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Articles tagged "kristen stewart" Short Ends and LeaderAdventureland: Bastards of Youngby Chris Barsanti[8.Apr.09] :. 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.  Film ReviewAdventurelandby Renee Scolaro Mora[3.Apr.09] :. 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.  Film DVD ReviewTwilightby J.M. Suarez[23.Mar.09] :. While Meyers’ books tend toward formulaic characterizations, Hardwicke takes the material and successfully transforms it into a subtle, layered atmospheric film.  News‘Twilight’ descends at midnight Friday nightby Sharon Hoffmann [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][18.Mar.09] :. After months of hype and screaming fangirls and barrels of newspaper ink dumped on Robert Pattinson and “Twilight,” there was bound to be some backlash. But who’d have thought that...  Column: The Box Office BelletristTwilight Takeoverby Jennifer Makowsky[7.Jan.09] :. 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.  Film ReviewTwilightby Cynthia Fuchs[21.Nov.08] :. Fantasy rules in Twilight, fantasy simultaneously delicate and ravishing, chaste and utterly bloody. Vamp-Ire: ‘Twilight’ vs ‘Let the Right One In’by Bill Gibron[20.Nov.08] :. Blame Anne Rice. Blame her for being the literary stake in the original vampire’s heart. If it wasn’t for her spinster prose take on the entire horror fiction fallacy, we wouldn’t... Hit or miss, ‘Twilight’ is actress Kristen Stewart’s big breakby John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)][17.Nov.08] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The love-after-death movie “Twilight” is going to be so huge it would take a stake through the heart to stop it. And the reasons seem so obvious they make you say,... ‘What Just Happened?’ Nothing Worth Watching!by Bill Gibron[7.Nov.08] :. Hollywood hates poking fun at itself. While it’s handled its fair share of good natured cinematic ribbing, once we get to the seething scalding takes like The Stunt Man or The... Director brings some of his own industry experiences to ‘What Just Happened?’by Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][6.Nov.08] :. Veteran filmmaker Barry Levinson (who gave us “Good Morning Vietnam” and “Rain Man” as well as the sci-fi botch “Sphere” and the Ben Stiller-Jack Black comedy you... What Just Happenedby Cynthia Fuchs[20.Oct.08] :. Less an expose than a recap of what even casual observers of the industry know or intuit, What Just Happened relies on clichés even as it deplores them. Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008by Bill Gibron[11.Sep.08] :. Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008. Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008by 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. ‘The O.C.‘s’ Adam Brody takes a shot at movie stardomby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][21.Apr.07] :. Kasdan: "I just don't know if anyone besides Adam and me wants to see movies like In the Land of Women." In the Land of Women (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[20.Apr.07] :. Ah, poor poor Carter. Will he emerge strengthened or diminished by his encounters in this faraway land? The Messengers (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[2.Feb.07] :. Another scary house movie, another family in crisis. And especially, another lithe but steely girl in danger. Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[11.Nov.05] :. When Lisa thaws, she's granted a limited gamut of roles, from screaming victim to gushy girl to action-heroic savior. Catch That Kid (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Feb.04] :. Remembering well that her dad fell (100 feet), spunky climber Maddy's also afraid she might fall. Panic Room (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[12.Sep.02] :. This 'Panic Room' DVD leaves you to figure the moves and angles. Panic Room (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Mar.02] :. In lieu of plot or character, 'Panic Room' offers the house. |
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