AltWeeklies Wire
Survival of the Speciesnew
Tanzania's Lake Victoria is teeming with Nile perch, enormous fish that make their way to the dining tables of millions of eaters per day.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
12-01-2005 |
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Tags: Darwin's Nightmare, Hubert Sauper
Slush Fundnew
It's perfectly possible to enjoy The Ice Harvest, just as soon as you recognize it as Harold Ramis's willful attempt to thwart every expectation he's built up in his career as a cineplex funster.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
12-01-2005 |
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Tags: Harold Ramis, The Ice Harvest
Slender Vittlesnew
You couldn't cram another gimmick into Nine Lives if you doubled its running time and made the screen twice as high.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
12-01-2005 |
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Tags: Nine Lives, Rodrigo García
Dances With Turtlesnew
Loggerheads has the distinct potential to crash and burn but does exactly the opposite; well-written and cleverly thought out, it's an uneasy portrayal of hopeless estrangement.
Dig Boston |
Kate Ledogar |
12-01-2005 |
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Tags: Loggerheads, Tim Kirkman
Love Hurtsnew
Ryan Reynolds gets his best comedic role yet in the predictable but amusing Just Friends.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
12-01-2005 |
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Tags: Just Friends, Roger Kumble
Droll Divorcenew
The Squid and the Whale is lacking in squid and whales, but it's got plenty of amazing performances.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-01-2005 |
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Movie Undermines Filmmaker's Intentnew
The inclusion of the too-much-information effect tends to further muddy already cloudy waters and gives what should have been a sobering documentary a scattershot, at times flaky tone.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-01-2005 |
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Tags: marc levin, Protocols of Zion
Comedian Pushes Limits of Race-Related Humornew
Sarah Silverman emerges as a member of our cultural bomb squad. She eagerly sets out to defuse social tensions, even at the risk of having them blow up in her face.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-01-2005 |
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Closet Casenew
In spite of its many mistakes, this coming-of-age film works because of lead actor Michael McMillian.
All Yoursnew
After sitting through this witless, irritating remake of a domestic comedy, don't be surprised if you find yourself shouting out for tougher reform schools, lock-down orphanages and mandatory sterilization.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
11-29-2005 |
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Familiar Ringnew
Pulse rips its ghostly story line from better Japanese horror films.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-28-2005 |
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Weighting...new
For those who dug Rob McKittrick's recent comedy Waiting..., Just Friends offers up some good news: Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris are together again as a dysfunctional couple.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-28-2005 |
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Common Coldnew
Director Harold Ramis says his film is about far more than two men swindling a mobster out of $2 million on Christmas Eve: It's about the fact that no one can be trusted anymore.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-28-2005 |
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Broadway Boundnew
For once, keeping a movie musical tied to the stage serves the audience best.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-25-2005 |
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Tags: Chris Columbus, Rent
La Boneheaded
Serial adapter Chris Columbus gives Rent-heads exactly what they want, and everyone else the last thing they could possibly want in this out-of-touch, irrelevant relic.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
11-24-2005 |
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