AltWeeklies Wire
Boys in the Southern Hoodnew
The well-meaning but confused and sloppy “ATL” focuses on a clutch of Atlanta high-schoolers who alternately struggle to imagine some way out of the hood or succumb to its darker temptations.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
04-13-2006 |
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Tough Nougatnew
Director David Slade digs beneath the surface in an interview about his taut, tense thriller.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
04-13-2006 |
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Coming Soonnew
This film has lots of sex onscreen -- but it isn't very sexy.
New York Press |
Matt Zoller Seitz |
04-13-2006 |
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Mrs. Palfrey Sheds Light on the Inevitablenew
In this drama, Ireland coasts on small charms and the simple truth that the elderly are not dead yet.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
04-13-2006 |
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Slevin's 'Hip' Humor Is Downright Criminalnew
The plot of Lucky Number Slevin actually slows down, rather than speed up, as it approaches its predictable endgame, and nobody seems to invest any emotion in the characters.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-13-2006 |
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Tags: Lucky Number Slevin, Paul McGuigan
Et Tu, YouTube?new
The output on YouTube suggests that, for lack of a better word, geek culture is taking another evolutionary step.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-13-2006 |
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Intentionally Comatosenew
Fernando Eimbcke's new film captures Mexico City apartment dwellers in black-and-white.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-13-2006 |
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The Wildnew
The word "generic" is too specific for Disney's latest slab of stillborn computer animation.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-13-2006 |
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Tags: The Wild, Steve Williams
Uber the Topnew
This Holocaust melodrama spins a grabbily manipulative story without stopping to wonder if it isn't in poor taste.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-13-2006 |
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Tags: John Daly, The Aryan Couple
Gigglin' at Garbagenew
The Benchwarmers is idiotic and gross--yet childishly funny.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-12-2006 |
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Tags: Dennis Dugan, The Benchwarmers
The Perfect April Movienew
Lucky Number Slevin has so much style that even an expository monologue can't ruin it.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-12-2006 |
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Tags: Lucky Number Slevin, Paul McGuigan
Choosing the Fuck-Me Pumpsnew
Kinky Boots is another film in a long line of modest-budget comedic efforts about people in small Anglo towns embarrassing themselves for the greater good.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
04-12-2006 |
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Tags: Julian Jarrold, Kinky Boots
Overdosing on Mediocritynew
Woolley makes the very wise decision to focus on the handful of months that led up to Jones’s demise, eschewing the rise-and-fall formula that would have made for a much tackier product.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
04-12-2006 |
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Tags: Stephen Woolley, Stoned
Like Austen in L.A.new
Absent a marriage plot, or any real plot, Holofcener dissects the manners of matrons and maids.
Seattle Weekly |
Sheila Benson |
04-12-2006 |
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Pre-Mortemnew
This morbid romantic dramedy inspires cancer awareness.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
04-12-2006 |
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Tags: Look Both Ways, Sarah Watt
