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Oldboy an Operatic Tale of Revengenew
Oldboy is explosive and crazed. But at moments, the film is also remarkably still and dead calm, suggesting the merry-go-round rhythms of a disturbing dream.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
05-19-2005 |
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Tags: Chan-wook Park, Oldboy
Sith's Tragic Tone Redeems Prequel Trilogynew
George Lucas's operatic finale, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, nearly redeems the whole prequel trilogy by dramatizing the downfall of Anakin Skywalker.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Mindhunters Almost Made Obsolete by Changing Timesnew
Despite its slick veneer, Mindhunters never realizes that its expiration date passed long before audiences even got a look at it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Renny Harlin, Mindhunters
Pete Tong Rarely Goes Wrongnew
More of an exercise in sensory stimulation than a story with deep insights, It's All Gone Pete Tong offers a surprisingly fresh way to think about disabilities. The dance milieu mostly just provides the backbeat.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-12-2005 |
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Lady Wrestlers Recall Brawlsnew
Ruth Leitman's illuminating, flinty and sometimes downright depressing documentary follows a subculture of battling dames.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
05-12-2005 |
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Jane Fonda Sparkles in Film That Betrays Real Womennew
The film underscores two regressive ideas: first, that modern career women are neurotic, unhappy, competitive, underfed bitches; second, that aspiring trophy wives are the more content, well-adjusted ones.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
05-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert Luketic, Monster-in-Law
Birds of a Feather Flock Togethernew
Though hardly a beloved pet tearjerker like Old Yeller, Wild Parrots' bittersweet final section proves surprisingly moving and demonstrates how animals can teach us unexpected lessons about ourselves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-05-2005 |
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Ridley Scott's Latest a PC Version of the Crusadesnew
In spite of several engaging battle scenes, director Ridley Scott makes even those wild and crazy Middle Ages pale in comparison to all the killing and maiming going down in our own medievalesque Iraq crusade.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven
Film Lights Fire Under Racial Melting Potnew
Crash ambitiously takes on a huge theme from more angles than one film can really encompass. Nevertheless, it's filled with taut, engrossing sequences, and it honestly shows how ordinary people can rise or fall when given a chance for redemption.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-05-2005 |
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Tags: Crash, Paul Haggis
Scuzzy Execs Run Amok at Enronnew
Alex Gibney's documentary is super scary, infuriating and perversely entertaining. It's the ultimate exhilaratingly feel-bad drama for an America coming to terms with the scuzzy business practices that place shareholder profits above human decency.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
04-28-2005 |
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Hitchhiker's Guide Doesn't Go Off Without a Hitchnew
"Don't panic" may be the motto of the universal travel book that gives Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy its name, but the new big-screen adaptation frequently feels on the verge of freaking out.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-28-2005 |
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Sparks Fail to Ignite in Filmnew
Dramatic hysteria knows no bounds in dot the i, a film that has the up-and-down rhythm of a roller coaster - with none of the thrills.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
04-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dot the I, Matthew Parkhill
Film Struggles to Show What it's Like to Be Young and Angrynew
How a film so centered on disillusioned youth with a great soundtrack and directed by a genuine Scottish punk turned out so square is one of the film's biggest mysteries.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
04-21-2005 |
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Director Attempts to Deify Bike Racingnew
Had director Dana Brown simply focused on the cheap thrills of the racing in his impressive helicopter shots, the film might have shaken some of its self-aggrandizing pretense and been satisfied with just being a sensation-packed thrill ride.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
04-21-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dana Brown, Dust to Glory
Small Moments Power Remarkable Debut Filmnew
Josh Sternfeld's quiet debut film has the kind of story that doesn't explode or even simmer, but simply ... happens.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-21-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Josh Sternfeld, Winter Solstice
