Everybody's Got One: The Home of Tim Grierson

Thursday, September 27, 2007

will.i.am and blackstreet in blender

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The new Blender with Kanye West on the cover has hit newsstands. I've got three pieces in there, but two are online currently: my inter...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

feast of love

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Director Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer ) returns with Feast of Love , a serio-comic look at relationships across age, race, and gender. ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

trade

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Just a reminder that a truly terrible movie can be made about a very important subject, Trade , a horrendous drama about underground sex tra...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

good luck chuck

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Dane Cook looks uncomfortable, Jessica Alba is no comedienne. At least the penguins are cute.
Monday, September 17, 2007

in the shadow of the moon

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The documentary about NASA's '60s adventure is worth seeing. So are a bunch of other goodies included in this week's Consumables...
Thursday, September 13, 2007

moving mcallister

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Some might say I was overly harsh in my review of Moving McAllister , a feeble road movie that represents all that's wrong with so-calle...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

great world of sound

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Great World of Sound , a smart sad little indie about con men trying to trick aspiring musicians into forking over their hard-earned money i...
Friday, September 07, 2007

the brothers solomon

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Will Arnett, Will Forte and Kristen Wiig have all been funny in the past, and they'll be funny in the future. But in The Brothers Solomo...
Thursday, September 06, 2007

earlimart

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The duo Earlimart specialize in a studio-enhanced indie pop. Their latest album, Mentor Tormentor , evokes the dreary side of L.A.'s sub...
Wednesday, September 05, 2007

ben affleck: director

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Gone Baby Gone is the directorial debut of Ben Affleck. If you're someone who automatically dismisses him as a lightweight, you probably...
Friday, August 31, 2007

ladrón que roba a ladrón

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This Spanish-language heist film is targeted toward mainstream Latino audiences, but I can't help but think, "Hey, couldn't you...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

shoot 'em up

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This ultraviolent, cheekily irreverent action thriller starring Clive Owen is strictly a love-it-or-hate-it affair. I'm with the lovers.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

war

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Congratulations: You've come to the blog of the only film critic in the world who actually liked War , the not-screened-for-reviews acti...
Sunday, August 26, 2007

balls of fury

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Perhaps you're on the fence about whether to invest your hard-earned dollars on Balls of Fury . Let me help make up your mind for you.
Friday, August 24, 2007

kinski

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Kinski are a band from Seattle that specializes in instrumental avant-rock. Don't be scared by that description: They're actually pr...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

closing escrow

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When on vacation, my wife and I have a guilty pleasure: watching HGTV in our hotel room for hours. (Scandalous, I know.) It's easy to un...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

the new pornographers' new album

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Challengers is the fourth album from the Canadian power-pop collective. My review appears in the new issue of Under the Radar , the indie-mi...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007

the simpsons movie

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At long last, after much worrying and cynical naysaying, The Simpsons Movie comes to us. So what did I think? Check here -- and also see my...
Monday, August 20, 2007

foo fighters: a fond look back

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The Colour and the Shape just celebrated its 10th anniversary with a new reissue, including bonus tracks. Idolator may not see the point , b...
Thursday, August 16, 2007

death at a funeral

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Discriminating comedy audiences may be hoping that Death at a Funeral , director Frank Oz's British farce, will be a respite from dumb H...
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Tim Grierson
Senior U.S. critic for Screen International. My writing appears at the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture and the A.V. Club. My latest book is This Is How You Make a Movie. I'm also the author of Martin Scorsese in Ten Scenes and Public Enemy: Inside the Terrordome. Other books: FilmCraft: Screenwriting, Wilco: Sunken Treasure, and Blinking Lights and Other Revelations: The Story of Eels. (I'm also co-author of FilmCraft: Cinematography.) Email me at grierson@hotmail.com.
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