AltWeeklies Wire
Grandly Guignol
The film has cheesy dialogue and plot holes a mile wide, but also contains tight pacing, plenty of expertly timed scares, and the generous helping of unapologetic gore that's been missing from the glut of "horror" movies currently plaguing American screens.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Powell |
08-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Marshall, The Descent
Udder Disappointment
There are a few funny bits here and there, but any movie in which a singing cow introduces kids to Tom Petty can't be all bad.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-14-2006 |
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A Role in the Hay
Neither forcefully fruity nor sitcom-y broad, this story is pretty fabulous.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-14-2006 |
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Auteur Redemption
World Trade Center doesn't stint on devastation, but ultimately it depicts the towers' smoking remains as a place where souls are reclaimed -- and thus, by implication, where a director's shattered career can also be reborn.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, World Trade Center
Dire Straights
The Bad Religion frontman's attempt to make a folk record sounds clinical and calculated.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cold as the Clay, Greg Graffin
Crossroads Scholarship
Graveyard Shift is raw -- nasty, funky, fucked up, and its warped vocals and hardscrabble guitars would appropriately horrify tourists in blues mausoleums like Memphis or New Orleans.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Graveyard Shift, Scott H. Biram
Wild, Wild Guest
I Stand Alone is Ramblin' Jack standing alone, strumming his guitar, groping at melody lines with his gravelly old voice, and giving his distinctive stamp to traditional material while refusing to fix what ain't broke.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
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A Long Time Overcoming
Though a collection of folk tunes might not be enough to turn things around, the blueprint for contemporary artists to help revive the labor campaign is all here.
Washington City Paper |
Ryan Grim |
08-04-2006 |
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Beats Working
If these dudes have perfected anything over the past 15 years, it's the ability to choose some tip-top, smoked-up backing tracks.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Boot Camp Clik, The Last Stand
OH Hum
Ohio pushes only a few of the right buttons.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Billy Kent, The OH in Ohio
Wonder Boy
After descending from full-on laughs to forced giggles, Ferrell and McKay successfully resuscitate the audience with never-fail outtakes that should leave you happier than a celebration dinner at Applebee's.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-04-2006 |
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Droll-y Rollers
Little Miss Sunshine's script so deftly captures the emotion behind each setback that it's less like a sitcom than like a clan's real day-to-day life squashed into 101 minutes.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Hear and There
Stettner decided to "open up" the narrative, thus rendering an intriguingly elusive tale into something that's as predictable as a teen horror flick.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Twin Tone
Rather than question glam rock's adolescent self-analysis, the filmmakers simply second it, yielding a film that's less analysis than sham artifact.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Words Worth
Rock-star linguist Geoffrey Nunberg delivers not only the most tongue-trippingly truculent subtitle of the year but also a fresh and well-argued take on the Democrats' so-called "messaging problem."
Washington City Paper |
Aaron Britt |
07-28-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Geoffrey Nunberg, Talking Right
