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Kidding Aroundnew
Vin Diesel plays a Navy SEAL who draws diaper duty.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Shankman, The Pacifier
Back to the Futurenew
This mix of amnesia, time travel, and Adrien Brody adds up to a fairly forgettable experience.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
Doomed Is More Like Itnew
The latest from the Scream team hardly merits a weak yelp.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Wes Craven, Cursed
Adultery, Bollywood Stylenew
Bollywood romance glosses over the cultural ramifications of marriage and adultery, but is heavy on the music and melodramatics.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bewafaa, Dharmesh Darshan
Clan of the Gay Bearsnew
Spanish drama avoids the politics of gay adoption while focusing instead on realistic characters and situations.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bear Cub, Miguel Albaladejo
Chili Leftoversnew
The follow-up to Elmore Leanard's Get Shorty is rife with star talent but short on inspiration.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Cool, F. Gary Gray
Nothing But a Mannew
Early film from South Korea's enfant terrible Kim Ki-duk is a coarse and distubing drama about obsessive love.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kim Ki-duk, Bad Guy
Taking Bollywood Out of Indianew
Dancing transvestites? Check. Elephants? Gospel choir? Check and check. This movie has a little bit of everything for stateside viewers hesitant to dip a toe into the mighty waters of Bollywood cinema.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bride & Prejudice, Gurinder Chadha
Suds and Slapsticknew
The fitful story of how one black woman gets her groove back.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-24-2005 |
Reviews
New Wave Enigmanew
A documentary ode to the legendary outsider's outsider, Klaus Nomi – a singer, performance artist, and genuine human anomaly.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Horn, The Nomi Song
Rough Waternew
Moving chronicle of the real-life 30-year battle waged by paraplegic Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem) to end his life.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
02-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro Amenábar, The Sea Inside
The Ties That Bindnew
It’s an only-in-America tale about kids in the Tennessee hamlet of Whitwell and their "paper clip project” – a teaching tool meant to help them comprehend the dimensions of the Holocaust – but it grew into something much, much more.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Perfectly Pleasant Poohnew
It’s not big and bright and busy and boffo, but it's a perfectly marvelous matinee option for young children. It’s a sweet little story, from a kid’s-eye view, about the anguish of being too little to do stuff.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Porn Againnew
This documentary about the heady days of porn – when "deep throat" became a household expression and everyone viewed the film Deep Throat as a breath of fresh air – is informative yet lacking historical rigor.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Comedy But No Chemistry in Hitchnew
What should be a battle of the sexes is more like a brief skirmish without any of the romantic tension that makes for an interesting – much less great – screen pairing.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Tennant, Hitch
