AltWeeklies Wire
It Takes a Villagenew
This story about a girl from the ghetto who wins the national spelling bee has lofty if often unfulfilled goals, but is a rewarding tale nevertheless.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-28-2006 |
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Tags: Akeelah and the Bee, Doug Atchison
Straw Man
Feuerzeig's sober and intelligent documentary doesn't exploit the schizophrenic subject.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-28-2006 |
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String Cheese
This comedy of manners has no keen fix on manners and no hunger for true human comedy.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
04-28-2006 |
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Cabin Pressure
Greengrass' account of the fourth plane to be hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, is the purest of action flicks.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Greengrass, united 93
In the Mode for Love
Three Times depicts a Taiwan that has moved from enslavement to freedom yet has misplaced something of its culture and sense of community.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Three Times
Kibbles 'n' Tits
It's unlikely that there's another orgy movie out there that's more boring or irritating.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Catherine Cahn, Charlie's Party
Simon Says ... Nothing
Despite the currency of its topics, American Dreamz doesn't make you think, and it won't make you feel any smarter than watching American Idol does.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: American Dreamz, Paul Weitz
Trailer Trashnew
Robin Williams faces flying feces in the abominably bad RV.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Barry Sonnenfeld, RV
Triple Ploynew
Three Times unites his themes of the recalled past and the scattered present, and it may be Hsiao-Hsien's most profound, if enigmatic, film to date.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Three Times
United We Fallnew
United 93 treads a fine line between catharsis and exploitation, between the manipulation of an agenda and the illusion of objectivity.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Greengrass, united 93
Tragically Yabo-Lessnew
Based loosely on a true story, Mountain Patrol is a Chinese production originally titled Kekexili, named for a wildlife preserve on the China/Tibet border where the endangered Tibetan antelope makes its last stand.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Chuan Lu, Mountain Patrol
Ride You Might Not Be Ready to Takenew
For better or worse, Greengrass has pulled off a phenomenal accomplishment here -- this is solid, exhilarating filmmaking.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Greengrass, united 93
Of Gospel and Gangsta Rapnew
There are a lot of firsts in this film set mostly in Harlem, but not even the presence of Eartha Kitt can bring this negligible and amateurish work to life.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
04-27-2006 |
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Soapy Waternew
Deepa Mehta presents an irresistible melodrama.
L.A. Weekly |
David Chute |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: water, Deepa Mehta
Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Rollnew
The Rolling Stones and Brian Jones gather moss in the lackluster Stoned.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
04-27-2006 |
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Tags: Stephen Woolley, Stoned
