AltWeeklies Wire
Hearts and Minesnew
This action-packed take on the issue of blood diamonds is an example of social critique masquerading as cineplex fodder.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Blood Diamond, Edward Zwick
Montezuma's Revengenew
Turistas is a surprisingly effective horror film with good acting and some breathless action.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Stockwell, Turistas
Cop a Pleanew
Bob Odenkirk directs this comedy written by the Reno 911! team, but consider this one disarmed and extremely pointless.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob Odenkirk, Let's Go to Prison
Rock Your Socks Off, Babynew
How much you'll love (or loathe) JB and KG's passion for the power chord and all it entails will depend, most likely, on your familiarity with the duo beforehand.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Not So Happy Mealnew
Linklater and Eric Schlosser's noble and worthy film about meat processing and consumption smacks of good-guy agitprop and fails as a character-driven narrative.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
James Blondnew
This is the James Bond origin story wherein we get to discover, along with incoming blond Bond Daniel Craig, where 007 got his suave daredeviltry.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Casino Royale, Martin Campbell
Kick Out the Jamsnew
Crammed with grainy, shot-on-the-fly mid-80s video footage, recent interviews, and a genuine love for its subject, American Hardcore encapsulates a largely forgotten moment in maximum rock 'n' roll history.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: American Hardcore, Paul Rachman
Jigsaw's Puzzle Filled Innew
In the context of the Saw franchise, the third time's the proverbial charm, with oodles of backstory ladled atop the proceedings.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Lynn Bousman, Saw III
Going My Way?new
This mockumentary provides some of the most fearless acts of transgressive comedy in years.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-02-2006 |
Reviews
Off-Kilter Kinshipnew
This film depiction of Augusten Burroughs' hellish childhood is tonally fractured and features a series of performances that pitch and yaw between "normal" and utterly mad.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
Tricks and Some Treatsnew
Two rival magicians are locked in a lifelong quest for supremacy, which leads them down a slippery slope of hairpin twists and triple-turns in this Christopher Nolan movie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Prestige
Songs in the Key of Lifenew
This film captures a fair amount of this band's electric charge and documents its 2004 reunion tour.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
From Apolitical to Radical in Apartheid South Africanew
Rabbit-Proof Fence's Phillip Noyce again explores the havoc and repercussions caused by white interlopers toward indigenous peoples.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Catch a Fire, Phillip Noyce
Grudge Matchnew
Japanese director Shimizu may be the only director in history to have helmed a pair of Hollywood remakes of his two biggest hit films and managed to screw up both of them.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, The Grudge 2
Housekeepingnew
Maggie Smith, Rowan Atkinson, Kristen Scott Thomas, and Patrick Swayze come together for this dark British comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Keeping Mum, Niall Johnson
