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Burning Bridges
All hail Jeff Bridges -- the new Greatest Living American Actor -- in The Door in the Floor.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-29-2004 |
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Scooping Litterbox More Pleasant Than Watching Catwomannew
From fashion statements and the flesh factor to money shots and pop references, film critic Curt Holman runs down the good and bad of Halle Berry's latest flick.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-29-2004 |
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Marijuana Comedy Comments on Being Minority in Americanew
I'm not stoned: There's actually some serious racial-political subtext rolled up in the half-baked comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-29-2004 |
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Brotherhood of the Wave Binds Surfers Together in Riding Giantsnew
Stacy Peralta's breathtaking, exhilarating history of surfing and its personalities traces the sport's 1,000-year-old origins to its current incarnation as the province of extreme sportsmen towed into Hawaii's epic six-story waves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-29-2004 |
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Tags: Stacy Peralta, Riding Giants
Film Evokes Symbols of Blooming Femininity, Spiritual Wiltingnew
Maria Full of Grace is an intimate rendering of what it might feel like to be one of the faceless, disposable people on the bottom of the economic food chain.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-29-2004 |
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Corporate Culture Indicted in New Documentarynew
The Corporation is one of the most insidiously disturbing documentaries in the recent windfall of films. It blames the American philosophy of profit for the erosion of national values and morality.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-29-2004 |
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Director Demme Updates Manchurian Candidate for War on Terrornew
Like one of the shadowy, brainwashing scientists that populate both films, Demme takes the story of John Frankenheimer's suspenseful Cold War satire and instills new marching orders for the war on terror.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-29-2004 |
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Fahrenheit 9,011new
Sacrilege? No, for once a remake makes sense—and will make more people mad than Michael Moore.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
07-27-2004 |
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It Takes a Villagenew
A tiny French Canadian fishing village tries to woo a doctor to take up permanent residence.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-23-2004 |
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He's Ba-aacknew
The original and uncut version of the 1954 Japanese monster picture makes a 50th anniversary comeback.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-23-2004 |
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Tags: Ishiro Honda, Godzilla
Film Riffs That Evaporate in Smoke and Steamnew
Jim Jarmusch's new brew is lukewarm.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-23-2004 |
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Straight to the Litter Boxnew
The fur flies as Halle Berry tempts us in leather.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-23-2004 |
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Bourne Againnew
Matt Damon is a superb action hero but he spends too much time alone in this sequel.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-23-2004 |
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Pages From a Marriage Marked by Griefnew
The best John Irving film adapation so far is still marred by too much restraint.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-23-2004 |
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Romantic Sequel to Before Sunrise Is Lyrical and Literate
This sequel is as romantic and wonderful as the movie it's based on.
Monday Magazine |
Robert Moyes |
07-22-2004 |
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Tags: Richard Linklater, Before Sunset
