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A Horse Of A Similar Color
An inspirational, true-story sports movie screenwriter makes the jump to directing...with an inspirational, true-story sports movie.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
This Whole Courtroom Drama's Out Of Order!
An Oscar-baiting tale of the country's first class-action sexual harassment suit goes from gritty to squishy on the stand.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: North Country, Nikki Caro
Inside The Marginsnew
Filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan unravels the stubborn knot of aberrant human behavior in his latest look at people society doesn't typically like to look at.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
From Kiev, With Lovenew
Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz jumps from stage diving to scene stealing in Everything is Illuminated.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
If The Shoe Fits...
Chick lit to chick flick adaptation almost can't help condescending, but at least its leads manage to keep their dignity.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
10-06-2005 |
Reviews
American History Icks
David Cronenberg takes the "graphic" part of this graphic novel adaptation deadly serious, creating an incredible challenge of our acceptance of violence and sex as entertaining spectacle.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Insane On The Airplane
Jodie Foster loses her daughter, her mind and probably her luggage in Flightplan.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Flightplan, Robert Schwentke
Oh, Canadanew
The Toronto Film Festival unveils a preview of the coming year’s art house offerings.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-22-2005 |
Movies
Nicolas Cage Fares Well With Arms
The sardonic star of this gun-running Goodfellas helps maintain its manic momentum, but he can't save it all by himself.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-15-2005 |
Reviews
The Naked Citynew
Author Nick Tyler spends "Another Bullshit Night" with his homeless father and his fractured memories.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-15-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Trashy Beach Reading -- in Convenient Movie Form
It wasn't meant to be a romantic comedy, but this overheated romance gets so overwrought it's often laugh-out-loud hilarious.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: asylum, David Mackenzie
Viva Las Vegasnew
A nascent photographer finds the neon graveyard for signs of Sin City's past, and shares the results.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-08-2005 |
Art
Tongues Untiednew
Ryan Agnew and Dietrich Wegner create giant tongues and a human anus that proved the perfect backdrop for Texas weddings.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-01-2005 |
Art
Tags: anus, Georgia O’Keeffe
Outlook: Grim
Terry Gilliam's fairy tale fueled compromise between his vision and the studio's dime won't let audiences leave happily ever after.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Match Made in Heaven
Jim Jarmusch and Bill mother@%*#in' Murray reunite for a feature film that brings out the accessible best in them both.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
