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Dana Stevens (born Whittier, California) is a screenwriter and television writer/producer.

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleansreviewed.

This review only needs to consist of six words: Werner Herzog. Nicolas Cage. Bad Lieutenant. Not every one of those elements (with the possible exception of Herzog's name) is enough to sell a movie on its own, but the combination? Most definitely. ...

From DANA STEVENS, Slate,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nicolas Cage,  Werner Herzog,  Edward R. Pressman,  Abel Ferrara,  Harvey Keitel

The Twilight Saga: New Moon reviewed.

Sometimes a critic's aesthetic judgment is impossible to extricate from what you might call her cinematic libido. There are movies that bring us a pleasure that's neither definable nor defensible. These used to be called "guilty pleasures," but that ...

From DANA STEVENS, Slate,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kristen Stewart,  Robert Pattinson,  Stephenie Meyer,  Taylor Lautner,  Michael Sheen

Roland Emmerich's 2012.

Emmerich has been Hollywood's foremost eschatologist for over a decade now: In Independence Day, he blew up both the Empire State Building and the White House (or had space aliens do it for him). In The Day After Tomorrow, global warming causes a ...

From DANA STEVENS, Slate,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Roland Emmerich,  White House,  Danny Glover,  John F. Kennedy,  Chiwetel Ejiofor

Fantastic Mr. Fox reviewed.

After you've seen The Fantastic Mr. Fox, burrow down a bit deeper and listen to our Spoiler Special discussion: You can also click here to download the MP3 file, or you'll find this and dozens of other Spoiler Specials in our iTunes podcast feed ...

From DANA STEVENS, Slate,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wes Anderson,  Roald Dahl,  Maurice Sendak,  George Clooney,  Frank Sinatra

A Christmas Carol reviewed.

Robert Zemeckis may have found the way to spend his late career: making 3-D motion-capture versions of literary classics that, while they threaten to vulgarize their sources, wind up remaining curiously true to them in spirit. His adaptation of Beowulf ...

From DANA STEVENS, Slate,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jim Carrey,  Robert Zemeckis,  Gary Oldman,  Robin Wright Penn,  Colin Firth

Sorry, I didn't like Precious.

Harshing on Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lionsgate Films), the awkwardly titled Lee Daniels adaptation of an "urban fiction" best-seller, makes a critic feel almost as mean-spirited as Mary, the monstrously abusive mother of the ...

From DANA STEVENS, Slate,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lee Daniels,  Mo'Nique,  Lionsgate Films,  Gabourey Sidibe,  Paula Patton

GM backs out of Opel sale

The announcement came on a day when GM posted a 4 percent gain in U.S. auto sales, its first year-over-year increase in 21 months. Citing an improving economy and the strategic importance of Opel's compact car technology, GM pulled back from a deal ...

From DANA HEDGPETH AND STEVEN MUFSON, The Washington Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: General Motors,  Chrysler,  Angela Merkel,  Fiat

Paranormal Activity reviewed.

The surprise success of the microbudget indie horror film (Paramount Pictures) constitutes one of those pop-culture moments when you realize that mass taste is sometimes better than you give it credit for. This may not be the horror movie of the ...

From DANA STEVENS, Slate,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Paramount Pictures,  Sam Raimi,  Oren Peli

Michael Jackson's incredibly moving This Is It.

The news in late summer about the plans to release This Is It (Sony Pictures), a movie documenting Michael Jackson's rehearsal process for the stage show he was preparing at the time of his death, didn't bode well. Given that the footage in question ...

From DANA STEVENS, Slate,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Michael Jackson,  Sony Pictures,  MTV,  Mick Jagger,  Delta Air Lines

Amelia reviewed.

Amelia (Fox Searchlight Pictures) the biopic is many things that Amelia Earhart the pilot never was: decorous, conventional, sanitized, dull. Directed by Mira Nair and executive-produced by its star Hilary Swank, the movie seems oddly preoccupied with ...

From DANA STEVENS, Slate,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Amelia Earhart,  George Putnam,  Mira Nair,  Fox Searchlight Pictures,  Hilary Swank

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