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Gold Ticket Confectionnew
Burton and Depp's screen version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book is truer to the source material and generally splendid, artful, and often sinister, yet it doesn't completely displace the earlier screen version.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-14-2005 |
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Radiation Powernew
All four aren't fantastic, but at least two are pretty good in this latest Hollywood take on a classic from Marvel Comics.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-07-2005 |
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Tags: Tim Story, Fantastic Four
French Ticklernew
Two of France's top actors pair up for this wishful farce about good deeds and their consequences.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-07-2005 |
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Tags: Après Vous, Pierre Salvadori
All Aboardnew
Hungarian writer-director Antal is like the conductor of a midnight express: Grab a rail and hold on while he whizzes through montages and extreme angles of impossibly precipitous escalators in the Budapest subway system.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-07-2005 |
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Tags: Nimród Antal, Kontroll
D.O.A.new
This Australian horror film arrives at the tail end of a recent and very substantial cinematic zombie overdose. Unfortunately, there are only so many ways to slice the walking dead.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-07-2005 |
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Dancing in the Streetsnew
Celebrity photographer David LaChapelle casts his lens toward the newest L.A. dance craze.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-30-2005 |
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Tags: David LaChapelle, Rize
A Chinese Box of Secretsnew
This breezy Chinese-American coming-out comedy has a big cast, but the film belongs to Joan Chen.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-30-2005 |
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Tags: Alice Wu, Saving Face
Past and Future … Tensenew
With this disturbing story about the lingering effects of child sexual abuse, Gregg Araki creates a film that is psychologically rich, emotionally haunting, and technically superior to anything he has ever done.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-30-2005 |
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Tags: Gregg Araki, Mysterious Skin
The Last Gasp of Basketball Seasonnew
Although this Mighty Ducks/Bad News Bears clone is predictable and inoffensive, it's filled with sweet humor and well-drawn young characters.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-30-2005 |
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Tags: Steve Carr, Rebound
Indian Folktale Tests a Marriagenew
The Hindi megastar Shahrukh Khan and the arthouse director Amol Palekar combine forces for this new Bollywood fable.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-30-2005 |
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Tags: Amol Palekar, Paheli
Space Invadersnew
Spielberg and the gang at Industrial Light & Magic have knocked the ball not only out of the park but out of Earth's orbit as well.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-30-2005 |
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Witchy Womannew
Again Nicole Kidman goes for another nose-centric role, yet Nora Ephron's very meta remake of the old TV show still misfires.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-24-2005 |
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Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Zombie Nationnew
Romero has again crafted a character-driven horror film that doubles as a metaphor for the economic disparity in America and, to a lesser degree, the war on terror.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-24-2005 |
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Retread Has Some New Groovesnew
This deluxe retread is sort of annoying, but it’s so scrappy and persistent that it seems kind of cute in spite of itself.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-24-2005 |
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Heatwavenew
This ripe and symbolically drenched coming-of-age story nevertheless pleases due to its rare emotional honesty and the delightful performances of two young newcomers.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-24-2005 |
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