Twitter Review: [Rec]
Unlike most monster movies, ‘[Rec]’ builds horror along with chaos. Near the end, it tells when it should hint, but it’s invisibly skillful.
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Twitter Review: Treme Season 1
‘Treme’ S1 starts slowly, has some tedious characters, and is too proudly authentic, but Simon’s team remains expert at resonant microcosms.
Tagged: David Simon, HBO, New Orleans, Reviews, Television, Treme, Twitter Reviews
Twitter Review: Adoration
‘Adoration’ is a dispiriting Egoyan misfire, a too-blunt but intriguingly indirect meditation on terrorism that then excavates dull motives.
Tagged: Adoration, Atom Egoyan, Dramas, Reviews, Terrorism, Twitter Reviews
Twitter Review: Charlie Wilson’s War
Aside from canonizing its subject – especially in the excruciating bookends – ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ is crackling, sharp, and outraged fun
Twitter Review: Justified Season 1
‘Justified’ S1: Sly performances, character ambiguity, sharply natural dialogue, and propulsive violence elevate this backwoods pulp fiction
Tagged: Justified, Reviews, Television, Twitter Reviews
Twitter Review: The Messenger
‘The Messenger’ is unerring on its own dramatic terms but misses an opportunity by offering character over punishing war-death notifications
Tagged: Dramas, Oren Moverman, Reviews, The Messenger, Twitter, Twitter Reviews, War
Antichrist: A Review in Four Tweets
Lars von Trier’s Antichrist in 560 characters over four Tweets: descriptive, positive, a turning point, and ultimately (in both the “finally” and “fundamentally” senses of the word) negative.
Tagged: Antichrist, Horror, Lars von Trier, Reviews, Sex, Twitter, Twitter Reviews, Violence, Ways of Watching
Twitter Review: Timecrimes
‘Timecrimes’ is compact and skillful, but it’s all plot and no character. ‘Primer’ is similar but far superior
Tagged: Nacho Vigalondo, Primer, Reviews, Time Travel, Timecrimes, Twitter, Twitter Reviews
Twitter Review: Lost, “Across the Sea”
The awaited Jacob/MIB episode of ‘Lost’ was penned by series bigwigs but merely underlined already-obvious moral relativism. Gallingly dull.
Tagged: Lost, Reviews, Television, Twitter, Twitter Reviews
Twitter Review: (500) Days of Summer
‘(500) Days of Summer’ has a good hook and nails relationship details, but it’s too cute and frustratingly undisciplined and self-satisfied.
Tagged: (500) Days of Summer, Marc Webb, Reviews, Romance, Twitter, Twitter Reviews