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Will Smooth Flight Prove Audience Delight?
Steven Spielberg enters his Capra period with this optimistic melting-pot tale starring pal Tom Hanks, whose underused comic instincts come to the fore.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-21-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Spielberg, The Terminal
"Before Sunset" Shows the Sorrow of the Road Not Taken
The sequel to "Before Sunrise" finds a beautiful romantic memory re-cast as a tragic shadow.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-21-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Linklater, Before Sunset
Russian Father Returns
A long-absent father returns to his family in this prize-winning Russian drama, and for his two young sons the unexplained reason for his return is as mysterious as his absence.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-21-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: The Return, Andrei Zvyagintsev
Duck, You Suckers
In this goofy and lowbrow Vince Vaughn/Ben Stiller comedy, the good guys are lovable losers and the bad guys have frosted feathered hair and unitards with inflatable codpieces.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-21-2004 |
Reviews
"Napoleon Dynamite" Laughs with Its Characters, Not at Them
Forget condescension: There's something deeply affectionate in the hilarious private Idaho of director Jared Hess.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-21-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jared Hess, Napoleon Dynamite
Jonathan Demme Loses His Documentary Touch in "The Agronomist"
Once upon a time in the 1980s, director Jonathan Demme’s made some of the decade’s best non-fiction features, but if "The Agronomist" is any indication, he’s forgotten every instinct for documentary subtlety he once possessed.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-21-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jonathan Demme, The Agronomist
"Jackass" Meets Public Health in "Super Size Me."
Morgan Spurlock makes a stunt documentary that goes down easy.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Greg Beacham |
06-21-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Morgan Spurlock, Super Size Me
World Romp Free of Pomp
Jackie Chan finally emerges as a plausible English-language star in this international romp that's as light as a hot-air balloon.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-21-2004 |
Reviews
"Fahrenheit 9/11" Presents a Good Message from a Bad Messenger
How do you respond to Michael Moore's film when you want to agree with the message, but have come to doubt every word that comes out of the messenger’s self-aggrandizing mouth?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-21-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11
Dangerous Liaisonsnew
Love and malice, as only the French can do it.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-17-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Love Me If You Dare, Yann Samuell
Will Smooth Flight Prove Audience Delight?new
Steven Spielberg enters his Capra period with this optimistic melting-pot tale starring pal Tom Hanks, whose underused comic instincts come to the fore.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-17-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Tom, Barry, Stanley, Chi, Luna, The Terminal, Hanks, Catherine, Diego, Kumar, McBride, Pallana, Saldana, Shabaka-Henley, Tucci, Zeta-Jones, Zoe
U.S. Horror Premiere in Austinnew
The U.S. premiere of this self-reflexive horror film from England is presented in Austin by Fangoria magazine.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-17-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark, Jonathan, Kevin, Antonia, Beamish, Christabel, Coote, Howarth, Julian Richards, Muir, Stevenson, The Last Horror Movie
Duck, You Suckersnew
In this goofy and lowbrow Vince Vaughn/Ben Stiller comedy, the good guys are lovable losers and the bad guys have frosted feathered hair and unitards with inflatable codpieces.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-17-2004 |
Reviews
World Romp Free of Pompnew
Jackie Chan finally emerges as a plausible English-language star in this international romp that's as light as a hot-air balloon.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-17-2004 |
Reviews
Russian Father Returnsnew
A long-absent father returns to his family in this prize-winning Russian drama, and for his two young sons the unexplained reason for his return is as mysterious as his absence.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-17-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: The Return, Andrei Zvyagintsev
