AltWeeklies Wire
Keanu Gets Dicked Overnew
After years of having his unique sci-fi plots Cruised and Schwarzenegger-ized for big bucks, the really dark and disturbing side of Philip K. Dick has finally found the spotlight.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
07-05-2006 |
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Reality Gets a Retakenew
The Road to Guantanamo is engaging, harrowing, and not just a little ethically sticky.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-21-2006 |
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Five Stories, One Movienew
The Great New Wonderful is just another film that treads the ground broken by Paul Thomas Anderson's seminal Magnolia.
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David Wildman |
06-21-2006 |
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God, Incest and Elvisnew
The cinematography in The King is sedately beautiful, often stunning, without ever wresting your attention away from the story.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-14-2006 |
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Tags: James Marsh, The King
Transformed Into Animalsnew
The Heart of the Game is a documentary about the Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high school basketball team in Seattle.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-14-2006 |
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A Dirty Tricknew
All in all, Clean is not so much a story as it is a constellation of artfully arranged moments that lack any real connection.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-07-2006 |
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Tags: Olivier Assayas, Clean
Garrison Keillor is Bad Companynew
Someone should put a gun to Garrison Keillor's head and force him to tell a fart joke.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-07-2006 |
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Gore Returns to Save Our Sorry Assesnew
An Inconvenient Truth revolves around a live performance of Gore's famous slideshow -- it's obscure, embarassing and generally depressing, just like the last time Gore tried to save the country.
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David Wildman |
05-31-2006 |
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Overstuffed With Troublenew
The Puffy Chair is ostensibly a wacky road trip comedy with an arty verite edge, but that's just a distraction from its real concern -- what the film really wants to know is if love can conquer endless bickering.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
05-31-2006 |
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Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
Nick Cave Plays Cowboynew
Nick Cave's second venture into screenwriting is set in Australia’s "bushranger" period, a time of outlaws and frontier living that parallels America's Wild West.
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Chris Braiotta |
05-24-2006 |
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Tags: John Hillcoat, The Proposition
Freaks Just Want to Have Funnew
In short, X-Men: The Last Stand suffers from a muddled plot, and falls short of the laser focus that X2 had.
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David Wildman |
05-24-2006 |
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Let Me Don My Tinfoil Hatnew
There's a conspiracy here, and it goes far deeper than some dead gay artist/inventor's overrated painting or a secret evil self-flagellating Catholic Church coven.
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David Wildman |
05-17-2006 |
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Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Mounting Evan Rachel Woodnew
Down in the Valley is a cowboy movie where all the sodbusting occurs inside a 16-year-old girl's bathing suit.
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Chris Braiotta |
05-10-2006 |
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Tags: David Jacobson, Down in the Valley
The Murder Plot Nearly Kills Itnew
Art School Confidential is built on a solid foundation, with great casting and clever, edgy dialogue.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
05-10-2006 |
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Tragically Yabo-Lessnew
Based loosely on a true story, Mountain Patrol is a Chinese production originally titled Kekexili, named for a wildlife preserve on the China/Tibet border where the endangered Tibetan antelope makes its last stand.
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Chris Braiotta |
04-27-2006 |
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Tags: Chuan Lu, Mountain Patrol
