No Concessions: “Juno”

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No Concessions: “Semi-Pro”

Jason Zingale March 1, 2008 4

Much like the stupid redneck protagonist of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Will Ferrell’s latest sports comedy, Semi-Pro, revolves entirely around a paper-thin character that’s supposed to be funny based on looks

No Concessions: “Penelope”

David Medsker March 1, 2008 0

Penelope made its debut at the Toronto Film Festival. The 2006 Toronto Film Festival. Not a good sign that the movie has languished this long without being released. The story gets better, though: the

No Concessions: “The Other Boleyn Girl”

Jason Zingale March 1, 2008 3

For those that aren’t completely sick and tired of trashy melodramas centered on Queen Elizabeth (I and II), director Justin Chadwick takes a slightly different approach with The Other Boleyn Girl: a movie that

No Concessions: “Chicago 10″

Bob Cashill February 29, 2008 5

It’s fitting that Chicago 10, a Roadside Attractions release, is opening February 29. It’s a weird, once-every-four-years day, and Chicago 10 is a weird, out-of-time movie. Here we have a 40th-anniversary commemoration/celebration of a

No Concessions: “Be Kind Rewind”

David Medsker February 24, 2008 3

There was one movie that my movie critic peers and I were looking forward to seeing in these dog days of winter, and it was Be Kind Rewind, Michel Gondry’s wacko tale of a

No Concessions: “Vantage Point”

David Medsker February 22, 2008 0

You have to give the makers of Vantage Point credit for one thing: what the movie lacks in plausibility, it makes up for with raw enthusiasm. They think their movie is awesome — well,

No Concessions: “Charlie Bartlett”

Jason Zingale February 22, 2008 0

We critics like to make a big fuss over films that have had their release dates pushed back — usually because it’s a sign of a studio’s lack of confidence in the final product

No Concessions: “In Bruges”

Jason Zingale February 22, 2008 0

Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges is an interesting little film. It’s one part action-comedy, one-part Shakespearean tragedy, and no matter how fucked up that may sound, it completely works. Arranged like an off-Broadway production of

No Concessions: “Cloverfield”

Will Harris January 18, 2008 12

Never in my life have I been so glad that I wasn’t caught up in the hype for a film. Yes, obviously, I was aware of Cloverfield. I’m way too big of a movie