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Dream on Silly Dreamernew
This Florida Film Festival short-form documentary decries the gutting of the Walt Disney Company's hand-drawn animation division.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dan Lund, Dream on Silly Dreamer
The Animation Shownew
The movie's eager young contributors don't have nearly enough ideas of a narrative nature to justify their tedious displays of technical virtuosity.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Palindromesnew
Pointing filmmaker Todd Solondz back toward the salad days of his Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness, Palindromes paints a fearlessly perverse portrait of a 12-year-old girl who desperately wants to get pregnant.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Palindromes, Todd Solondz
Bird Brainednew
San Francisco's alternate-universe vibe pervades this documentary about Mark Bittner, a resident of the city's North Beach neighborhood who cares for some 45 conures that congregate in and around his cottage.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
The Children's Hournew
In Kore-eda's Nobody Knows (inspired by true events, it's said), the twilight zone of choice is modern-day Tokyo, where a quartet of siblings, none older than 12, putters around a small apartment, waiting for a mother who may never return.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Nobody Knows
Wings Over Americanew
In nearly its every frame, Batman Begins is modern-day mythmaking of the grandest scale. And its only substantial failing is that it doesn't mind telling you so itself.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
Waving Your Rightsnew
U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter recently brought meal plates to a televised press conference to show that Guantanamo Bay prisoners enjoy dinnertime amenities like orange-glazed and lemon chicken (each served with two types of fruit).
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Clowns Go All Outnew
In this urban documentary, South Central L.A. rival groups of "clowns," dressed in whiteface, take to the streets to perform furious dances that are the utmost in personal and cultural expression.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: David LaChapelle, Rize
Bewitchednew
This letdown film chronicles the featherweight sparring/foreplay of two characters any sensible adult would be hard-pressed to care about.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Apocalyptic Terrainnew
Zombie godfather Romero peels off yet another worthy amalgam of the two essential elements in his oeuvre: an obvious yet spot-on central metaphor and a creative approach to bodies going splat.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
War of the Worldsnew
Hollywood can officially flush its hopes for a summer recovery down the toilet with the release of this shockingly unimaginative remake.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Saving Facenew
The 2005 Florida Film Festival introduced audiences to this cross-cultural dramedy, in which a Chinese-American surgeon has to open her home to her middle-aged, newly pregnant mother.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alice Wu, Saving Face
Pitching Wunew
Director Alice Wu talks about opening the doors that were shut in her face while making Saving Face
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alice Wu, Saving Face
Not-So-Fantastic Fournew
The entire picture is a vulgar parade of hackwork FX, extreme sports, potty humor, bad WJRR rock and cheesecake shots.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tim Story, Fantastic Four
Dark Waternew
This well-made remake of Hideo Nakata's Japanese ghost story unfortunately shares too many essential details with a whole host of not-so-well-made movies: embattled but valiant mom, endangered kid, mournful dead girl and water, water everywhere.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dark Water, Walter Salles
