AltWeeklies Wire
Arthur the Barbariannew
In this cinematic retelling Arthur and his men are trained to be the warrior SWAT team for the Roman Empire.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-08-2004 |
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Newsroom Anarchynew
Will Ferrell's Anchorman needs more work behind the scenes.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-08-2004 |
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Paris Is for Loversnew
Before Sunset is a fluid, engaging, charming, frustrating, funny, and lively movie. Linklater's characters have seasoned in the nine years since they met, their outlooks are not as carefree as they were in their youth, and their responsibilities in life have multiplied and grown roots.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-08-2004 |
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A Look inside Sao Paulo's Most Notorious Penitentiarynew
With the loose, anecdotal structure of nonfiction work, the film explores the daily lives of the prisoners, who occasionally recount their stories in flashbacks. The tales inevitably build to violent confrontations, but frequently find room for gallows humor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-08-2004 |
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Tags: Carandiru, Hector Babenco
Stick a sword in it, King Arthur's donenew
King Arthur never commands our interest as an action film or a history lesson, and whenever director Antoine Fuqua tries to push the two together, it feels like he's hammering a square peg in the Round Table.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-08-2004 |
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Tags: Antoine Fuqua, King Arthur
Delpy and Hawke Reconnect in Before Sunset new
Sequels are rarely improvements on the original, but Before Sunset is an exception to that rule. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy are utterly charming as two quirky, overly analytical people whose cynicism blankets a soft core of romanticism.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-08-2004 |
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Tags: Richard Linklater, Before Sunset
Family Values Reaffirmed in Kidnapping Thriller The Clearingnew
The Clearing is unconventional in some ways, for the age of its protagonists and for the way it bucks the usual thriller formula. Gone is the breakneck pacing and the kind of race-against-the-clock, heart-pounding hysteria that seems to dominate the genre.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-08-2004 |
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Tags: Pieter Jan Brugge, The Clearing
Advocacy Filmmakingnew
Michael Moore shows his incredible skill in the obviously, appropriately biased "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-07-2004 |
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Perfect Momentsnew
Forget that superhero movie; check out the charms of "The Clearing" instead
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-07-2004 |
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Tags: Pieter Jan Brugge, The Clearing
Spider-Man Casts His World-Wide Webnew
Even superheroes have to do their own laundry in Sam Raimi's truly spectacular vision that combines human pathos and breathtaking action.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-02-2004 |
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Mama's Got a Brand New Bagnew
From the director of Notting Hill comes this story about a middle-aged woman who reignites her sex life with a much younger man.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-02-2004 |
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Tags: Craig, Roger Michell, Peter, Daniel, Steven, Anne, The Mother, Reid, Bradshaw, Cathryn, Mackintosh, Vaughan
Two Brothers delivers anthropomorphized poo, and Tigger, too!new
I am a big believer in being forewarned and forearmed, especially when it comes to movies for kids. So I have only myself to blame (and blame I do!) for the traumas witnessed by my 3-year-old, who had to be carried sobbing from the theater only 15 minutes into Two Brothers. My son’s palpable distress for the rest of the movie distracted me, almost, from how god-awful boring a movie it was: a slow, ponderous, heavy-handed and gooey tale of Family! and Love! and Tigers!
Missoula Independent |
Susanna Sonnenberg |
07-01-2004 |
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Tags: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Two Brothers
The geriatric set experiences a sexual awakening in The Mothernew
Director Roger Michell (Notting Hill) offers a convincing picture of how growing old means being forced to life's sidelines. The crux of the film, in fact, is May's determination to register as something more than a free babysitter and emotional punching bag for her harried daughter, Paula (Cathryn Bradshaw), and merit some attention.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-01-2004 |
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Tags: Roger Michell, The Mother
High-School Outcasts Rule in Dynamitenew
Napoleon Dynamite scribbles a deadpan portrait of an adolescent on the margins. Hess reveals his lack of fresh ideas by spending too much time on pointlessly nasty caricatures. As long as Napoleon Dynamite restricts itself to the misadventures of the title role, the film finds laughs that are plentiful, if not exactly deep.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-01-2004 |
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Tags: Jared Hess, Napoleon Dynamite
