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Ghost Worldnew
Sunshine noirs The Black Dahlia and The Decay of Fiction go in search of Hollywood's heart of darkness.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
09-13-2006 |
Reviews
Harlin Phones It In
Darkly lit blue-tinted fog accompanies nearly every scene as a group of teenage descendants of witches, called the Sons of Ipswich, turn their Massachusetts prep school into a chamber of minor horrors.
Tags: Renny Harlin, The Covenant
It Warms Hearts
This was Christopher Reeve's final film project, and the simple story of a little boy who risks everything to restore order to his family's depression-era existence is a well tempered and heartwarming animated children's movie.
Weak Story, Strong Martial Arts
Muay-Thai martial arts phenomenon Tony Jaa follows up his impressive debut with an action-packed, if less than sophisticated, story line.
Tags: Prachya Pinkaew, The Protector
Navel-Gazing Tedium
Navel-gazing director Michel Gondry wears his developmentally arrested heart on his sleeve in the most self-indulgent movie of 2006.
Dick Skewers the MPAA
Even if you've never given a second thought to who bestows ratings on movies or how those ranks are given, Dick's enlightening documentary will catch you up in its infectious spin of curiosity.
French Policier is Alive and Well
The rarely done genre of the French policier is alive and well in director Beauvois' dynamic movie about a young police academy graduate who gives up his life in a small province to work in Paris.
Grand Cayman Island Corruption
Flowers loses track of his own narrative puzzle that includes a story about a shady but rich Floridian with an 18-year-old daughter escaping to Grand Cayman from the feds who want to arrest him.
Tags: Frank E. Flowers, Haven
1940 Novel Gets a 1938 Setting
Charles Sturridge adapts this heart-warming story with strict attention to its modest emotional underpinnings of family, devotion, and a beautiful collie.
Tags: Charles Sturridge, Lassie
Insightful and Penetrating Drama
This independent jewel from writer/director Laurie Collyer showcases the ever-dependable Maggie Gyllenhaal in her first leading role since Secretary.
Tags: Laurie Collyer, Sherrybaby
L. A. Inconsequential
The Black Dahlia turns a lurid tale into a film of glossy surfaces.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, The Black Dahlia
Dead-On Visionnew
Mike Judge's comedy is the story of a man who awakes 500 years in the future to find a society so dumbed-down that he instantly becomes the smartest person alive.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Idiocracy, Mike Judge
An Ultimate Lack of Viewpointnew
Although Hollywoodland stokes the dying embers of uncertainty regarding the 1959 death of George Reeves, TV's Superman, it nevertheless seems that the result should be more provocative and scandalous.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Allen Coulter, Hollywoodland
100-Proof Bukowskinew
Charles Bukowski's Henry Chinaski is back, played by Matt Dillon in a low-key, gorgeously beery performance.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bent Hamer, Factotum
Few Gaspsnew
Belgian horror romp Calvaire is so dead-set on being disturbing that it ends up tripping over its own hobbled feet.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Calvaire, Fabrice du Welz
