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Sci-fi Twist on Action Film Flops
Michael Bay's The Island rapidly devolves into a brainless mess of chases and badly choreographed action movie clichés, all told in Bay’s signature choppy, brutal, throbbing style.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-25-2005 |
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Bad News Is Just Thatnew
You will still recognize a little of what remains onscreen, but the plastic surgeons have botched the job, rendering Bad News Bears hideously deformed.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
07-25-2005 |
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Steel Wheelsnew
Murderball, a documentary about quad rugby players, absolutely kills.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
07-25-2005 |
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Hustled
All the grit but none of the realism of John Singleton's Boyz n the Hood is found in Brewer's split-personality portrait of the Memphis hood.
Missoula Independent |
Jason Wiener |
07-22-2005 |
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Tags: Craig Brewer, Hustle & Flow
Game Onnew
For sure, this is a movie about jocks, with all their ardor and devotion to the sport on full display, but the affecting Murderball also goes where no documentary about the physically impaired has gone before.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-22-2005 |
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No Signs of Lifenew
If you like Maxim, you'll love The Island -- it's glossy, expensive, full of slick ads and beautiful people reduced to posable action figures.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-22-2005 |
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Tags: Michael Bay, The Island
Rocky Meets the Mean Streets of Memphisnew
In a true starmaking turn, Terrence Howard commands the screen as a down-on-his-luck pimp and aspiring rapper.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-22-2005 |
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Tags: Craig Brewer, Hustle & Flow
Hell-Boundnew
Rob Zombie's Super-16 death trip is the year's most viciously entertaining psycho road-movie, a heartfelt homage to '70s-era cinematic sleaze.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-22-2005 |
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Tags: Rob Zombie, The Devil's Rejects
Base Hitnew
Kids and profanity will always be funny together, but this genial remake of the Walter Matthau hit has lost some of the edge.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-22-2005 |
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Tags: Richard Linklater, Bad News Bears
Film's Eerie Ideas Go Out With a Bangnew
Michael Bay, director of Hollywood's most destruction-crazed movies, makes an unlikely member of the Culture of Life. But his sci-fi thriller offers a metaphorical argument against cloning, stem cell and frozen embryo research.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-22-2005 |
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Tags: Michael Bay, The Island
Film Chronicles Quiet Desperation and Cutenessnew
Me and You and Everyone We Know's most original feature is probably the way it subverts the lovelorn, hangdog heroes of films like Punch Drunk Love, Garden State and Sideways.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-22-2005 |
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A Pimp Seeks Redemptionnew
Writer/director Craig Brewer offers a harsh, credible portrayal of low-level Memphis criminality and reveals the importance hip-hop can play in "the Life."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-22-2005 |
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Tags: Craig Brewer, Hustle & Flow
Sweet Repeatnew
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is Tim Burton’s most enjoyable (and strangest) film in years; it not only stands as a testament to his talents, but it may even be superior to the classic 1971 adaptation Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
07-21-2005 |
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Candied Cinemanew
Tim Burton returns to greatness -- and Johnny Depp remains there -- with Chocolate Factory.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-21-2005 |
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From Pimp to Rapnew
Hustle and Flow has a lot going against it, but its star and director push it to success.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-21-2005 |
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Tags: Craig Brewer, Hustle & Flow
