AltWeeklies Wire
Assassination Revives Obscure Piece of Presidential Historynew
Sean Penn in the lead role gives Assassination some intriguing wrinkles. The outspoken actor might identify with some of his character's liberal politics, if not his psychosis or violent methods.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-21-2005 |
Reviews
What Should Be Edgy Flick Never Deliversnew
The opening promises an edgy action flick that the rest of the film never delivers. Consider it an Assault on Carpenter's originality and your own spare time.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-13-2005 |
Reviews
A Pedophile Hunts for Redemptionnew
By placing a pedophile at the center of the story, director Nicole Kassell enters uncomfortable territory. Fortunately, Kevin Bacon's controlled, empathetic performance makes The Woodsman into an honest bid to respect the sinner while hating the sin.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nicole Kassell, The Woodsman
Renaissance Mennew
Filmmaker Rodney Evans builds a bridge between generations, linking young, gay African-American artists of today with those of the Harlem Renaissance. The film's subject proves so rich with potential that Evans doesn't know what to do with it all.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Brother to Brother, Rodney Evans
Gripping Hotel Rwanda Salutes Unlikely Heronew
Just as Schindler's List recounted the unexpected heroism of the apolitical industrialist-turned-savior of Holocaust-era Jews, Hotel Rwanda salutes an obscure hotel manager who rescued 1,200 lives during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Terry George, Hotel Rwanda
The World According to Playwright Karen Wurlnew
With an abundance of tough "life experience," it's no surprise that Karen Wurl draws on her background for her intimate, darkly comic work. Her latest play, Miss Macbeth has its world premiere at Atlanta's Essential Theatre beginning Jan. 10.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-06-2005 |
Theater
Tags: theater
The Worst of Times vs. the Best of Timesnew
A reviewer who found this year's films uninspiring debates with a colleague who asserts it's been an incredible year for movies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman and Felicia Feaster |
12-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Little Sugar but Lots of Ham in Lemony Snicket new
The film adaptation puts director Brad Silberling in a position as precarious as any the Baudelaires ever face. Silberling struggles to resist Hollywood's knee-jerk love of happy endings while staying faithful to Snicket's cheerful contempt for upbeat material.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-16-2004 |
Reviews
A Very Long Engagement is no Amelienew
A Very Long Engagement sports a benign, romantic-sounding title, but arrives with the shocking force of a mail bomb, not a love note.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-16-2004 |
Reviews
Providing the Minimum Requirement of Movie Mayhemnew
Debut director David Goyer wrote all three Blade films and improves on the sleek, empty music video of the first, but falls short of the gothic, propulsive video game of the second. Though more gritty and humorous, Blade Trinity tries too hard to be edgy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Blade Trinity, David Goyer
Sequel Takes High-Action Stakes on the Roadnew
The sequel to Ocean's Eleven unfolds as a complex heist picture that considers the honor among thieves and reveals plenty of their trade secrets. Each film offers a master-class on how to steal in plain sight.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, Ocean's Twelve
I Am David Chronicles a Journey That Takes a Preachy Turnnew
Based on Anne Holm's 1963 novel North to Freedom, I Am David takes a taut tale and gradually deflates it. David begins as a compelling escape thriller, but as the story becomes more symbolic, it takes on schmaltzy baggage that brings it heavily to the ground.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Feig, I Am David
Alexander the Not So Greatnew
With Alexander, under the command of Oliver Stone, the resurgent genre marches to its Waterloo. At nearly three enervating hours, Stone's trudge through the life of Alexander the Great could put epic films in bad odor for years.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, Alexander
Liam Neeson Gives Haunting Performance as Sex Expert in Kinseynew
The biopic Kinsey lays out just how much we didn't know before the Indiana professor began his explosive explorations. The film engrossingly shows how Kinsey's research resisted the forces of ignorance and moralism, breaking ground with the publication of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948 and its feminine follow-up in 1953.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Kinsey
Holiday Films Focus on the Fixatednew
A round-up of opening throughout the holiday season.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Directors, Various Films
