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Turn on the Hosesnew
Slow Burn -- starring Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, and Mekhi Phifer -- becomes one of those movies that's so bad, it's almost entertaining. Almost.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
04-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Slow Burn, Wayne Beach
Rock Scene and Heardnew
The sense of total immersion in England's Glastonbury Festival is breathlessly complete in Julien Temple's everywhere-at-once documentary.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Julien Temple, Glastonbury
Know Your Neighborsnew
Up-and-comer Shia LaBeouf is a young actor to watch, but he's had better opportunities than this teen thriller to show what he's capable of.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: D.J. Caruso, Disturbia
Boy Outta the Hoodnew
Who could have foreseen that Ice Cube's path Straight Outta Compton would lead to family-friendly movies about the complications of life in the suburbs?
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Are We Done Yet?, Steve Carr
Have It Your Waynew
Absurdist non sequiturs and deadpan pauses emanate from an animated milkshake, a box of french fries, and a ball of ground beef.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
04-12-2007 |
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Fret-Free Musicnew
This fun documentary celebrates the weirdness but never mocks the participants.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
04-12-2007 |
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All Night Longnew
Rodriguez and Tarantino's double feature raises the bar for movie showmanship and the theatregoing experience.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Covert Tricksnew
Playing the con artist Clifford Irving, who notoriously forged the autobiography of Howard Hughes, Richard Gere has one of the best roles of his career.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lasse Hallstrom, The Hoax
Don't Go Into the Woodsnew
Pardon the pun, but audiences will reap little from this satanic backwoods juju thriller.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Hopkins, The Reaping
Safe Crackingnew
Longtime screenwriter and first-time director Scott Frank talks about The Lookout.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
03-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Lookout
Ice Capadesnew
This ice-skating comedy demonstrates that just because Will Ferrell is game for anything that might draw a laugh, it doesn't mean he should follow through with every idea that comes his way.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Collateral Damagenew
Documentary from the filmmakers who made Gunner Palace details the story of Yunis Abbas, an Iraqi journalist falsely detained for nine months at Abu Ghraib.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-29-2007 |
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Oh! Calcutta!new
Mira Nair's complex meditation on family, relationships, and identity, traces the saga of two generations of an Indian-American family, as outlined in Jhumpa Lahiri's bestselling novel.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, The Namesake
Forgive Us Our Sinsnew
The Lookout, an odd caper story, marks Scott Frank's directorial debut after years of working as a screenwriter on movies like Get Shorty and Out of Sight.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Scott Frank, The Lookout
Call in the National Guardnew
This sequel to last year's remake is as witless and simpleminded as the irradiated humanoids that serve as the franchise's bad guys.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-29-2007 |
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