AltWeeklies Wire
Aging Rocker Can Still Get It Upnew
Demme paints a fantastic portrait of a true iconoclast, a man who's been an unclean needle on the beach of pop culture since the late '60s.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
02-15-2006 |
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Altered Statesnew
The Russian thriller Night Watch and the Southern mock-doc CSA: The Confederate States of America imagine scary dystopias.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
02-15-2006 |
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Deeper Throatnew
Reygadas presents a Mexican masterpiece of formal intelligence and unstable perspectives -- plus blowjobs.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
02-15-2006 |
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Tags: Carlos Reygadas, Battle in Heaven
Diamond in the Roughnew
Steve Martin's Pink Panther piddles on its predecessor.
Tags: Shawn Levy, The Pink Panther
Idle Curiositynew
Curious George is so timeless, you might wish it were more timely.
East Bay Express |
Robert Wilonsky |
02-13-2006 |
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Hackednew
Harrison Ford runs smack into a Firewall.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
02-13-2006 |
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Tags: Firewall, Richard Loncraine
Lessons in Babysittingnew
This remake of Fred Walton's 1979 film is a hollow, shallow and just plain boring exercise in snooziness.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-10-2006 |
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Tags: Simon West, When a Stranger Calls
The Anti-Semitism Among Usnew
Levin investigates the reasons for the recent renaissance of American anti-Semitism, but never really elucidates or poses solutions to the problem.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-10-2006 |
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Tags: marc levin, Protocols of Zion
Sellers' Marketnew
In this pointless rehash, Steve Martin inhabits the role of the bumbling French detective without a trace of the comic genius of Peter Sellers.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
02-10-2006 |
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Tags: Shawn Levy, The Pink Panther
Happily Ever Afternew
This traditional romantic comedy with a lesbian twist has its charms, but for a movie about loving radically, it sure plays it safe.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-10-2006 |
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Tags: Imagine Me & You, Ol Parker
Thinning the Teenage Herdnew
It’s not going to nab any golden statuettes, mind you, but this shocker takes such exuberant, gleeful delight in the unspeakably gory dispatch of assorted teenagers that it may well be the most fun you’ll have at the movies all week.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-10-2006 |
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Tags: Final Destination 3, James Wong
Bananaramanew
It's not perfect, but the big-screen debut of H.A. Rey's lovable monkey is faithful to George's gentle spirit while fully exploiting the possibilities of old-school, two-dimensional animation.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-10-2006 |
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Rainbow Rocknew
This rambling, celebratory documentary covers performances from all six years of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival and manages to catch the laid-back, slow-fi charm of the actual event.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-10-2006 |
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Tags: Coachella, Drew Thomas
Fly Away Homenew
The homilies are all there in this family-friendly feature about a cancer-stricken 10-year-old searching for the elusive morpho butterfly.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
02-10-2006 |
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Tags: Léa Pool, The Blue Butterfly
Banana Fritter
Despite a couple of good jokes, George's plot line is too blah for bigger kids and too complicated for the pre-K acolytes.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
02-10-2006 |
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