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Bridget Behind Bars!new
Desperate to propel a plot when chemistry doesn't work, this sequel puts its heroine through the wringer. Female viewers may feel similarly abused.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
11-10-2004 |
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Next Best Thing to Being Therenew
The Radio City concert that was performed a century after the birth of the blues and gorgeously filmed by Antoine Fuqua gives us a profound sense of how the blues has blossomed over the years -- and the far corners it has reached.
Candy Cainenew
Writer-director Charles Shyer's Alfie is less a remake of the 1966 film that made Michael Caine a star than it is a retooling that softens the horrific blows struck by the original.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-08-2004 |
Reviews
Heroes Welcomenew
The main influence on The Incredibles would appear to be Watchmen, which was among the first comics to wonder about the private and often troubled lives of heroes, once they shed their Spandex skins and resume their secret identities.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-08-2004 |
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Austin Chronicle Movie Guidenew
The Austin Chronicle offers an up-to-date searchable online database of full-length reviews of thousands of films that have opened in Austin over the past 10 years. Current reviews are approximately 500 words. Capsules reviews, which generally run 125 to 175 words, are also available by request.
Austin Chronicle |
Various |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Directors, Various Films
The Modern Metrosexualnew
Jude Law's new Alfie is less tramp and more scamp.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Alfie, Charles Shyer
Superheroes as Ordinary Folksnew
Watching The Incredibles is like mainlining a snappy, heady mix of comic-book shenanigans and modern parenting.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Bird, The Incredibles
Men Uncorkednew
A sophisticated date movie about male midlife malcontents and the women who love them comes from the director of Election and About Schmidt.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexander Payne, Sideways
Acting the Partnew
Victor/Victoria meets Shakespeare in Love at A Star Is Born in this gender-bending backstage story.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Eyre, Stage Beauty
Saints Alivenew
The story of one of Roman Catholicism's most beloved and modern saints earns no novenas.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-04-2004 |
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Love and Warnew
Life during wartime is always difficult, but never more so than when you're in love, as this Czech movie demonstrates.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Ondrej Trojan, Zelary
Behind the Legendnew
Believe the hype: Jamie Foxx is an amazing Ray Charles in Ray.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Ray, Taylor Hackford
Engagingly Unrevealingnew
Never heard of Jandek? The documentary about this elusive musician is still a must-see.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Chad Friedrichs, Jandek on Corwood
Undertow Evokes Fairy Tale, Myth and the Cain and Abel Storynew
Filmmaker David Gordon Green cultivates a mood of impending bloodshed, but by evoking Southern horror flicks and crime potboilers of the 1970s. Using natural light and shaky camera work, Undertow plays out like the bad dream you might have after watching a night of R-rated films.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: David Gordon Green, Undertow
Documentary Charts Parallel Paths of Two Bandsnew
Members of the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre started off as friends, grooving on shared interests and the contact high of close collaboration with like-minded souls. Then fame strikes.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-04-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Dig!, Ondi Timoner
