Posts Tagged ‘chris’
Puss in Boots: Break an Egg
Though it has some laughs, this spinoff isn’t the cat’s meow.KRISTIAN LIN
The biggest problem with Puss in Boots is that it has come out five years too late. The feline adventurer voiced by Antonio Banderas was introduced to us in Shrek 2 back in 2004, and there’s no mystery about why he has broken...
Film Shorts
KRISTIAN LINOPENING: Waiting for “Superman” (PG) The latest documentary by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) details the failings of the American public education system. (Opens Friday)
Film Shorts
KRISTIAN LINOPENING: Breathless (NR) Fiftieth anniversary re-release of Jean-Luc Godard’s French New Wave classic about two young outlaws (Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg) on a crime spree. Also with Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melv...
Gallery
TimpaniGallery
Gallery 76102’s current show, Timpani, takes its whimsical title from the sound of the instrument, with works that build from silence to a deep, rich, all-encompassing sound. Frankly, it’s not how we hear the sound the drum...
Snowbyrd
Ken ShimamotoLoyalty to home and love for departed friends are themes that resonate at my house, which is what motivated me to repeatedly spin this disc by a San Antonio outfit I’d never heard before.
Wood Brothers
Listen UpLoaded, the second collaboration between brothers Oliver and Chris Wood, follows 2006′s critically acclaimed Ways Not To Lose.
Half-Baked Alaska
Sean Penn’s Into the Wild sure runs long, but it never seems big enough.Kristian Lin
In a fitful and fitfully effective sidelight as a director, Sean Penn has been trying to make Jon Krakauer’s book Into the Wild into a film ever since its publication in 1996.
Three Up, Three Down
Small essays on the men behind the Rush Hour series and the passage of time.Kristian Lin
Surely no one will be surprised to learn that there’s nothing in Rush Hour 3 that can’t be found in either of the first two movies.
Custodial Interference
If you want a sharp little thriller, take The Lookout to the bank.Kristian Lin
Saying that The Lookout is a terrific little film may sound patronizing, but it’s actually high praise.
Custodial Interference
If you want a sharp little thriller, take The Lookout to the bank.Kristian Lin
Saying that The Lookout is a terrific little film may sound patronizing, but it’s actually high praise.
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