AltWeeklies Wire
Shock Treatmentnew
Adrien Brody tries to uncover the mystery of his impending death in this high-concept film.
Phoenix New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
03-08-2005 |
Reviews
Eco-wise Animénew
This gorgeously dystopian South Korean film rivals and, at times, surpasses the best of Japanese animé.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Kidding Aroundnew
Vin Diesel plays a Navy SEAL who draws diaper duty.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Shankman, The Pacifier
Back to the Futurenew
This mix of amnesia, time travel, and Adrien Brody adds up to a fairly forgettable experience.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
Doomed Is More Like Itnew
The latest from the Scream team hardly merits a weak yelp.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Wes Craven, Cursed
Adultery, Bollywood Stylenew
Bollywood romance glosses over the cultural ramifications of marriage and adultery, but is heavy on the music and melodramatics.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bewafaa, Dharmesh Darshan
Clan of the Gay Bearsnew
Spanish drama avoids the politics of gay adoption while focusing instead on realistic characters and situations.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bear Cub, Miguel Albaladejo
Chili Leftoversnew
The follow-up to Elmore Leanard's Get Shorty is rife with star talent but short on inspiration.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Cool, F. Gary Gray
Nothing But a Mannew
Early film from South Korea's enfant terrible Kim Ki-duk is a coarse and distubing drama about obsessive love.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kim Ki-duk, Bad Guy
LA. Werewolf Storynew
Wes Craven shows he's lost his touch with the much-maligned Cursed.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Wes Craven, Cursed
Love, Loans and Lionsnew
The latest Merchant of Venice film sticks faithfully to the Elizabethan era.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Apocalypse Then and Nownew
It's always dangerous to make direct links between current events and pop-culture phenomena: So much time usually lags between the conception of a novel, record, or movie and its eventual release that such connections are, at best, coincidence. Let's just say that the small wave of time-travel movies that started last year with The Butterfly Effect is...interesting.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jim Ridley |
03-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
Flick Weaves a Wandering Webnew
Government official Dondup's escape from his Himalayan home proves increasingly futile in Travellers and Magicians. As it progresses, Bhutanese monk/filmmaker Khyentse Norbu lets some of the realism dissipate as his film begins to take on the ambiance of a fairy tale.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-03-2005 |
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MTV Visuals and a Ludicrous Plot Unravel The Jacketnew
On a Gulf War battlefield, Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) experiences the first of many head injuries when he's shot point-blank by an Iraqi child. Viewers may also feel as if they've experienced blunt trauma to the head after watching The Jacket.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
Get Shoddynew
Be Cool is redundant to the point of being absolutely pointless, a sequel that's almost a note-for-note, beat-for-beat redo of its predecessor, only with all the entertaining stuff left out.
Tags: Be Cool, F. Gary Gray
