AltWeeklies Wire
Songs in the Key of Lifenew
This film captures a fair amount of this band's electric charge and documents its 2004 reunion tour.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2006 |
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The New Catechismnew
Montiel's debut feature about growing up in Astoria, Queens, in the mid-Eighties is full of the filmmaker's instinctive brio and inchoate ideas as well as the elaborations of a brilliant ensemble cast.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-27-2006 |
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My Little Ponynew
Girls and their horses. They're grist for this new update of Mary O'Hara's beloved novel My Friend Flicka.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
10-27-2006 |
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Tags: Flicka, Michael Mayer
Wedding Crushersnew
More well-meaning than well-made, writer-director Ali Selim's Sweet Land is a modestly engaging bit of Americana.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ali Selim, Sweet Land
What If?new
More sleight of hand than persuasive drama, this what-if story about the aftermath of a presidential assassination is technically seamless but dramatically hollow.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-27-2006 |
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Play Deadnew
This movie simulates an assassination with impressive verisimilitude but misses an essential quality of Americans’ relationship with their president: its sheer absurdity.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-27-2006 |
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Mommie Drearestnew
Running With Scissors proceeds as a series of skits, way too cool and ironic to be disturbing, no matter how aberrant the latest development.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
Godspace Is the Placenew
Life-affirming lessons about a generous, forgiving God and the redemptive possibilities of love and charity dominate this movie based on Neale Donald Walsch's bestseller.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
10-27-2006 |
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From Apolitical to Radical in Apartheid South Africanew
Rabbit-Proof Fence's Phillip Noyce again explores the havoc and repercussions caused by white interlopers toward indigenous peoples.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Catch a Fire, Phillip Noyce
Stray Heirsnew
Tideland is like a Wyeth painting...on smack.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Terry Gilliam, Tideland
You Talkin' To Me?new
A higher power was clearly not guiding the screenwriter.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-27-2006 |
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Selling Soulsnew
Undeniably if sometimes unsettlingly beautiful, but the narrative unveils somewhat confusingly.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-27-2006 |
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A Pinnacle of Comedy
Bawdy, quick-witted, and unrelentingly hilarious, Borat is possibly the funniest movie ever made.
Very Loco Parentsnew
Running With Scissors is an unusual action showcase -- what it isn't is a subtle, insightful relation of a coming-of-age experience.
Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
Enchanting Talenew
Marie Antoinette wows with its beauty and surprising performances.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Marie Antoinette, Sofia Coppola
