Articles by Will Sloan

The Green Chain

Mark Leiren-Young

PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2009

An unseen cameraman interviews seven very different people in a British Columbia logging community in The Green Chain, the ambitious but fl...

Imagine That

Karey Kirkpatrick

PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2009

Imagine That belongs in Plato's World of Forms. This isn't just a typical family comedy — this is the typical family comedy. Here is...

The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 6

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

I've been a die-hard fan of the Three Stooges since I was a kid, but as I get older I find myself deriving just as much enjoyment from the...

My Breakfast With Blassie / I'm From Hollywood

PUBLISHED May 22, 2009

As the old expression goes, "comedy is dangerous." Andy Kaufman's comedy was so dangerous that it not only tested boundaries but also ruine...

The Limits Of Control

Jim Jarmusch

PUBLISHED May 21, 2009

"The best movies are the ones you think might have been dreams," says one of the characters in Jim Jarmusch's The Limits of Control. If thi...

Dance Flick

Damien Dante Wayans

PUBLISHED May 21, 2009

At the preview screening for Dance Flick, a publicist announced that the film was created by "the next generation of Wayans brothers." Ther...

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Steve Carr

PUBLISHED May 13, 2009

For a no-brainer comedy from Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, Paul Blart: Mall Cop is shockingly depressing. In the first half hou...

Amerika Idol

Barry Avrich

PUBLISHED May 4, 2009

Amerika Idol has one of those zingy premises that must have sounded great at a pitch meeting: the government of Zitiste, a small village in...