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Tyson Talksnew
Mike Tyson tells his life story in his own words in this documentary by longtime friend James Toback.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-29-2009 |
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'Bangkok Dangerous' is All Cock and No Bangnew
The Pang brothers remake their own 1999 Thai hit, and, boy, is it bad. That might have something to do with lead Nicolas Cage and his Amazing Magical Wig-Hat.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-12-2008 |
Reviews
'Hamlet 2': A Comic Sequelnew
The manic comedian Steve Coogan plays a high school drama teacher who pens a scandalous remake of the Bard's classic in an attempt to save his Tucson class from budget cuts.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Fleming, Hamlet 2
'Death Race': Kill and Kill Againnew
All the busted heads and blasted gaskets can't turn this makeover of a cult classic into anything but a real drag.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul W.S. Anderson, Death Race
Putting the Buzz in Buzz Aldrennew
The animated Fly Me to the Moon is a simple parable of spirited can-do-ism, in which a trio of young houseflies semiaccidentally tags along on the Apollo 11 moonshot.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Stassen, Fly Me to the Moon
'The Last Mistress': Controversy Becomes Hernew
The latest titillation from French provocatrice Catherine Breillat is a period piece starring the ever-alluring Asia Argento.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-14-2008 |
Reviews
'Hell Ride' Covers Old Terrainnew
This grindhousey biker film, executive-produced by Quentin Tarantino, is a convoluted, overly snazzy-looking tale of bad blood between even worse people.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-08-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Hell Ride, Larry Bishop
This 'Mummy' Jumps the Sharknew
This third outing makes it abundantly clear that this once-fresh mummy franchise is dead in everything but name.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-01-2008 |
Reviews
Life Ain't Pretty in Gotham Citynew
Although the visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, this new Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our new age of anxiety.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Werner Herzog Sits on the Bottom of the Worldnew
Herzog, contemporary cinema's most consistently lyrical examiner of the (in)human condition, returns to the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
The Comics' Big Red One Provides Superhero Funnew
Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II is the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since his Pan's Labyrinth netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-11-2008 |
Reviews
'Before the Rains': Tea for Twonew
This story about life and love in southern India during the twilight of British rule is exquisitely photographed but emotionally overwrought.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-11-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Before the Rains, Santosh Sivan
'Hancock': Superhero Without a Pastnew
Will Smith is the titular Hancock, a character as befuddling as the odd movie that surrounds him.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Berg, Hancock
Condition Terminalnew
This two-person character study features lovely performances that are models of restraint in what otherwise might have been a soppy melodrama.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, Bella
Fantasy Dashednew
This fantasy film, adapted from Susan Cooper's series of novels, is utterly devoid of anything but bombastically simplistic notions.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-05-2007 |
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