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European Sonsnew
Director Jan Hrebejk's stylishly interwoven tales of modern-day Prague add up to a melancholy, comedic riff on what it means to be European these days.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jan Hrebejk, Up and Down
Secret Agent Mannew
A homophobic Israeli assassin insinuates himself into the life of a former SS officer's gay grandson in hopes of learning the Nazi's location in a well-intentioned but ultimately simplistic plea for tolerance all around.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Eytan Fox, Walk on Water
Festive Apocalypsenew
Though a little hard to follow, Hitchhiker is a fun journey.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-05-2005 |
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Ugly but Bravenew
Todd Solondz's latest succeeds because of the script and plot, but everyone will find some aspect of the film disagreeable.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Palindromes, Todd Solondz
'What If Christians and Muslims Hated Each Other?' Film Asksnew
Ridley Scott’s latest stunning epic resurrects the blood-soaked Crusades, as Orlando Bloom returns to the screen to mow down swarthy heathens.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven
Birds of a Feather Flock Togethernew
Though hardly a beloved pet tearjerker like Old Yeller, Wild Parrots' bittersweet final section proves surprisingly moving and demonstrates how animals can teach us unexpected lessons about ourselves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Ridley Scott's Latest a PC Version of the Crusadesnew
In spite of several engaging battle scenes, director Ridley Scott makes even those wild and crazy Middle Ages pale in comparison to all the killing and maiming going down in our own medievalesque Iraq crusade.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven
Film Lights Fire Under Racial Melting Potnew
Crash ambitiously takes on a huge theme from more angles than one film can really encompass. Nevertheless, it's filled with taut, engrossing sequences, and it honestly shows how ordinary people can rise or fall when given a chance for redemption.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Crash, Paul Haggis
Oh, Babynew
The mommy track is mighty twisted in Todd Solondz's Palindromes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
05-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Palindromes, Todd Solondz
Limp Pianistnew
As long as you happen to like the title song -- which repeats something like a bazillion times in various versions throughout -- this field trip to Budapest proves engaging enough, if also a little limp.
Cleveland Scene |
Gregory Weinkauf |
05-04-2005 |
Reviews
The Fair and Balanced Crusadenew
Determined not to cause any historical offense, Ridley Scott creates bland bloodshed in the Holy Land—and a hero to suit.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
05-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven
Cold Casenew
In the telling of this tortured tale of a 13-year-old boy facing tough choices, David Duchovny commits almost every crime the coming-of-age genre is prone to.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
05-02-2005 |
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Deaf, Not Dumbnew
Writer-director Michael Dowse's mockumentary posits itself as a true-story biography of a legendary Ibiza-based DJ named Frankie Wilde, who goes deaf from too much noise and drugs.
East Bay Express |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-02-2005 |
Reviews
Jokes? What Jokes?new
The droll has been made dull, a most inexplicable and unfortunate turn of events for so adored a genius, goofball work as Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-02-2005 |
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Shoot to Killnew
A nonstop orgy of bullets, bombs and booty aims low and hits the bull's-eye with enough firepower to sink the Bismarck.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-30-2005 |
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