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Comedian Lost in the Byways of Songnew
Spotty comedy delivers on its promise of Total Silverman, but that turns out to be not such a good thing after all.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
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Important Subject Marred by Poor Filmmakingnew
This film is a passionate if clunky cri du coeur for the kidnapped and murdered women of Juarez, Mexico -- a silent epidemic of as many as 450 crimes in the last 10 years.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-08-2005 |
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Acting the Partnew
This Naomi Watts performance showcase has been slipping into theatres that are presently readying themselves for the onslaught of King Kong, which just happens to star Watts as the woman who would be Fay Wray.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
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Tags: Ellie Parker, Scott Coffey
If We Could Talk to the Animalsnew
Fusillade No. 1 in Disney's presumed seven-film adaptation of C.S. Lewis' beloved children's tales is marred by dodgy CGI work and windy pacing.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-08-2005 |
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For the Sake of the Songnew
Vivid yet impressionistic, this documentary tribute to the musician Townes Van Zandt brings the life and the music of this songwriter's songwriter into focus.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
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Let A Hundred Romances Bloomnew
This Chinese film presents an uncharacteristically romantic look at the Cultural Revolution.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-08-2005 |
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Bollywood Cops and Gangsters FIlm Dials Down the Musicnew
Hokey if well-intentioned and largely non-singing Bollywood melodrama about cops and gangsters and, behind them all, dear old dad.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-08-2005 |
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Tags: Aparahan, Prakash Jha
You Can't Always Get What You Wantnew
Movies this bad don’t often get released anymore, a circumstance that instantly raises the curiosity factor of All That I Need, a film about a pyramid scheme as a reality movie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: All That I Need, James Hergott
Playing the Holiday Cardnew
This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
12-01-2005 |
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On the Brinknew
Love and sensation: It's all the same thing to a young gay Swiss man who leads a dangerous life.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Garcon Stupide, Lionel Baier
Wild Blue Yondernew
This vertiginous documentary about snowboarding talks with the sport's greats and shows them in action, rocketing down crag-encrusted, virgin slopes like buckshot fired from God’s own 20-gauge.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-01-2005 |
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Gangsta-in-Lawnew
Consider this brick No. 1 in the fall of the house of Usher.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: In the Mix, Ron Underwood
Holiday on Icenew
Instead of an action comedy that’s as slick as ice, Harold Ramis’ sardonic new comedy is more like an uncongealed river of slush.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-23-2005 |
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Tags: Harold Ramis, The Ice Harvest
Rent: We're Gonna Live Forevernew
Despite the grating, workmanlike direction of Chris Columbus, this boisterous film is a vivacious, wiseacre musical and an inarguable morality lesson: Love is all you need.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-23-2005 |
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Tags: Chris Columbus, Rent
Cheaper by the Grossnew
This supersized family comedy makes The Brady Bunch look like an example of prudent family planning and sophisticated humor.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Raja Gosnell, Yours, Mine & Ours
