REVIEWS

  A Serious Man: Seriously good

  Unpredictability is a constant in the Coen Brothers canon, but after the heavy lifting involved with...

  Vol. 23 No. 38 Published 11.17.09 by Matt Brunson
• REVIEWS

  A Christmas Carol: No holiday cheer here

  A CHRISTMAS CAROL (*1/2) — Officially, the title is Disney's A Christmas Carol, which is a...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by Matt Brunson
• FILM CLIPS

  Capsule reviews of films playing the week of Nov. 11

  AMELIA In its effort to be one of the first Oscar-bait titles out of the gate, the stately but steri...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by Matt Brunson
• FEATURES

  Asheville's annual fest will feature films galore

  The seventh annual Asheville Film Festival will be held Nov. 12-15, meaning that it's time once...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by Matt Brunson
• VIEW FROM THE COUCH

  Up, The Ugly Truth among new DVD reviews

  THE THREE STOOGES COLLECTION: VOLUME SEVEN (1952-1954). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment continues t...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by Matt Brunson
• REVIEWS

  The Men Who Stare At Goats: Loopy and lightweight

  THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (***) — Loopy enough to stand out from the homogenized pack but not...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by Matt Brunson
• REVIEWS

  Coco Before Chanel: Tattered material

  COCO BEFORE CHANEL (**1/2) — Like Young Mr. Lincoln, Butch and Sundance: The Early Years and t...

  Vol. 23 No. 37 Published 11.10.09 by Matt Brunson
• REVIEWS

  This Is It: The Music Man

  A sadness permeates the opening moments in the behind-the-scenes piece This Is It, but it has nothin...

  Vol. 23 No. 36 Published 11.03.09 by Matt Brunson
• VIEW FROM THE COUCH

  Wings of Desire among new DVD reviews

  CHERI (2009). Michelle Pfeiffer has been excellent in all manner of movies, but in such period piece...

  Vol. 23 No. 36 Published 11.03.09 by Matt Brunson
• REVIEWS

  Cirque du Freak: Engaging but overstuffed

  Based on a series of books for kids, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant would seem to be a...

  Vol. 23 No. 36 Published 11.03.09 by Matt Brunson
• REVIEWS

  Amelia has trouble getting airborne

  In its effort to be one of the first Oscar-bait titles out of the gate, the stately but sterile Amel...

  Vol. 23 No. 36 Published 11.03.09 by Matt Brunson
• VIEW FROM THE COUCH

  The William Castle Film Collection among new DVD reviews

  LAND OF THE LOST (2009). The surprising thing about Land of the Lost isn't that it contains seve...

  Vol. 23 No. 35 Published 10.27.09 by Matt Brunson
• REVIEWS

  Good Hair: The root of the matter

  Like most odysseys, Good Hair begins with a single, simple question. "Daddy, why don't I ha...

  Vol. 23 No. 35 Published 10.27.09 by Matt Brunson
• REVIEWS

  Astro Boy: Not quite a blast

  Superheroes are known for showing up on the scene just in the nick of time, but in the case of Astro...

  Vol. 23 No. 35 Published 10.27.09 by Matt Brunson
• SEE & DO

  FILM: Psycho

  Monday, Nov. 2

  Vol. 23 No. 35 Published 10.27.09 by Matt Brunson
• VIEW FROM THE COUCH

  Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics among new DVD reviews

  KARLOFF & LUGOSI HORROR CLASSICS (1936-1958). Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi made a series of mem...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Matt Brunson

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