AltWeeklies Wire
Bourgeois Charmnew
Electric Shadows makes for a nice romance, but it could have been much more.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-21-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Electric Shadows, Xiao Jiang
Flawed Fantasynew
Much like Trix cereal, The Chronicles of Narnia is for kids.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Plot-Weaving Clinicnew
Complex and intricate, Syriana is well worth two-plus hours of your life.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Droll Divorcenew
The Squid and the Whale is lacking in squid and whales, but it's got plenty of amazing performances.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Damn You, Oprah!new
Emmanuel's Gift delves into inspirational, compelling subjects, but the execution is manipulative and dreadful.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Threesome Gone Badnew
Atom Egoyan's erotic thriller leaves a few too many loose ends.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Atom Egoyan, Where the Truth Lies
War Is Murdernew
Jarhead has a lot going for it, including realistic soldiers and Jake Gyllenhaal's bod.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jarhead, Sam Mendes
Powerful Portraitnew
Philip Seymour Hoffman and his supporting cast excel in Capote.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller
Pure Popnew
Kamikaze Girls takes Japanese pop culture and goes to the extreme.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kamikaze Girls, Tetsuya Nakashima
Down With Elizabethtownnew
Bad plot, bad dialogue, bad acting: It's Cameron Crowe's magnum opus!
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cameron Crowe, Elizabethtown
Too Punk for the Punksnew
We Jam Econo gives '80s legends The Minutemen the praise they deserve.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-06-2005 |
Reviews
Timeless Classicnew
A History of Violence deserves all the praise it can get.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Not Another Teen Movienew
Pretty Persuasion is the brutally honest teen pic that Mean Girls should have been.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Marcos Siega, Pretty Persuasion
The Wanker Chroniclesnew
Saint Ralph quaintly captures teenage Catholic-school angst.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael McGowan, Saint Ralph
Bear of a Documentarynew
Timothy Treadwell's odd life among bears gets dissected memorably by Werner Herzog.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
