AltWeeklies Wire
Breaking Ranksnew
The GI anti-war movement during the Vietnam war is recounted in this revelatory documentary whose current implications cannot be underestimated.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Zeiger, Sir! No Sir!
All Overboardnew
There is a perplexing lack of personal risk in Poseidon.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Poseidon, Wolfgang Petersen
A Blanket of Lovenew
Somersault is so beautiful and packed with feelings that it's perfect.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cate Shortland, Somersault
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.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
05-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Girls Afraidnew
Just My Luck and Somersault map wildly different paths to maturity.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
05-17-2006 |
Reviews
Compassion Play
These days, peril doesn't necessarily have anything to do with empathy.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
World Cup Appetizernew
From East L.A. to the soccer fields of England, this rags-to-riches story sticks closely to the sports movie formula.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-12-2006 |
Reviews
Sketch of a Starchitectnew
Pollack's first doc showcases Gehry’s star power, not the architecture's accomplishments.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-11-2006 |
Reviews
Mission Successfulnew
Tom Cruise, while clearly insane, has making blockbusters down to a, um, science.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-10-2006 |
Reviews
That Sinking Feelingnew
Poseidon's second voyage yields a brand-new disaster.
Seattle Weekly |
Michael Atkinson |
05-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Poseidon, Wolfgang Petersen
Homegrown Aquariansnew
Western Massachusetts' Michael Metelica and the Renaissance Community are remembered in this film.
Valley Advocate |
Andrew Varnon |
05-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bruce Geisler, Free Spirits
The Best of the Batchnew
It's all poppycock, of course, but the latest installment of the orgiastic action franchise is done with great vim, vigor, and flair.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-05-2006 |
Reviews
The Perfect Sturm und Drang
Poseidon succeeds as movie-geeky high cheese on the high seas.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
MaryAnn Johanson |
05-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Poseidon, Wolfgang Petersen
Women's Rites
Water is too smitten with local color to render its widows' plight as universal.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: water, Deepa Mehta
Country Crock
Squires' film is moustache-twirling, anvil-dropping, tie-the-girl-to-the-railroad-tracks cartoonish.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Crazy Like a Fox, Richard Squires
