April 9
Paper Man (*)This debut film from writer-directors Kieran and Michele Mulroney (who are slated to write the Sherlock Holmes sequel) plays like a direct crib from a chapter from David Cross’ mock “free list of quirks for aspiring independent filmmakers.” Laughably self-serious and diced in the editing bay to the point where some scenes are seconds long while other expositional bits contain no clear point, it’s hard to imagine a more aimless work of indie indulgence. Jeff Daniels plays a novelist with writer’s block who befriends a quirky teen (beautiful Emma Stone, who deserves better than this). Daniels also has an imaginary superhero friend (Ryan Reynolds’ package), who serves no purpose but to look bored. — JS (6:30 p.m. at Regal Winter Park)
Select a date below to read the reviews on the corresponding films
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Paper Man |
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The Secret of Kells, How to Fold a Flag, Homewrecker, What’s ‘Organic’ About Organic?, My Suicide, Winter’s Bone, The Tiger Next Door,The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Drones, Cleanflix, The Revenant and Cropsey |
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Don’t Let Me Drown, The Lottery, Dumbstruck, Cooking with Stella, The Young Composers Challenge, Obselidia, No. 4 Street of Our Lady, Lovely, Still, Con Artist, Cummings Farm and Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky |
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Lost Sparrow, Mid-August Lunch, Bomber, Best Worst Movie, I Am Love and Punching the Clown |
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The Wind Journeys and Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields |
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Racing Dreams, Harry Brown and The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls |
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Waking Sleeping Beauty, New Low and K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces |
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The Sun Came Out, A Million in the Morning, Space Tourists, Welcome, Leaves of Grass, and Solitary Man |
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The Warlords |
Films on 4/18
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Wild Grass Not screened for critics. (6 p.m., Regal Winter Park) |
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This article appears in Apr 7-13, 2010.
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