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Argo
Ben Affleck directs this entertaining thriller about an unbelievable-but-true mission to extricate American hostages from Iran in 1980.
"...this “best bad idea”: creating the cover of a location-scouting expedition for a schlocky science fiction movie called Argo...."

Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sound of Noise
Unique to a fault, this Swedish film is a daft police procedural and an absurdist comedy about musical terrorists.
"...four movements, each movement occurring flash-mob-style at a specific location. The first movement, “Doctor, Doctor, Give Me Gas (In..."

March 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

21 Jump Street
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum go back to high school in this new take on the old TV series.
"...the mix. 21 Jump Street is more than a location; it’s a state of mind...."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Made in Dagenham
This film dramatizes a historic labor strike for equal pay that was conducted by the women of a British auto plant in 1968.
"...Schiff. A residential/industrial suburb of London, Dagenham is the location of a Ford Motor Company assembly plant where the..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Welcome to the Rileys
Though the story is preposterous, terrific performances by James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart, and Melissa Leo save the day.
"...the narrative road. Adding to the dreariness is the location shooting that focuses on the post-Katrina decay. The welcome..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hereafter
Clint Eastwood looks into the great beyond and sees dead people – lots of them, and chatty souls they are, too.
"...London Book Fair, which is surely an original filming location. Damon gamely plays a psychic who finds his ability..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Surprisingly, Zhang Yimou's Chinese remake of the Coen brothers' debut film, Blood Simple, winds up something of a limp noodle.
"...memorable characterizations of the original. Set in a remote location during some indeterminate period in the past, A Woman,..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Disappearance of Alice Creed
A kidnapping caper with only three characters and one basic location, this masterful British film ratchets up the suspense to mind-frying proportions.
"...with only three characters and hardly more than one location, Blakeson's genre masterpiece ratchets up the emotional suspense to..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Karate Kid
The remake of this kids' classic was filmed in China and provides a decent update for a new generation.
"...it's directed with sympathetic panache and arrestingly shot on location in China with an eye toward the epic by..."

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

La Mission
Benjamin Bratt plays a reformed convict and recovering alcoholic in this film written and directed by his brother Peter Bratt.
"...Mission district of San Francisco, this film oozes with location detail and a knowing sense of Latino culture. In..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

North Face
Based on real-life events of July 1936 in the Swiss Alps, this German film is a gripping and epic account of men vs. mountain vs. other men.
"...edge-of-the-seat/seat-of-the-pants cinematography (much of the film was shot on location) that really packs a natural wallop. Fürmann and Lukas..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Yellow Handkerchief
Based on an 800-word story by Pete Hamill, this small-scale relationship drama stars William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Maria Bello, and Eddie Redmayne.
"...their days-long southbound trip to the Gulf (filmed on location, to good effect). The actors – including Bello as..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

When in Rome
Kristen Bell stars as a woman who pulls three coins from a fountain … and three new beaus in the process.
"...scenic Italia, but it could have fooled me: The location scouts managed to find the one cobblestone square in..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
In this comedy sequel, the CG action moves to Washington, D.C., as the Smithsonian's exhibits are put into storage during a renovation.
"...Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon have moved the location from New York's American Museum of Natural History to..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blood and Chocolate
Lycanthropy and young love: not as yummy as it sounds but nowhere near as godawful as Van Helsing, a small mercy but very much appreciated.
"...read the book, the film's growly romanticism (the Bucharest location filming makes the most of that city's splendidly gothic..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cave of the Yellow Dog
Shot on location in Mongolia with a real nomad family, The Cave of the Yellow Dog blurs the line between documentary and fiction and, in doing so, creates its own singular dramatic language.
"...at least, your mind is fresh again. Shot on location in the Altai region of the Mongolian steppe and..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Hide the lasagna: The fat, lazy cat – and his doppelgänger – is back.
"...not one but two CGI cats and an overseas location. Viewers have everything before them (talking farm animals! a..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
More a meditation than a traditional documentary, Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy beautifully employs direct cinema techniques to transport the viewer into the world of an exiled culture.
"...colorful footage of meditating monks is accompanied only by location sounds: chanting, breathing, mountain winds, bird calls. If it..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Duck Season
Despite being a movie about youthful inertia among some Mexico City adolescents stuck at home by themselves, Duck Season is squirmy, restless and avidly visual.
"...the camera stays desperately trapped in its one interior location, literally climbing the walls while a dripping bathroom faucet..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Although the film hasn't the distinctive fingerprints of Eternal Sunshine director Michel Gondry, Chappelle's party is nevertheless a fun blast of impromptu musicmaking, filmmaking, and comedy.
"...of the overall gestalt than the details of the location, lineup, or physical setup. No background material is going..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Christmas in the Clouds
This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.
"...is something to behold: The film was shot on location at the Sundance Resort, here called the Sky Mountain..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mindhunters
In this stale thriller, young FBI profilers have a hard time figuring out who is picking them off, one by one.
"...which a group of people stranded in a remote location are bumped off one by one while the survivors..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

New York Minute
A winking, disingenuous farce from the Olsen twins.
"...Padalecki of Gilmore Girls), a big budget, lots of location exteriors, music-video montages galore, and endless flogging of "punk..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Phone Booth
"...a brief film at 81 minutes) in the confined location of a new York City telephone booth. The plot..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Life of David Gale
"...ultimately brings more business to Sam’s Bar-B-Que (a recurrent location) then it will have fulfilled its driving need to..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Spy
"...capital. The Third Man this isn't, despite some nice location work from director of photography Oliver Wood, and the..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wings
"...for Best Picture. Wings was also filmed partially on location in San Antonio. The silent classic will be presented..."

Jan. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life as a House
"...glossy mise-en-scène that makes eye candy of the beachfront location. (I'd like to propose a moratorium on the Spacecam..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Mercy Streets
"...deserves credit for mustering up a mean-streets aesthetic on location in Fresno, using grainy exteriors to give the film..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Crescent City Redux
The new version of Gumbo's has made the transition from mom-and-pop shop to a classy, upscale chain operation. It definitely makes the grade.
"...At some point, the business outgrew its Pflugerville strip-center location and the Amrs moved the restaurant to Round Rock...."

July 21, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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