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It Ain't Heavy … It's Four Brothersnew
A scrappy Seventies throwback about vigilante justice in the corrupt urban jungle.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Four Brothers, John Singleton
Wild Seeds and the Flowers of Youthnew
Jim Jarmusch and Bill Murray meditate on middle age and the world of possibilities.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
Backwoods Throwbacknew
The remake is about as deep as Jessica Simpson's cleavage.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Traveling Manchildnew
A grueling journey is undertaken by a Vietnamese teen to find his absent mother in Ho Chi Minh City, and then his father, a former G.I., in Texas.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Not Another (Troubled) Teen Movienew
Suburban drug-addled teens with dysfunctional parents take a stab at profundity, but Chumscrubber, a soft satire at best, is dogged by a feeling of been-there, done-that.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Arie Posin, The Chumscrubber
Bilingual Scandal-Mongeringnew
John Leguizamo plays a TV reporter in Ecuador in a film that examines the ethics of tabloid journalism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Crónicas, Sebastián Cordero
Bollywood Film Honors The Godfathernew
Although Sarkar is an original story, its saga of a boss of the people who dispenses justice that might otherwise be denied has many similarities to the Coppola masterpiece.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ram Gopal Varma, Sarkar
Rabies Alertnew
Convinced that one is the loneliest number, a divorced woman uses man's best friend to catch a new mate.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Fight or Flightnew
Masterful aerial action sequences don't compensate for earthbound plot.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Superhero School Daysnew
An adolescent superhero can't find his niche.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Mitchell, Sky High
Love, Sex, and Everything Elsenew
A movie about master manipulators and the people who love them is rife with surprises.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Don Roos, Happy Endings
Joan Allen's Yes Woman In Controlnew
While the unconventional Yes doesn’t realize all of its artistic ambitions, its depiction of romantic passion still resonates.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Sally Potter, Yes
Game Onnew
For sure, this is a movie about jocks, with all their ardor and devotion to the sport on full display, but the affecting Murderball also goes where no documentary about the physically impaired has gone before.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
No Signs of Lifenew
If you like Maxim, you'll love The Island -- it's glossy, expensive, full of slick ads and beautiful people reduced to posable action figures.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Bay, The Island
Rocky Meets the Mean Streets of Memphisnew
In a true starmaking turn, Terrence Howard commands the screen as a down-on-his-luck pimp and aspiring rapper.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Brewer, Hustle & Flow
