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The Ogre Who Wouldn't Be Kingnew
The big, green cash machine has finally run dry, perhaps not of box-office power but most assuredly of the caustic wit that made the first two films so winning.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Miller, Shrek the Third
You're in the Army Nownew
In this multination offender, Larry the Cable Guy and two friends are Army reservists who are shipped off to Iraq but mistakenly wind up in Mexico -- and can't tell the difference.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: C.B. Harding, Delta Farce
How Goes the Jihad?new
Hal Hartley's unbelievable truths in Fay Grim.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
05-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Fay Grim, Hal Hartley
Bugged: William Friedkin Follows the Trajectory of American Fear
William Friedkin ratchets up suspense and terror to an almost unbearable level with his adaptation of Tracy Letts' award-winning 2004 Off-Broadway play Bug.
Tags: Bug, William Friedkin
Extreme Closeupnew
Portrait of a Times Square suicide bomber.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
05-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Day Night Day Night, Julia Loktev
Don't Kiss the Undeadnew
No matter how you count it, 28 Weeks Later is a great zombie flick.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
After the Gold Rushnew
This amazing-looking Mexican epic is a work of historic fiction by a first-time filmmaker, and focuses on the aftermath of the takeover in 1519 of the Aztec empire by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortes.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
Sequel Dud: The Plague is the Movie Itself
It's a cut-and-paste example of how movie sequels are predictably inferior to their ancestors.
Harder, Better, Faster, Longernew
Daft Punk's Electroma is a gorgeous, glacially-paced film about heartbroken robots.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Nobody Likes a Fat Spidernew
I'd wager more Americans have a passionate opinion about the worth of the Spider-Man series than Bush or Obama -- which makes it that much more difficult for me to tell you that your precious Spider-Man movie just flat-out sucks.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
05-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
Web Slight
Spider-Man 3 only matches some of what made its predecessors great.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
04-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
Interminable Islandnew
Steve Austin stars in this WWE-produced movie about a death row convict who is brought to a remote island to fight nine other killers to the death for a televised bout.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Scott Wiper, The Condemned
Striking the Same Old Chordsnew
The bane of the punk documentary.
Tags: Punk's Not Dead, Susan Dynner
Don't Judge a Film by Its Venuenew
Black Book brings moral complexity to the mall and Offside brings lighthearted humor to the art house.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
04-23-2007 |
Reviews
Man Overboardnew
Adam Brody stars in this movie, which also features Kristen Stewart and Meg Ryan, as a young man creeping toward adulthood.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-20-2007 |
Reviews
