AltWeeklies Wire
Magenta-State Movienew
Distasteful though it may sound, there's strong comedic possibility in grafting suicide-bomber politics onto the warbling self-promotion of the American Idol era.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: American Dreamz, Paul Weltz
Paul Weitz 'Dreamz' Onnew
American Dreamz is pop culture parody with roots in reality.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
04-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: American Dreamz, Paul Weitz
War Nostalgianew
A Vietnam documentary manipulates sentiments with song.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Zeiger, Sir! No Sir!
Midwestern Malaisenew
Lonesome Jim explores the grey tones that surround a man growing accustomed to his adjusted ambitions.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
04-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Buscemi, Lonesome Jim
The Un-Sold Storynew
Our Brand Is Crisis documents botched political marketing in Latin America.
L.A. Alternative |
Eric Otto |
04-18-2006 |
Reviews
A Telenovela Love Trianglenew
This new South American drama proves more soapy than sexy.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
04-18-2006 |
Reviews
Kid Stuffnew
A small-time thief struggles with fatherhood in L'Enfant.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
04-18-2006 |
Reviews
Down and Pout
Lonesome Jim is so right in its particulars, so sure in its tone, that you can almost skate over the hollowness at its center.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
04-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Buscemi, Lonesome Jim
The Decline of the Western
But no matter how well-played, a string of scenes without narrative justification is a string of scenes.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
04-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Don't Come Knocking, Wim Wenders
Helluva Swingnew
Game 6 redeems Michael Keaton after he almost fouled out.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
04-17-2006 |
Reviews
The Search for Schlocknew
In the Starfleet of self-referential entertainers, William Shatner has the captain’s chair.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-14-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Family Feudnew
Soap melodramatics masquerade as high art in this south-of-the-border drama about a love triangle and marital infidelity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Big Girls Don't Defynew
Comedian Mo’Nique’s first starring film vehicle suffers from a bad case of undernourishment.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nnegest Likké, Phat Girlz
Blowing Smokenew
The new film based on Christopher Buckley's decade-old novel of the same name is a cynically cancerous comedy.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
An Uncommon Christmas Talenew
Christian Carion's unique World War I holiday story manages to to be moving without becoming maudlin.
