AltWeeklies Wire
Spiritual Richesnew
In this inspirational film, a deceased tycoon's will decrees that his grandson perform a series of tasks to determine if the young man is worthy of inheriting the fortune.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
03-15-2007 |
Reviews
Plastic Demonsnew
A documentary about our credit-card mess and some of the casualties of debt.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: James D. Scurlock, Maxed Out
Ciao, Russianew
An Italian couple's decision to adopt a Russian boy creates a troubling situation for young Vanya, who doesn't want to leave the country without meeting his birth mother.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
03-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrei Kravchuk, The Italian
One Psycho Pathnew
A wickedly entertaining postmodern take on the hallowed, 80s-era slasher flicks.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-15-2007 |
Reviews
The Killer Isn't the Only One Sending Out Ciphersnew
At 2 1/2 hours, Fincher's film is too long in the telling and too short on suspense.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Fincher, Zodiac
Road to Nowherenew
Middle-aged men cut loose.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Walt Becker, Wild Hogs
Closely Watched Germansnew
This recent Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film is the story of the small redemption of one man, who happens to be a hated East German Stasi officer.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
A Blues Howlnew
Like a steady 12-bar blues progression, Black Snake Moan lays down a groove and works the chords over and over 'til they're all spent.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
Wilderness Wondernew
Creepy Eastern European atmospherics encase this horror film, which nevertheless suffers from an anemic script.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Nacho Cerdà , The Abandoned
Lost in Cyberspace: Presidents and Pandagonnew
Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon recounts her two weeks in the presidential crosshairs.
Austin Chronicle |
Wells Dunbar |
03-01-2007 |
Politics
College (Fish)Bowlnew
This British coming-of-age drama and romantic comedy is fairly predictable, although the charming actors manage to keep the story's characters just this side of stereotype and mediocrity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Starter for 10, Tom Vaughan
Just in Time for Nader '08new
Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan on An Unreasonable Man.
Austin Chronicle |
Shawn Badgley |
02-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: An Unreasonable Man
Consuming Ralph Nadernew
This documentary is a far cry from the dry polemics one might expect from a survey of Nader's career as a consumer activist and political candidate.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Emotional Rescuenew
Despite the fact that Tyler Perry relies on contrivances and sentimentality, he manages to spin a good yarn in the process.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Hot Wheelsnew
The movie adds little to Marvel's source material, but to be fair, there wasn't a surfeit of originality in the comic book to begin with.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ghost Rider, Mark Steven Johnson
