Reviews - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/reviews/?source=rss&aim=reviews en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST Fort Hood, written on the body By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/11/06/fort_hood_documentary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/11/06/fort_hood_documentary/index.html?source=rss A revealing documentary on the lives of soldiers at the Army base goes more than skin deep Disney's "A Christmas Carol": Bah, humbug! By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/05/christmas_carol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/05/christmas_carol/index.html?source=rss Robert Zemeckis' 3-D, motion-capture masterwork is oddly flat. And isn't one Jim Carrey enough for any movie? The creepy suspense inside "The Box" By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/05/the_box/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/05/the_box/index.html?source=rss "Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelley delivers at least one-half of a sophisticated, old-fashioned thriller "The Men Who Stare at Goats": Quick, look away By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/05/men_who_stare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/05/men_who_stare/index.html?source=rss Not even George Clooney's "sparkly eyes" can ignite this wispy satirical comedy "The House of the Devil": Creepy, stylish fun By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/29/house_of_the_devil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/29/house_of_the_devil/index.html?source=rss Director Ti West's horror homage looks to the '80s, without irony "Precious" mettle By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/04/precious/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/04/precious/index.html?source=rss Mo'Nique, newcomer Gabourey Sidibe and Mariah Carey keep "Precious" from becoming a social tract Critics' Picks: The dark prince of postwar Italy By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/28/il_divo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/28/il_divo/index.html?source=rss Paolo Sorrentino's dazzling, daring "Il Divo" brings the cinematic bravado of Coppola and Scorsese back home "This Is It" is only the beginning By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/28/this_is_it/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/28/this_is_it/index.html?source=rss Kenny Ortega's moving documentary expands the unsolvable mystery of Michael Jackson Memo to grammar cops: Back off! By Laura Miller Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/10/25/lexicographers_dilemma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/10/25/lexicographers_dilemma/index.html?source=rss A new book on the history of "proper" English says you're just stuck up "Cirque du Freak": Not freaky enough By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/22/cirque_du_freak/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/22/cirque_du_freak/index.html?source=rss Salma Hayek makes one sexy bearded lady, but she can't put hair on the chest of this good-natured kiddie horror pic "Amelia": What becomes a legend most? By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/22/amelia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/22/amelia/index.html?source=rss Hilary Swank has the face, and the swagger, to play Amelia Earhart. So why does this ambitious biopic stall out? The amazing adventures of an aspiring grown-up By Jed Lipinski Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/20/michael_chabon_manhood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/20/michael_chabon_manhood/index.html?source=rss In "Manhood for Amateurs," Michael Chabon recounts the glories and embarrassments of fatherhood -- and man purses "30 Rock" strikes back By Heather Havrilesky Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/10/16/30_rock_premiere/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/10/16/30_rock_premiere/index.html?source=rss The question raised by the season premiere isn't whether the show is still good. It's how could it get any better? Where the wild things aren't By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/16/where_the_wild_things_are/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/16/where_the_wild_things_are/index.html?source=rss Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers turn Maurice Sendak's woolly kids' book into a shoe-gazing exercise The terrifying success of "Paranormal Activity" By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/16/paranormal_activity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/16/paranormal_activity/index.html?source=rss How to turn a low-budget horror indie into a hit? Add Steven Spielberg, Twitter -- and scare the pants off people Critics' Picks: Call it the "liberal Bible" By Judy Berman Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/14/critics_picks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/14/critics_picks/index.html?source=rss Conservatives may be mangling the Scriptures, but the Mountain Goats' musical take on the Good Book is inspired Critics' Picks: How to improve your personality! By Tommy Wallach Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/12/how_to_be_a_man_woman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/12/how_to_be_a_man_woman/index.html?source=rss A new collection of vintage educational shorts offers a peek into the anxieties and hopes of earlier generations "An Education": Romance with an older man By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/an_education/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/an_education/index.html?source=rss Carey Mulligan shines as a teenager exploring the minefield of love -- and sex -- in a film written by Nick Hornby "Good Hair" gives it to us straight By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/good_hair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/good_hair/index.html?source=rss Burning relaxers, expensive extensions, African-American identity: Chris Rock covers it all, and keeps us laughing "Couples Retreat" is marital hell By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/couples_retreat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/09/couples_retreat/index.html?source=rss Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau costar in a flaccid comedy about couples desperately trying to keep it together Critics' Picks: The comedy of Asperger's By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/08/danny_pudi_community/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/08/danny_pudi_community/index.html?source=rss As Abed on "Community," Danny Pudi is overeager, offensive, exasperating -- and hilarious Overpriced antiques for anxious yuppies By Heather Havrilesky Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/10/07/man_shops_globe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2009/10/07/man_shops_globe/index.html?source=rss "Man Shops Globe" reveals what's fascinating and horrible about upscale catalog culture Critics' Picks: Sade meets the Marquis de Sade By Heather Havrilesky Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/07/meshell_ndegeocello/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/07/meshell_ndegeocello/index.html?source=rss Meshell Ndegeocello's unpredictable eighth album curses the darkness, then dives right in Three cheers for the red, white and goo By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/zombieland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/zombieland/index.html?source=rss The horror-comedy "Zombieland" bridges the American divide "The Invention of Lying" tells it straight By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/invention_of_lying/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/invention_of_lying/index.html?source=rss The not-so-awful truth is that Ricky Gervais is smart, funny and, yes, sexy