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A Movie With Lots of Happy Endingsnew
This high-wire act combines fact and fiction, drama and self-deprecating humor, honesty and self-delusion.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Caveh Zahedi, I am a sex addict
Click on the Emotionsnew
Click is a message movie whose real message isn't "Stop and Smell the Roses, Jackass," but "How to Manipulate the Audience in 12 E-Z Steps."
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Click, Frank Coraci
Colonial Relapsenew
The death throes of an empire are practically nothing when compared with the twitch of the marital death nerve in this semi-autobiographical debut.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard E. Grant, Wah-Wah
Wrestling for Orphansnew
This sophomore outing from the director of Napoleon Dynamite is full of cheesy goodness, courtesy of Jack Black, but a little goes a long way.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jared Hess, Nacho Libre
Before the Revolutionnew
Andy Garcia’s film is more a dirge for what has vanished than a celebration of the past.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Garcia, The Lost City
Wish You Were Herenew
This tale of magical realism has potential for delightful originality, but the love story lacks heat and the science fiction premise spirals into senselessness.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
06-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro Agresti, The Lake House
Kitty Litternew
Hide the lasagna: The fat, lazy cat – and his doppelgänger – is back.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-15-2006 |
Reviews
The Driftersnew
Racing junkies would be better off browsing online drifting videos where the camera doesn’t cut and the people don’t speak.
Austin Chronicle |
Brian Clark |
06-15-2006 |
Reviews
Neighborhood Crossingsnew
Shot in Austin with a mostly local cast, Fall to Grace is a quiet little ensemble film that pulses with its own unique heartbeat.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Fall to Grace, Mari Marchbanks
Out West and Down Undernew
The Western is alive and well in the Australian outback, as this gritty film with a screenplay and score by musician Nick Cave demonstrates.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Hillcoat, The Proposition
Radio Headsnew
It's been a very long time since any Robert Altman film has been as enjoyable as A Prairie Home Companion.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
The Morning Afternew
This earnest, soulful, and jarringly melodramatic rave-culture love story is from Australia but out of time.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: One Perfect Day, Paul Currie
Demon Spawnnew
Julia Stiles is miscast, although Mia Farrow delights in this unnecessary remake of a perfectly good child-as-Antichrist movie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Omen, John Moore
Oy Veynew
This story about one-upmanship while staging a bar mitzvah in L.A. should by all rights be very funny, but sadly it is not.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Stalled Enginenew
Muscling for rank in the crowded box-office speedway, this Pixar contender takes an early lead but loses momentum in the middle third.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: cars, John Lasseter
