AltWeeklies Wire
Acting Outnew
Why are 2006 movies (especially holiday ones) full of blood and guts?
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
12-20-2006 |
Movies
Fakes on a Framenew
With direct-to-video hits like The Da Vinci Treasure and Snakes on a Train, B-horror factory The Asylum looks to corner the "mockbuster" market.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
12-20-2006 |
Movies
Perry Henzell, 1936-2006new
Although he enjoyed some success as an author and filmmaker, Henzell will most likely be remembered for introducing reggae to America and the U.K. with 1972's The Harder They Come.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Mike McKee |
12-18-2006 |
Movies
The Deity and Daniel Smithnew
Since there can be no Behind the Music–style backstage debauchery here ("Hey, quit praying with my Bible!"), the only narrative impetus Aronson can apply to this bland, loving clan is that of rivalry between Smith and his protege, Sufjan Stevens.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-18-2006 |
Reviews
Worry, Avoid 'Happy'new
Uplifting in the blandest possible way.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-15-2006 |
Reviews
Lunch With Lynchnew
The director unravels the meaning of his new movie, Inland Empire -- ha ha, not really.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Lynch, Inland Empire
Trio Life
Dreamgirls hits most of the right notes for drama told through song.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
Pig Talesnew
Dakota Fanning talks about bringing a classic children's book to life, and why she's sworn off BLTs -- at least for a while.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
12-14-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charlotte's Web, Gary Winick
Drafting a Kid for an Oscar Bidnew
Happyness sort of has the spirit of Life Is Beautiful, only without all the Nazis and genocide.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
12-13-2006 |
Reviews
Playing a 'Good German'
Over the past ten years Cate Blanchett has made increasingly daring acting choices that have elevated her to a status of this generation’s Meryl Streep.
Maui Time |
Cole Smithey |
12-11-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, The Good German
Standing on Shaky Groundnew
This well-meaning social drama about the intersecting lives of a dysfunctional, upper-middle-class family in suburbia and the residents of a deteriorating public-housing project is flimsy at best.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Matt Tauber, The Architect
Serial Mumnew
For a diversion -- or a reminder that most of us are spared the burden of murderous housekeepers, no matter how well they cook -- you could do worse, but you could also do much better.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Keeping Mum, Niall Johnson
The Grass is Greenernew
New Mexico launches a green filmmaking program to curb a pollution problem already familiar to L.A.'s film and TV industry.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alfred Lee |
12-08-2006 |
Movies
Harper's Bizarrenew
Lewis Lapham examines the elite in this strange musical documentary.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Wild at Heartnew
Armed with a digital camera and his own brand of logic, Lynch forges inward.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Lynch, Inland Empire
