AltWeeklies Wire
Story Reflects Post-Civil War Spainnew
Erice's 1973 film is often dubbed the high point of Spanish cinema, but it’s also one of the most elegant and emotionally engaging movies made in the last 50 years anywhere.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-23-2006 |
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Humaning Iwo Jimanew
Flags of Our Fathers is a character-rich dissection of propaganda, loyalty and the visceral brutality of war.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-23-2006 |
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Surprisingly Intimatenew
Taking place over six decades in the vast, dusty hinterlands of Brazil's northern deserts, House of Sand is nothing if not expansive.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-29-2006 |
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'Haven' Is Boring and Confusingnew
The absurdly confusing plot is built upon a flashback device that's never fully realized and based around characters whose presence is never adequately explained.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-25-2006 |
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Tags: Frank E. Flowers, Haven
British Mockumentary Relentless in Sarcasmnew
More beholden to The Office than Spinal Tap, Confetti puts three couples in the middle of a magazine's contest for "Most Unique Wedding."
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-25-2006 |
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Tags: Confetti, Debbie Isitt
Jet Li Bows Outnew
Touted as his last foray into martial-arts movies, Fearless is a Jet Li stunner.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-25-2006 |
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Tags: Ronny Yu, Jet Li's Fearless
Gifted-Class Malaisenew
This film's thoroughly bland characters are living thoroughly empty lives in thoroughly generic environs (the set decoration -- Naguib Mahfouz book here, Apple laptop there -- is subtly sinister in its glib "hipness").
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-15-2006 |
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Tags: The Last Kiss, Tony Goldwyn
Jackie Chan Passes the Torchnew
With The Protector, 30-year-old martial-arts mastermind Tony Jaa bests his own sensational Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior, the 2003 film that brought the fearless fighter Western recognition.
Orlando Weekly |
John Thomason |
09-15-2006 |
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Tags: Prachya Pinkaew, The Protector
Two New Neo-Noirsnew
We compare and contrast The Black Dahlia and Hollywoodland.
Orlando Weekly |
John Thomason |
09-15-2006 |
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Real-Life Dramanew
Nominated for the Jury Grand Prize at Sundance, this well-researched documentary fills you with frustration beyond measure, as a young black man is sent to prison for life for the brutal rape and murder of a white woman that he did not commit.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
09-15-2006 |
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Brooklyn's Black Cowboysnew
The rough documentary footage captures the street life and bustling interstates that surround Cedar Lane Stables in the tough Howard Beach area of the borough.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
09-15-2006 |
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Hiroshima, Through Survivors' Eyesnew
This harrowing documentary about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki tells its story through the eyes a few of the remaining survivors.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-15-2006 |
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Save the Turtlesnew
Richard Ogust was eating at a restaurant in Chinatown when he purchased his first turtle -- it was bound for his plate, but he took it home alive instead.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
09-15-2006 |
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The American Road Movie, in Frenchnew
Simultaneously mysterious and mundane, the debut film from French-Moroccan director Ismael Ferroukhi holds up a mirror to the American road movie.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
09-15-2006 |
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Tags: Ismael Ferroukhi, Le Grand Voyage
Stay in Debtnew
Hey kids, need another lecture on the evils of credit cards, complete with funny 60s-era footage of fresh-faced young'uns learning how to spend responsibly? Have we got the movie for you!
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
09-15-2006 |
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