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'A Perfect Getaway' is an Above-Average Thrillernew
This is a smartly paced and ultimately pure exploitation head trip that's a lot of fun if you can get past its third-act meltdown.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-06-2009 |
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Tags: A Perfect Getaway, David Twohy
'O'Horten' is a Danish Treatnew
This strange little Danish gem tells the story of the aptly named Odd Horten, a man cut from his moorings when he's forced to take retirement at age 67.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-06-2009 |
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Tags: O'Horten, Bent Hamer
'The Collector': A Nail in the Torture Porn Coffinnew
From the writer and director of Saw 4-6 comes this horror film about a handyman who tries to rob his employers' home but finds it rigged with a lethal maze.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-30-2009 |
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In 'Funny People,' A Master of Giggles Goes for Real Laughsnew
With this story about comedians, filmmaker Judd Apatow rewrites his own songbook in the key of James L. Brooks, a tricky mix of humor and heartfelt.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-30-2009 |
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'The Stoning of Soraya M.' Preaches to the Choirnew
This impassioned work of persuasion is like a splatter film made for the Lifetime network, a screed against stoning made for audiences who already agree.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-30-2009 |
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'Unmistaken Child' Crawls Toward Enlightenmentnew
This documentary is a full-immersion glimpse into the ancient traditions of Buddhist reincarnation and one that no filmmaker has ever before explored with this level of freedom and insight.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-30-2009 |
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In 'The Ugly Truth,' Even the Vibrating Underpants Are on Autopilotnew
In this formulaic battle of the sexes, no one will be mistaking Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler for Hepburn and Tracy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-23-2009 |
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'(500) Days of Summer': A Modern Romancenew
This romantic comedy is a deeply funny, seductive, and surprisingly honest dramatization of the ways we snooker ourselves into incompatible love.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-23-2009 |
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This 'Merry Gentleman' Is a Hit Man and Former Batmannew
Michael Keaton directed and stars in this glum story about a suicidal hit man and the woman who may save him or prove to be his undoing.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-16-2009 |
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The Boy Magician Answers the Call of His Little Wand in 'Half-Blood Prince'new
We're still wild about Harry, even though this new adventure prefers to flush pink with its lovesick teens than forward-thrust toward the mammoth battle of good vs. evil.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-16-2009 |
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The Good Girl Returns in Jennifer Aniston's New Filmnew
This romantic comedy about an emotionally stunted saleswoman and her loopy stalker strains credibility.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-03-2009 |
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'Whatever Works': Confessions of a Cranky Misanthropenew
Though Larry David makes for a good Woody Allen avatar, consider our enthusiasm for Whatever Works curbed.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-03-2009 |
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'Public Enemies': Gangster Prosodynew
The title's pluralization aside, this is Dillinger's show, and Depp's, and the actor does some cheeky, exhilarating work when he is all cockiness and resolve.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-03-2009 |
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Learning From Denver: More Insights from the Congress for New Urbanismnew
Denver was the host city for CNU 17, and it's a good city to take lessons from. What has Denver gotten right? Adept planning, linked to new code, linked to new transit.
Austin Chronicle |
Katherine Gregor |
07-02-2009 |
Housing & Development
'Year One': Sub-Zeronew
Slayer was right: God hates us all. How else to explain this blasphemously asinine and crudely scatological buddy pic?
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-26-2009 |
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