Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Movies
- Polanski wins $4.5M bail, house arrest likely - 07:38 PM
- In recession, `Up in the Air' touches down on time - 03:04 PM
- Nude photo of Polanski, Tate to be auctioned in NY - 03:01 PM
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- Bruni-Sarkozy says 'yes' to Woody film proposal - 06:46 AM
- Kingsley to play Mogul emperor who built Taj Mahal - 04:20 AM
- Hong Kong director takes on Mulan with real actors - 02:20 AM
- Capsule reviews: `The Road,' `Old Dogs' and others - 08:11 PM
- Review: `Old Dogs' proves a mangy mongrel - 08:07 PM
Limited Run
Detroit Film Theatre presents contemporary and classic world cinema at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Tom Long: Film Review: 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' -- GRADE: B+
Review: 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' is full of wit and silliness
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" actually is pretty fantastic -- a wiseacre, quick-shooting, whack-a-doo joy ride of a film filled with goofy characters and famous voices. - 11/25/2009
Tom Long Film Review: 'Ninja Assassin' -- GRADE: B
Review: Bloody 'Assassin' is a killer ninja flick
"Ninja Assassin" is by far the best ninja film of the year, and that's not just because it's likely the only ninja film of the year. - 11/25/2009
Tom Long Film Review: 'Messenger' -- GRADE: A-
Review: Potent 'Messenger' delivers grim news
Taut, fierce and sharpened to a point, "The Messenger" is about the shockwaves and pain, within and without, caused by war and features potent, Oscar-mention turns from stars Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson. - 11/25/2009
Tom Long Film Review: 'The Road' -- GRADE: B
Review: 'The Road' is grim but graceful
The big question with "The Road" is, who will want to travel it? It is not, you see, a very easy trip. It is a well-made and faithful adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel, which only means it's a long slog through hell, lit with little hope and few glints of humor. - 11/25/2009
Tom Long Film Review: 'Old Dogs' -- GRADE: C
Review: No new tricks in 'Old Dogs'
"Old Dogs" is a nice bowl of family mush aimed at the faces of holiday family audiences, who will likely eat it up. It's pretty much a one-joke movie, that joke being about dads in their 50s with young kids. - 11/25/2009
Reel Talk
Get an advance look at 'Victoria'
Dreaming of being a princess isn't quite the same as being one, a fact made quite clear in "The Young Victoria," starring Emily Blunt, December's featured film at Tom Long's Reel Talk, showing at 7 p.m. Dec. 10. - 11/25/2009
'New Moon' takes record $72.7M box office bite
Los Angeles-- Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. - 11/21/2009
Tom Long: Film Review: 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' -- GRADE: C
Review: 'New Moon' is just what 'Twilight' fans want -- unfortunately
A big bowl of adolescent romantic mush garnished with horror-lite action scenes and a rushed road trip, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is a mess. But to be fair to director Chris Weitz and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, it is the mess "Twilight" fans were expecting and probably demanding. - 11/20/2009
Tom Long Film Review: 'Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire' -- GRADE: A
Review: 'Precious' is power and horror
As powerful a film as you will see in this or any other year, "Precious" slams you in the chest with its raw but finely balanced portrayal of a teen girl in Harlem whose life is so abusive and dysfunctional that the film can be hard to watch. - 11/20/2009
Tom Long Film Review: 'The Blind Side' -- GRADE: B-
Review: Overly weepy 'Blind Side' achieves goals
"The Blind Side" is a cute, touchy-feely crowd pleaser that wants nothing more than to wrap audiences in a warm holiday embrace. In a sense, it achieves that goal, but it is overly sentimental in a Lifetime movie kind-of-way. - 11/20/2009
Oscar panel snubs 'Tyson,' Moore's 'Capitalism'
Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 were selected for a short list of potential nominees. And Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" wasn't one of them. - 11/20/2009
West Michigan native's star rising in 'Twilight'
Taylor Lautner is at the center of a hurricane, and loving it. The 17-year-old actor and Grand Rapids native is relentlessly upbeat as he talks about the exciting new turn his life has taken: playing Jacob Black, a Quiliute Indian who shapeshifts into a wolf, in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." - 11/20/2009
Tom Long Film Review: 'Planet 51' -- GRADE: C-
Review: 'Planet 51' sputters and crashes
Mediocre, clunky and just so not special, "Planet 51" is written by Joe Stillman, the guy who wrote "Shrek," and again this movie features green people. It's time to find another color. - 11/20/2009
New on DVD
'Star Trek' primed for your home theater
The best blockbuster of the year was this unlikely reworking of the once tired Trek franchise by director J.J. Abrams. Going back to the very beginnings of the Spock-Kirk relationship, and offering a zippy script filled with humor and action, Abrams delivered a blast of a film. - 11/20/2009
New on kid vid
'Farscape' series megaset offers good sci-fi fun
This week's new releases for kids, teens and families, from the sci-fi adventure of "Farscape" to the more personal story behind "Is Anybody There." - 11/20/2009
