AltWeeklies Wire
Puppet Mastersnew
The creators of this raunchy action farce made with prancing marionettes open fire on American militarism, French indifference, Peter Jennings, Hollywood blockbusters, Nebraska football and left-leaning movie stars who think they have interesting things to say about politics.
Roadkillnew
If given a choice between the stomach flu and a Taxi viewing, take the influenza.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-14-2004 |
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Marionette Mayhemnew
It's juvenile, irreverent and intermittently hilarious: It's Team America: World Police.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-14-2004 |
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Hollywood Product: Buddy Comedy Deserves Traffic Ticketnew
As both a big-screen funnyman and a police officer, Jimmy Fallon comes across like a Gen Z Jerry Lewis. Queen Latifah emerges with her sexy confidence intact, but Taxi runs down so many buddy-flick cliches that it deserves a traffic ticket for a movie violation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-14-2004 |
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The Yes Men Explore the Art of the Pranknew
The whole Yes Men concept is like some brilliant slacker notion hatched between tokes on a mega-bong. But in this case, the idea moves beyond the couch, into the very bosom of the media -- Harpers, Fortune, The New York Times -- that documents their WTO prankery.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-14-2004 |
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Rock 'n' Roll Dreams Die Hard in Ramones Documentarynew
End of the Century is a rightfully grim, fan's-eye view of the Ramones. The film's first half suffers, kinetically speaking, from a lack of footage of early gigs. By the second half, the band has gained enough notoriety to merit film footage.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-14-2004 |
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For All the Ideas Crowding its Head, Huckabees Still Has Heartnew
Huckabees doesn't just keep its head in the clouds; the "real-world" plot finds modern relevance. Unlike most current attempts at classic screwball comedy, Huckabees talks fast because it has a lot to say.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-14-2004 |
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Gallo's Polenew
Despite its formalistic failings and truly absurd Porn Moment, there's a morbidity here that feels quite genuine, and after the movie is over, it amounts to rough-hewn poetry.
Masters of Puppetsnew
The South Park guys score big with Team America: World Police.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
10-13-2004 |
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His Will Be Donenew
The new Danish film has the same star as one of the Dogme 95 movies, and features a dysfunctional family full of people who yell at each other? Wait...don't run away! It's a good movie this time!
Miami New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
10-13-2004 |
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Paint It Blacknew
A documentary that trails the underground band Brian Jonestown Massacre takes its leader Anton Newcombe as its antihero, the boy who would be great -- if only he could stand to let other people help him.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
10-12-2004 |
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Mind Gamesnew
Some who see the Dallas software engineer's creation will argue that his time-travel riddle doesn't amount to much of a film. Others will lavish upon it hearty praise reserved for visionaries who leap suddenly from the shadows to the spotlight.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-12-2004 |
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Hell of a Catchnew
This familiar-feeling football movie offers glimpses of the lives of the young men who would run with the ball as far as they could from the small town that adores them to the point of abhorring them.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-12-2004 |
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Just Say Yesnew
The Yes Men are a couple of prankster activists whose target in this movie is the World Trade Organization.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-08-2004 |
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Fresh as Today's Newspapersnew
The filmmaker, who is also responsible for the recent documentary Outfoxed, argues that intelligence data have been manipulated by this administration to justify the decision to go to war.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-08-2004 |
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