AltWeeklies Wire
Bride and Prejudice
This is a surprisingly resonant allegory about arrogance and missed opportunities for connection -- and about the dismal odds of ever reaching peace because of these roadblocks.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-27-2006 |
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Tags: Eran Riklis, The Syrian Bride
Cracking Wiseguy
Didn't anyone ever tell Sidney Lumet the one about putting lipstick on a pig?
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-27-2006 |
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Tags: Sidney Lumet, Find Me Guilty
Huffing About Puffing
It's all in fun, but obviously there's a message here: You can't trust anything or anybody, because even the worst of situations can be spun to look golden.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-17-2006 |
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Spinning Out of Control
Set in a futuristic Great Britain, this adaptation of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel has everything to do with red-statism run amok.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-17-2006 |
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Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Absolutely Fatuous
Anyone expecting no more than another piece of inscrutable Xbox cinema might be satisfied by Ultraviolet.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-10-2006 |
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Tags: Kurt Wimmer, Ultraviolet
The Hills Have Axes, Too
The new face of fright: no more camp, no more suggestion, no more edge-of-your-seat fun -- only ultrarealistic, unapologetically nasty bloodshed.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-10-2006 |
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Tags: Alexandre Aja, The Hills Have Eyes
Grass Roots
Following Sean is a delicately woven, generation-spanning examination of family, idealism, and the classic question of nature versus nurture.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-10-2006 |
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Lady of the Housecoat
Madea may be a big momma, but she's no Big Momma.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-03-2006 |
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Pulling Up Lame
Let's just say that Paul Walker is the best thing about Running Scared -- it's that bad.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-03-2006 |
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Tags: Running Scared, Wayne Kramer
Donner Paltry
If keeping the action fast and unrelenting makes for an exciting ride, well, it also makes for a rather unbelievable one.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-03-2006 |
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Tags: Richard Donner, 16 Blocks
The Moore Things Stay the Same
Freedomland is a most amazing story of sorts, but in the end, its much and often absurd ado goes nowhere and amounts to nothing.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-17-2006 |
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Man's Best Co-Star
This film is quick-moving and riveting, but you may as well tune out when the movie starts cutting back and forth between the humans, safely back in America, and the dogs, left to fend for themselves in increasingly perilous conditions.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-17-2006 |
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Tags: Eight Below, Frank Marshall
Type-A Personality
Directed with maximum cliche, this is an old-school, over-the-top thriller updated for the 21st century.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-10-2006 |
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Charm Shitty
In an undistinguished reality-TV style, Ewing and Grady never rise above condescension.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-10-2006 |
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The Molar Express
It's true: Motorcycles make you look cool, even if you're an old man who can't hear too well, goes on and on with his stories and statistics and ends every other sentence with "And Bob's your uncle."
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-03-2006 |
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