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Supercross: The Movie fails to kick start anything other than the urge to giggle.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Boyum, Supercross: The Movie
Horns & Halosnew
This Canadian import is a strange youth dramedy – too frank for young ones, but too conventional for an older market.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael McGowan, Saint Ralph
Pure Jabberwockynew
Terry Gilliam is at it again, bringing one more skewed fantasy to the screen.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Grimm
Raunchy, Raunchier, Raunchiestnew
The Aristocrats is the rare analysis of the workings of comedy that doesn’t destroy the humor in the process of taking it apart.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Provenza, The Aristocrats
Discord and Ecstasynew
Filmmaker Werner Herzog discusses Grizzly Man.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Pigeon Poopnew
Valiant, an animated adventure about heroic homing pigeons in England during World War II, flies in on a wing and a prayer.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gary Chapman, Valiant
Engine of Suspensenew
Red Eye’s no classic, but it has a smart, twisty little script and two killer performances, it's a helluva lot of fun.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Wes Craven, Red Eye
Bear Essentialsnew
Did Timothy Treadwell, the popular grizzly bear preservationist, need the bears more than they needed him?
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Cherry Poppingnew
Truly a standout, this is a gross-out comedy that makes its audience go "awwww" as much as it goes "ewwww."
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Home Alonenew
Sticking it to the man, German-style, is the subject of this smart, kicky little gem.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hans Weingartner, The Edukators
Strolling for Dollarsnew
This film is a singularly dreadful example of what can happen when potentially capable comedians check their brains at a committee meeting and go slumming for dollars.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Hoodoo You Think You're Fooling?new
A top-notch cast is mostly wasted in this atmospheric but prosaic hoodoo spooker.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Iain Softley, The Skeleton Key
Scenes From a Former Marriagenew
Ingmar Bergman’s final film continues his exploration into mankind’s willful inability to accept the inevitable, whatever that may be.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ingmar Bergman, Saraband
When the Music's Overnew
Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Last Days
War's a Snoozenew
The single dullest war film of the past decade comes from the once promising director John Dahl.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Dahl, The Great Raid
