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An Elegiac Story
Based on the story by Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh, A Season of Madness is only 17 minutes long, but it elegantly captures the crushing despair that's felt when trapped in a worthless marriage.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: A Season of Madness, Katja Esson
Alan Rickman Drives the Movie
Despite the ominous overhang of death, isolation and mental illness, Snow Cake never entertains too much pathos.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Evans, Snow Cake
'The Office' Meets 'Sleepaway Camp'
While perfectly accurate, such a description -- and it's the only apt one -- doesn't evoke the ringing of box-office cash registers.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Smith, Severance
An Overcooked Story and Dull Cinematography
But Pretty in the Face should nonetheless be applauded for its brave concept.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Nate Meyer, Pretty in the Face
Poetic and Engaging
Operation Homecoming is notably emotional.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
The Plot is Small and Simple
Four middle-aged guys on a road trip take a bathroom break on the side of the road, find an unusual rock on the edge of a cliff and attempt to push it over.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mani Haghighi, Men at Work
Extraordinarily Unintended Results
One would expect that the Catholic missionaries who once blanketed Latin America with their belief system returned to their European homes content that their converts would carry on the canonical traditions that define the Church.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Claudia Llosa, Madeinusa
I Seriously Doubted that 'Knee Deep' Was For-Real
One would think that a guy in small-town Maine who attempted to murder his mom after she sold the dairy farm he was set to inherit would turn up in a Google search or two -- but it didn't.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Knee Deep, Michael Chandler
Post-Katrina New Orleans Docs Aren't Too Hard to Find
With raw human drama inhabiting every corner of the city, only the most thick-skulled filmmaker could fail to produce a poignant portrait.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Stiff's Story
You have to love any movie that refers to Elvis Costello as "D.P. Costello: Pub Rocker."
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
The Blond and Cute Soccer Prodigy
Will homework or (gulp) boys keep her from her ball-playing dreams? One can only hope.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Her Best Move, Norm Hunter
A Winning Courtroom Drama
If you can ignore the outsized accents employed by the central characters and put aside the weariness you feel for period pieces that make this country's racist past seem quaintly historic, that is.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Heavens Fall, Terry Green
A Reminder of Why Americans Love Dick Wolf
This made-for-Australian-TV crime drama may have been exceptional Down Under, but it has claustrophobic production values, flat characters and a slow pace.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Greg Williams, The Glenmoore Job
Overdrawn and Unbelievable
Picking on those trapped in a stunted preadolescence -- toy collectors, train builders, comic-book nerds -- is as unfair as it is obvious.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Munro, Full Grown Men
Comedy Ensues During Post-Zombie-Apocolypse Life
The Zombie Wars are over and in quaint neighborhoods, the lawns are mowed, the milk delivered and grunt work is done by zombies controlled by electro-shock collars built (and monitored) by ZomCon.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Currie, Fido
