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Massa of Realitynew
At last, a movie that understands the surest way to sell an important message is to come in through the lowbrow door.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
A Huge Cop-Outnew
This Ice Age's swipes are either fewer or harder to spot than those of the original.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Too Self-Importantnew
Viewers who cut their teeth on Dog Day Afternoon are most likely to look charitably on Spike Lee's latest.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Spike Lee, Inside Man
You're Guiltynew
An oafish Vin Diesel stars in the reality-based story of a New Jersey mobster who made the risky move of representing himself in a RICO trial.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sidney Lumet, Find Me Guilty
For the Self-Awarenew
This halfway-there character study is set in a world its audience probably knows all too well.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Film Geek, James Westby
An Uninspired Thrillernew
I was going to say I respect any movie that can make both sex and premeditated murder look so dull -- until I realized the word I was searching for was "resent," not "respect."
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Insipid and Forgettablenew
There's obvious dramatic potential in the story of two Sanford grandmothers who consider themselves fast friends -- despite the fact that one was once a maid in the other's house.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Reza Badiyi, The Way Back Home
Thick Freudian Undercurrentsnew
You've seen mothers like Emily Stoll before, hovering indulgently over their cherished little spawn to dispense dippily allegorical, overly enunciated life lessons.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kevin Bacon, Loverboy
Fresh Actionnew
This film shows what might have happened had the Kill Bill movies been made by a thinking, feeling human being.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lady Vengeance, Park Chan-wook
Want Some Candy?new
This film weaves a miasma of revenge.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Slade, Hard Candy
Fuck Itnew
If you're determined to hear the word "fuck" a few hundred times in the course of 90 minutes, you can either ride a city bus shortly after school gets out or see this documentary.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: fuck, Steve Anderson
Looming Traumanew
The latest directorial outing for Dunne turns on a bold, brutal plot development some viewers will accept and others will consider an insurmountable speed bump.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Fierce People, Griffin Dunne
Stag Hagnew
Filmmaker Ben Meade has assembled an impressive collection of clips from classic stag films made between 1915 and the 1960s.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: American Stag, Ben Meade
Clash Consciousnew
As their tandem theatrical release demonstrates, Oscar's 2006 nominees for Best Documentary Short were united by themes of man's inhumanity to man.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-21-2006 |
Reviews
Frequently Staticnew
Their geek cred hammered by the putrid Matrix sequels, the Wachowksi brothers set their pens to adapting a seminal graphic novel and very nearly end up transcending mere entertainment in the process.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
