AltWeeklies Wire
Full Metal Jackets
If metal really is the new indie rock, then Mogwai's latest was a wise career move.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
03-17-2006 |
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Huffing About Puffing
It's all in fun, but obviously there's a message here: You can't trust anything or anybody, because even the worst of situations can be spun to look golden.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-17-2006 |
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Spinning Out of Control
Set in a futuristic Great Britain, this adaptation of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel has everything to do with red-statism run amok.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Closet Stretchers
Duck Season has found a niche you never knew existed: It's a coming-of-age movie in which no one is quite ready to come of age.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
03-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Nothing Matters
Despite indulging in such Errol Morris-y touches as convex lenses and distorted sound to convey Bruce's initial dislocation, Murray tells this story with empathy and grace.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
03-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rupert Murray, Unknown White Male
Totaled Recall
Amnesia is a timeworn cinematic plot device, but Murray took inspiration from more experimental works.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rupert Murray, Unknown White Male
Cost Conscious
The contributors come to bury Wal-Mart, not to praise it.
Washington City Paper |
Bell Clement |
03-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Bruckheimer Conspiracy
The book's high concept falls a bit short of its mark.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
Hazy Shades
Winter Passing is enervated and underrealized.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Rapp, Winter Passing
New 'Jack City
Although it tends toward the schematic and sentimental, Tsotsi benefits from memorable performances.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Absolutely Fatuous
Anyone expecting no more than another piece of inscrutable Xbox cinema might be satisfied by Ultraviolet.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kurt Wimmer, Ultraviolet
Unworthy
This assault on polite costume drama leaves Johnny Depp's likability barely bruised.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Laurence Dunmore, The Libertine
The Hills Have Axes, Too
The new face of fright: no more camp, no more suggestion, no more edge-of-your-seat fun -- only ultrarealistic, unapologetically nasty bloodshed.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, The Hills Have Eyes
Grass Roots
Following Sean is a delicately woven, generation-spanning examination of family, idealism, and the classic question of nature versus nurture.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Something to Talk About
The Gossip has finally made music distinctive enough to match Beth Ditto's vocals.
Washington City Paper |
Mike Kanin |
03-03-2006 |
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