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Decent Receptionnew
Cellular is implausible, but good performances and solid direction put it over the top.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-16-2004 |
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Tags: David R. Ellis, Cellular
A Giant Burrito of Sorrownew
Vincent Gallo’s drive across America proves to be a good-looking, albeit occasionally sucky experience
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-16-2004 |
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Sky Captain Needs Work on Charactersnew
The soft-focus, Technicolor-inspired footage offers an incredibly lush fantasy world, but filmmakers fell into the Star Wars prequel trap by paying so much attention to the digital effects that they forgot to work on the slow-moving story and undeveloped characters.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
09-15-2004 |
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Ju-on Marks Turning Point for Japanese Horrornew
Technically, this is Shimizu's third theatrical feature in a franchise begun with a made-for-TV film called Ju-on: The Curse. That might explain Shimizu's fiendish resistance to lay out the film's supernatural rules. The audience stays as off-balance as the characters.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-15-2004 |
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Tags: Takashi Shimizu, Ju-on: The Grudge
Election infectionnew
Power, politics, and puppets converge in Bush's Brain and Silver City.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
09-15-2004 |
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Heaven Can Waitnew
Expect wire-fu, recognizable Hong Kong stars, or even a plot that makes you think, and you'll be both disappointed and bored with Warriors. But hang in there until the second half, and the payoff arrives.
East Bay Express |
Luke Y. Thompson |
09-14-2004 |
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The Phantom Menacenew
The film is a little bit eerie, completely disjointed, and sporadically amusing — kind of like Lost in Translation, but with wanton slaughter. Do not expect more.
East Bay Express |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-14-2004 |
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Vile With a Smilenew
In this fairly faithful adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's trenchant novel Vile Bodies, our giddy hosts are the eponymous "bright young things," the glammy, restless, 24-hour party people of 1930s England, busily getting bombed before busily getting bombed.
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-14-2004 |
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Wet Kisses: Surf Yarn Shows Social Changesnew
Not since Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer, released in 1966, has surfing been shown in such a worshipful light.
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
09-13-2004 |
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Future Shock: Director Paints a Plausibly Problematic Tomorrownew
At once a weirdly familiar sci-fi trip, a bleak romance, a treatise on technology run amok, and a hot sirocco of mood, Code 46 is the successor to Blade Runner we've long awaited.
Silver City Stands Out in Season of Political Intriguenew
The new John Sayles movie, set and shot in Colorado, is downright bracing, and it has the kind of dramatic acumen the blunt propagandists can only dream about. There's no mistaking its liberal, or progressive, stance, but it's neither a bag of tricks nor a self-righteous rant.
#$*! If We Knownew
Quantum physics, intent and possibility, science and fantasy … Is this doc hybrid a goofy cult phenomenon or educational primer?
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-10-2004 |
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Just Shoot Menew
Each character is more distasteful than the next in this vicious revenge fantasy produced by Mel Gibson.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-10-2004 |
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Tags: Paparazzi, Paul Abascal
Women in Lovenew
In this mildly daffy Spanish import, a woman's grown daughters react to the news that their mother has taken a female lover 20 years younger than she.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-10-2004 |
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When Metal Meets Touchy-Feelynew
You don't have to be a Metallica fan to enjoy this candid documentary about rockers in therapy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-10-2004 |
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