AltWeeklies Wire
Truth and Consequencesnew
For a film consisting mostly of a middle-aged guy pointing to charts and lecturing about complex, controversial, and world-challenging ideas, this makes for a more entertaining thriller than The Da Vinci Code.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
06-01-2006 |
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Bomb Squadnew
Cult of the Suicide Bomber and The War Tapes focus on Middle East issues.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
06-01-2006 |
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Breaking Up is Hard to Donew
The romance never begins for Aniston and Vaughn.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-01-2006 |
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Tags: Peyton Reed, The Break-Up
One-Sided Cinemanew
Sir! No Sir! is a film about dissent and protest that fails to show conflicting views.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-31-2006 |
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Tags: David Zeiger, Sir! No Sir!
Mutant Mayhemnew
The latest X-Men sequel makes for an entertaining popcorn movie.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-31-2006 |
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Gore Returns to Save Our Sorry Assesnew
An Inconvenient Truth revolves around a live performance of Gore's famous slideshow -- it's obscure, embarassing and generally depressing, just like the last time Gore tried to save the country.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
05-31-2006 |
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Overstuffed With Troublenew
The Puffy Chair is ostensibly a wacky road trip comedy with an arty verite edge, but that's just a distraction from its real concern -- what the film really wants to know is if love can conquer endless bickering.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
05-31-2006 |
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Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
Hard to Do?new
Vince Vaughn makes us laugh as a self-centered smartass.
Seattle Weekly |
Luke Y. Thompson |
05-31-2006 |
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Tags: Peyton Reed, The Break-Up
Mutant Pile-Upnew
This third outing in the franchise lays on the subtext even more heavily than its predecessors -- racial, gender, and sexual politics are all over the place, as are the multiple strands of the story line.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-26-2006 |
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The Dalai Lama Remasterednew
More a meditation than a traditional documentary, Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy beautifully employs direct cinema techniques to transport the viewer into the world of an exiled culture.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
05-26-2006 |
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The Parallels Between Spurt and Splatnew
Former porn auteur Gregory Dark advances to making this rote exercise in slasher-film tedium.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-26-2006 |
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Tags: Gregory Dark, See No Evil
Tibetan Trackersnew
A self-appointed game warden and his ragtag band of volunteers cross some treacherous Chinese landscape in search of poachers of Tibetan antelope.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-26-2006 |
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The Lady Punishes
Is there any difference between justice and revenge?
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-26-2006 |
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Tags: Lady Vengeance, Park Chan-wook
Code Warriorsnew
This faithful adaptation of Dan Brown's bestseller treats the novel as if it were a sacred text, even though it's basically a Hardy Boys mystery dressed up in provocative attire.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
05-26-2006 |
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Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Not Subtle
The film's rhetorical excesses will make you long for the one quality that both the film and the former mayor lack: nuance.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
05-26-2006 |
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Tags: Giuliani Time, Kevin Keating
