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Thursday, June 30, 2011

'monte carlo' review

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Monte Carlo is getting very little buzz, but, honestly, it's better than both Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Larry Crowne . That do...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

'larry crowne' review

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I've always liked Tom Hanks. That's what made watching Larry Crowne all the more painful. That's not the only reason, though. I ...

'terri' review

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One of the best reviewed movies of the summer is Terri , a tart coming-of-age comedy-drama starring John C. Reilly and Jacob Wysocki. I'...

limp bizkit - 'gold cobra' review

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Much to my surprise, Limp Bizkit's comeback album, Gold Cobra , is just like the Limp Bizkit of the late '90s: bratty, whiny, and, y...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' Review

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This should explain what an eternal optimist I am: I actually had faith that Transformers: Dark of the Moon might be good. Michael Bay kept...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Derek and the Dominos - "Bell Bottom Blues"

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You know, Layla has other great songs than just the title track. "Bell Bottom Blues" is a real standout. (Oh, and that stuff Clapt...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

'bad teacher' review

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After last night's screening of Bad Teacher , my wife commented that the movie wasn't as bad as she was expecting. Sadly, it was alm...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

'a better life' review

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I know a few critics who have cried at the ending of A Better Life , an illegal immigrant drama set in Los Angeles. I don't deny its imp...

'if a tree falls' review

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If a Tree Falls is a documentary that looks at the Earth Liberation Front, a group of radical environmental activists. For Yahoo, I discuss ...
Friday, June 17, 2011

'bernie' review

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Last night's opening film for the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival was Richard Linklater's Bernie . Starring Jack Black, it's base...

'green lantern' review

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My love for Ryan Reynolds continues. He's a funny, intensely likable actor, which made me even sadder that Green Lantern isn't bette...

paul simon - rewrite

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An odd choice for a Father's Day song, perhaps, but I've really been feeling "Rewrite" off Paul Simon's latest album. ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

'the art of getting by' review

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You can't really hate The Art of Getting By , a coming-of-age indie film starring Freddie Highmore and Emma Roberts. It's sincere an...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

'buck' review

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Buck is a documentary about Buck Brannaman, a modern-day cowboy who teaches people how to train their horses. He's a soft-spoken man who...
Monday, June 13, 2011

'page one: a year inside the new york times' review

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I found Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times to be a pretty fascinating film. But I'm a bit of a media nerd. Will normal humans b...
Friday, June 10, 2011

best coast - goodbye

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"I've had people say, 'Oh, your voice is reminiscent of Liz Phair.' And I take that as a huge compliment, but I don't ...
Monday, June 06, 2011

'the trip' review

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Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon play fictional versions of themselves in The Trip , a funny and oddly touching little comedy about two friends d...
Sunday, June 05, 2011

'super 8' review

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While I was watching Super 8 , I was thinking a lot about Fringe , the sci-fi show J.J. Abrams co-created that I used to recap for Vulture ...
Friday, June 03, 2011

jessica lea mayfield - our hearts are wrong

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Jessica Lea Mayfield turns 22 in August. I seem incapable of escaping her new-ish single, "Our Hearts Are Wrong," no matter where ...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011

'film socialisme' review

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You may remember that I first saw Jean Luc-Godard's Film Socialisme last year during AFI Fest . (It didn't go so well: The digital ...
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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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