Slant MagazineSlant Magazine is a webzine featuring reviews and articles on current and classic film, music, and television, interviews, album chart information, box office predictions, and DVD coverageKicking It: Film Review- (Found June 24, 2008 ) As in the recent Planet B-Boy, the impoverished conditions of the film's subjects matter significantly less than the rush of competition, but at least Planet B-Boy was a thrill to watch. by Ed Gonzalezhttp://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3697 The Incredible Hulk: Film Review- (Found June 24, 2008 ) No fondness for crummy old television can obscure the general faintheartedness of this saga. by Nick Schagerhttp://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3717 Weeds: TV Review- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Weeds works best when it focuses on the first two syllables of its designated genre, "dramedy." by Sal Cinquemanihttp://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/tv_review.asp?ID=66 The Happening: Film Review- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Shyamalan is far better at setup than payoff, and the Sixth Sense director's latest once and for all cements that reputation. by Nick Schagerhttp://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3721 To the Limit: Film Review- (Found June 24, 2008 ) So nerve-racking is its death-defying rock climbing footage that To the Limit could have easily been renamed Vertigo without giving the master of suspense any postmortem unease. by Rob Humanickhttp://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3722 The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition: DVD Review- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Given that this new DVD is an almost exact facsimile of the 2003 disc, they should have just called it the "I Wanna Be Like You" Edition. by Ed Gonzalezhttp://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/dvd_review.asp?ID=1349 Brick Lane: Film Review- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Even when 911 is invoked the film doesn't so much suggest a melodrama of the heart and spirit as it does an explosion at a fabric store. by Ed Gonzalezhttp://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3704 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl: Film Review- (Found June 24, 2008 ) For a G-rated film, Kit Kittredge's profound insight into the breakdown of society and families during the Depression and the country's subsequent rebirth is surprising. by Ed Gonzalezhttp://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3718 Secret Diary of a Call Girl: TV Review- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Imagine a Sex and the City character with Carrie's personality and Samantha's sex drive and whose motivation isn't "What will I talk about with my friends next" but "What can't I say to the friends I don't have anyway," and you are halfway toward understanding Secret Diary of a Call Girl. by Arthur Ryel-Lindseyhttp://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/tv_review.asp?ID=67 Made in America: Film Review- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Peralta's presentation, a mixture of archival footage, talking-head interviews and pertinent statistics amped-up by hip-hop beats and diagrammatic imagery, is so concise and efficient that it often overshadows the fact that some of his doc's contentions aren't particularly novel. by Nick Schagerhttp://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3724 |