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A Long-Form Taster's Choice Commercialnew
This Ashton Kutcher/Amanda Peet romance film is a lot like mediocrity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: A Lot Like Love, Nigel Cole
Pulse Quickening Funnew
Stephen Chow's chopsocky offering is a manic, hyper-entertaining blend of classic kung fu tropes, special effects, and outrageous comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Chow, Kung Fu Hustle
Tower of Babelnew
Although The Interpreter is intelligent, intriguing, and topical, it's hampered by its own good intentions, too many plot convolutions, and character ambiguities that try to pass for suspense.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Sydney Pollack, The Interpreter
Mamas, Let Your Sons Grow Up to Be Cowboysnew
The actor Scott Caan makes a strong debut as a writer-director in this atmospheric character study in which he also co-stars with Shawn Hatosy, Jeff Goldblum, and Kelly Lynch.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dallas 362, Scott Caan
Pucker Up to the Flaming Lipsnew
This engrossing documentary is about the band, the Flaming Lips -- the crazy, bizarre Oklahoma outfit that, despite itself, rose to national prominence.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-14-2005 |
Reviews
Fathers and Other Strangersnew
An ad hoc dad turns out to be far better than the real thing in this sentimental Scottish yarn.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
04-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dear Frankie, Shona Auerbach
’Til Death Do Us Partnew
Billy Bob Thornton plays an Arkansas husband who attempts to redeem himself after critically injuring his wife and killing their son in a car accident four years earlier.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ray McKinnon, Chrystal
Remodeling a Haunted Housenew
A dream home on Long Island is not all it's cracked up to be: The family inside sees dead people.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-14-2005 |
Reviews
Animated Anthologynew
This second incarnation of the Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt-produced animation anthology is, if anything, even better than the first.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-14-2005 |
Reviews
Farrellys Strike Outnew
Don’t go into the Farrelly brothers’ Fever Pitch seeking an adaptation along the lines of the merely Yankified remix of the Nick Hornby novel High Fidelity: This is not that – not even close.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Across the Great Dividenew
Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche star in this John Boorman political drama about the work of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Boorman, In My Country
The Newlywed Gamenew
The premise of this gleefully jaundiced mockumentary is simple: A filmmaker pays the expenses of a Queens doorman buying a bride from Burma in exchange for the opportunity to film the proceedings.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Home Alonenew
Nobody Knows is the rare film that successfully tells its tale of childhood from the children’s point of view, forgoing easy sensationalism and poignancy for naturalism and honesty.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Nobody Knows
Desert Dust-Upnew
Sahara may be asinine, but it’s also goofy, good fun.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Breck Eisner, Sahara
Anger Managementnew
The two fantastic performances by Joan Allen and Kevin Costner that anchor The Upside of Anger are the reason to see this contemporary drama about romance between two flawed adults.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Binder, The Upside of Anger
