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Witchy Womannew
Again Nicole Kidman goes for another nose-centric role, yet Nora Ephron's very meta remake of the old TV show still misfires.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-24-2005 |
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Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Zombie Nationnew
Romero has again crafted a character-driven horror film that doubles as a metaphor for the economic disparity in America and, to a lesser degree, the war on terror.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-24-2005 |
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Retread Has Some New Groovesnew
This deluxe retread is sort of annoying, but it’s so scrappy and persistent that it seems kind of cute in spite of itself.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-24-2005 |
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Heatwavenew
This ripe and symbolically drenched coming-of-age story nevertheless pleases due to its rare emotional honesty and the delightful performances of two young newcomers.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-24-2005 |
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When Naughty Was Nicenew
In this comedy set in 70s Spain, a married couple makes porn movies for Scandinavian consumption.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Pablo Berger, Torremolinos 73
Back to Realitynew
Nearly a decade after Joel Schumacher foolishly turned the Batman series away from Tim Burton’s Gothic fairy tale, director Christopher Nolan has made the ultimate Batman film, taking the comic book icon in a direction no one has ever thought of: the real world.
Jackson Free Press |
Stephen Belden |
06-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
It's Zombie Nation in Land of the Deadnew
George A. Romero's latest film proves that the new generation of zombie auteurs has exceeded their teacher.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: George A. Romero, Land of the Dead
Film Does Justice To Romantic Wanderlustnew
This French drama is delightful and rare for addressing marriage's lonely, fragile dimensions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
06-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Happily Ever After, Yvan Attal
Sexual Abuse Haunts Boys in Devastating Filmnew
Mysterious Skin is a depressingly vivid look at the trauma of childhood molestation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
06-23-2005 |
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Tags: Gregg Araki, Mysterious Skin
Bewitched Wastes Its Ironic Premise With Romantic Clichésnew
On the big screen, TV plots feel at once thin and overinflated. Yet Hollywood keeps making them.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Herbie Lives!new
Lindsay Lohan returns to her Disney roots in this harmless, inane movie that kids should like.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-23-2005 |
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Summer Day Dreaming
The director offers a thoughtful, impressionistic take on a salacious topic: one heated summer between two teenage girls in Yorkshire.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
06-23-2005 |
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Freedom Filmnew
Though it doesn't have explosions or a dude dressed like a bat, Kings and Queen wins with good writing.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Arnaud Desplechin, Kings and Queen
Undead and Loving It
The father of the zombie movie returns to the genre he created to teach these whippersnappers a thing or two about gore and horror.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
06-23-2005 |
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Hex Crimes
Not content to make another terrible romantic comedy or another terrible based-on-TV-show movie, the Ephrons create the ro-meta-ntic comedy; disaster ensues.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-23-2005 |
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