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[November 19th 7:40am] Women Who Run With the Werewolves: New Moon Reviewed
Hidden from critics until last night, here's...
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
She should so choose Jacob.
From an opening dream sequence that echoes Wild Strawberries to a cliffhanger finale featuring an ingeniously hammy Michael Sheen—and especially in the middle, while a shirtless wolfpack broods and brawls across the screen—New Moon is infinitely better than Twilight. Sorry, Portland: The sexually repressed vampire picture Catherine Hardwicke filmed here can’t hold a candle to the woozy vampires-vs.-werewolves sequel Chris Weitz didn’t film here. (He went to British Columbia instead.) The new movie is so much better, in fact, that I find myself wondering if it might actually be…no, it couldn’t be…is it good? God help me. I’ve become a 12-year-old girl.
[October 29th 3:01pm] The Dead Start to Walk in Their Masquerade: Michael Jackson's This Is It Reviewed
Too soon? Not soon enough for WW press deadlines. But here's a review of the Michael Jackson rehearsal documentary:
Michael Jackson's This is...
[October 24th 9:12am] John C. Sideshow: The Vampire's Assistant Reviewed
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up and see the blood-chilling horror of another movie not screened for critics by WW deadlines! It...
[October 23rd 2:49pm] Boys Don't Fly: Amelia Reviewed
Not screened for critics by WW press deadlines, which is probably just as well, since it's (ahem) a crashing bore.
Amelia
Well, golly,...
[October 12th 6:55am] Blair Witch in an IKEA: Paranormal Activity Reviewed. PLUS: Couples Retreat Dismissed.
The much-buzzed horror movie wasn't screened in Portland, but WW fright expert Chris Stamm braved it this weekend:
Paranormal Activity
In...
[October 5th 12:13pm] Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Kelly Reichardt Shooting Oregon Trail Western in Harney County
What's in Harney County, Oregon? Usually, not much.
But here's what's in Harney County right now: A crop of Hollywood's most buzzed indie...
[September 28th 6:28am] We're Not Gonna Remember Most of Your Names: Fame Reviewed
Fame was screened for critics after Wednesday's newspaper went to press. Since I spent the majority of my childhood in tights and spandex (for...
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