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Psychic Friends Networknew
That droning sound you hear is White Noise.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
01-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Geoffrey Sax, White Noise
DiG This!new
DiG! transcends the typical "rock movie" format and aspires to something greater: an examination of why we create and what we receive from art.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
01-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dig!, Ondi Timoner
Few 'Sideways' Glancesnew
The critics' No. 1 choice turned out to be Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten, Steve Davis, Kimberley Jones and Marc Savlov |
01-06-2005 |
Reviews
Bobby Darin's Show-Biz Race Against Timenew
More "Splish" than "Splash," this biopic about the life of pop crooner Bobby Darin is practically a one-man Kevin Spacey show.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-29-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Kevin Spacey, beyond the sea
Haunted-House Movie Is Completely Vacantnew
Darkness is a godawful mess, a Eurotrash horror film for the new millennium.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-29-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Darkness, Jaume Balagueró
Epic Tone and Milquetoast Lovers an Ill Fitnew
The director of Amélie reunites with that film's star, Audrey Tautou, for this World War One love story.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
People Who Need Peoplenew
You can Fockerize Meet the Parents all you want, but this new movie is a lame sequel to the comic hit of 2000.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Roach, Meet the Fockers
Living in the Real Worldnew
Bill Cosby's animated kids get a live-action makeover.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Fat Albert, Joel Zwick
We All Live in a Yellow Submarinenew
Bill Murray won't get the elusive Oscar for this one -- for all its visual majesty, The Life Aquatic is too slight -- but the film is nevertheless a funny, bewildering, and giddy spectacle.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
High-Flying Tycoonnew
Scorsese's best film in years is a work of bravura, classic Hollywood filmmaking.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
At Least It's Not Catsnew
The plodding stage musical finally comes to the big screen, its relentlessly bombastic score intact with a vengeance.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
12-22-2004 |
Reviews
Up, Up, and Awaynew
Sticking closely to the tone of its predecessor, this remake of Robert Aldrich’s 1965 adventure film lacks the tang of the original, and trades the late-vintage Jimmy Stewart for the shirtless Dennis Quaid.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-16-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: John Moore, Flight of the Phoenix
To Be Young, Gifted, Black … and Gaynew
A festival favorite jumps to the big screen with its story that compares and contrasts life as a gay black man in the present day and the Harlem Renaissance.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-16-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brother to Brother, Rodney Evans
Lemony Freshnew
Thankfully, the dark tone of the beloved children's books is carried over to the screen, and the terrific performances and production design provide extra lift.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
12-16-2004 |
Reviews
Opposites Detractnew
The venerable filmmaker James L. Brooks stumbles badly with his new dramedy that doesn't translate into anything real.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-16-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Spanglish, James L. Brooks
