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When Naughty Was Nicenew
In this comedy set in 70s Spain, a married couple makes porn movies for Scandinavian consumption.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Pablo Berger, Torremolinos 73
Duff Enufnew
Less a feature film than 90 minutes of tweenage feminine wish fulfillment, The Perfect Man is like Teen People come to life.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Rosman, The Perfect Man
Bale Bats It Out of the Park … Er, Cavenew
Batman Begins … and it's about time. The movie is great fun, and also a terrific relief.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
A, B, C, Dancenew
The filmmakers would have us embrace this work as though it were the Spellbound of grade-school dance documentaries, but the film quickly loses its footing.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mad Hot Ballroom, Marilyn Agrelo
Lord of This Castlenew
The latest from animation master Hayao Miyazaki is ravishingly beautiful but narratively inferior to all his other flims.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Cross the T for Twisty Tanglenew
In his English-language debut, Gael García Bernal plays one of the sides of a twisted love triangle.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dot the I, Matthew Parkhill
Suspicious Mindsnew
Even though grande dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench share the screen in this drama, their immense talents are mostly wasted.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Charles Dance, Ladies in Lavender
'Til Death Do Us Partnew
Pitt and Jolie, reduced to being used as set dressing in their own star vehicle, nevertheless pack a lot of bang for the buck.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie Drowns in Its Own Stream of Consciousnessnew
Robert Rodriguez adds a dimension with this kids' fantasy movie, but only in the most literal sense -- 3-D.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Euro-Horror Fizzles Where It Should Sizzlenew
This is a gripping piece of splatterpunk, despite the fact that there's not much to it and the plot crumbles in the third act.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, High Tension
The Bus Doesn't Stop Here Anymorenew
Instead of reworking the original TV show’s subject matter regarding class and marriage, Honeymooners is plodding mimicry featuring a predominantly African-American cast.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Schultz, The Honeymooners
Sour Grapesnew
This sprawling documentary about the globalization of the wine industry is ambitious but frequently directionless. It's for true connoisseurs only.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jonathan Nossiter, Mondovino
Frankie, Can You Hear Me?new
A superstar DJ goes deaf in Ibeza in this mockumentary that observes his process of coping.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Off-Key Educationnew
More than his Philadelphia school of rock, it's blustery instructor Paul Green who becomes the true subject of this documentary.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Don Argott, Rock School
Skatetown, USAnew
This narrative re-creation of the skateboarding doc Dogtown and Z-Boys is a blast -- as accurate as it ought to be with more than enough mythology and gut thrills thrown in for good measure.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-10-2005 |
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