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'Mr. Bean's Holiday': Bean There, Done Thatnew
The comic Mr Bean provides a so-so late summer diversion, unlikely to reignite Beanmania -- or repeat the previous film’s boffo box office.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-23-2007 |
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'The Nanny Diaries': The Rich Are Not Like You and Menew
An awful lot of good talent was squandered on this by-the-numbers film version of the bestselling tell-all about the child-rearing habits of the rich.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-23-2007 |
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'Resurrecting the Champ': Newsroom Palookanew
Several morality plays vie for attention in this story about a workmanlike sportswriter who latches on to a tale told by a homeless alcoholic as his ticket out of palookaville.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Resurrecting the Champ, Rod Lurie
'Right at Your Door': Duct (Tape) and Covernew
Harrowing doesn't even begin to describe this low-budget exercise in siege paranoia, which builds on our current terrorist-related night sweats.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Gorak, Right at Your Door
'Rocket Science': Pure Jet Fuel, No Dynamitenew
On the surface, this is yet another quirky high school movie, but its story of a stutterer who's enticed into joining the debate team is special in its own way.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeffrey Blitz, rocket science
'2 Days in Paris': Love in the City of Fightsnew
Julie Delpy debuts as a feature film director with this smart and funny romantic comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 2 Days in Paris, Julie Delpy
'Resurrecting the Champ': Shattered Glass Jawnew
The film works a familiar punching bag.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Resurrecting the Champ, Rod Lurie
'Mr. Bean's Holiday': British Invasionnew
Rowan Atkinson brings back his comic muse.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-23-2007 |
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'Manufactured Landscapes': Terra Infirmanew
Documentary exposes China's industrial disease.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
'The Nanny Diaries': Child Carelessnew
Painting mothers as both victims and tyrants.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-23-2007 |
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'The 11th Hour': Leo's Truthnew
This film should be mandatory viewing in every classroom around the globe.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
08-23-2007 |
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'The Invasion': A Thriller Without Thrillsnew
Two directors and a rewrite can't save this Body Snatchers remake.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Hirschbiegel, The Invasion
'The Ten': Command This!new
Alternately hilarious, horrendous and extremely offensive.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Wain, The Ten
'Death at a Funeral': Bury Your Deadnew
You'd have to be a shameless Anglophile to tolerate this sub-BBC twaddle.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Death at a Funeral, Frank Oz
'The Invasion': Paranoid Yet?new
The filmmakers suggest that anyone not paranoid about the Bush administration is inhuman -- this makes the film Hollywood's ugliest exploitation yet of the Iraq War.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Hirschbiegel, The Invasion
