Tag Archives: Reviews

Indie Review: ‘Solitary Man’

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Shannon Hood

A host of  recent indie films have specialized in caustic characters and unlikable leads.  Greenburg, Mother and Child, and Please Give have all featured some of the most unpleasant fictional characters of recent memory.  However, none of their characters can hold … Continue reading →

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Indie Review: ‘Mother and Child’

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Grace Suh

Rodrigo Garcia’s new film is entitled Mother and Child, but it might more accurately have been called Mother and Daughter, as variations of that freighted relationship play out in the interconnected lives of three women in Los Angeles, depicted with … Continue reading →

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Game Review: ‘Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies 2’ for iPhone

Posted on June 24, 2010 by John Carle

Apple’s iPhone has been making great strides to prove itself as a legitimate gaming platform. While many of the games for it are casual in nature, others such as Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars have shown the hardcore audience has … Continue reading →

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‘Ondine’: A Film of Fish, Fairytales, and Farrell

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Diane Panosian

As a kid, nothing was better on a very hot and humid summer day in Florida then to swim in our gigantic pool. Since it was Florida, there were many, many hot summer days and laps tend to get boring. … Continue reading →

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Game Review: ‘Guitar Hero’ for iPhone

Posted on June 21, 2010 by John Carle

With all the craziness of E3 last week, we didn’t get much of a chance to kick back and enjoy our regular dosage of playing games, watching movies or reading comics. Instead, this reviewer got gaming in nice short casual … Continue reading →

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Review: ‘Cyrus’

Posted on June 19, 2010 by The Flickcast

By Shannon Hood Reprinted from the SXSW Film Festival, 3/17/2010 Mark and Jay Duplass caused a bit of a commotion at Sundance and SXSW in 2005 when their feature film The Puffy Chair debuted to rave reviews and serious buzz. … Continue reading →

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Indie Review: ‘Please Give’

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Grace Suh

Perhaps only New Yorkers can fully appreciate the unique but not uncommon real estate transaction that underlies Nicole Holofcener’s fourth feature film Please Give. Successful dealers in trendy midcentury modern furniture, Kate and Alex have leapt at the chance to … Continue reading →

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Game Review: ‘Alpha Protocol’ for XBox 360

Posted on June 18, 2010 by John Carle

XBox 360 (Also available on PlayStation 3 and PC) Publisher: SEGA Developer: Obsidian Entertainment $59.99 Score: 7.0 Alpha Protocol is a great example of a game that tries hard to do a lot of things and ends up pulling some … Continue reading →

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