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Sweet Revengenew
South Korean horror cultist Park Chan-wook's 2002 film is the opening freshet in his bloody cinematic revenge triptych; it’s also a finely wrought and emotionally complex film of surpassing, stylized beauty.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-09-2005 |
Reviews
The Sound of No Hands Clappingnew
Abandoning any pretense of respect for the Ray Bradbury source material, this film manhandles the author’s delicacies into a lumbering and bewildered mess of grade-Z sci-fi clichés.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: A Sound of Thunder, Peter Hyams
Saying and Doingnew
Based on an eponymous 1996 erotic novel, Lila Says is the story of a French girl and an Arab boy who learns the difference between words and actions.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Lila Says, Ziad Doueiri
Save Yourselfnew
Earnest and well-intentioned Dallas-based cast and crew have created a puzzling and inauthentic youth drama that promotes teenage sexual abstinence.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-09-2005 |
Reviews
Sparking a Prairie Fire: Cindy Sheehan at City Hallnew
The founder of Camp Casey and her "Bring Them Home Now" Tour arrives to a big Austin welcome
Austin Chronicle |
Wells Dunbar |
09-03-2005 |
War
Some Things Are Best Left Undiscoverednew
A musician and an actress circle and sniff, and generally run through every cliché in the why-can’t-we-be-together playbook.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Meiert Avis, Undiscovered
Guess Who’s Coming to The OC With a Lethal Weapon 2?new
Nick Cannon from Drumline plays a smart-aleck LAPD bicycle cop in this movie awash in clichés.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Marcos Siega, Underclassman
Another Cruel Monthnew
November, starring Courteney Cox, is a dense, dark head-trip of a movie that seems like the bastard offspring of Memento and Mullholland Dr.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Greg Harrison, November
Dancing Girls and Day-Glo Sarisnew
An exotic dancer tests the strength of three couples in this entertaining Bollywood romantic comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Anees Bazmee, No Entry
The Rhythm Methodnew
Michael Winterbottom creates scenester porn in which he records the evolution of a man and a woman's relationship through sex and music -- exclusively.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Winterbottom, 9 Songs
Meet the Parentsnew
With this film built on a host of remarkably nuanced Southern characters, first-time filmmaker Phil Morrison announces himself with assurance and uniqueness of vision.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Junebug, Phil Morrison
The Personal and the Politicalnew
City of God director Fernando Meirelles makes his English-language debut with this bracing, heartbreaking conspiracy thriller set in AIDS-ravaged Kenya.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Enter at Your Own Risknew
A crack team of cave divers encounters untold horror in the form of bloodthirsty sea slugs.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Healers and Head Casesnew
In this adaptation of Patrick McGrath's novel, Natasha Richardson and Ian McKellan wonder if the patients have taken over the asylum.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: asylum, David Mackenzie
Breakaway Mormon Sect Builds Temple in West Texasnew
Residents of Eldorado, Texas, wonder how the practice of polygamy and allegations of criminal wrongdoing against the sect's elusive leader will affect their town.
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
08-31-2005 |
Religion
