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House Swapnew
Nancy Meyers’ follow-up to Something’s Gotta Give mines the same go-girl terrain but is far less interesting, featuring stock characterizations and a blandly upbeat vibe.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nancy Meyers, The Holiday
Flight Clubnew
Calling John Hughes: Former Freaks and Geekster Paul Feig has got your number.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Feig, Unaccompanied Minors
Montezuma's Revengenew
Turistas is a surprisingly effective horror film with good acting and some breathless action.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Stockwell, Turistas
Get Thee to a Mangernew
Sadly, this familiar tale is presented with a yawn-inducing neutrality more reminiscent of a community-center Christmas pageant than an epic story of divine humanity.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
11-30-2006 |
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Last Tango in Haitinew
North American women of a certain age, who are sex tourists at a Haitian resort in the late Seventies, provide grist for this French film's study of social and economic contrasts.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Heading South, Laurent Cantet
In the Beginning There Was the Wordnew
Like the very word this documentary examines, F*ck can be found all over the place.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: fuck, Steve Anderson
American Dreamersnew
This ensemble piece set in a rural mobile-home park has a solid emotional center despite some dramatic mood swings.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dreamland, Jason Matzner
A Day Unlike Any Othernew
Bobby looks at the lives of some everyday people who are about to get caught up in the avalanche of history when they become witnesses to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bobby, Emilio Estevez
Can You Change the Past?new
If the science fiction in Déjà Vu has more to do with fiction than science, it’s not as though the movie ever pauses long enough for that realization to fully take hold.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Déjà Vu, Tony Scott
Backstage at the Back Lotnew
Although it attempts to skewer Hollywood, this new comedy from Christopher Guest and his loyal troupe of improv actors doesn’t have even a drop of affection for its characters.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
11-22-2006 |
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All Wetnew
Like some epic figure of yore, writer/director Aronofsky has allowed his hubris to get the better of him: The Fountain is a dry hole.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
Cop a Pleanew
Bob Odenkirk directs this comedy written by the Reno 911! team, but consider this one disarmed and extremely pointless.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob Odenkirk, Let's Go to Prison
Rock Your Socks Off, Babynew
How much you'll love (or loathe) JB and KG's passion for the power chord and all it entails will depend, most likely, on your familiarity with the duo beforehand.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Art and Politicsnew
Documentarian Freida Lee Mock presents her subject as a play in three acts, but the academic and fragmented structure obscures the warmth of this playwright.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Not Ready to Make Nicenew
The Dixie Chicks struggle for the right to sing and speak.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-17-2006 |
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