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The Police Procedural Meets the Avant Gardenew
There's a reason why this FBI agent who's chasing a serial killer has constant headaches: He's in the middle of a murky movie that mixes arch style with police procedural.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: E. Elias Merhige, Suspect Zero
This Hero Is No False Idolnew
If Douglas Sirk had made martial arts movies they probably would have looked something like Zhang Yimou's stunning new opus.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Zhang Yimou, Hero
Have You Ever Been Slipped a Miike?new
Watching the latest from the insanely prolific Takashi Miike is akin to having some very bad acid slipped in your drink.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Miike, Gozu
Revisiting the Damnednew
Help us, Lucifer. This prequel is cursed.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Up, Up, and Awaynew
Aussie import is sweet but as emotionally ethereal as a Splenda meringue.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Deckchair, Jeff Balsmeyer
The Brains of the Outfitnew
Bush's so-called brain is Karl Rove, whose mastery of dirty tricks deserves clearer scrutiny than it gets in this documentary.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
New Dog. Old Tricks.new
All actors are cattle, Hitchcock supposedly snorted. Benji auteur Joe Camp proves his case, with a twist.
Austin Chronicle |
Nick Barbaro |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Benji: Off the Leash!, Joe Camp
Lost in Translationnew
Young tykes might thrill at phrases like "I activate my dark clown card!" but everyone else should steer clear of this ghastly Japanese cross-marketing hydra.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Hatsuki Tsuji, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie
Boys Gone Mildnew
Three buddies light out into the wilderness in search of hidden treasure and a male-bonding experience -- but not too much male bonding, if you know what we mean.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Brill, Without a Paddle
Game Overnew
Tall, dark, and icky meets shiny nappy people in this asinine grudge match between two of the most memorable '80s-era screen bugaboos.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
The Doctor Isn’t In, But the Tax Attorney Isnew
Leconte’s film tells a surprisingly romantic tale of confused identity and psychoanalysis.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
Love Me Tendernew
Zach Braff’s feature film debut is a zealously dreamy tale of love, loss and ecstasy among twentysomething misfits in the brackish wilds of modern New Jersey.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Garden State, Zach Braff
Chumming the Oceannew
Open Water amounts to 79 minutes of footage of a pair of petty, pretty people freaking out over having to go to the bathroom in their wetsuits, and in the end you find yourself rooting for the sharks.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Kentis, Open Water
A Sight to Seenew
You may know a certain blind swordsman from the pulp novels of Kan Shimozawa and the films of Shintaro Katsu, but this ain’t your daddy’s Zatoichi.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
Body, But No Soulnew
From the "You Can’t Make This Stuff Up, Folks" files comes this unfeeling take on how Gram Parsons’ body went missing and reappeared a few days later in the desert, half-cremated.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: David Caffrey, Grand Theft Parsons
