Articles tagged "aaron yoo"

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Movie execs finally discover that audiences want to be entertained

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[9.Mar.09] :. Why does Hollywood make so many comic-book movies like “The Dark Knight” and “Watchmen?” Why does Hollywood make so many silly comedies like “Madea Goes to Jail”...

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Defending ‘Friday the 13th’ (2009)

by Bill Gibron

[16.Feb.09] :. Outcasts rarely have a bully pulpit from which to preach. For the most part, those so afar from the maddening crowd are meant to stay there. Yet I find myself in the unique position of being one of...

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Horror gets its groove back with ‘Friday the 13th’ remake

by Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[16.Feb.09] :. In the almost 30 years since he first leapt out of Crystal Lake at the end of 1980’s “Friday the 13th,” the hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees has spawned 10 sequels, been struck...

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Why Marcus Nispel Should Direct Every Horror Remake

by Bill Gibron

[13.Feb.09] :. Do few genre filmmakers “get it” that when a true artisan comes along, their presence can be initially perplexing - especially when he or she is being asked to reinvent a classic of...

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Film Review

Friday the 13th

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Feb.09] :. Chewie knows his place in this determinedly un-new Friday the 13th: Asian Nerd About to Die.

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Film DVD Review

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

by Jesse Hassenger

[3.Feb.09] :. A little cute, sure, but strikingly real -- or at least faked with a lot of heart.

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Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist

by Brendon Bouzard

[3.Oct.08] :. At its heart, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a fairy tale, a collective delusion about the here and now.

 

Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

by Bill Gibron

[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.

 

21

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Mar.08] :. Even if card counting is legal, this gangster-style brutality plainly cannot be, yet it provides long minutes of hackneyed menace, a B-movie plot point that only underlines 21's unoriginality.

 

Rocket Science

by Gavin Williamson

[4.Feb.08] :. Though Blitz hasn't the crossover clout of some of his contemporaries, he does process a marked talent for dialogue and quirky scenarios.

 

‘Rocket Science’: Truth, but embellished

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[16.Aug.07] :. There’s an element of autobiography in most directors’ first movies, and Jeffrey Blitz’s absurdist coming-of-age tale, “Rocket Science,” is no exception. Set in...

 

Disturbia

by Bill Gibron

[16.Aug.07] :. Similar to the way Blade Runner effortlessly channels the archetypes of noir inside the wholly original world of a futuristic LA.

 

Rocket Science

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Aug.07] :. As in other nerd-love films, Hal will come of age, with angst and a modicum of ingenuity.

 

‘Pastime’ blends love, baseball and World War II internment

by Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[30.May.07] :. The score is tied as the runner leads off third base, the batter tenses and the pitcher gets ready to deliver. The crowd in the small-town ballpark holds its collective breath as the battle between...

 

‘Disturbia’ star Shia LaBeouf was destined for an acting career

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[16.Apr.07] :. "When you look into his eyes, you can see an old soul," said "Disturbia" director D.J. Caruso.

 

Disturbia (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Apr.07] :. For all its revisiting of Rear Window's basic themes, however, Disturbia is most effective when it points to the differences between then and now.