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'Introducing the Dwights': An Indie Yawnernew
The only reason movies like this exist is to provide targeted upscale art-house audiences with colorfully ignorant lower-class exotics to whom they can vicariously feel superior.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
'No End in Sight': Sobering Observations Soberly Presentednew
The truly horrible thing about Charles Ferguson's absolutely depressing documentary is that nothing it says is really new.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Charles Ferguson, No End in Sight
'Rocket Science': Where Twee Meets Dweebynew
It's another twee coming-of-age flick that appeals to the trucker-hat-and-bell-bottom set but never pulls its head out of the suburban lawn.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeffrey Blitz, rocket science
'No End in Sight': The Best Iraq Doc Yetnew
Charles Ferguson lays out the facts of the Iraq conflict in chilling, riveting detail.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
08-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Charles Ferguson, No End in Sight
'Moliere': A Noble Foolnew
A fantasy about Moliere is a commentary on the value of comedy.
Chicago Reader |
Ryan Wenzel |
08-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Laurent Tirard, Moliere
'Superbad': Apatow Gang Gets Funny With the Funky
That venerable genre, the teen sex comedy, gets a hot shot of warm lovin' in director Greg Mottola's (The Daytrippers) rendering of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's irreverent script.
Tags: Greg Mottola, Superbad
'Favela Rising': Keeping it Rionew
This documentary demonstrates both the severity of favela life and the very real power of music and dance to battle oppression.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Richards |
08-10-2007 |
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'A Stone's Throw': Eco Disasternew
The film at least looks decent; you can't fake that east coast light -- but the dreadfully earnest script drips with portent.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: A Stone's Throw, Camelia Frieberg
'Macbeth': Updated and Outsourcednew
This Australian film puts a modern, hyperstylized spin on an old tale: Should it be, "Out, damned spot" or "Off, damned Ray-Bans"?
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Geoffrey Wright, Macbeth
'Gypsy Caravan': Banding Togethernew
Billed as the "Gypsy Caravan," five bands travel across America making music from across the Romani diaspora.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gypsy Caravan, Jasmine Dellal
'Goya's Ghosts': Everything Old Is New Againnew
Neither a biopic of the artist nor a historical epic, this film is a timeless study of the human potential for barbarism and hypocrisy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Goya's Ghosts, Milos Forman
'Daddy Day Camp': Even Less Amusing the Second TIme Aroundnew
Someone should blow "Taps" for this outing and put it out of its misery.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Daddy Day Camp, Fred Savage
A Sprinkle of 'Stardust' Goes a Long Waynew
This uneven adaptation of Neil Gaiman's bestselling novel is clogged with too much fairy dust.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Matthew Vaughn, Stardust
'Rush Hour 3': Out of Gasnew
It's The Bourne Ultimatum's evil twin, relying, as it repeatedly does, on tired, cookie-cutter cliche action set-pieces.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brett Ratner, Rush Hour 3
'Underdog': Dog Days of Augustnew
A mad scientist's experiments provide a beagle with superpowers and the ability to speak in this children's comedy based on an old cartoon.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Frederik Du Chau, Underdog
