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Cannibalism: Just Another Dysfunctionnew
This remake ratchets up the gore while subtly rewiring some of the characters, but it never manages the nagging subtexts Craven so handily injected into the original horror film.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-10-2006 |
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Tags: Alexandre Aja, The Hills Have Eyes
AIDS Killed This Sexual Revolutionnew
This documentary offers a sympathetic perspective of the post-Stonewall sexual liberation years in New York City.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
03-10-2006 |
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A Man's Best Gal Is His Momnew
This date movie is dude-friendly by design, but all its attention to hairdos and cute outfits does not make up for its lack of romantic spark.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-10-2006 |
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Tags: Failure to Launch, Tom Dey
Go Home to El Salvadornew
Wetback reveals the true anti-immigrant assholes -- Mexicans.
Deceitful About All Thingsnew
Argento’s adaptation of J.T. LeRoy’s "autobiographical novel" has plenty of stylistic flash and no discernible point.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
03-10-2006 |
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Black Russiannew
Bekmambetov doesn't really transcend B-movie action fare, but compared to the witless celebrations of big guns and leather in films like Underworld: Evolution, Night Watch serves a more bracing cocktail of vodka and viscera.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-09-2006 |
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Tags: Timur Bekmambetov, Night Watch
Enigma Eludes Documentariannew
Maybe the distance that Brown documents was the central heartbreak of Van Zandt's life -- a loneliness no amount of love and talent could ever remedy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-09-2006 |
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Conventional Snoozenew
Even the lowest-order hack director can usually milk some pedestrian thrills out of the serial killer thriller -- usually.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-09-2006 |
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Tags: Alexander Bulkley, The Zodiac
Little Devilnew
"You will not like me," promises Johnny Depp's avowedly decadent Earl of Rochester in The Libertine -- only to swagger through a story that's positively jerry-rigged to earn our admiration.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-09-2006 |
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Tags: Laurence Dunmore, The Libertine
Nudge Nudgenew
It's official: Michael Winterbottom makes the best cinematic whatchamacallits around.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-09-2006 |
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Home Makeovernew
This movie is more noteworthy for the intimate suspense it brings to the subject of Israeli occupation than for any dramatic conclusion it chooses to reach.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-09-2006 |
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Tags: Private, Saverio Costanzo
Patriot Gamesnew
If you're already well aware of what the military-industrial complex can do, you'll be tempted to see this documentary as a missed opportunity.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-09-2006 |
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Tags: Eugene Jarecki, Why We Fight
Restoration Hardwarenew
What's really so scandalous about The Libertine is that it's so boring.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
03-08-2006 |
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Tags: The Libertine, Lawrence Dunmore
Buried Treasuresnew
Tommy Lee Jones' idiosyncratic directorial debut is all over the south Texas map.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
03-08-2006 |
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Man of the Peoplenew
With help from director Michel Gondry, Dave Chappelle keeps it real.
San Diego CityBeat |
Angela Carone |
03-06-2006 |
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