AltWeeklies Wire
Shock Around the Clock: TV Highlights, January 6-13
In Bush's America, any movie that makes Texas look worse than France has got to be considered revolutionary. ABC Family TV Movie She Gets What She Wants delivers. Also reviewed are 24, Masterpiece Theatre's He Knew He Was Right, Unscripted, Crank Yankers and more.
Tags: TV
New American Romanticism Wins Hearts of Alt Criticsnew
Before Sunset, directed by Richard Linklater, was the decisive winner of the 2004 poll of alternative press film critics, as the new American romanticism bucked electoral disaster.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
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
Cuts Like a Knifenew
To say that actress Ziyi Zhang burns like a young sword-wielding Audrey Hepburn, would slight a masterpiece that must be seen to be believed.
Faker's Dozennew
Unlike its predecessor, a remake that clung to a hoary heist formula, the sequel contains ample pleasures, most of which amuse as the result of surprises both great and small.
Cleveland Scene |
Luke Y. Thompson |
12-13-2004 |
Reviews
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
Here's Looking at You, Americanew
A look at the eye in the pyramid and other symbols found in the current film National Treasure reveals their true cultural context.
Mountain Xpress |
Steve Rasmusen |
11-29-2004 |
Movies
The Da Vinci Clone
National Treasure delivers a familiar, appealing mix of historical mystery and dumb action.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-11-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jon Turtletaub, National Treasure
Undertow Evokes Fairy Tale, Myth and the Cain and Abel Storynew
Filmmaker David Gordon Green cultivates a mood of impending bloodshed, but by evoking Southern horror flicks and crime potboilers of the 1970s. Using natural light and shaky camera work, Undertow plays out like the bad dream you might have after watching a night of R-rated films.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: David Gordon Green, Undertow
Fox's Fall Season: O.C.-riffic Series and Highbrow Hijinks
The O.C. returns Nov. 4 to tell everyone how it's done in Orange County. Arrested Development brings back comedy you have to pay attention to.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
10-31-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Ominous Primer Goes Back to the Futurenew
Primer explores how two would-be businessmen stumble across an invention with unthinkable consequences for their futures -- and possibly the very concept of "the future" itself. Director Shane Carruth stays just far enough ahead of the audience to keep us intrigued.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Primer, Shane Carruth
Days of Wine and Neurosesnew
Payne's movies are distinguished by their indelible characters, and Sideways -- a cross between a three-legged sack race and a pedant's bacchanal -- is no exception, featuring two of the most fully realized comic creations in recent American movies.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexander Payne, Sideways
