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In Cold Bloodnew
David Cronenberg defines the history of violence, though with such cold-blooded efficiency and cryptic detachment, his film may evoke more admiration than pleasure.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-22-2005 |
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Film Loses Something in Translation from Stage to Screennew
Ideas treated so passionately in David Auburn's play -- like the thin line separating madness and genius, for instance -- are hardly given the focus they deserve in John Madden's truncated Proof.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-22-2005 |
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Tags: John Madden, Proof
Thin Movie Has Some Lovely Bonesnew
Tim Burton's loose reenactment of a Russian folk tale seems a bit blase about mortality, treating it as no more menacing than an uninvited party guest.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-22-2005 |
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Dead Puppets Make Better Loversnew
Tim Burton knows how to tickle eyeballs with rich and playful visuals, but he can't carry an innovative plot to save his life.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
09-21-2005 |
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Tags: Tim Burton, The Corpse Bride
Good Shotnew
The story of a Ukrainian emigre in New York's violent Little Odessa is three-quarters of a great film, weakened by its moralizing.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
09-20-2005 |
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Sundance Into the Sunsetnew
An Unfinished Life never transcends its simple storyline to charter original ground, but it is the kind of movie you cannot fault too terribly much, primarily because its heart seems to be in the right place.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
09-16-2005 |
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Comedy as Funeral Dirgenew
Less a movie than a longform, live-action Celebrity Death Match between its leads, this wheezing comedy may herald the death knell of the interracial buddy-cop farce.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-16-2005 |
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Tags: Les Mayfield, The Man
The Way of the Gunnew
Gattaca writer-director Andrew Niccol shines his usual cynicism on the subject of gunrunning in his new film, a strange amalgam of compelling visuals and fascinating vocational details forged with deep moral ambivalence and often hollow didacticism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-16-2005 |
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Tags: Andrew Niccol, Lord of War
Amour, Interruptednew
A languorous, bittersweet take on Scenes From a Marriage comes from French auteur Francois Ozon.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-16-2005 |
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Tags: 5x2, François Ozon
Satan's Little Helpernew
This yawner fails to amount to much more than an overlong exercise in Jesuit Theosophy 101, played against the backdrop of Law & Order.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-16-2005 |
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Play It Again, Jacquesnew
A character study of a young man torn between disparate career paths as either a mob enforcer for or a virtuoso pianist, this French adaptation of the American film Fingers adds little to original.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-16-2005 |
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Nice Guys Finish ...new
Director Michael Showalter misses a terrific opportunity to pull back the curtain on "the other guy" -- and ends up making a pretty good case for why the sad sack never gets the girl.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-16-2005 |
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Tags: Michael Showalter, The Baxter
Ghost Worldnew
This romantic comedy about a winsome, charming ghost and the man who loves her sidesteps abundant potential clichés through sheer dint of the acting skills on display.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-16-2005 |
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Tags: Mark Waters, Just Like Heaven
Motion Slickness
The fanciful world of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride doesn’t need much story.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-16-2005 |
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Beautifully Shallownew
2046 is gorgeous, but its story is nearly nonexistent.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-15-2005 |
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Tags: 2046, Wong Kar Wai
