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09/16/10 |
Moderate |
"...the most pictorially stunning blood-soaked burlesque comedy since Roman Polanski's 'The Fearless Vampire Killers,' or 'Pardon Me But Your Teeth Are in My Neck.' " |
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09/09/10 |
Moderate |
"...a feel-good Kleenex dispenser of a movie, and there's nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it's routine Hallmark Hall of Afterschool Special material." |
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09/09/10 |
Very Good |
"...the kind of movie you might make for, about and with your best friend, for no other reason than to have fun recapturing a period in your lives..." |
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08/26/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
"Roman soldiers drop f-bombs and s-bombs hither and yon across the Cairngorms, reminding us of the piquant Latin and Celtic origins of the English language as it is spoken to this very day." |
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08/26/10 |
Outstanding |
"This is what it means to be in the belly of the beast." |
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08/12/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
"It's often funny, but I didn't laugh much because the looniness is so blatant there's no room for the freshness of discovery.... Every time you peel back a layer of the onion, all it reveals is yet more onion." |
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07/29/10 |
Outstanding |
"Carion has an eye for unusual, atmospheric touches -- the kinds of striking little things you notice in the world and think: 'Somebody should put that in a movie'..." |