Thursday, February 23, 2012

Talking Pictures: 'Crazy Horse' | 'Act of Valor' | 'Wanderlust' | 'Thin Ice'

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'Crazy Horse': Legendary documentarian lays bare a cabaret's appeal ✭✭✭
'Crazy Horse': Cabaret's appeal laid bare ✭✭✭

Coming after the great "Boxing Gym" (2010), which revealed a universe of sweaty truth inside an Austin, Texas, punching-bag emporium, documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's"Crazy Horse" settles for a bit less.

Good cast ensures a pretty good time on 'Thin Ice' ✭✭ 1/2 Good cast, pretty good time on 'Thin Ice' ✭✭ 1/2

There's something about the frozen Northern Plains that screams "insurance fraud" to screenwriters.
Paul Rudd's riffing can't save 'Wanderlust' ✭ 1/2 Rudd's riffing can't save 'Wanderlust' ✭ 1/2

Paul Rudd stands in front of a bathroom vanity and riffs a string of vulgar euphemisms for the intercourse he plans to have with Malin Akerman's character.
Recruiting tool wrestles with its gamelike focus in 'Act of Valor' ✭✭ 'Act of Valor': Recruiting tool with gamelike focus ✭✭

Fictional films about the military favor narratives in which men buck authority, risk their necks in bouts of jealous infighting and go the lone-wolf route.
HBO developing Chicago-made comedy pilot for Web streaming HBO developing Chicago-made comedy pilot

Looking to challenge Netflix in the streaming market, Comcast announced it is launching its own video-on-demand streaming service called Streampix.
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