AltWeeklies Wire
Split Decisionnew
Clint Eastwood's boxing melodrama doesn't quite live up to its awards-season accolades. But Hilary Swank's effort is a steely knockout.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-05-2005 |
Reviews
Top 10 List Recognizes Good Storytellingnew
Truth turned out to be less compelling than pure inventiveness in 2004, which explains the critic's No. 1 choice, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-03-2005 |
Reviews
The Phantom Menacenew
Joel Schumacher mucks up Andrew Lloyd Webber. Only his phans will be shocked and disappointed.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Murder and Masksnew
Almodovar takes a plunge into film noir, where false identities mean more than the criminal truth.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Bad Education
Slumlordsnew
De Niro, Stiller, and company stoop to conquer in this aim-low family clash.
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Bonazelli |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Roach, Meet the Fockers
Neither Fish Nor Foulnew
Wes Anderson follows his peculiar compass into the shallows, but the movie's still an enjoyable yarn.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
The Long Marchnew
On a tireless campaign to find her man, Amélie must again conquer all of France. The ground feels slightly familiar.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-15-2004 |
Reviews
Not-So-Fresh Carnagenew
Charles Manson is back -- and past his expiration date.
Seattle Weekly |
Andrew Bonazelli |
12-15-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jim Van Beeber, Manson Family
No Great Shakesnew
The Snicket movie gets the books' look right, if not the fear.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
12-15-2004 |
Reviews
An Empire of Twonew
Zhang Yimou takes the politics out of his new historical romance. But the movie also feels like opera with the music taken out.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-15-2004 |
Reviews
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is Gaynew
The animated puppet special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" celebrates its 40th anniversary this month, and you're a damn liar if you tell me you haven't spent at least 20 of those years secretly acknowledging that Rudy was a little light in the hooves.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
12-09-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Four to Tangonew
Two couples, multiple infidelities, and countless lies: The math doesn't add up in Mike Nichols' latest male-female equation.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-30-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Nichols, Closer
East Side Storynew
More multiculturalist than conqueror, Oliver Stone's Alexander the Great puts vision ahead of victory. Be warned: It's a long march through Asia.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, Alexander
Eminent Edwardiansnew
There's magic to the Peter Pan story, but precious little insight into its repressed magician.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Take It All Off, Alfrednew
Biopic tells us too much about America's sexual habits, too little about what motivated its erotic expert.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Kinsey
