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Christian woman's newfound sexuality creates family turmoil
A woman, raised in a Bible-thumping family, endures a huge amount of personal turmoil, discovers that she’s a lesbian and abandons the faith, much to the chagrin of her parents.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
03-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: born again, Markie Hancock
South Bostonian Irish Boy Finds Release in Baseball
This story of Irish family in South Boston is engaging and well-crafted, but unoriginal.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Irish, Brad Gann
Offbeat Comedy About Adult Swim Class Explores Human Fear
This gentle, offbeat comedy about an adult swim class explores fear, grief and the loss of control without drowning in gloom.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
03-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ishai Setton, The Big Bad Swim
Weberman Studies Bob Dylan's Garbage, Creates 'Dylanology'
Weberman is the infamous New York City "Dylanologist" who gained a moment of notoriety in the late 60s for using Dylan's refuse as the basis for interpreting his works and was convinced he had gained real insight into his creative process.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-26-2007 |
Reviews
Film Gracefully Tells Story of Husband Whose Wife Faces Alzheimer's
Based on the Alice Munro short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain," Away From Her is about a middle-aged Canadian couple dealing with the inevitable drift that occurs when a longtime partner loses touch with the reality of the past.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Away from Her, Sarah Polley
Stylish Flick Captures Small-Town Reality
This film captures a group of college friends who drift apart and come to grips with the harsh realities of adulthood.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
03-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Analog Days, Mike Ott
Light-Hearted Documentary Exposes Second-Hand Famers
This doc exposes a subculture whose members, though odd, appear to be having fun on this increasingly sad planet.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-26-2007 |
Reviews
Almost Unwatchablenew
This film pokes a holier-than-thou finger at nutty superstitions like bread-and-wine rituals that, thanks to the suffering of one man, allow people to be absolved of their sins.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
02-08-2007 |
Reviews
Ruined Dance Scenes, Decent Filmnew
The makers of Stomp the Yard clearly had Spike Lee's phenomenal School Daze in mind when they decided to make a film about life at a historically black college.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Stomp The Yard, Sylvain White
Obscenly Inspirational Positivitynew
Smartly, Rocky Balboa not only acknowledges how ridiculous and unseemly it is to resubmit the Italian Stallion into the pop-culture fray of 2006, but wraps the entire movie around that premise.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
Smooth Segues and Jennifer Hudsonnew
This big-screen adaptation of Dreamgirls has two things working for it that most other musicals don't.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
A Numb Fixernew
Though illuminating as a history primer on the CIA, The Good Shepherd has the spark of an 8 am college lecture.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
A Mediocre Muddlenew
Despite David Bowie providing one of the best movie entrances ever and the continual twists one expects out of Christopher Nolan, The Prestige winds up a mediocre muddle.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Prestige
Steal This Movie ... Legallynew
While it's being made available as a $10 DVD, the producers wisely decided to push Rune out to the masses as the first free movie-length download for the iPod.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rune, Seth Kenlon; Arayna Thomas
A Cult Classicnew
Roadside Prophets is definitely loose and funny, while its main reverence is to the codified form of the road movie itself.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Abbe Wool, Roadside Prophets
