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A Hepcat's Paradisenew
Like Soderbergh’s Ocean's Eleven and 1960’s Rat-Packing original, Ocean's Twelve is an elaborate and delightful excuse to get the screen’s biggest and most gorgeous stars in the same film.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, Ocean's Twelve
Indians, Fairies and Pirates in Victorian Londonnew
Johnny Depp delves into the mind of author J.M. Barrie in this adeptly realized celebration of the wonder of the imagination.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Exsanguinators and Other Evildoersnew
Originality is in as short supply as shirt buttons as Wesley Snipes' high-tech vampire slayer meets up with what appears to be a steroidal Eurotrash pimp playing Dracula.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Blade: Trinity, David S. Goyer
Providing the Minimum Requirement of Movie Mayhemnew
Debut director David Goyer wrote all three Blade films and improves on the sleek, empty music video of the first, but falls short of the gothic, propulsive video game of the second. Though more gritty and humorous, Blade Trinity tries too hard to be edgy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-09-2004 |
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Tags: Blade Trinity, David Goyer
The Inheritance Portrays the Sapping of a Soulnew
The family dynasty storyline and wife vying with mama for sonny boy's affection can give The Inheritance a mildly soapy, "Dallas" groove. But it's that hollow angst at the center that gives the film its final air of sadness and resignation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Per Fly, The Inheritance
Self-Indulgent Director Deflates Sex Is Comedynew
Breillat's latest offering, Sex Is Comedy, has a misleading title considering how much unfunny hand-wringing Breillat brings to her under-the-covers battleground.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Catherine Breillat, Sex is Comedy
Sequel Takes High-Action Stakes on the Roadnew
The sequel to Ocean's Eleven unfolds as a complex heist picture that considers the honor among thieves and reveals plenty of their trade secrets. Each film offers a master-class on how to steal in plain sight.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, Ocean's Twelve
Anatomy of a Sumbitchnew
This fascinating documentary is no mere instructional video about how to fail in show biz. It's about willful self-immolation, about letting raw ego and crazy delusion run amok, about driving friends and family into storms of rage.
His Will Be Donenew
In this era of muckraking left-wing documentaries, The Inheritance offers a fascinating fictionalized look at what cutthroat capitalism can do to conscience.
Cleveland Scene |
Luke Y. Thompson |
12-06-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Per Fly, inheritance
Closer to Finenew
Mike Nichols' new film might be taken for outright soap opera -- or soft-core porn -- were it not for the sophisticated gleam of its well-heeled London desperadoes and its viciously dazzling dialogue.
Cleveland Scene |
Bill Gallo |
12-06-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Nichols, Closer
Bomb for the Holidaysnew
If you want a sweet holiday message wrapped in crap, here's your movie.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
12-03-2004 |
Reviews
Needs a Tuneupnew
Great performances can't save The Machinist from its formulaic storyline and bad spacing.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-03-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Anderson, The Machinist
"Shock and Awe" Is Nothing Without Camerasnew
"News dissector" Danny Schechter examines the media's complicity in promoting the war on terrorism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-03-2004 |
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Everyone's a Player in the Game of Lovenew
Love’s fractured fairy tale, writ small and petty and almost too real to bear without flinching.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-03-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Nichols, Closer
Not Quite Greatnew
Oliver Stone’s Alexander, a flaccid, frenetic historical epic, has the look and feel of a child’s finger painting on a $160 million canvas. Despite a strong visual flair and good performances, the film is marred by lack of coherence and thematic might.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
12-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Stone, Alexander
