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My Movie Week: March 28-April 3, 2008
by Bill Henry on Apr.04, 2008, under Bill Henry's Reviews
Reviews of Stop-Loss, 21, and Praying With Lior at the Avalon
This week’s entry in the category of superior movies due to be ignored by audiences is Kimberly Peirce’s Stop-Loss (3.5* in nationwide release). Following in the building tradition of The Situation, The Road to Guantanamo, The Ground Truth, No End in Sight, and In the Valley of Elah, exceptional film work is being pushed on an audience increasingly dedicated to proving that it does not want to dwell on the wretchedness of our current government… at least while it is still ongoing.
My Movie Week: March 21-28, 2008—More
by Bill Henry on Mar.27, 2008, under Bill Henry's Reviews
Reviews of Military Intelligence and You!, Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns, and Shutter
By attempting to comment on our current foreign adventures while ridiculing an aspect of past ones, Military Intelligence and You! (2.5* in limited release locally at the E St. Cinema) is a movie possessed with, at best, charms as modest as its minimal running time.
My Movie Week: March 21-28, 2008
by Bill Henry on Mar.21, 2008, under Bill Henry's Reviews
Reviews of The Counterfeiters, Under the Same Moon, Snow Angels, and Drillbit Taylor
The very best of this week’s new movies arrives with plenty of acclaim: 2007’s Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, The Counterfeiters (3.5* in limited release nationwide).
Movie Clichés that Need to be Retired
by Bill Henry on Mar.17, 2008, under Appearances
Join Bill Henry and Joe Barber at the Silver Spring, MD Borders® to discuss “Movie Clichés that Need to be Retired” on March 27, 2008 at 8:00 PM.
Coming Attractions: Winter 2007 Trailer Night
by Bill Henry on Oct.29, 2007, under Appearances
Joe Barber and Bill Henry will host The Washington DC Film Society’s “Coming Attractions: Winter 2007 Trailer Night”. Come to Landmark’s E Street Cinema on Wednesday, November 14, 2006 from 7:00-9:00pm and cringe or applaud at sneak peeks of upcoming films.
For more information, click over to The Washington DC Film Society at http://www.dcfilmsociety.org/
