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Mysterious Skinnew
From porn to born again: Harron's reverent biopic contemplates its subject's essential innocence.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
04-12-2006 |
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Pass Over Thisnew
When Do We Eat? misses the important question.
L.A. Alternative |
Eric Otto |
04-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Salvador Litvak, When Do We Eat?
The Lame King
There’s something very familiar -- and very unfunny -- about Disney's The Wild.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
MaryAnn Johanson |
04-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Spaz Williams, The Wild
Wim and Vigornew
Sadly, Wenders' new film has little life in it.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
04-11-2006 |
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All Gave Somenew
Sir! No Sir! recounts the GIs who refused to ride the killing machine.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
04-10-2006 |
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Missing Piecesnew
Stolen recounts the largest art heist of the 20th century.
Birmingham Weekly |
Hugh Merrill |
04-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rebecca Dreyfus, Stolen
Slugs From Outer Spacenew
Writer-director James Gunn knows what makes horror fans howl, and he's one heck of a writer to boot.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Gunn, Slither
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Anyone who's expecting a solid telling of a talented man's self-destruction should stay away.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Woolley, Stoned
Dead Can Dance
If you can't guess exactly what's coming, you've obviously never seen a dancing movie before -- or any movie, really.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Liz Friedlander, Take The Lead
Escape Artistnew
Room wears the skin of a psychological thriller, but plays out as something far darker, weirder and more distancing.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kyle Henry, Room
Boy, Can She Pick 'Em
Seduction doesn't look all that seductive in Basic Instinct 2.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-07-2006 |
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Throws in Everything -- and the Towelnew
This fun but ultimately disappointing mistaken-identity thriller has style galore, which may actually be the crux of its problem.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucky Number Slevin, Paul McGuigan
DeLillo Strikes Outnew
Novelist Don DeLillo's first foray as a screenwriter uses the legendary sixth game of the 1986 World Series as the central metaphor in this film starring Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Game 6, Michael Hoffman
Noir School Confidential
Evoking John Huston, Jean-Luc Godard and John Hughes without resorting to slavish imitation, Brick doesn't come out of nowhere, but it does end up in a class of its own.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brick, Rian Johnson
War and Peacenew
This scathingly satirical, often horrific mockumentary examines what America might look like if the South had won the Civil War.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-07-2006 |
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