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Ass-Kicking en Francaisnew
District B13 is everything an unassuming genre picture should be -- fast, funny, unpretentious, possessed of a feisty political subtext, and primed at a moment's notice for megaton ass-kicking.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
06-14-2006 |
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Tags: District B13, Pierre Morel
Transformed Into Animalsnew
The Heart of the Game is a documentary about the Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls' high school basketball team in Seattle.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-14-2006 |
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It's No Mitzvahnew
Most of the film's scenes are awfully slow and empty of interes, and its rhythm and timing are nonexistent.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-14-2006 |
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Well Put Together
This film is realistic and honest.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Peyton Reed, The Break-Up
Spoiler Alert
The real treat of this flawed yet charming film is watching Lightning's transformation as he learns about friendship and compassion.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Powell |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: cars, John Lasseter
Once Upon a Tile
Sadler achieves a delicacy that seems almost Asian, framing carefully, lighting beautifully, and moving the narrative forward with gentle nudges rather than the shoves more common in American cinema.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Sadler, Swimmers
Junk/Culture
Clean relies more on texture, mood, and allusiveness than narrative propulsion.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Olivier Assayas, Clean
Tween Hell and High Water
How many soap-operatic experiences can even a bunch of adolescent boys go through in 94 minutes?
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Cuesta, Twelve and Holding
Damned Kids!
Surprisingly, the utter lack of spookiness of the contemporary Damien in John Moore's remake of the 1976 classic doesn't entirely damn this latest in the seemingly never-ending parade of redos.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Omen, John Moore
Out West and Down Undernew
The Western is alive and well in the Australian outback, as this gritty film with a screenplay and score by musician Nick Cave demonstrates.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Hillcoat, The Proposition
Radio Headsnew
It's been a very long time since any Robert Altman film has been as enjoyable as A Prairie Home Companion.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-08-2006 |
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The Morning Afternew
This earnest, soulful, and jarringly melodramatic rave-culture love story is from Australia but out of time.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-08-2006 |
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Tags: One Perfect Day, Paul Currie
Demon Spawnnew
Julia Stiles is miscast, although Mia Farrow delights in this unnecessary remake of a perfectly good child-as-Antichrist movie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-08-2006 |
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Tags: The Omen, John Moore
Oy Veynew
This story about one-upmanship while staging a bar mitzvah in L.A. should by all rights be very funny, but sadly it is not.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-08-2006 |
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Stalled Enginenew
Muscling for rank in the crowded box-office speedway, this Pixar contender takes an early lead but loses momentum in the middle third.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: cars, John Lasseter
