AltWeeklies Wire
'1408': Haunted Hotelnew
Even though 1408 is one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever, this movie belongs to star John Cusack and director Mikael Hafstrom all the way.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 1408, Mikael Hafstrom
'Fantastic Four' of a Kindnew
Although it tries mightily to top 2005's origin story by introducing fanboy favorite the Silver Surfer, this film is nevertheless relentlessly dull and curiously bombastic.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-22-2007 |
Reviews
'Evan Almighty': Build It and They Will Comenew
Steve Carell's new film is a mild laffer instead of a divine comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Evan Almighty, Tom Shadyac
'Bamako': Banking on the Futurenew
This Malian courtroom drama is like nothing you've ever seen: The people put the institutions of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on trial.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Abderrahmane Sissako, Bamako
Where Things Aren't Always as They Seemnew
This subtle psychological thriller from Scotland holds its cards close to the vest while keeping viewers intrigued but perplexed.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrea Arnold, Red Road
Cluelessnew
Historically, Nancy Drew may be the best teen detective around, but in this new screen incarnation, she is definitely no spy kid.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Fleming, Nancy Drew
Darkness Fallsnew
The second in a Russian science-fiction trilogy is a fantastic sight to behold, but don't try explaining the plot.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Day Watch, Timur Bekmambetov
Love Is Blindnew
A documentary portrait of a mutually obsessive, interdependent, tabloid-fodder marriage that's going on 30 years.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Crazy Love, Dan Klores
'Severance': Not Just Another Day at the Officenew
This British horror comedy ricochets from violence to vengeance to outright survivalism, with comedy -- some brilliant, some less so -- underlying it all.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Smith, Severance
'Provoked': The Burning Bednew
What should have turned out as a terrific movie about the crime of spousal abuse has instead received the equivalent of a ham-handed molestation by director Jag Mundhra.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jag Mundhra, Provoked
'Offside': Girls, Goals, and Ballsnew
Deeply immersive, thought-provoking, and quite often funny, this film depicts the resourcefulness women in Iran must rely on in order to enter a stadium to watch, no less play, soccer.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jafar Panahi, Offside
'I'm Reed Fish': Advertisements for Myselfnew
The ultimate indie self-indulgence, this film (with a script by Reed Fish) is weighed down in its own coming-of-age angst.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Reed Fish, Zackary Adler
'Hostel: Part II': Where It's Always Check-Out TImenew
Roth has accomplished the near impossible: He's crafted a vastly superior sequel to Hostel, one that supersedes the original's sadistic quotient, gore effects, and narrative subversiveness.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Eli Roth, Hostel: Part II
Ready for His Close-Upnew
His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, is truly a spiritual leader for the 21st century.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-01-2007 |
Reviews
'Once': Singing the Praisesnew
This delicate Irish import, which stars the frontman of the Frames, is an insightful and endearing reimagining of a familiar genre: the musical.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
06-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John Carney, Once
