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Sorrowful Sidewaysnew
Alexander Payne's newest Oscar contender is sadder and more reflective than his earlier films.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-20-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexander Payne, Sideways
No Dicking Aroundnew
Condon's movie, faithful to several texts about Kinsey, may be set decades ago, but it feels as relevant as tomorrow's news. In the 1940s, Professor Kinsey fostered a discussion that has turned into a shouting match. No longer startled by his discoveries, we're now aghast at the implications.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-19-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Kinsey
Old Flame Still a Scorchernew
Part colorful noir, part scatterbrained comedy, Testosterone envisions the severed tether of a presumably functional relationship.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: David Moreton, Testosterone
Box Office Clamsnew
Nautical nonsense from a highly absorbent animated hero.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Fun With Dolls and Jennifer Tillynew
Over-the-top gore is the rule when Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their anatomically incorrect offspring.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Don Mancini, Seed of Chucky
When Obsession Is the Family Businessnew
Odd casting and unimaginative, workmanlike direction make the painfully overlong National Treasure an exercise in mediocrity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: National Treasure, Jon Turteltaub
Eminent Edwardiansnew
There's magic to the Peter Pan story, but precious little insight into its repressed magician.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Love in Vainnew
Filmed in a rather minimalist style, this adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel tells an unsettling story about a stalker’s effect on a relationship.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Michell, Enduring Love
Take It All Off, Alfrednew
Biopic tells us too much about America's sexual habits, too little about what motivated its erotic expert.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Kinsey
Castrating Alfienew
The original is a classic, and for good reason. Michael Caine’s seduction artist was a heel and a creep -- one who finds no redemption in the end. Conversely, there is no darkness in this version that a few sessions with a decent therapist and the right woman couldn't fix.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Alfie, Charles Shyer
"Horror" Film a Funny Piece of No-Budget Drive-In Schlocknew
If you can get past the gore -- and with glimpses of steaming entrails, that’s a pretty big "if" -- you’ll find Seed of Chucky to be a silly, sloppy, yet surprisingly funny piece of no-budget drive-in schlock.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Don Mancini, Seed of Chucky
National Treasure Desecrates American Iconsnew
The Declaration of Independence gets stolen, shot at, dabbed with lemon juice, buffeted with blow dryers, dropped in busy streets and dangled above bottomless pits. Fortunately, Cage's character doesn't shove it up his ass to smuggle it out of the National Archives.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: National Treasure, Jon Turteltaub
Fractured, Frantic Tarnation Finds Salvation in Pop Culturenew
Tarnation is a chaotic, moving and sometimes histrionic autobiographical memoir of Jonathan Caouette that suggests pop culture -- whether cult movies like Liquid Sky or a Houston new wave gay club -- offered him an escape from his grim home life in a Texas suburb.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jonathan Caouette, Tarnation
Bridget's Betrayed by a Dumb, Dull sequelnew
This inevitable offering has all the charm of a canceled CBS sitcom. With its nutty doings and zany antics, all it lacks are commercial breaks and a laugh track -- the latter being sorely missed, since this is a comedy that doesn't seem interested in being funny.
East Bay Express |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-16-2004 |
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Rhys' Piecenew
Enduring Love builds up enormous good will with its lapel-grabbing opening, its canny set-up scenes, and Rhys Ifans’ unnerving performance as a stalker in love. But in focusing on the psychological aspects of the psychological thriller, director Roger Michell asks a great many questions about love and obsession and then has trouble answering them.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
11-16-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Michell, Enduring Love
