AltWeeklies Wire
Popcorn Junkienew
You want Shakespeare? Go to the park, Einstein. Here are six multiplex picks to gloriously disengage your brain.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
05-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Directors, Various Films
Thick and Richnew
The new British crime drama from first-time director Matthew Vaughn is a block of granite struggling to liberate the statue inside it.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
05-24-2005 |
Reviews
Home Fires Burningnew
In this gripping drama, a dutiful Danish army officer returns from the war in Afghanistan a changed man.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
05-24-2005 |
Reviews
Gag Reflex
With Madagascar, non-Pixar computer animation still offers more jokes and less heart.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-24-2005 |
Reviews
Magnum Opie
Cinderella Man once again proves Ron Howard’s mettle as Hollywood craftsman.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
Now More Like It Ought to Benew
The movie Peckinpah made in between Ride the High Country and The Wild Bunch – Major Dundee – was a troubled picture from the get-go.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-20-2005 |
Reviews
Dogvillenew
Jet Li, in his first Western role of any depth, convincingly plays both man and beast, although a sentimental script by producer Luc Besson hampers the story.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Louis Leterrier, Unleashed
Is Sith All There Is?new
Veering from moments of breathtakingly visualized valor to outright stupidity, Sith is a vast improvement over the previous two outings, but still and all, it’s no Star Wars.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-20-2005 |
Reviews
Spousal Supportnew
The marriage of two Turks who meet while in a German psychiatric hospital grows from a relationship of convenience into a genuine love affair.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
05-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Fatih Akin, Head-On
Spare the Music, Spoil the Childnew
A box-office smash in its native France, this kindly and spirited film doesn’t exactly break the mold of the heartwarming, humanistic boarding-school dramedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-20-2005 |
Reviews
After the Mega-Mergernew
A future when everything -- even sex -- is for the corporate good provides the setting for the compelling Girl From Monday.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hal Hartley, The Girl From Monday
George Lucas' Revengenew
Is Revenge of the Sith the best Star Wars film? No. Is it a classic anyway? Hell yeah!
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Fans Make Own Star Wars Filmsnew
Many fan productions are spoofs, but Star Wars: Revelations keeps a straight face for what might be the most elaborate fan film ever made.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Humor Comes Too Little Too Latenew
Will Ferrell's primal-scream shtick should be perfect for a comedy about the timely subject of enraged sports parents. But when Phil finally cuts loose and bellows at boys, the humor comes too little too late.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Globalization Squeezes the Wine Industrynew
A documentary about the changes globalization has wrought on the wine industry, Mondovino, takes a concept that on its surface would have limited appeal, and makes it feel like a matter of profound urgency.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
05-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jonathan Nossiter, Mondovino
