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DIsabled Athletes Do Battle in Gripping Documentarynew
Murderball, the winner of this year's Documentary Audience Award at Sundance, assures viewers that the disabled can be bellicose, obnoxious, confrontational and out for blood, especially when they're playing quadriplegic rugby.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-28-2005 |
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Film's Eerie Ideas Go Out With a Bangnew
Michael Bay, director of Hollywood's most destruction-crazed movies, makes an unlikely member of the Culture of Life. But his sci-fi thriller offers a metaphorical argument against cloning, stem cell and frozen embryo research.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Bay, The Island
Film Chronicles Quiet Desperation and Cutenessnew
Me and You and Everyone We Know's most original feature is probably the way it subverts the lovelorn, hangdog heroes of films like Punch Drunk Love, Garden State and Sideways.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-22-2005 |
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A Pimp Seeks Redemptionnew
Writer/director Craig Brewer offers a harsh, credible portrayal of low-level Memphis criminality and reveals the importance hip-hop can play in "the Life."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Brewer, Hustle & Flow
Film Proves to be Uneven Rompnew
Despite loads of snappy banter provided by Wilson and Vaughn and lots of potentially slapstick situations, Wedding Crashers proves to be an uneven romp. The movie oversaturates some scenes with solid laughs and squanders other opportunities.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
07-14-2005 |
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Director's Ego Gets in the Way of Burlesque Documentarynew
Featuring film clips and interviews with burlesque icons, Pretty Things makes a case for the difference between the show-and-tell stripping of contemporary times and the slow-burn tease of classic burlesque -- despite the director's need for attention.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Liz Goldwyn, Pretty Things
Middle-Aged Identity Crisis is a Post-Graduate Experiencenew
King of the Corner is a mellow, shaggy, post-Graduate existential crisis in which an ordinary middle-aged man wakes up to his own life and wonders if that's all there is.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King of the Corner, Peter Riegert
Film Crashes at the Intersection of Clever and Clichenew
Happy Endings, Don Roos' comedy of love, sex and parental instincts, joins Crash, Short Cuts and Magnolia as one of those films that trails countless intersecting characters across sprawling Los Angeles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Don Roos, Happy Endings
Tim Burton's Latest Film Is Sweetly Sinisternew
Tim Burton's remake matches the original film's tone of whimsy laced with rat poison, but in a vastly more entertaining retelling of the Dahlian classic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-14-2005 |
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Sexual Intrigue Defines Lives in Heightsnew
New York City is the unbilled big star, second only to Glenn Close, in Heights. It's the place where secret lives can be indulged and where sex charges the air.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Terrio, Heights
Emperor Penguins Hook Up in Antarctic Adventurenew
As human commitment to "downsizing" the environment intensifies, our interest in its charms appears to be on the rise.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Luc Jacquet, March of the Penguins
Spielberg Presents Post-9/11 War of the Worldsnew
In this War of the Worlds, Spielberg has more on his mind than roller coaster thrills, despite visually accomplished destruction. The film reveals a preoccupation with Sept. 11, both through its story and its symbols.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-30-2005 |
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It's Zombie Nation in Land of the Deadnew
George A. Romero's latest film proves that the new generation of zombie auteurs has exceeded their teacher.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: George A. Romero, Land of the Dead
Film Does Justice To Romantic Wanderlustnew
This French drama is delightful and rare for addressing marriage's lonely, fragile dimensions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
06-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Happily Ever After, Yvan Attal
Sexual Abuse Haunts Boys in Devastating Filmnew
Mysterious Skin is a depressingly vivid look at the trauma of childhood molestation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
06-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gregg Araki, Mysterious Skin
