AltWeeklies Wire
In Like a Lambnew
The effects are effective in this mild but pleasing Christian allegory. So why couldn't they have replaced those bloody kids with CGI?
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
12-07-2005 |
Reviews
Broadway Boundnew
For once, keeping a movie musical tied to the stage serves the audience best.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Columbus, Rent
Larger and Smaller Than Lifenew
This scathing family fictionalization draws flaws more boldly than virtues.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-02-2005 |
Reviews
Better Than Chicken Run or Corpse Bridenew
Helena Bonham Carter also stars in the other, infinitely more technically advanced stop-motion animation hit, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, but she's a snore in that, a scream in Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
10-05-2005 |
Reviews
The Undraped Crusadernew
This new Batman gains psychological depth, even if he loses a bit of his old static grandeur.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
06-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
The Fair and Balanced Crusadenew
Determined not to cause any historical offense, Ridley Scott creates bland bloodshed in the Holy Land—and a hero to suit.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
05-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven
A Rap on Warnew
Gunner Palace, a new documentary, beholds U.S. soldiers in Iraq. It's TV's M*A*S*H. It's also Apocalypse Now.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-09-2005 |
Reviews
Showdown on the (Global) Village Squarenew
The Cannes Film Festival smash hit Moolaadé is about female genital mutilation, a stupid, wicked custom practiced in most African nations, but it's not really an issue film. If you shy away from seeing it because you expect to be bored or lectured to, you're a fool. And don't fear, as I did, that the grisly subject will prove too upsetting to witness—legendary Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene skillfully conveys the horror without visual overkill.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
02-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Moolaadé, Ousmane Sembene
Open Widenew
A fascinating documentary about the landmark porn film Deep Throat is restrainedly thoughtful even in its hardest-core footage, and bursting with lively personalities.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
02-10-2005 |
Reviews
Murder and Masksnew
Almodovar takes a plunge into film noir, where false identities mean more than the criminal truth.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Bad Education
No Great Shakesnew
The Snicket movie gets the books' look right, if not the fear.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
12-15-2004 |
Reviews
Eminent Edwardiansnew
There's magic to the Peter Pan story, but precious little insight into its repressed magician.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Take It All Off, Alfrednew
Biopic tells us too much about America's sexual habits, too little about what motivated its erotic expert.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Kinsey
Kerry's Best Campaignnew
Will his new biopic make John Kerry president? Not likely, but it's one of the very best of the Democrat-friendly docs stampeding in the wake of "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
09-29-2004 |
Reviews
Zhang, He’s Good!new
A Chinese master’s swashbuckling epic kicks airborne ass in rainbow shades.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
08-25-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Zhang Yimou, Hero
