AltWeeklies Wire
Hushnew
This blue-light special is no big deal.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jamie Babbit, The Quiet
Fly Like an Eaglenew
Here are some lessons in courage from the producer of The Rookie.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ericson Core, Invincible
A Worthy Whodunit
Ben Affleck takes a significant stride toward correcting his frat-boy-actor image in an engrossing portrayal of George Reeves.
Tags: Allen Coulter, Hollywoodland
Manhattan Is for Loversnew
With distinct echoes of Woody Allen, Trust the Man follows fashionably neurotic New Yorkers in oversized apartments as they search for happiness, love, and sex.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
09-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bart Freundlich, Trust the Man
Tone Deafnew
Perhaps future generations of film scholars will embrace the film as a B-movie that problematizes the oppressive gaze, but for now, it's a misfire.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jamie Babbit, The Quiet
Best Left Unspokennew
Your hair smells like cucumbers ... that gets me so hard ... wait, where are you going?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jamie Babbit, The Quiet
Let the Eagle Soarnew
Mark Wahlberg shines as yet another underdog in football biopic Invincible.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ericson Core, Invincible
Artificial in Viennanew
If you like surprise endings, you may want to see The Illusionist -- but only once.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Burger, The Illusionist
Boys Behaving Badlynew
Trust the Man edges toward a truthful, ribald take on the male view of relationships, but just as often ruts around in the kind of lame comedy that offers no particular insight into the characters or their situations.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bart Freundlich, Trust the Man
Bard of the Barstoolnew
Factotum's gutter-level perspective would be depressing if the film didn't maintain such a strong, fatalistic sense of humor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bent Hamer, Factotum
Girl, You'll Be a Woman -- Soonnew
A young teen grapples with sex and sexuality on the eve of her Quinceanera.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
A Little Respect
Hollywoodland combines true-life celebrity scandal with an effective morality tale.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Allen Coulter, Hollywoodland
For Mature Audiences Onlynew
Unlike the object of its scathing attention, Dick's documentary about the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings board is merry and bright and loads of fun.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Man of Steelnew
Mark Wahlberg inspires as an underrated everyman jock in Invincible.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ericson Core, Invincible
Colloquial Williamsburgnew
Fumbling Brooklyn hipsters fail to connect in Bujalski's fascinating micro-budget indie.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
08-30-2006 |
Reviews
