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D.C. Court Tosses Texas Voting Maps
Court tosses out key redistricting maps
"...The maps Texas drew as part of the regular..."

Aug. 28, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Expendables 2
This who's who of action stars even features Schwarzenegger in his movie comeback.
"...genre that hasn't been done before, and with less CGI...."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Total Recall
This Total Recall is fast, furious, and frequently fun, but it lacks the snappy, weirdo vibe of its predecessor.
"...said, Paul Cameron's cinematography, commingled with plenty of sweeping CGI images of a nasty-looking, semi-near future, is immersive in..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Billy Friedkin Kills It
Extended Q&A with the man behind 'The Exorcist,' 'French Connection'
"...imagine what The Exorcist would have been like with CGI instead mechanically doing all the effects?..."

Aug. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

RTX 2012: Enter the Noob
Sole non-gamer in Austin attends RTX 2012, is bemused
"...and the vastly Orwellian synergy of television, gaming, and CGI, but why bother? I saw more people having more..."

July 9, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Making It Personal
Lynn Shelton on the creative process behind 'Your Sister's Sister'
"...boy to digest. Later, the actors are replaced by CGI monkeys...."

June 29, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Week in Gaming Events
You will have to leave the house
"...If you've ever played a Legend of Zelda game..."

June 15, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Snow White and the Huntsman
Ambitious, brutish, and ruthlessly unromantic, this feminist reworking of the fairy tale has us under its spell.
"...least found sustenance as dynamic diminutives (hat tip to CGI). The dwarves then ferry Snow White and the huntsman..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Men in Black 3
Josh Brolin's spooky good impersonation of the younger Tommy Lee Jones is the only fresh thing happening in this sequel.
"...it is: a cookie-cutter comedy overstuffed with 3-D (pointless), CGI-crafted spectacle (unavoidable at this point), and a soppy backstory..."

May 25, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Battleship
Crass and hugely dumb aliens vs. multiple earthling navies: Must mean the start of summer movies has arrived.
"...When it's a Peter Berg film, apparently, as this CGI-laden, excrutiatingly overlong quasi-epic and total Transformers rip-off proves time..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Week's Waste of Time
You have died of dysentery
"...I recently stumbled upon the original Oregon Trail at..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

'82 Into '12 Does Go
Drafthouse summer series fights for 35mm and Blade Runner
"...'82, meaning that we don't want to show the CGI damaged version you guys released in 2002, where all..."

May 10, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming!
‘Sherlock,’ ‘White Heat’ hit U.S. airwaves
"......"

May 6, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Marvel's The Avengers
Excelsior! This Marvel adventure knocks it out of the universe.
"...somewhere, Marvel monster master Steve Ditko is doing the CGI for this and all forthcoming Marvel Studios productions, and..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pirates!: Band of Misfits
Whether it's Pirates or Wallace and Gromit or Chicken Run, Aardman's stop-motion animation delivers the goods.
"...at Aardman Animations deliver the goods. After dabbling in CGI for their last feature effort, Arthur Christmas, the British..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
The most expensive film ever produced in Taiwan to date, Warriors of the Rainbow is a sweeping historical epic.
"...Warriors’ weakest link is its less-than-Cameron-esque use of CGI, which takes you out of the action onscreen and..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wrath of the Titans
The Greek gods of antiquity must be angry: this sequel is merely loud and uninspired.
"...excluding any having to do with calamitous overuse of CGI and presto-change-o character development...."

March 30, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beauty Is Embarrassing
'Beauty Is Embarrassing'
"...video later, however, he continued to toil in Hollywood's CGI salt mines. First-time director Neil Berkeley's look at White's..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne Harris

Who's That Guy?
Mark Wahlberg surprise guest at Seth MacFarlane conversation
"...when said boy becomes a man. MacFarlane voices the CGI bear, who sounds a whole lot like Peter Griffin..."

March 11, 2012 Screens Post by Joe O'Connell

John Carter
Old-school "Gosh, wow!" sense-of-wonder filmmaking is in short supply these days, but now John Carter has arrived to fill the void.
"...battle sequences between the Tharks and the Zodangans. The CGI, it must be said, is excellent, on par with..."

March 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alamo on the Bay
Tim League taking the Drafthouse concept to San Francisco
"...Built in 1916, the New Mission has been empty..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Michael Caine zips around on a giant bumblebee and Dwayne Johnson is a pectoral spectacle in this family-friendly, fantasy-island adventure tale.
"...result is a goofy-weird mishmash of some pretty swell CGI creatures and some downright lousy screenwriting. Imagine something along..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Tails
George Lucas exec produced – and bankrolled – this action/drama about the historic Tuskegee Airmen.
"...numbers of Hitler's formidable, jet-propelled Luftwaffe. And, yes, the CGI dogfights are often thrillingly realistic, featuring the 332nd's zippy,..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We P.2ed
Art that surprises, delights, disturbs and, yes, bores.
"...animation that walks the line between iconic and “realistic” CGI representation, diplays the range of seasonal flora expressed through..."

Jan. 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

The Darkest Hour
Five young people lead the advance against an alien attack in Moscow.
"...everywhere by turning them to ash via unimpressive, whiplike CGI weaponry. This is exactly the sort of film I..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
We're wondering if anyone will call the ASPCA if we leave these animated rodents chipwrecked far from civilization.
"...Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked uses lifeless CGI animation to tell a haphazard tale about singing sensations..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reefer Roundup: 12/9/11
Get your fix of drug war news
"...Sheesh – is there nothing else important going on..."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Adventures of Tintin: Season One
Gift Guide: On Tintin, that intrigue-chasing young reporter
"...about a bazillion bucks) behind a trilogy of 3-D CGI blockbuster films about Tintin, the first of which hits..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Arthur Christmas
The folks at Aardman Animation, who gave us Wallace & Gromit, seve up an instant – and funny – holiday classic.
"...their trademark Plasticine stop-motion designs behind in favor of CGI and 3-D techniques, both of which turn out to..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ra.One
In this Bollywood film, a video-game character comes to life and causes lots of destruction.
"...and Shahana Goswami. Not reviewed at press time. A CGI-heavy Bollywood action comedy, this film is predicated on the..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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