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Zydeco Polkanew
The life of a retired German miner and accordion player is spurred toward change by the sound of zydeco music.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-25-2005 |
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A Cursed Videotape Rings Twicenew
Narrative listlessness and a lack of scares makes this mother-and-son reunion a shabby affair.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hideo Nakata, The Ring Two
Follow-up Is No Runner-Upnew
No medals will be awarded for this Sandra Bullock follow-up, although the actress proves herself an ever-game comic actress.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-25-2005 |
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Childhood Done Just Rightnew
A sweet, emotionally complex film about faith, charity, and growing up is not what most people would have expected from Trainspotting's Danny Boyle, but this new movie is unmistakably his.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-25-2005 |
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Tags: Danny Boyle, Millions
Frozen Assetsnew
This refreshingly femme-centric tale advocates on behalf of physics, feminism, and athleticism.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ice Princess, Tim Fywell
Come Againnew
Bernie Mac gets punk'd by Ashton Kutcher.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Guess Who, Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Callous Disservicenew
While Callas Forever seems sincere in its attempt to pay tribute to the world’s most famous opera singer, it unwittingly disserves her in its bizarre wish-fantasy about resurrecting her voice onscreen.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
03-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Callas Forever, Franco Zeffirelli
Back to Bhutannew
Travellers & Magicians feels a bit like Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales as retold by Siddhartha, as this Himalayan beauty gently delivers a very accurate anti-materialistic Buddhist morality lesson.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-16-2005 |
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Steam Heatnew
Japanese anime director Katsuhiro Ôtomo, best known for Akira, here delivers a dazzlingly straightforward rush that thrusts its protagonist into astonishing action set-piece after set-piece.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Steamboy
The New Palace Guardnew
Uday Hussein's former pleasure palace is now home to an American artillery regiment, whose members we get to know from their poolside antics to their far more sobering responsibilities of patrolling Baghdad.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-16-2005 |
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No Child Left Behindnew
Even though Born Into Brothels – winner of the 2004 Oscar for Best Documentary – is a devastating portrait of impoverished Calucutta children who are born into the sex trades, the film is also an inspiring document about human possibilities.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-16-2005 |
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One Spooks; the Other Doesn'tnew
Dread and mystery are the hallmarks of this South Korean psychological thriller.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-16-2005 |
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Tags: A Tale of Two Sisters, Kim Ji-woon
The Boy Can't Help Itnew
Only this troubled suburbanite family knows if they are imaginary heroes or ordinary people.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-16-2005 |
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Tags: Dan Harris, Imaginary Heroes
Autopilotsnew
There are no great animation advance in Robots, but neither is it a return to The Ice Age.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-16-2005 |
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Eco-wise Animénew
This gorgeously dystopian South Korean film rivals and, at times, surpasses the best of Japanese animé.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-04-2005 |
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