AltWeeklies Wire
Larger and Smaller Than Lifenew
This scathing family fictionalization draws flaws more boldly than virtues.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-02-2005 |
Reviews
Unsure Shotnew
A new film depicts how a kid became a killer, almost, during the frustrating first Gulf War. Its main achievement is to get us inside Anthony Swofford's "empty vessel," the mind of a Marine, a "jarhead," as it is first formed by hardship, then filled with horror.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jarhead, Sam Mendes
Love in the Late Afternoonnew
Steve Martin stretches his novella into a modest, melancholy and affecting film.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-26-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Martin, Shopgirl
Head Casenew
Both patient and shrink could use some meds. So could the movie.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Stay
Publish and Perishnew
The writer will do anything to get his book. The film shows at what a profound moral cost.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller
See It Now, All Over Againnew
Don't believe the liberal media, George Clooney powerfully reminds us -- unless you're prepared to live with the grim alternative.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-12-2005 |
Reviews
Better Than Chicken Run or Corpse Bridenew
Helena Bonham Carter also stars in the other, infinitely more technically advanced stop-motion animation hit, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, but she's a snore in that, a scream in Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
10-05-2005 |
Reviews
Sense and Shagabilitynew
Can the smart sister and the hot sister ever learn to get along? Even a few guys may get caught up in their dilemma.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Curtis Hanson, In Her Shoes
Feathers and Furnew
Everybody loves penguins, but there's another animal star lurking at the box office -- if you can see the elusive beast.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Carroll Ballard, Duma
No Exitnew
Theme-park workers can't escape, and the director, too, seems stuck in a rut.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
09-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The World, Jia Zhang-ke
Beyond Bordersnew
Globalization is the new villain in an effective international thriller.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-31-2005 |
Reviews
Into the Wildnew
Werner Herzog finds one of his very best subjects by accident. His wonderfully foolhardy hero, however, is on a fatal journey of self-discovery.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
The Undraped Crusadernew
This new Batman gains psychological depth, even if he loses a bit of his old static grandeur.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
06-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
The Marriage Reloadednew
Holster your weapons, please. Firepower overwhelms star power in this off-target comedy.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
06-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
The Class Warriornew
Ron Howard strips a genuine working man's hero of his social significance. But our Wal-Mart nation will probably still cheer.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
06-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
