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Azazel Jacobs Candidly Shares His Family's Quirks in a Docudramanew
Azazel is son of the experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs, yet this movie expresses awe for his mother, Flo.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-25-2008 |
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In Over Our Heads: Don Cheadle Rocks It Rogue Style
Don Cheadle turns in yet another tour de force performance, this time as Samir Horn a former U.S. Military operative closely connected to a terrorist group committed to executing bombing missions around the globe.
Tags: Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Traitor
'Mister Foe': Growing Up Voyeurnew
Equal parts sweet and perverse, this Scottish coming-of-age story about a teenage voyeur is unpredictable, compelling, and features great performances and soundtrack.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: David Mackenzie, Mister Foe
'The Longshots': A Safe Betnew
Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst directs Ice Cube and others in this sports movie about the first girl to play Pop Warner youth football.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
08-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Fred Durst, The Longshots
'Hamlet 2': A Comic Sequelnew
The manic comedian Steve Coogan plays a high school drama teacher who pens a scandalous remake of the Bard's classic in an attempt to save his Tucson class from budget cuts.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Fleming, Hamlet 2
'Elegy': Taming the Philip Roth Beastnew
In this smart adaptation of Philip Roth's A Dying Animal, Ben Kingsley and Penélope Cruz turn the table on the standard May-December romance.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Elegy, Isabel Coixet
'Death Race': Kill and Kill Againnew
All the busted heads and blasted gaskets can't turn this makeover of a cult classic into anything but a real drag.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul W.S. Anderson, Death Race
Vicky and Cristina Abroadnew
For the fourth in a series of films made outside of his beloved New York, Woody Allen moves from Great Britain to sunnier climes. Set in Spain, Vicky Cristina Barcelona is an ocean away from his mature Manhattan comedies geographically, but emotionally it might as well be just across the Hudson.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
08-22-2008 |
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'Hamlet 2' is a Funny, Inspired Riff on Uptight Middle Americanew
A high school drama teacher mounts a sequel to Hamlet in yet another hilarious summer comedy.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Fleming, Hamlet 2
'My Winnipeg': Cinema for Insomniacsnew
A babbling, narcissistic voiceover dooms Guy Maddin's despite occasional flashes of brilliance.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg
Oddly, the Supporting Cast of 'The Rocker' Steals the Movienew
As the guy for whom time has stopped, Rainn Wilson is too often like the lead in a bad sitcom: not just foreshadowing some comedic business but practically outlining how the gag is going to play out.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
08-21-2008 |
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For All its Flaws, 'Mirrors' Offers Insight into an Intriguing Directornew
Director Alexandre Aja's films have been so mired in controversy that no one seems to notice how personal they are.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
08-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, Mirrors
'The Rocker': A Different Drummernew
Rainn Wilson marches to his own beat.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-20-2008 |
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Place Value: All that separates The Rocker and is star powernew
Hamlet 2 works better than The Rocker, because it actually takes star power to play a guy who doesn't have any.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
08-20-2008 |
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Blackface vs. Black Faces: It's the claim of authenticity that's truly offensivenew
It isn't the act of painting the hands and face black that's offensive and harmful. It's the claim of authenticity that goes along with that act, the assumption that something real and true is being represented when someone darkens his face, paints on a huge red mouth, and shucks and jives on a stage. So Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer is offensive, as is C. Thomas Howell in Soul Man. But so is Samuel L. Jackson in Black Snake Moan, Terence Howard in Hustle & Flow, and 50 Cent on any given day.
Charleston City Paper |
Conseula Francis |
08-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder
