FILM REVIEWS
Moonrise Kingdom: Cannes Film Fest Opening Night
“Moonrise Kingdom,” Wes Anderson’s latest film, is one of his most artistically impressive and meticulously made films, but also one of his least commercial.
B
Battleship
As directed by Peter Berg, “Battleship” is underwhelmingly written and overwhelmingly produced, resulting in a silly extravaganza that sets new standards for escapist summer popcorn entertainment.
C
Dictator, The: Broad and Funny Baron Cohen
Opens May 16
Structurally, “The Dictator” is Baron Cohen’s most mainstream (and least offbeat or cool) film, in the sense that it has a straightforward narrative that walks a fine line between being high-brow, middle-brow, and low-brow.
B+
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The
“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” is such an anomaly in today’s youth-oriented, spectacle-driven movie industry that you have to applaud the courage and conviction of the filmmakers, director John Madden, and his glorious cast.
B
Girl in Progress
The best things about the new, amateurish family melodrama are the feature’s title, “Girl in Progress,” and the name of the protagonist, Ansiedad, which is the Spanish word for anxiety.
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C-
Dark Shadows
The eighth teaming of inventive director Burton and eccentric starDepp is a movie of singular beautiful moments. Unfortunately, it’s also a movie in which the images, set-pieces and special effects don’t congeal into a coherent and involving narrative, emotionally or intellectually.
C+
PICK OF THE WEEK
The Dictator: Shooting and Locations
“This particular film had a lot of locations already written into the script: the United Nations, a zoo, Fifth Avenue. But the idea of creating Wadiya in New York presented more of a puzzle”–Sacha Baron Cohen
Steve Jobs: Biopic, scripted by Sorkin, produced by Rudin
Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin (“Social Network”) will adapt “Steve Jobs,” Walter Isaacson’s bestselling biography of the late Apple co-founder.
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Snow White and Hauntsman: Charlize Theron
The filmmakers aimed to create a film that was not only timeless, but would also capture the spirit, style and tone of the Brothers Grimm, perhaps in the way these folklorists might envision a version of their story 200 years after they first wrote it down. With production due to start in the United [...]
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