Tuesday, July 20 2010
‘The Runaways’: Coming of Age in Pre-Punk, Glam Rock ‘70s Los Angeles
The Runaways isn't the faithfully detailed documentary biopic many fans were hoping it would be, but it's still a pretty spectacular rock 'n' roll story.
Wednesday, April 8 2009
Adventureland: Bastards of Young
A loping comedy of displacement that snaps off dozens of easy laughs without breaking a sweat, Adventureland transcends the indie comedy trap by dint of not being content merely to capture its milieu but to animate it.
Friday, April 3 2009
Adventureland
Adventureland is as tidy and predictable as it sounds. And it falls into that annoying trap that seems to plague this sort of film, relying on an unrelenting '80s soundtrack to set tones and cue plot points.
Monday, March 23 2009
Twilight
While Meyers’ books tend toward formulaic characterizations, Hardwicke takes the material and successfully transforms it into a subtle, layered atmospheric film.
Wednesday, January 7 2009
Twilight Takeover
The film is a successful adaptation of the book not only because Pattinson is so talented and dreamy, but also because Hardwicke knows a thing or two about filming adolescents.
Friday, November 21 2008
Twilight
Fantasy rules in Twilight, fantasy simultaneously delicate and ravishing, chaste and utterly bloody.
