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Southern Exposurenew
Johnny Knoxville stars in this slapdash tale of wacky Southerners and midlife crises that feels like a compilation reel of Blue Collar TV outtakes and Coen Brothers-lite quirkiness.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-23-2005 |
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Expect Turbulencenew
Aiming to be a Hitchcockian-type thriller set within the tight quarters of a jetliner, this Jodie Foster vehicle runs aground.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Flightplan, Robert Schwentke
Here and Nownew
Shot in jittery black-and-white 16mm, this French film’s on-the-fly aesthetic captures the shiftlessness of bourgeois youth and some of the spirit of the French New Wave.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: A Tout de Suite, Benoit Jacquot
Teen Techno Horrornew
A tech-centric but bloodless teen horror thriller works best as a stinging critique of post-adolescent whininess.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeff Wadlow, Cry_Wolf
Unforgettablenew
A hitman who's losing his memory to Alzheimer's anchors this absorbing Belgian policier that's tightly wound and expertly unraveled.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Roller Boogienew
Hot-wiring a penchant for sports film truisms to some seriously spot-on Seventies nostalgia, Bow Wow headlines this easygoing portrayal of teenage camaraderie and its attendant difficulties.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Malcolm D. Lee, Roll Bounce
Matrimonial Blitznew
New black comedy by Spanish absurdist De la Iglesia involves murder and the plight of a playboy blackmailed into marriage.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Meet the Newlywedsnew
Burton's best work in ages is eye candy of the highest order and as eminently watchable as a hilltop Halloween pyre or a Día de los Muertos parade run amok.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Deep Space
Joss Whedon again defies expectations of shallow genre adventure in Serenity.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
MaryAnn Johanson |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joss Whedon, Serenity
Insane On The Airplane
Jodie Foster loses her daughter, her mind and probably her luggage in Flightplan.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Flightplan, Robert Schwentke
Re-Animator
Tim Burton's nightmare after Christmas maybe more of the same, but it's still a delightful Day of the Dead celebration in animated form.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Haunting Romancenew
Despite a hackneyed-sounding premise, Just Like Heaven is a pleasant surprise.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Waters, Just Like Heaven
Not Another Teen Movienew
Pretty Persuasion is the brutally honest teen pic that Mean Girls should have been.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Marcos Siega, Pretty Persuasion
Lived to Tellnew
Bob Dylan looks back in Scorsese’s No Direction Home.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Math Whiznew
Proof wields more talent than credence.
Boston Phoenix |
Carolyn Clay |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Madden, Proof
