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Budd Schulberg, Screenwriter, Dies at 95Mr. Schulberg wrote the award-winning screenplay for "On the Waterfront" and created an archetype of naked ambition in his novel "What Makes Sammy Run?"
New York Times Thursday, August 06, 2009The Ugly TruthYour taste for bland sniping and humiliation humor will determine how much actual enjoyment you can get out of "The Ugly Truth." Butler and Heigl have some chemistry, and she's gotten more than a little practice recently at this sort of thing, but most of it is very tried and true. If you've never seen a romantic comedy, or haven't seen one in a long time, you might like it, there are one or two decent gags, which is more than a lot of these things can manage but that's about it.
Comingsoon.net Thursday, August 06, 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraFilm Reviews: Young auds should turn this futuristic, military-themed pic into a significant worldwide hit.
Variety Thursday, August 06, 2009Marching BandFilm Reviews: The sheer energy that comes off the screen is the most striking thing about "Marching Band."
Variety Thursday, August 06, 2009Movie Review | 'Julie & Julia': Two for the Stove"Julie & Julia" proceeds with such ease and charm that its audacity is easy to miss.
New York Times Thursday, August 06, 2009Julie & JuliaStarring: Chris Messina, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Jane L... Review: The ideal recipe has a special ingredient that can lift a dish from meh to memorable. Meryl Streep — at her brilliant, beguiling best — is the spice that does the trick for the yummy Julie & Julia. Written and directed with sharp wit and unforced wonder by Nora Ephron, the movie offers a tasting menu of two lives. Streep plays the famed food writer and TV chef Julia Child, and her Doubt co-star Amy Adams plays Julie Powell, the
new york secretary who wrote a blog and a book about the year (2002-03) she spent preparing all 524 recipes in Julia's 1961 bestseller Mastering the Art of French Cooking. (Click here for more news and reviews from Peter Travers on the Travers Take) Since Julie and Julia never made caontact (don't ask), the film strains... Rating: 3 Stars
Rolling Stone Thursday, August 06, 2009Review: 'Lorna's Silence'Lorna's Silence RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Drama. Starring Arta Dobroshi, Jeremie Renier and Fabrizio Rongione. Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne. In French with English subtitles. (R. 105 minutes. At the Clay.) No one makes movies like Luc and...
SF Gate Thursday, August 06, 2009Worth seeing: Which movies to see this weekendFunny People: Writer-director Judd Apatow guides Adam Sandler to the best work of his career as a seriously ill superstar comedian who takes on an aspiring comic as his personal assistant. Part comedy and part drama, with a European languor and an emphasis on...
SF Gate Thursday, August 06, 2009Review: Twohy rebounds with 'A Perfect Getaway'A Perfect Getaway RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Thriller. Starring Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich and Kiele Sanchez. Directed by David Twohy. (R. 97 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Moviegoers who happened to see the big-budget mess "The Chronicles of...
SF Gate Thursday, August 06, 2009A Perfect GetawayTheoretically theres a reason for IA Perfect GetawayI to exist-- people like movies set in exotic locations, I guess, and the leads arent bad to look at for an hour and a half. But thrillers generally need a sense of drama or at least suspense to work, and IA Perfect GetawayI is so jumbled and uncertain
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