MCN Curated Headlines Archive for June, 2012
“Roger Ebert At 70: Did He Save Or Destroy Film Criticism?”
As Niche-Specific AOL Linkbait Goes, Not Bad: Two-And-A-Half Stars
“I just do these silly lists to entertain myself if I can’t sleep and it’s 5 am. My mind goes into overdrive finding silly pun things. In that context I grab any word going. There was no intention to offend.”
ChiTrib Caro Observes Twitter Flap with Musical Hero; Tells To Live About It
“Full stop. Oh dear. I realise I’ve hit that dreaded interviewer moment when one receives an answer six times shorter than the question. Make mental note: don’t ask actresses about time’s winged limousine.”
Nigel Andrews Interviews La Huppert
“I’m a believer in equal opportunity homicide. I also want to claim the right to kill with rage and murder for irrational reasons and obsessive passion in the same way heterosexuals have had the latitude to do so in the history of storytelling since storytelling has begun.”
Tom Kalin Revisits Swoon, 20 Years On
“Even with 87.5 years to go, the 21st century may never see a stupider comedy than That’s My Boy, which leaves the world a coarser, meaner, more arrogant place than its makers found it.”
M. Phillips Rises Beneath Vulgarity for Adam Sandler
But – “At times, you wonder if the film even knows how funny it is. Deeply cyncial, That’s My Boy seems to have saved its greatest f—-you for Sandler’s own previous attempts at being kinder and gentler. And the results are soul-corrodingly funny.”
Ebiri Begs To Differ
“Mr. Sandler manages a frame or so of genuine sentiment, and the caricature is so ugly it’s cute. He’s a performer, and there are moments when audiences will surrender to his shtick. Moments.”
Grey Lady Smooches Sandler