AltWeeklies Wire
God at the Box Officenew
This new Israeli movie has a clear understanding that religious movies sell not only tickets, but also ideas.
Baltimore City Paper |
Eric Allen Hatch |
11-09-2005 |
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She's a Flat Characternew
And the story in this threadbare Jane Austen adaptation is pretty dull, too.
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joe Wright, Pride and Prejudice
F is for . . .new
The return of 1980s screenwriting hotshot Shane Black isn't just bad--it's really f$#!ing bad.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black
Singing Povertynew
Ben Schyan and Robert Matthews’ debut doesn’t try to hide that it’s a no-budget production.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
10-26-2005 |
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Monsters Inknew
Bennett Miller’s movie plumbs the personal toll that Truman Capote’s book In Cold Blood took on its subjects and its author.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
10-26-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller
Enemy Minesnew
Good filmmaking and bad conspire in the ultimately affecting sexual-harassment saga North Country.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Niki Caro, North Country
The Fastidious and the Furiousnew
Murder, adultery and good manners collide in an upper-crust British marriage.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Julian Fellowes, Separate Lies
Manufacturing Dissentnew
George Clooney's sophomore directorial effort subtly attacks a press corps controlled by conglomerates.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
10-13-2005 |
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Blown Jobnew
Tony Scott turns another fascinating story into yet another big-things-go-boom movie.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gary Dowell |
10-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tony Scott, Domino
Almost Therenew
Thumbsucker lives up to half its title.
Baltimore City Paper |
Eric Allen Hatch |
10-06-2005 |
Reviews
Empire of the Funnew
Family and faith form the core of Joss Whedon's relentlessly entertaining space opera Serenity.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
09-28-2005 |
Reviews
Grimm Jobnew
Terry Gilliam's latest brings no magic to his fantasy of fabled fabulists.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
08-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Grimm
Bloody Valentinenew
Strap yourself in for quite possibly the grittiest, muskiest, most blood-soaked, mind-roasting ball-busting thighmaster of a comic book you don’t ever have to read.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
03-31-2005 |
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Rhys' Piecenew
Enduring Love builds up enormous good will with its lapel-grabbing opening, its canny set-up scenes, and Rhys Ifans’ unnerving performance as a stalker in love. But in focusing on the psychological aspects of the psychological thriller, director Roger Michell asks a great many questions about love and obsession and then has trouble answering them.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
11-16-2004 |
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Tags: Roger Michell, Enduring Love
Pros and Consnew
This film offers actor John C. Reilly the chance to reveal more of his onion depths, with a reptilian character that showcases his beguiling, subtle strengths.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
09-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Criminal, Gregory Jacobs
