AltWeeklies Wire
Total Bullshitnew
Apocalypto is more long-winded than a booze-sloshed tirade.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
12-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson
Antihero: DiCaprio Just Gets Better
Volatile intrigue abounds in this politicized story about South African arms dealer and diamond smuggler and a former diamond mine captive desperate to reunite with his family.
Tags: Blood Diamond, Edward Zwick
New World Ardor
Gibson captures the simple (500-year-old) story of an intense personal quest in Apocalypto.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson
Healing With Hopenew
An all-star cast portrays the regular folk wounded by history.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bobby, Emilio Estevez
Boring, Pretentious and Shoddynew
The Brothers Quay should have stuck with puppets.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
11-29-2006 |
Reviews
'The Fountain' Trips Outnew
Aronofsky tries to live with the divisive impact of his sci-fi tale.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
11-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
The Good Fightnew
Wrestling with Angels charts Tony Kushner's art and politics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-24-2006 |
Reviews
Art and Politicsnew
Documentarian Freida Lee Mock presents her subject as a play in three acts, but the academic and fragmented structure obscures the warmth of this playwright.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Robert Altman, 1925-2006new
Altman will be missed, but more importantly, he will be appreciated.
Willamette Week |
David Walker |
11-22-2006 |
Movies
'The Fountain' Is Just a Dying Tree
Metaphysical space age imaginings counter the death of a loved one in writer/director Darren Aronofsky's visually stunning yet superficial fantasy.
Tags: Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
Hungry for Stinknew
Tenacious D's excellent adventures hit the big screen.
L.A. Weekly |
Dave Shulman |
11-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Not So Happy Mealnew
Linklater and Eric Schlosser's noble and worthy film about meat processing and consumption smacks of good-guy agitprop and fails as a character-driven narrative.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Dark Day in L.A.new
Estevez remembers when hope was not a four-letter word.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
11-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bobby, Emilio Estevez
Immortal Purposes
An attempt at epic philosophy falls short in The Fountain.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
Get It?new
Nothing's sadder than useless satire.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-16-2006 |
Reviews
