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This weekend's review update - featuring my last write-up's for The Screengrab, which officially signs off today - is a bit late. But it makes up for its tardiness with some - gasp! - honest-to-goodness positivity.
Out Now:
Up (The Screengrab)
Drag Me to Hell (The Screengrab)
Pontypool (Slant magazine)
What Goes Up (Slant magazine)
For my latest Sandbox column, I take a look at the controversy surrounding Six Days in Fallujah, a game based on the 2004 Iraq war conflict that was recently canceled by Konami.
The Sandbox: Interactive Iraq (IFC News)
As for reviews, I have some less-than-glowing things to say about this weekend's two major releases, both of which fail to improve upon their predecessors.
Terminator Salvation (The Screengrab)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Slant magazine)
O'Horten (Slant magazine)
Be sure to check back next week, when I'll have links to reviews of Up and Drag Me to Hell.
After an insanely hectic weekend delayed its arrival, here's my latest review round-up.
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Now Playing:
Angels & Demons (Slant magazine)
The Brothers Bloom (The Screengrab)
Jerichow (The Screengrab)
Management (Cinematical)
Star Trek is sure to make a killing this weekend, and deservedly so. But my praise this week extends beyond J.J. Abrams' reboot to Braid, an XBOX Live downloadable game that's the focus of my latest Sandbox column over at IFC News.
The Sandbox: "Braid" Forges A Path for Indie Gaming (IFC News)
In Theaters:
Star Trek (The Screengrab)
Adoration (The Screengrab)Outrage (The Screengrab)
Rudo y Cursi (The Screengrab)
Summer movie season officially kicks off today with the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It's an inauspicious beginning, to be sure, though in the first major surprise of the year, this superhero prequel is no more intolerable than Jim Jarmusch's latest.
Out Now:
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Slant magazine)
The Limits of Control (The Screengrab)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (Slant magazine)
Battle for Terra (Slant magazine)
Eldorado (The Screengrab)
This was also my first official year covering Tribeca, and though I only saw a handful of the fest's films, two of them were borderline-great.
Tribeca:
Moon (Slant magazine)
The House of the Devil (Slant magazine)
The Girlfriend Experience (Slant magazine)
Black Dynamite (Slant magazine)
Cropsey (Slant magazine)
Vegas: Based on a True Story (Slant magazine)
Soul Power (Slant magazine)
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (Slant magazine)
Love the Beast (Slant magazine)
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