AltWeeklies Wire
A Joyful Noisenew
Characters bleed, have sex, hang out in scuzzy rock clubs and grapple with ugly problems in this film with a Christian message.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Denise Coates, Our Burden is Light
Times Change and So Does a Familynew
Sadness waits in the wings in almost every scene of the lovely, life-affirming Italian melodrama The Best of Youth.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Less is Lessnew
In Broken Flowers, director Jim Jarmusch crafts the most unglamorous road movie imaginable.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
Southern Culture on the Skidsnew
Good ol' boys and local yokels bring stereotypes to life in Dukes of Hazzard. The TV series hardly strived for sophistication, but exactly how stupid should the movie be?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Nashville Star Contestants Make the Big Time, or Do They?new
The 2005 edition of Nashville Star hit the small screen with a little less momentum than in past seasons, so things were tweaked a bit to make it interesting.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
07-28-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Movie Awkwardly Blends Elements of Successful Flicksnew
Stealth seems like the bastard child of a formula-centric marketing department, not the product of a director or screenwriter.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Movie is Simple Tale That Speaks Volumesnew
At heart, Lila Says tells a simple story that takes few detours. Fortunately, the young leads and even Marseilles's old-world neighborhoods look so sumptuous that the film achieves a higher level of sensuality than the script alone would suggest.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Lila Says, Ziad Doueiri
Can You Trade Thuggery for Life as a Concert Pianist?new
More than anything, what ruins The Beat That My Heart Skipped is the general flakiness of the story; a ballad of the sensitive guy trapped in a tough guy's world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
DIsabled Athletes Do Battle in Gripping Documentarynew
Murderball, the winner of this year's Documentary Audience Award at Sundance, assures viewers that the disabled can be bellicose, obnoxious, confrontational and out for blood, especially when they're playing quadriplegic rugby.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Watch Whitney and Bobby Spar, Eat and Kiss in New Reality Shownew
Being Bobby Brown is kind of like being John Doe, except Bobby has gold records, adoring fans and money to help him cope with ... being Bobby Brown.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Sonia Clark |
07-22-2005 |
TV
Tags: Watcher
Film's Eerie Ideas Go Out With a Bangnew
Michael Bay, director of Hollywood's most destruction-crazed movies, makes an unlikely member of the Culture of Life. But his sci-fi thriller offers a metaphorical argument against cloning, stem cell and frozen embryo research.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Bay, The Island
Film Chronicles Quiet Desperation and Cutenessnew
Me and You and Everyone We Know's most original feature is probably the way it subverts the lovelorn, hangdog heroes of films like Punch Drunk Love, Garden State and Sideways.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
A Pimp Seeks Redemptionnew
Writer/director Craig Brewer offers a harsh, credible portrayal of low-level Memphis criminality and reveals the importance hip-hop can play in "the Life."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Brewer, Hustle & Flow
Film Proves to be Uneven Rompnew
Despite loads of snappy banter provided by Wilson and Vaughn and lots of potentially slapstick situations, Wedding Crashers proves to be an uneven romp. The movie oversaturates some scenes with solid laughs and squanders other opportunities.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Director's Ego Gets in the Way of Burlesque Documentarynew
Featuring film clips and interviews with burlesque icons, Pretty Things makes a case for the difference between the show-and-tell stripping of contemporary times and the slow-burn tease of classic burlesque -- despite the director's need for attention.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Liz Goldwyn, Pretty Things
