AltWeeklies Wire
The Devil and Betty Pagenew
Bettie Page loosens the kinks in famed model's career.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-04-2006 |
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Cruise in Controlnew
The Syracuse kid saves the world in style.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-04-2006 |
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Western Mattersnew
The Proposition and Down In the Valley update the Western in different ways.
New York Press |
Matt Zoller Seitz |
05-04-2006 |
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On Sept. 11new
United 93 is an amazing, yet painful, movie experience.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Greengrass, united 93
Avoiding Interioritynew
Mary Harron and Gretchen Mol make Bettie Page into a strange, yet thought-provoking movie.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-03-2006 |
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Stereotypical Storynew
How many cliches can a filmmaker pile into one character before audiences cry, "Enough"?
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
05-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Julian Jarrold, Kinky Boots
Partial Artsnew
Kaige proves we don't need another Hero.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
05-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Chen Kaige, The Promise
Paint It Blacknew
Zwigoff and Clowes's caustic college comedy is a portrait of the artist as a young scumbag.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
05-03-2006 |
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Dork Housenew
Art School Confidential imitates life, just not the good parts.
L.A. Alternative |
Evan Nicoll-Johnson |
05-02-2006 |
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The Day the World Changednew
United 93 is a sober, humanistic portrait of America’s literal "first responders," who in an instant were forced to wrap their heads around a new, unfathomable reality.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Greengrass, united 93
Balancing Actsnew
Bring It On scribe Jessica Bendinger writes and directs this teen movie set in the world of competitive gymnastics, and features leotard-clad girls who learn to stick together to fight injustice.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jessica Bendinger, Stick It
Town Without Pitynew
This eerie but ultimately unengaging film adaptation of Konami's smash series of video games has a pitch-perfect score and unnervingly nightmarish imagery.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christophe Gans, Silent Hill
A Conspiracy in the White Housenew
This serviceable action thriller disintegrates into an implausible mess that's barely salvaged by the presence of old pros like Michael Douglas and Kim Basinger.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Clark Johnson, The Sentinel
Home Friednew
Steve Buscemi directs this story about a lovable loser who moves back in with his off-kilter family in Indiana.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Buscemi, Lonesome Jim
Suck on Thisnew
Metaphorically speaking, Little Red Riding Hood eats Humbert Humbert in this story of an online predator and his jailbait, gamine prey.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Slade, Hard Candy
