AltWeeklies Wire
Actor/Director Ray McKinnon Revels in the Real Southnew
In 2002, Ray McKinnon won an Oscar for writing, directing and playing the title character in The Accountant, a short film that is one of the best -- and funniest -- movies ever made about the realities of Dixie.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ray McKinnon, Chrystal
Secret Index Gives Peek at Fonda Memoirnew
Review copies of Fonda's book have not been made available to the press, but Creative Loafing's Bureau of Imaginary Journalism has uncovered this facsimile of the book's index, which provides intriguing hints of its contents.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-31-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Jane Fonda, My Life So Far
The Final Days of the Third Reich Unfold in Downfallnew
Best known for playing an angel in Wings of Desire, Swiss-born actor Bruno Ganz portrays one of the 20th century's greatest demons, Adolf Hitler, in Downfall.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Hirschbiegel, Downfall
Guess Who Is No Improvement on the Originalnew
The distance between Guess Who and the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner proves that social progress doesn't guarantee artistic advancement.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Guess Who, Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Get a Little Sweet and Sour with Animationnew
The Animation Show 2005, an evening of cartoon shorts presented by Oscar nominee Don Hertzfeldt and "King of the Hill's" Mike Judge, offers flashes of delight while confirming the adage that life is nasty, brutish and short.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-17-2005 |
Reviews
Joan Allen Chews Everybody Out in The Upside of Angernew
Director Mike Binder shows little insight into the mind of Terry, whose husband abandons her. Terry's daughters never develop past the simplest possible characterizations, and the film can't decide whether to make Terry a villain, a victim or a feminist heroine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Binder, The Upside of Anger
Sea Inside Champions Right to Dienew
Although the director succumbs at times to TV-movie clichés, the film never loses sight of the emotional repercussions of the euthanasia issue as it builds to a conclusion in which tragedy cannot be separated from triumph.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro Amenábar, The Sea Inside
Nobody Knows Is a Heartbreaking Look at Child Abandonmentnew
Nobody Knows ends far from happily or neatly, and even when moments at the conclusion brush with sentiment, the film never strays from the emotional truth of its story about the plight of homeless children.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Nobody Knows
Conditions are Overcast in Sky Bluenew
The film's striking look, unfortunately, proves far more rich and eloquent than its rickety story, which duct-tapes together befuddling plot points and dismal dialogue.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Sky Blue, Moon-Saeng Kim
Keanu Reeves Battles Demons and Angels alikenew
The loose adaptation of DC Comics' Hellblazer fumbles with some intriguing spiritual notions, but never seizes our imagination. Despite showing a hero who clashes with demons and angels, Constantine lacks soul.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, Constantine
Something Borrowednew
It's a nuptial spoof with Dermot Mulroney, like My Best Friend's Wedding, a romantic comedy set in England like Notting Hill, and a glorification of prostitution, like Pretty Woman.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Clare Kilner, The Wedding Date
Film Looks Back at Homegrown Terrorismnew
How, ultimately, did Patty Hearst become a self-described "urban guerrilla"? You'll have to look elsewhere for the answer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Flick is a Kick in the Headnew
You may not think you want to see a subtitled movie about Thai kickboxing, but believe me, you do.
Watching Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior gives you a heady thrill of discovery, like being first in line to see Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon, or one of Jackie Chan's early, astonishing slapstick action flicks.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Film Feels More Like Tragic Love Story Between Man, His Ridenew
Are We There Yet? amusingly plays off Ice Cube's crabby demeanor, but for every laugh, there's a lame joke or a shameless bid for sentiment. Rather than ask are we there yet, just stay home.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-21-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Are We There Yet?, Brian Levant
Director's Debut Strikes False Chordnew
A Love Song's first half hints that New Orleans drains the life of its dead-end populace like an Anne Rice vampire, but the film becomes a trite and simplistic postcard from the city, fatally weighed down by John Travolta's calculated slumming.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-21-2005 |
Reviews
