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Get Down with Davenew
Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party.
East Bay Express |
Robert Wilonsky |
03-06-2006 |
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Davey From the Block
Though the festivities can get distractingly self-congratulatory on screen, it's hard to begrudge Chappelle the success of what he calls the greatest day of his career.
Washington City Paper |
Josh Levin |
03-03-2006 |
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Lady of the Housecoat
Madea may be a big momma, but she's no Big Momma.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-03-2006 |
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Beach Slap
Affable, synthetic and 100 percent girly, this beach-blanket renovation of The Little Mermaid boasts a virtually unknown cast and a plot so flimsy that merely to recount it is to kill it.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
03-03-2006 |
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Tags: Aquamarine, Elizabeth Allen
Pulling Up Lame
Let's just say that Paul Walker is the best thing about Running Scared -- it's that bad.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-03-2006 |
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Tags: Running Scared, Wayne Kramer
Donner Paltry
If keeping the action fast and unrelenting makes for an exciting ride, well, it also makes for a rather unbelievable one.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-03-2006 |
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Tags: Richard Donner, 16 Blocks
Butt Seriously
Largely redundant, the only thing Lovett really adds to the post-Stonewall mythography is to remind us how attractive men's bodies actually were in the 70s, before the plague.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
03-03-2006 |
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Tags: Gay Sex in the 70s, Joseph Lovett
Courting Rituals
No one in front of or behind the camera in this film seems able to imagine a better outcome for a young black man from the projects than realizing those dreams of a Bentley and a Rolex and a shoe with his own name on it.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
03-03-2006 |
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Two Tweens and a Tailnew
Based on a young adult novel by Alice Hoffman, the film is about two best girlfriends who meet up with … a mermaid!
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-02-2006 |
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Tags: Aquamarine, Elizabeth Allen
A Hip-Hop Happeningnew
Although the film hasn't the distinctive fingerprints of Eternal Sunshine director Michel Gondry, Chappelle's party is nevertheless a fun blast of impromptu musicmaking, filmmaking, and comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-02-2006 |
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Muscovite Mayhemnew
Russia's highest box-office grosser (until the release of its sequel) is a stylish sci-fi thriller that's filled with adrenaline-fueled pacing, an abundance of gory effects, a death metal soundtrack, and a convoluted narrative that puts The Matrix to shame.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-02-2006 |
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Tags: Timur Bekmambetov, Night Watch
Walking the Walknew
16 Blocks may be a formulaic good-cops/bad-cops action flick, but it's rarely stereotypical.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-02-2006 |
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Tags: Richard Donner, 16 Blocks
Inclement Clevelandnew
Meredith's debut film is a Chekhov-inspired collection of semi-intertwined vignettes about a half-dozen or so depressed people living in Cleveland, and features an impressive cast.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-02-2006 |
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What Hath Shrek Wrought?new
A clunker if there ever was one, Doogal is so mind-numbingly incoherent that parents and children alike will stare dazedly at the screen wondering what the heck is going on.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
03-02-2006 |
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Madea, My Dearnew
In this sequel to last year's Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Perry ups the ante by including Cicely Tyson and Maya Angelou in his coffee klatch.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-02-2006 |
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