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Timothy Treadwell Feeds the Bears ... With Himselfnew
Werner Herzog brings fanatics to the big screen as he chronicles Timothy Treadwell's descent into grizzly bear hell in this toothy documentary.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
08-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Revenge Is a Dish Best Served by Marky Marknew
Where is the fraternal love? All Mark Wahlberg, Andre 3000, Garrett Hedlund and Tyrese Gibson want to do is hold hands in this urban fairytale.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
08-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Four Brothers, John Singleton
German Hippies Terrorize the Mannew
Part liberal parable, part New Wave love-and-crime caper, part noir thriller, The Edukators revolves around urban German revolutionaries' latest antics.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
08-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hans Weingartner, The Edukators
Murray and Jarmusch Do It for Two Hoursnew
Bill Murray proves that he can still deliver an artful performance and please the ladies at the same time.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
08-03-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
Courtney Cox Suxnew
This supernatural thriller falls in on itself like a crappy souffle. Courtney Cox should have just stuck to another Scream sequel.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
07-27-2005 |
Movies
Tags: November
A Short Ride to Noir Geniusnew
Louis Malle dives into the depths of human darkness, with a clever plot and brilliant cinematography that could give Godard a run for his money.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
07-27-2005 |
Reviews
Rob Zombie's Second Flick Is Uncharacteristically Sicknew
Rob Zombie delves into the horror genre again, inspired by 1970's low-budget horror movies, but this time with less camp and more psychologically disturbing violence.
Dig Boston |
Amy Roeder |
07-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Rob Zombie, The Devil's Rejects
A Perfect Film If The Matrix Didn't Have Enough Car Chases for Younew
Ewan McGregor and Scarlet Johansson fight against dystopian death squads, almost collapsing underneath the weight of Michael Bay's boring ambitions.
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Chris Braiotta |
07-20-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Michael Bay, The Island
Unassuming Brooklyn Roofer Raises Guerrilla Armynew
Roofer by day. Revolutionary by night. Dutch filmmaker Klaarje Quirjins follows a primary fundraiser and gunrunner for the Kosovo Liberation Army in her new PBS documentary.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
07-13-2005 |
Reviews
A Marriage of Crap and Crappernew
Wedding Crashers pops the collar on its pastel polo shirt and tries way too hard to convince everyone it's cool.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
07-13-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Wedding Crashers
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton Too Weird Even for Wonkanew
Burton's Wonka world comes close to being lusciously sweet brain candy, but melts into a gooey puddle of ego-stroking instead.
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Violet Glaze |
07-13-2005 |
Reviews
Worth Far More Than 60 Seconds of Your Timenew
A documentary provides a slice of the early punk scene through the rough and tumble tale of the Minutemen.
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Michael Brodeur |
07-06-2005 |
Reviews
Homo Frontiernew
Fanboys bring newer, cheaper, queerer Star Trek series to our galaxy.
Dig Boston |
Daniel M. Kimmel |
06-29-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Spielberg and Cruise Wage Battle Against Good Filmmakingnew
A film reviewer barely survives the end of civilization, what with the space aliens, overly hyped directing and Katie Holmes' object of lust.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-29-2005 |
Reviews
This One Should Be Burned at the Stakenew
A film reviewer is possessed by a force of sheer evil: Will Ferrell in Bewitched.
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David Wildman |
06-22-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
