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'Me Decade' Hedonismnew
Joseph F. Lovett's unimaginatively filmed talkathon fails to find meaning in the sexual cornucopia that was Manhattan.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Unplugging the War Machinenew
Why We Fight shows clear merit in these convoluted, double-talking times, but thanks to the polarization of the American public, it's probably damned to preach to the choir.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Eugene Jarecki, Why We Fight
Racial Tensions Crashnew
In the spirit of social issue films of the 1970s, Freedomland addresses a hot contemporary topic but nearly fumbles it, as if dazzled by celebrity and a desire to oversimplify its story.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Freedomland, Joe Roth
There Goes the Bridenew
The director seems determined to make nothing more than a low-budget version of a Hugh Grant-Hollywood rom-com.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Imagine Me & You, Ol Parker
System Crashnew
The director can't change the film from an essentially dumb action flick that culminates with standard-issue fight scenes and a requisite car crash followed by a spectacular explosion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Firewall, Richard Loncraine
Without a Cluenew
This film believes a joke told once is even better told again.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Shawn Levy, The Pink Panther
Dancing Foolsnew
Even non-dance fans may be surprised at their ability to be carried along by the intoxicating ether of artistry in this film.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Almost Dreamlikenew
Populated with a congregation of one-dimensional characters and an amazingly predictable plot, this film fails to shed new light on the complexities of interracial romance.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
02-02-2006 |
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Go, Speed Racernew
With a feisty codger taking an allegorical American journey on an unlikely vehicle, this film evokes the lawnmower road trip of David Lynch's The Straight Story.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
Anonymous Sex Leads to Alienationnew
If Middle America isn't yet ready for Brokeback Mountain's sensitive cowboys in love, then it probably won't take too kindly to this flagrant display of gay lust.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Garcon Stupide, Lionel Baier
The Lady From Shanghainew
You can't help but envision this as a book first.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Ivory, The White Countess
Director Casts Working Stiffsnew
Bubble doesn't exactly have the passion or the vision to suggest this is the creative itch Soderbergh has been longing to scratch.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, Bubble
We Can't Keep World's Ills at Baynew
The director suggests that despite the feelings of invulnerability our well-run cities and lives give us, the real world with all its problems has a way of leaking in.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Haneke, Caché
Brothers Need Another Shotnew
For their first cartoon feature, the Edwards brothers seem too cool to stoop to crafting likable or interesting characters.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Woody Allen's Best Drama to Datenew
By swapping his trademark New York locales for London and ridding the film of neurotic wisecrackers, the director breaks his recent streak of pointless comedies and constipated dramas.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
