AltWeeklies Wire
Cinema for Sadistsnew
Despite a botched ending, Hostel is a horrifying, thrilling torture flick.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-12-2006 |
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Riveting Romancenew
Heath Ledger's stunning performance leads a beautiful film that lives up to all the hype.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Cheering the Underdognew
Glory Road focuses on the players, embodied by a talented cast who make the most of their sketched-in individual story lines.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
01-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Glory Road, James Gartner
Tales From the Hoodnew
Boredom abounds in this animated fairy-tale pastiche of "Little Red Riding Hood."
The Village Voice |
Matt Singer |
01-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cory Edwards, Hoodwinked
Middlebrow Blandnessnew
When compared to this tepid lesbian comedy, Brokeback Mountain is the pinnacle of audacity.
The Village Voice |
Ben Kenigsberg |
01-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: April's Shower, Trish Doolan
It’s Only Natural
In The New World, Terrence Malick indulges his ardor for the arbor.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Terrence Malick, The New World
Shaftednew
This riveting film brings the stories of four workers struggling to make ends meet to the big screen.
Tags: Roger Weisberg, Waging a Living
Pure Bullnew
The Matador helps Pierce Brosnan shatter his Bond mold.
Dallas Observer |
Bill Gallo |
01-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Shepard, The Matador
Holden Caulfield Meets Hogan's Heroesnew
This recent film from Germany throws a fading line back to that country's buried horror, and is on that strength alone a vital bit of cinema.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
01-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Before the Fall, Dennis Gansel
Hittin' the Entrails
Though the most dogged of gorehounds may find the film's uncynical conclusion hard to stomach, it suggests the film has some purpose besides being the most sickening morning-after movie ever -- perhaps even a timely one.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
01-06-2006 |
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Solid Wood
This is the first good Woody Allen movie since the neurotic New Yorker realized that a significant shake-up was in order if he were to once again be regarded as, well, significant.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-06-2006 |
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Yogi Unbearable
Viewers who know something about India or religion will be able to salvage a few moments from Naked in Ashes, despite the filmmakers' failure to provide anything more than the flimsiest of contexts.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-06-2006 |
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'Burb Your Enthusiasm
This is the second movie in two months from the Weinstein Company to pack the same essential message: There comes a time when the innocent suburbanite must learn how to kill.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-06-2006 |
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Heath in Heatnew
For a period farce, you could do worse than this sweet, silly, and intelligent romantic comedy.
Cleveland Scene |
Melissa Levine |
01-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lasse Hallstrom, Casanova
Beautiful Dreamernew
An adopted transvestite searches for her mom but runs into everything else in this new drama.
Cleveland Scene |
Bill Gallo |
01-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Jordan, Breakfast on Pluto
