AltWeeklies Wire
Meat and Greet
Fast Food Nation turns visceral journalism into theoretical conversation.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-09-2006 |
Reviews
Corkednew
Sure, the bottle looks good, but this Crowe/Scott vintage can't live up to its name.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
11-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, A Good Year
Dumber Than Realitynew
Stranger Than Fiction is ultimately a B-minus movie that raises -- but only nominally explores -- potentially brain engaging themes like the nature of free will and the primacy of art as a creative force.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
11-08-2006 |
Reviews
What Would Jigsaw Do?new
The passion of the cut-rate, high-grossing Saw series continues.
Miami New Times |
Rob Nelson |
11-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Lynn Bousman, Saw III
Comic's Turnnew
Screechy stand-up shows doggedness in hilarious directorial debut.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Menace To Society
Harsh Time is a modern and raw reflection of the disastrous effects of war on the soldiers that survive them and the potential danger they pose.
Tags: David Ayer, Harsh Times
Sour Grapes
A Good Year suggests that Ridley Scott should never ever attempt comedy again.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, A Good Year
Gettin' Jiggy With It
Saw III nearly ruins its improbable superiority over the franchise’s predecessors with a stupefying amount of denouement gab.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Lynn Bousman, Saw III
Where's the Fire?
Catch a Fire relies heavily on Bob Marley tunes and South African “freedom songs” to cover its lack of righteous passion.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Catch a Fire, Phillip Noyce
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
The essence of La Moustache is its inexplicability.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Emmanuel Carrére, La Moustache
Link Globally
Babel sacrifices its atmosphere in a quest to tabulate human misunderstanding and score obvious political points.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
Driving Miss Crazy
Starring Harry Potter's Rupert Grint, this is like a TV series that tries, and fails, to reinvent a former cast member of a popular sitcom.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Driving Lessons, Jeremy Brock
New Yak City
Cohen makes tired American jokes funny again, and the fact that he is able to use this vehicle to expose the open hate that still exists here is just a surprising bonus.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Rev. Deathnew
A new documentary about populist preacher Jim Jones is a fascinating portrait of folly and power.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
The Shot Blurred Round the World
Is Babel's culture-spanning drama epic -- or merely unfocused?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel