AltWeeklies Wire
Gender Pretendernew
Beneath its historical leanings and classic veneer, this new film is utterly gaga for girls who love boys who love boys. However, it's also marvelous entertainment: witty, wry, insightful, and universal -- like Shakespeare in Love, with more vogueing and buttocks-clenching.
East Bay Express |
Gregory Weinkauf |
10-20-2004 |
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Tags: Richard Eyre, Stage Beauty
Mother Couragenew
Hanif Kureishi's new drama is an excellent film -- one that feels like life, sharpened to its finest points.
Phoenix New Times |
Melissa Levine |
10-19-2004 |
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Robin Williams Messes With Memoriesnew
This satisfyingly eerie thriller is concerned with the moral implications of recording entire lives and what those lives ultimately mean once they're edited down into sweet, bowdlerized, easily digested movies.
Riverfront Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
10-19-2004 |
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Brave and Crazynew
There is no denying that Tarnation is a very brave movie. Rarely is the subject of a documentary willing to lay himself bare before the camera, exposing his very consciousness to the audience, and it's still more uncommon for a director to do it.
The People's Historiannew
At 80-plus, Zinn has the kind of sheen that emanates, spreading cheer even as he exposes the corruption, deceit, and violence that characterize the lion's share of the history he studies. Zinn's beauty is the beauty of righteousness.
Strung Outnew
Team America gets tangled in its own lines.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-18-2004 |
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Full of Gracenew
The plot makes this film sounds like a cheap romantic fantasy, contrived to make a chunk of change off wistful women pushing 40. In fact, p.s. is a character-driven drama, concerned more with its protagonist's emotional life than with her romantic one.
Puppet Powernew
Trey Parker and Matt Stone tame the world with marionettes.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-15-2004 |
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Engine Troublenew
Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon comedy stalls at the starting gate.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-15-2004 |
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Tripping the Light Fantasticnew
Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon co-star in this tempting remake of a Japanese film about a man's midlife slump.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
10-15-2004 |
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Tags: Peter Chelsom, Shall We Dance?
Work Tales From the Dark Sidenew
Directed by Gus Van Sant's longtime editor and written by Lemony Snicket author Daniel Handler, Rick is a harsh but compelling tale that loosely mixes tragedy and comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-15-2004 |
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Tags: Rick, Curtiss Clayton
Feet of Claynew
Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, and Penélope Cruz co-star in this stilted romantic drama set against the background of Europe between the wars.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-15-2004 |
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Tags: Head in the Clouds, John Duigan
Cattle Callnew
A kids' adventure movie stars a boy and his prize steer – and a host of star cameos.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Ssavlov |
10-15-2004 |
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Tags: Barry Tubb, Grand Champion
No Laughing Matternew
An amusing comedy with a killer cast seems like it should be a lot funnier than it ultimately is.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-15-2004 |
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Tags: Eulogy, Michael Clancy
Soft-Shoe Soft Sellnew
What's most impressive about Shall We Dance? is how Peter Chelsom wipes the glitter and glamour off his stars and makes them seem like ordinary people.
