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Touchy Feelynew
The film is less about a cliched overcoming of a disability and more about finding a deeper connection to the world around us that should inform all of our lives.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Film Charts Corruption of Global Oil Businessnew
Syriana often feels less like an escapist thriller and more like a contemporary nightmare of Americans occupying a country whose ideals they no longer recognize.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Good Battles Evil in Winter Wonderlandnew
As much as the director hews to the letter of C.S. Lewis' book, he ultimately finds the transcendent spirit elusive.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Movie Undermines Filmmaker's Intentnew
The inclusion of the too-much-information effect tends to further muddy already cloudy waters and gives what should have been a sobering documentary a scattershot, at times flaky tone.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: marc levin, Protocols of Zion
Comedian Pushes Limits of Race-Related Humornew
Sarah Silverman emerges as a member of our cultural bomb squad. She eagerly sets out to defuse social tensions, even at the risk of having them blow up in her face.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Lack of Big Laughs and True Grit Put Film on Thin Icenew
The slick adaptation of Scott Phillips' well-received noir novel feels more like a vehicle for 61-year-old director and his screenwriters to work out their macho midlife crises.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Jonathan Larson's Legacy Lives Onnew
Rent builds to a touching funeral and a superb reprise of two of the best songs, but rather than go out on a strong note, the film retains the musical's melodramatic final portion, including a ridiculous death scene that, on a movie screen, feels like having a billboard yell at you for five minutes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Columbus, Rent
Genre-Bending Film Surprises at Every Turnnew
Nifty, surprising and outrageously overplotted, The Dying Gaul changes its genre stripes so frequently, viewers may feel they've left a film fundamentally different than the one they entered.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Lucas, The Dying Gaul
Harry Potter Turns the Corner With Thrilling Filmnew
As a turning point in the series, the Goblet of Fire film needs to -- and does -- feel "bigger" than the previous installments. Author J.K. Rowling gives her now-14-year-old protagonists more grown-up concerns.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Film Offers Little Insight Into Johnny Cashnew
As much as the film traces Johnny Cash's personal decline, the script uncovers few complexities in his character and loses sight of him as a potent artist.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: James Mangold, Walk the Line
Palestinian Slackers Pursue Martyrdomnew
The aimless, wheel-turning feel eventually detracts from Hany Abu-Assad's real message: that rather than faceless terrorists, there are people with reasons - even misguided, cruel or vindictive ones - for their violence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
Wes Anderson Looms Largenew
Intellect and citified sophistication prove insufficient weapons for staving off despair in this black domestic comedy about the sudden eruption of the D-word in a bookish family living in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
The Boondocks Shows Potentialnew
The Boondocks will be more than a quiet blip on late-night cable.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-04-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Film Would be Better Named Sucky Cluckynew
Chicken Little hypocritically mocks movie cliches at the beginning, then wallows in sentiment like a pig in slop.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Film Riffs on Comedy Duo's Splitnew
In Atom Egoyan's mystery, dripping with Hollywood noir, rival manuscripts reveal blackmail and murder behind the collapse of comedy headliners clearly based on Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Atom Egoyan, Where the Truth Lies
