AltWeeklies Wire
One Spooks; the Other Doesn'tnew
Dread and mystery are the hallmarks of this South Korean psychological thriller.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: A Tale of Two Sisters, Kim Ji-woon
The Boy Can't Help Itnew
Only this troubled suburbanite family knows if they are imaginary heroes or ordinary people.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dan Harris, Imaginary Heroes
Autopilotsnew
There are no great animation advance in Robots, but neither is it a return to The Ice Age.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-16-2005 |
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Not-So-Foreign Exchangenew
Millions, an English import, makes charming use of a child's universal perspective.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Boyle, Millions
Documentary Takes Aim at a Dubious Diagnosisnew
The film makes a compelling argument that many Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy cases are the result of doctors prescribing powerful drugs, particularly neuroleptics, for infants, and then mistaking the strange side effects for harm caused by mothers.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
03-15-2005 |
Reviews
Got Shortednew
Making a hash of a "Get Shorty" rehash.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Cool, F. Gary Gray
Morgue Mysterynew
Adrien Brody goes time traveling, maybe, in the uninspired The Jacket.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Maybury, The Jacket
Unforgivable Shitenew
This sequel to Get Shorty is one of the least-cool things ever to see the light of day.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Cool, F. Gary Gray
Tough Guy Is No Match for Unruly Kidsnew
As we learned in Kindergarten Cop, a tough guy is no match for unruly kids, and unruly kids are no match for a tough guy's discipline. C'mon, everybody, let's hug.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Shankman, The Pacifier
Nuts and Bolts Revoltnew
Robots' animators obviously paid meticulous attention to detail, from the dents and rust stains on the robots to the rivets in the buildings, but they deflated the film by using a stock "small-town dreamer goes to the big city" plot.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Wedge, robots
Star Power Shorts Out in Be Coolnew
Gray should be cutting Tarantino royalty checks considering how much he lifts from that director's act. Travolta and Thurman re-do their Pulp Fiction sexy dance, and black characters launch irate Tarantino-esque monologues over the use of the "N" word.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Cool, F. Gary Gray
Film Finds Hope in the Art of Photographynew
The children offer shockingly perceptive, eloquent insight into their situations, and some exquisite photographs to boot. There are photographs of the intractable chaos of their lives, but also images that show how children can transcend even the most degraded circumstances.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Inside Deep Throat Doesn't Go Deep Enoughnew
Compared to Kinsey's examination of the conflicts sex sets off in the human animal, Inside Deep Throat is kid's stuff, arguing for moral extremes rather than nuance. Especially grating is how the filmmakers create a conventional divide between the libertines and the blue nose porn-censors.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Home Alonenew
Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest movie is doubly unpredictable, not just in the way that its focus on survival--rather than the shuffling sound of death outside the door--marks a major about-face from his earlier films' pervasive probings of mortality and memory.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Chuck Stephens |
03-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Nobody Knows
A Rap on Warnew
Gunner Palace, a new documentary, beholds U.S. soldiers in Iraq. It's TV's M*A*S*H. It's also Apocalypse Now.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
03-09-2005 |
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