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Life After a Sex Changenew
Scott Turner Schofield has become a sort of transgender ambassador.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-16-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Black Russiannew
Bekmambetov doesn't really transcend B-movie action fare, but compared to the witless celebrations of big guns and leather in films like Underworld: Evolution, Night Watch serves a more bracing cocktail of vodka and viscera.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Timur Bekmambetov, Night Watch
Lost In a Good Booknew
Tristram Shandy falls short of the example set by Adaptation, an equally head-spinning movie about adapting an unfilmable book.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Lighten Up Your Oscar Partynew
How can you keep the Oscar-nominated films from killing your Oscar party?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Oscars
Taking Moral Struggles Southnew
Just because Three Burials is a movie of few words doesn't mean it's profound.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-23-2006 |
Reviews
South Wins!new
By projecting the horrific implications of the Confederacy across a century-and-a-half of American history, C.S.A. might convince contemporary sons of the South to stop whistling "Dixie."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-23-2006 |
Reviews
Racial Tensions Crashnew
In the spirit of social issue films of the 1970s, Freedomland addresses a hot contemporary topic but nearly fumbles it, as if dazzled by celebrity and a desire to oversimplify its story.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Freedomland, Joe Roth
There Goes the Bridenew
The director seems determined to make nothing more than a low-budget version of a Hugh Grant-Hollywood rom-com.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Imagine Me & You, Ol Parker
System Crashnew
The director can't change the film from an essentially dumb action flick that culminates with standard-issue fight scenes and a requisite car crash followed by a spectacular explosion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Firewall, Richard Loncraine
Go, Speed Racernew
With a feisty codger taking an allegorical American journey on an unlikely vehicle, this film evokes the lawnmower road trip of David Lynch's The Straight Story.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
The Lady From Shanghainew
You can't help but envision this as a book first.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Ivory, The White Countess
Brothers Need Another Shotnew
For their first cartoon feature, the Edwards brothers seem too cool to stoop to crafting likable or interesting characters.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Woody Allen's Best Drama to Datenew
By swapping his trademark New York locales for London and ridding the film of neurotic wisecrackers, the director breaks his recent streak of pointless comedies and constipated dramas.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Bombing in the Muslim Worldnew
The film leaves us knowing no more about Muslims at the end than we did going in.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Blitz Meets Brits' Titsnew
The most shocking thing about Stephen Frears' film isn't the skin on display but the revelation that he could embrace such glib sentiment.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-12-2006 |
Reviews
