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Good Tailoring Mattersnew
For a movie about magic pants, this film shows a surprising level of sophistication – in its performances, its production values, and its emotional maturity.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-02-2005 |
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Criminal Confectionnew
A contemporary gangster film that both looks and feels like a Britnoir classic filtered through the Jam’s bang-on sense of style, Layer Cake takes a realistic approach to Britain’s criminal underclass.
Austin Chronicle |
Matthew Vaughn |
06-02-2005 |
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Tags: Matthew Vaughn, Layer Cake
Sex Between Upper and Lower … Classesnew
An Italian surgeon falls in love with a country girl, flirts with the self-pitying mindset of the slumming elite, and becomes something of an apology for bourgeois classism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Don't Move, Sergio Castellitto
The 'Bulldog of Bergen' Bitesnew
Ron Howard and Russell Crowe have once again combined their efforts to create a big Hollywood biopic that exudes the strong whiff of Oscar bait.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
Siblings Without Sentimentnew
This psychological drama from Denmark is interesting and well-performed, but it's no Cain and Abel.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Susanne Bier, Brothers
Casualties of Warnew
New Iraqi drama by Iranian Kurd Bahman Ghobadi is lyrical and heart-wrenching as it focuses on the children of conflict.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Anyone Home?new
A young man steals into people's apartments and adopts their identities in this largely wordless Korean drama.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kim Ki-duk, 3-Iron
Zoo Loosenew
Gently amusing stuff, sure, but nothing terribly inspiring in this animated tale of zoo animals heading back to the wild.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
05-27-2005 |
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Film Recidivismnew
Sandler and Rock keep the ball in play for this old prison football gem, although they fail to score any new points.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Segal, The Longest Yard
Crude Comedy of Sexual Errors Falls Flatnew
If you've been waiting for a gay/straight comedy of errors that opens with a cringe-worthy rape scene before devolving into borderline offensive situations, then pal, your film has arrived.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Q. Allan Brocka, Eating Out
Now More Like It Ought to Benew
The movie Peckinpah made in between Ride the High Country and The Wild Bunch – Major Dundee – was a troubled picture from the get-go.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-20-2005 |
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Dogvillenew
Jet Li, in his first Western role of any depth, convincingly plays both man and beast, although a sentimental script by producer Luc Besson hampers the story.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Louis Leterrier, Unleashed
Is Sith All There Is?new
Veering from moments of breathtakingly visualized valor to outright stupidity, Sith is a vast improvement over the previous two outings, but still and all, it’s no Star Wars.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-20-2005 |
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Spousal Supportnew
The marriage of two Turks who meet while in a German psychiatric hospital grows from a relationship of convenience into a genuine love affair.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
05-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Fatih Akin, Head-On
Spare the Music, Spoil the Childnew
A box-office smash in its native France, this kindly and spirited film doesn’t exactly break the mold of the heartwarming, humanistic boarding-school dramedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-20-2005 |
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