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Period Threads and Story Strandsnew
Tristram Shandy's inspired, breakneck madness provides a good forum for Michael Winterbottom's chief talent: the illumination of human nature, with all its messes and occasional marvels.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Beyond the Spectrumnew
“I was born into a world you may not understand,” says the superhuman killing machine in an opening voiceover -- she ain’t kidding.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kurt Wimmer, Ultraviolet
Invitation to the Dancenew
This is a majestic movie about a once celebrated ballet company that changed the face of modern dance.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Fly Away Homenew
The homilies are all there in this family-friendly feature about a cancer-stricken 10-year-old searching for the elusive morpho butterfly.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
02-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Léa Pool, The Blue Butterfly
Landscaping the Romantic Comedynew
Think Bridget Jones' lovelorn but marriage-obsessed single woman, only make her a neat-freak, not a basket case, and a comely African-American, not a plumpish, pasty Brit in this genre-tweaking romantic comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sanaa Hamri, Something New
Puppy Love Turns Into Dognew
This new version of the timeless love story is a dopey, mopey, all-around bore.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kevin Reynolds, Tristan & Isolde
By the Numbersnew
Even when presenting a fictionalized account of what many count as the most significant NCAA basketball game ever played, this film remains a predictable sports rouser.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Glory Road, James Gartner
Riding the Rangenew
The Chronicle's reviewers run down the best films of 2005.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten, Steve Davis, Kimberley Jones and Marc Savlov |
01-05-2006 |
Movies
Tags: yearinreview2005
Life in 10 Minute Chunksnew
Composed of nine occasionally interlocking vignettes that star a dozen or so terrific actresses, Nine Lives presents intimate portraits of women grapplng with life.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nine Lives, Rodrigo García
Girls, Interruptednew
Well, we’re not in Chicago anymore, or even its soundstage approximation, but that hasn’t stopped Oscar-nominated director Rob Marshall from fashioning another epic spectacle out of two squabbling women in (a sort-of) show business.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
12-21-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Memoirs of a Geisha, Rob Marshall
All in the Familynew
This likable romantic comedy runs the gamut of emotions -- hitting tenderness, rage, remorse, and everything in between -- but there are too many characters with too little chemistry to be a real keeper.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Family Stone, Thomas Bezucha
Playing the Holiday Cardnew
This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
All Spelled Outnew
Myla Goldberg's novel about spelling-bee fever, a family in chaos and religious/mystic exploration arrives on the screen with all its faults intact but few of its charms.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Family Encounters Along the Slippery Park Slopenew
In this expertly acted piece about the coming apart of a family of New York intellectuals, humor is served not with a smirk but with a helpless shrug.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
11-03-2005 |
Reviews
Novel Gazingnew
While Capote is a good film, it hasn’t closed the book on the subject, even though the performances are undeniably great.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
10-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller
