http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/?track=rss Headlines from calendarlive.com en ©2009, calendarlive.com Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 calendarlive/movies/reviewshttp://feedburner.google.com http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~3/tr3uhnJKDoY/cl-et-green7-2009nov07,0,109266.story An unhappy teen seeking a way out of Ireland turns to illegally importing and selling porn magazines. <br/><br/> "Turning Green," an amusing Irish coming-of-age comedy set in 1979, takes its title from the effect of chug-a-lug beer drinking upon 16-year-old James (gifted newcomer Donal Gallery). Pub patrons bet on his prowess, and James adds his winnings to the money he's saving to get him and his brother, Pete (Killian Morgan), back to America. Six years earlier, after the death of their mother, their father shipped them off to three maiden aunts living in a coastal town as idyllic as it is boring for James. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/e69zxuh8PynMi-m0l2RPFuk_zH8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/e69zxuh8PynMi-m0l2RPFuk_zH8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/e69zxuh8PynMi-m0l2RPFuk_zH8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/e69zxuh8PynMi-m0l2RPFuk_zH8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~4/tr3uhnJKDoY" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-green7-2009nov07,0,109266.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~3/wFNsy3LbFIM/cl-et-capsules6-2009nov06,0,6999855.story Also reviewed: 'Looking for Palladin'; 'The Wedding Song'; 'Victory Day'; 'Yes Men Save the World.' <br/><br/> Although "Died Young, Stayed Pretty," a documentary about the underground rock poster movement, begins with a freewheeling array of diverting poster graphics and provocative artist interviews, it soon becomes apparent that there's no real structure or point of view to it all. In fact, by the movie's frustrating second half, it's almost as if director Eileen Yaghoobian (who also produced, shot and edited) decided to become as anarchic as the art she features here and just cut together her remaining footage willy-nilly, viewer engagement be damned. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LRo2-pzzQ5GazKEKR2RmKceFVlI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LRo2-pzzQ5GazKEKR2RmKceFVlI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LRo2-pzzQ5GazKEKR2RmKceFVlI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LRo2-pzzQ5GazKEKR2RmKceFVlI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~4/wFNsy3LbFIM" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-capsules6-2009nov06,0,6999855.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~3/D2sTCQNNHEo/cl-et-precious6-2009nov06,0,2796359.story The heartbreaking, hopeful tale of an abused, pregnant teen should not be missed. <br/><br/> Nothing quite prepares you for the rough-cut diamond that is "Precious." A rare blend of pure entertainment and dark social commentary, this shockingly raw, surprisingly irreverent and absolutely unforgettable story of an obese, illiterate, pregnant black Harlem teen circa 1987 is one that you hope will not be dismissed as too difficult, because it should not be missed. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_KntDc5EPczyrL8NPQAq1GH05hM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_KntDc5EPczyrL8NPQAq1GH05hM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_KntDc5EPczyrL8NPQAq1GH05hM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_KntDc5EPczyrL8NPQAq1GH05hM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~4/D2sTCQNNHEo" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-precious6-2009nov06,0,2796359.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~3/Bk2yd8zQHNg/cl-et-christmas-carol6-2009nov06,0,562416.story Jim Carrey plays multiple parts in the motion-capture animated re-imagining of the Dickens' classic. <br/><br/> Have you ever wanted to strangle a ghost? <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QgO080XLPpk7k3HFUXvpofXpj0Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QgO080XLPpk7k3HFUXvpofXpj0Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QgO080XLPpk7k3HFUXvpofXpj0Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QgO080XLPpk7k3HFUXvpofXpj0Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~4/Bk2yd8zQHNg" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-christmas-carol6-2009nov06,0,562416.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~3/DkDVeGSFQVQ/cl-et-thebox6-2009nov06,0,6230604.story Too bad Norma and Arthur didn't leave it on the porch. Richard Kelly's latest is no 'Donnie Darko.' The morality tale is fractured, foolish and slow as molasses. <br/><br/> Have you ever actually tried watching paint dry? A sloth walk? Grass grow? You can have all the "thrills" with none of the chills courtesy of "The Box," the painfully sluggish new sci-fi morality play from "Donnie Darko" creator Richard Kelly. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2rPtLo3qGX8kOtpD1CKkzBcacHY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2rPtLo3qGX8kOtpD1CKkzBcacHY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2rPtLo3qGX8kOtpD1CKkzBcacHY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2rPtLo3qGX8kOtpD1CKkzBcacHY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~4/DkDVeGSFQVQ" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-thebox6-2009nov06,0,6230604.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~3/RrfiyhPhk5U/cl-et-goats6-2009nov06,0,1415396.story This kinda true story of an experimental Army unit is a showcase for George Clooney & Co. <br/><br/> "The Men Who Stare at Goats" sounds like some ethnographic documentary about the bushmen of the Kalahari or the Bakhtiari herders of old Persia. Anyone expecting anything like that, or even a Disney family film like "Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar," is going to be surprised. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QX5R3IvLc-IWrRDH-kd6YUzFY6g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QX5R3IvLc-IWrRDH-kd6YUzFY6g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QX5R3IvLc-IWrRDH-kd6YUzFY6g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QX5R3IvLc-IWrRDH-kd6YUzFY6g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~4/RrfiyhPhk5U" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-goats6-2009nov06,0,1415396.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~3/WitT0miLf7Y/cl-et-araya6-2009nov06,0,4177094.story The 1959 film's style is dated, but it is visually glorious and tells a fascinating story. <br/><br/> "Araya" has been hidden in plain sight for decades, which is especially ironic for a film whose glories are so visual. A critical sensation in Europe when it was released half a century ago, this insistently poetic quasi-documentary has until now not had the kind of proper American release that could put it on the map for domestic filmgoers. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Rf0OE7uQ4BN-0ou7AXFke4fQYQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Rf0OE7uQ4BN-0ou7AXFke4fQYQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Rf0OE7uQ4BN-0ou7AXFke4fQYQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/3Rf0OE7uQ4BN-0ou7AXFke4fQYQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~4/WitT0miLf7Y" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-araya6-2009nov06,0,4177094.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~3/zXFvrjJscrI/cl-et-fourth6-2009nov06,0,4058728.story They try to get 'real' about strange occurrences. Instead they get ludicrous. <br/><br/> The vogue for verité spooks continues with "The Fourth Kind," but unlike the understated stylistic rigor of the first-person-fashioned "Paranormal Activity," this alien abduction showpiece about unexplained events in Nome, Alaska, doth protest its bona fides too much. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VOtkQD-qOdB2MIj61lGO-if_Q_w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VOtkQD-qOdB2MIj61lGO-if_Q_w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VOtkQD-qOdB2MIj61lGO-if_Q_w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/VOtkQD-qOdB2MIj61lGO-if_Q_w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~4/zXFvrjJscrI" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-fourth6-2009nov06,0,4058728.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~3/T-t0Nsqp3pU/cl-et-preciousbox6-2009nov06,0,798175.story 'Precious' MPAA rating: R for child abuse including sexual assault and pervasive language <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/acapbaowda3W8aE5M_UawamGxsw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/acapbaowda3W8aE5M_UawamGxsw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/acapbaowda3W8aE5M_UawamGxsw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/acapbaowda3W8aE5M_UawamGxsw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~4/T-t0Nsqp3pU" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-preciousbox6-2009nov06,0,798175.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~3/JdqKLaEe_pA/cl-et-theboxbox6-2009nov06,0,192193.story 'The Box' MPAA rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uN3FDQxjGP8d907nhuphLMqlBdE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uN3FDQxjGP8d907nhuphLMqlBdE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uN3FDQxjGP8d907nhuphLMqlBdE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/uN3FDQxjGP8d907nhuphLMqlBdE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~4/JdqKLaEe_pA" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-theboxbox6-2009nov06,0,192193.story?track=rss