Stephanie Zacharek - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/stephanie_zacharek/?source=rss&aim=stephanie_zacharek en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST Cinematic genius meets teen heartthrob By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/24/me_and_orson_welles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/24/me_and_orson_welles/index.html?source=rss A mighty cute Zac Efron plays the foil in Richard Linklater's affectionate ode to Orson Welles "Ninja Assassin": Sneaky but not subtle By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/24/ninja_assassin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/24/ninja_assassin/index.html?source=rss Decapitations! Slashed eyeballs! But the finest effect in this visceral gouge of a picture is Korean pop star Rain "Bad Lieutenant": So bad it's good By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/19/bad_lieutenant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/19/bad_lieutenant/index.html?source=rss Nicolas Cage plays one crazy-ass cop in Werner Herzog's loopy, cheerfully disreputable nonremake Clouds over "New Moon" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/19/twilight_saga_new_moon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/19/twilight_saga_new_moon/index.html?source=rss It might break box-office records, but this "Twilight" follow-up is a total bust "Broken Embraces" and the ties that bind By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/18/broken_embraces/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/18/broken_embraces/index.html?source=rss Pedro Almod&#243var gives us a gorgeous melodramatic fantasy about what it means to live for movies "2012": The end of the world as we know it By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/12/2012/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/12/2012/index.html?source=rss Roland Emmerich's extravagant apocalyptic epic is totally, certifiably nuts "Pirate Radio" keeps the boat rocking By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/12/pirate_radio/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/12/pirate_radio/index.html?source=rss Richard Curtis' rambling ensemble comedy tunes in to the spirit of mid-'60s rock 'n' roll "Fantastic Mr. Fox": Better than Pixar By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/11/fantastic_mr_fox/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/11/11/fantastic_mr_fox/index.html?source=rss Wes Anderson's take on Roald Dahl is possibly the best movie about family, community and poultry thievery ever made The creepy suspense inside "The Box" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 "Precious" mettle By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 "The House of the Devil": Creepy, stylish fun By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 "This Is It" is only the beginning By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 "Amelia": What becomes a legend most? By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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? "Cirque du Freak": Not freaky enough By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 Where the wild things aren't By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 "An Education": Romance with an older man By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 Three cheers for the red, white and goo By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 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 "Whip It" wobbles, but it doesn't fall down By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/whip_it/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/10/02/whip_it/index.html?source=rss With her directorial debut, Drew Barrymore gets by on a skate and a smile Critics' Picks: More daring than Lady Gaga By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/30/marchesa_casati/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/09/30/marchesa_casati/index.html?source=rss "The Marchesa Casati" celebrates an eccentric European siren who led her pet cheetahs through the streets of Venice "Surrogates": Accept no substitutes By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/25/surrogates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/25/surrogates/index.html?source=rss Bruce Willis -- with hair! -- channels his inner John Tesh in this loopy sci-fi thriller Michael Moore and the evils of free enterprise By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/23/capitalism_a_love_story/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/23/capitalism_a_love_story/index.html?source=rss In "Capitalism: A Love Story," the filmmaker takes to the bullhorn to decry corporate greed -- and promote himself