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Movie Review: Adventureland

Billed as the follow-up to director Greg Mottola's deliriously funny 2007 film Superbad, I can't help but feel that Adventureland will feel like a disappointment by many coaxed in by the marketing campaign promising more of the same. Anyone going into ...

From ANDY SAYERS, Blogcritics.org,  10 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Bill Hader,  Van Wilder,  Jesse Eisenberg,  Kristen Stewart

Ten Memorable Episodes of ER

This week, the question that has surrounded NBC's venerable medical drama ER for years will be put to rest. That question, of course, being "That show is still on?" Unbelievably (and probably unnecessarily) ER lasted 15 seasons, bursting on the scene ...

From ANDY SAYERS, Blogcritics.org,  30 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Noah Wyle,  Julianna Margulies,  George Clooney

Movie Review: Watchmen

The first thing I want to know about a review of the new Watchmen movie is whether or not the reviewer has read the original graphic novel on which it is based. I need to know if the reviewer is basing their opinion solely on how it works as a film, or ...

From ANDY SAYERS, Blogcritics.org,  12 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Alan Moore,  Dave Gibbons

Movie Review: Rachel Getting Married

A look at Jonathan Demme's new quiet masterpiece. There's been a lot of dramas featuring dysfunctional families who spend much of the movie airing out the various grievances and problems each character has with one another and themselves. Most of these ...

From ANDY SAYERS, Blogcritics.org,  21 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Jonathan Demme,  Anne Hathaway,  Bill Irwin,  Debra Winger

Concert Review: Lucinda Williams - Calgary, AB (11-10-08)

Reviewing a stop on Lucinda Williams' most recent tour. Much of Lucinda Williams' catalogue explores the depths of pain and loss, be it in alternative country, folk, or blues fusion form. While she does have some up tempo tracks in her catalogue (often ...

From ANDY SAYERS, Blogcritics.org,  12 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Lucinda Williams,  Elvis Costello

DVD Review: L.A. Confidential (Two-Disc Special Edition)

One of the best movies in recent memory gets the special edition treatment. I've been having trouble with how to approach this review since I watched the new two-disc special edition DVD of L.A. Confidential a little over a week ago. Generally, it's ...

From ANDY SAYERS, Blogcritics.org,  3 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Curtis Hanson,  James Ellroy,  Russell Crowe,  Guy Pearce,  Kevin Spacey

TV Review: Breaking Bad - Season One

Reviewing the first season AMC's stunning freshman drama following star Bryan Cranston's surprising Emmy win. I missed this show during its initial run on AMC, for the simple reason that I had no idea that my cable provider carried AMC until I stumbled ...

From ANDY SAYERS, Blogcritics.org,  11 Oct 2008
Related Topics: AMC,  Bryan Cranston,  Alan Ball,  Michael Douglas

Top 20 Comic Book Movies of All-Time

Ranking the best movies adapted from the world of comics. I grew up a comic book fan, falling in and out of the habit as I got older. The times in my life where I stopped reading comics didn't have too much to do with the comics themselves (although ...

From ANDY SAYERS, Blogcritics.org,  6 Oct 2008

DVD Review: The Shield - Season One

Guided by strong performances and a unique take on the cop show genre, The Shield delivers a promising first season. I've spent the past few years trying to catch up on all the great cable dramas of recent vintage that I missed (in part because until ...

From ANDY SAYERS, Blogcritics.org,  26 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Michael Chiklis

Movie Review: Tropic Thunder

The last thing the world needs is another Hollywood satire, but Hollywood continues to make them anyway. Tropic Thunder features four things that tend to turn me off of comedies: it's expensive, high concept, heavily reliant on inside Hollywood humour, ...

From ANDY SAYERS, Blogcritics.org,  12 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Robert Downey Jr.,  Ben Stiller,  Judd Apatow,  Bill Hader,  Jack Black

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