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Dance of the Underdogsnew
The dramatic-feature equivalent to Mad Hot Ballroom finds heart in the tale of a bunch of at-risk New York kids led into self-esteem by an old-world dance expert.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Liz Friedlander, Take The Lead
Cradle Will Rocknew
What does it say that this South African export won for Best Foreign-Language Film when the similar but more shattering City of God didn't even place back in 2003?
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, Tsotsi
Devoted to Glibnessnew
The Tarantino school of filmmaking reaches its nadir -- one hopes -- in this initially promising mistaken-identity caper.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucky Number Slevin, Paul McGuigan
Shorts Galorenew
Advance PR to the contrary, Pixar's One Man Band is not included in the touring showcase of 2006 Oscar nominees -- blame ongoing rights issues for the sore-thumb omission.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
Criminally Unfunnynew
Rob Schneider and David Spade welcome Jon Heder into the fraternity of comic actors who will never again enjoy a shred of credibility.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dennis Dugan, The Benchwarmers
Massa of Realitynew
At last, a movie that understands the surest way to sell an important message is to come in through the lowbrow door.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
A Huge Cop-Outnew
This Ice Age's swipes are either fewer or harder to spot than those of the original.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Too Self-Importantnew
Viewers who cut their teeth on Dog Day Afternoon are most likely to look charitably on Spike Lee's latest.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Spike Lee, Inside Man
You're Guiltynew
An oafish Vin Diesel stars in the reality-based story of a New Jersey mobster who made the risky move of representing himself in a RICO trial.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sidney Lumet, Find Me Guilty
For the Self-Awarenew
This halfway-there character study is set in a world its audience probably knows all too well.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Film Geek, James Westby
An Uninspired Thrillernew
I was going to say I respect any movie that can make both sex and premeditated murder look so dull -- until I realized the word I was searching for was "resent," not "respect."
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Insipid and Forgettablenew
There's obvious dramatic potential in the story of two Sanford grandmothers who consider themselves fast friends -- despite the fact that one was once a maid in the other's house.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Reza Badiyi, The Way Back Home
Thick Freudian Undercurrentsnew
You've seen mothers like Emily Stoll before, hovering indulgently over their cherished little spawn to dispense dippily allegorical, overly enunciated life lessons.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kevin Bacon, Loverboy
Fresh Actionnew
This film shows what might have happened had the Kill Bill movies been made by a thinking, feeling human being.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lady Vengeance, Park Chan-wook
Want Some Candy?new
This film weaves a miasma of revenge.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Slade, Hard Candy
