http://calitreview.com An arts and culture magazine. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:12:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://calitreview.com/23824 http://calitreview.com/23824#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:12:32 +0000 Brett Harrison Davinger http://calitreview.com/?p=23824 The Vow primarily through Leo's eyes is probably the film's biggest problem. Paige just had the last five years of her life wiped out and that is inherently more fascinating than a man who wants to win back his wife. The fear, the confusion, the distrust that Paige experiences on a daily basis is a superior story to one man's quest to prove his love.]]> http://calitreview.com/23824/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23820 http://calitreview.com/23820#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:35:43 +0000 Matthew Newlin http://calitreview.com/?p=23820 Safe House is the latest CIA shoot ‘em up to come out of Hollywood and although it falls back on very generic action pic conventions, it still manages to fit in a few exciting moments in an overall decent movie. ]]> http://calitreview.com/23820/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23714 http://calitreview.com/23714#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:35:38 +0000 Matthew Newlin http://calitreview.com/?p=23714 The Bourne Identity. Based on the novel by Robert Ludlum, Bourne is a former CIA operative who is struck with amnesia after a mission goes wrong. Directed by Doug Liman, Identity is fast-paced, constantly layering more and more information about who Bourne was.]]> http://calitreview.com/23714/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23705 http://calitreview.com/23705#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:05:15 +0000 Dan Fields http://calitreview.com/?p=23705 http://calitreview.com/23705/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/22669 http://calitreview.com/22669#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:05:28 +0000 George Anastasia, Glen Macnow http://calitreview.com/?p=22669 The Killer represents the apex of his career—before he went too commercial. It’s got a solid storyline and strong acting. But it’s mostly a lavishly staged ballet of bullets and blood. Guns blaze in slow motion. Bodies fly through the air. This is high-octane violence in a way that makes your typical Sly Stallone or Steven Seagal fare look like Mary Poppins.]]> http://calitreview.com/22669/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23630 http://calitreview.com/23630#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:14:42 +0000 Adam Robert Thomas http://calitreview.com/?p=23630 Chronicle. It may be a bit predictable and a bit clichéd, but so is Oedipus, that doesn’t make either any less engaging or heart rending by the end. ]]> http://calitreview.com/23630/feed 4 http://calitreview.com/23641 http://calitreview.com/23641#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:35:57 +0000 Dan Fields http://calitreview.com/?p=23641 http://calitreview.com/23641/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23596 http://calitreview.com/23596#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:48:20 +0000 Brett Harrison Davinger http://calitreview.com/?p=23596 http://calitreview.com/23596/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22610 http://calitreview.com/22610#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:05:48 +0000 George Anastasia, Glen Macnow http://calitreview.com/?p=22610 http://calitreview.com/22610/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23483 http://calitreview.com/23483#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:54:10 +0000 Dan Fields http://calitreview.com/?p=23483 http://calitreview.com/23483/feed 4 http://calitreview.com/23447 http://calitreview.com/23447#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:08:11 +0000 Julia Rhodes http://calitreview.com/?p=23447 http://calitreview.com/23447/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23439 http://calitreview.com/23439#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:35:12 +0000 Matthew Newlin http://calitreview.com/?p=23439 Man on a Ledge.]]> http://calitreview.com/23439/feed 6 http://calitreview.com/22598 http://calitreview.com/22598#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:05:03 +0000 George Anastasia, Glen Macnow http://calitreview.com/?p=22598 El Mariachi. Rodriguez has gone on to become a popular and successful director. Watching this film gives you the sense of watching a rock star back when he was in a neighborhood garage band.]]> http://calitreview.com/22598/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23357 http://calitreview.com/23357#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:07:38 +0000 Brett Harrison Davinger http://calitreview.com/?p=23357 http://calitreview.com/23357/feed 3 http://calitreview.com/23225 http://calitreview.com/23225#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:10:48 +0000 Brett Harrison Davinger http://calitreview.com/?p=23225 Loud goes so far in the wrong direction that it almost becomes a comedy. By the halfway point, you're no longer watching the magic act, you're enjoying the magician fumbling with the deck of cards.]]> http://calitreview.com/23225/feed 7 http://calitreview.com/23215 http://calitreview.com/23215#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:39:48 +0000 Matthew Newlin http://calitreview.com/?p=23215 http://calitreview.com/23215/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23195 http://calitreview.com/23195#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:09:42 +0000 Dan Fields http://calitreview.com/?p=23195 http://calitreview.com/23195/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22412 http://calitreview.com/22412#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:05:04 +0000 George Anastasia, Glen Macnow http://calitreview.com/?p=22412 http://calitreview.com/22412/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23100 http://calitreview.com/23100#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:33:13 +0000 Brett Harrison Davinger http://calitreview.com/?p=23100 http://calitreview.com/23100/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22338 http://calitreview.com/22338#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:05:41 +0000 George Anastasia, Glen Macnow http://calitreview.com/?p=22338 King of New York, Wesley Snipes revisited the urban underworld in Mario Van Peebles’ morality play about the scourge of crack cocaine.]]> http://calitreview.com/22338/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22883 http://calitreview.com/22883#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:00:36 +0000 Jem Bloomfield http://calitreview.com/?p=22883 The Exorcist to be the greatest film ever made, but has also in the past championed the work of Zac Efron and the Twilight franchise, and has recently taken to insisting that Jaws is actually a movie about adultery rather than, say, a large shark. ]]> http://calitreview.com/22883/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/22966 http://calitreview.com/22966#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:09:00 +0000 Julia Rhodes http://calitreview.com/?p=22966 http://calitreview.com/22966/feed 7 http://calitreview.com/22955 http://calitreview.com/22955#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:27:21 +0000 Dan Fields http://calitreview.com/?p=22955 http://calitreview.com/22955/feed 7 http://calitreview.com/22282 http://calitreview.com/22282#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:05:08 +0000 George Anastasia, Glen Macnow http://calitreview.com/?p=22282 Bound is distinct from the 99 other movies on this list. For starters, it’s the only one featuring lesbian lovers as protagonists. The two gorgeous actresses—Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly—wrestle around in several graphic scenes, one of which is regarded among the steamiest ever put on film. Still with us? We figured so.]]> http://calitreview.com/22282/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22901 http://calitreview.com/22901#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:27:50 +0000 Dan Fields http://calitreview.com/?p=22901 http://calitreview.com/22901/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22845 http://calitreview.com/22845#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:05:03 +0000 Dan Fields http://calitreview.com/?p=22845 http://calitreview.com/22845/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/22810 http://calitreview.com/22810#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:25:28 +0000 Brett Harrison Davinger http://calitreview.com/?p=22810 http://calitreview.com/22810/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22245 http://calitreview.com/22245#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:05:32 +0000 George Anastasia, Glen Macnow http://calitreview.com/?p=22245 Little Odessa.]]> http://calitreview.com/22245/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/22233 http://calitreview.com/22233#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:05:29 +0000 George Anastasia, Glen Macnow http://calitreview.com/?p=22233 The Godfather reinvigorated the gangster film. Second, Bruce Lee’s martial arts mayhem exploded on American screens, creating an enthusiastic audience for kung fu movies. So why not merge the two?]]> http://calitreview.com/22233/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22552 http://calitreview.com/22552#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:55:18 +0000 Brett Harrison Davinger http://calitreview.com/?p=22552 http://calitreview.com/22552/feed 0