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Mommie Deadestnew
Volver achieves a hollow perfection.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Volver
Here's Hooking at Younew
A skillful but idle pastiche.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, The Good German
Good Will Peddlingnew
Sober and assured, yet the events are so cryptic that the movie should probably come with a study guide.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
Paunchy 'n' Punchynew
On this Rocky he has built a church.
Washington City Paper |
Josh Levin |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
Battle of the Comeback Kidsnew
A human-interest story that gives the audience no humans to be interested in.
Washington City Paper |
Josh Levin |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: McG, We Are Marshall
Chicks Up Frontnew
Shut Up and Sing is precisely balanced between the personal, the musical and the political.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Matter Over Mindnew
Blood Diamond plays like Pearl Harbor set against the backdrop of an industry awash in blood.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Blood Diamond, Edward Zwick
We Are Familynew
Dreamgirls is an infectious experience of sequins and songs that lives up to the hype.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
All Along the Watchtowernew
Matt Damon abandons the cat-and-mouse theatrics of his Bourne identity to play the reserved fictional functionary whose life serves as the prism through which this film examines the early years of the CIA.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
Class Actnew
If you like your British movies quick, raunchy, reflective, and bittersweet, then The History Boys, based on the stage play, is for you.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys
Night Movesnew
Amid crummy sight gags and predictable physical comedy, sputtering scenes, stale Stiller in another nonsense story, Night at the Museum is at best a rotation of backdrops for a parade of visual effects.
Austin Chronicle |
Shawn Badgley |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Night at the Museum, Shawn Levy
Sixth 'Rocky' Still Cockynew
This final chapter in the Rocky saga is terrific -- maybe not great, like that first kiss of fist in '76, but good, solid, exhilarating entertainment of the stand-up-and-cheer variety.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
Lama Landnew
In this documentary, the director wears his affection for Buddhist philosophy unashamedly on his sleeve, and as a result his movie nearly drowns in solemnity and noble intentions (not to mention chanting).
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Bush, Vajra Sky Over Tibet
Unnecessary Roughnessnew
There are football movies, and then there’s this 800-pound gorilla of a gridiron weepie, which should be penalized for roughing the viewer.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: McG, We Are Marshall
Teacher's Petnew
A surprise hit play in New York and London, The History Boys won high marks as a sparkling alternative to the sentimental, black-and-white portrait of education in Dead Poets Society.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys
