AltWeeklies Wire
Death and Sniffingnew
Perfume is pretty, but its need for constant narration dooms it to mediocrity.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-18-2007 |
Reviews
Little Messrs. Sunshinenew
Get on the bus for a trip through the movies of 2006.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna and Bob Grimm |
01-18-2007 |
Reviews
Highs and Lowsnew
Candy is chock full of prettiness and drugs and poetry and feelings and nipples.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: candy, Neil Armfield
A Real Jokenew
Thr3e is so bad, it's awful.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Robby Henson, Thr3e
Spy vs. Engaging Spynew
The Good Shepherd is almost three hours long -- it's so good, it could have been even longer.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
Saved by the Bellnew
Rocky Balboa is, without a doubt, another Rocky movie.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
On the Seat's Edgenew
Mel Gibson may be an anti-Semitic drunk, but Apocalypto proves his talent as an artist.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson
Re-Creation, Not Recreationnew
Van Wilder 2 accurately depicts the worst elements, cliches of college comedies.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Hold Your Organs Closenew
Turistas is beautifully shot, well-paced and vaguely racist.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Stockwell, Turistas
Full of Crapnew
The dull Fast Food Nation would have been better as a documentary.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-24-2006 |
Reviews
A Doll of a Filmnew
What's the matter with Kansas? Tideland has heroin-fueled answers.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Terry Gilliam, Tideland
A Real 'Dog'new
Harsh Times is the perfect action movie, except that it's missing a plot.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Ayer, Harsh Times
Semi-Dignified Deathnew
The French have the nerve to make a film about a gay guy who's dying of something other than AIDS!
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: François Ozon, Time to Leave
Beyond the Bonernew
John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus has an abundance of sex, but the film is not about sex.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Cameron Mitchell, Shortbus
Outside of the Groovenew
Haitian politics and turmoil play a smart role in this story of older women and younger prostitution.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Heading South, Laurent Cantet
