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Review: Shorts
dnaindia.com –
2009-10-23
Shorts is typical of a Robert Rodriguez film - as infantile and schematically adventurous as his Spy kids series. A kind of kiddie fare that is at one with their mindsets and not intent on talking down to them. ... Full Article
Shorts
indiatimes.com –
2009-10-23
In short, issues we care about. May be, that's why Shorts begins with Jimmy Bennett (Toe Thompson) and Jolie Vanier (Helvetica Black) checking out ``who blinks first'' even as they go to school, dine, fight, argue and take their exams... ... Full Article
Shorts
smh.com.au –
2009-10-01
Corporate mockery and old-fashioned magic... Rebel Rodriguez, left, with Trevor Gagnon, making a wish with the Rainbow Rock, and Leo Howard. His five children mostly get involved in these productions - with mixed results. ... Full Article
Out & About
austin360.com –
2009-09-13
For a previous posted micro-profile of Janet and John Pierson, go here . Paul Alvarado-Dykstra. Fantastic Fest, Texas Motion Picture Alliance Connie Britton. 'Friday Night Lights,' 'Women in Trouble,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Elizabeth Avellan. ... Full Article
'Shorts' director does families, felons
buffalonews.com –
2009-08-30
LOS ANGELES - Robert Rodriguez is back in a family way. His kid-friendly comedy "Shorts" is the latest in a seesaw career in which Rodriguez veers from family fare such as the "Spy Kids" flicks to violent thrillers such as... ... Full Article
Shorts (PG)
independent.co.uk –
2009-08-23
Robert Rodriguez's new children's film, Shorts, shows what happens when a rainbow-coloured wish-granting rock falls from space and lands in sunny suburbia. It's the perfect excuse for Rodriguez to fill the screen with everything that youngsters might want to see:... ... Full Article
'Shorts' is a silly, imaginative romp
msn.com –
2009-08-21
Parents who get drafted to take their little knee-biters to see "Shorts" can enjoy the prospect of William H. Macy battling a giant booger-monster and of James Spader and Jon Cryer renewing their on-screen feud from "Pretty in Pink." ... Full Article
Robert Rodriguez; Jimmy Bennett, Jake Short, Kat Dennings. Rating: * * * Not since the first Spy Kids has Robert Rodriguez delighted ankle-biters as much as splatter fans ( Sin City , Planet Terror ), but this episodic romp is... ... Full Article
Live-action cartoon 'Shorts' moronic
canoe.ca –
2009-08-21
Unlike Spy Kids, which had something for everyone regardless of their age, Shorts is strictly for ticket-buyers 12 and under. One saving grace for parents who choose to endure it anyway? ... Full Article
Review: Shorts
dose.ca –
2009-08-21
I'm not saying that having children softens a filmmaker, but look at the movies opening this weekend from Grindhouse co-directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. ... Full Article