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A Bump in the Night, Japanese-Stylenew
Fear of what's lurking just out of sight is at the heart of this horror film.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-10-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, Ju-on: The Grudge
The (Not So) Perfect Scorenew
A solid but uninventive American remake of a sly Argentinean movie about a couple of con men should have left well enough alone.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-10-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Criminal, Gregory Jacobs
Lousy to Tastenew
What could have been an admirable meditation on family opts instead for crass caricature and hip-hop stereotypes.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-10-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Lance Rivera, The Cookout
Dial K for Kidnappingnew
It might feel like a B-picture – but a smart, finely tuned one that wouldn’t have been out of place in Roger Corman’s mid-Seventies stable.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-10-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: David R. Ellis, Cellular
Ended Summernew
Robb Moss had a 16-millimeter movie camera in 1978, and he took it with him when he and a group of his closest friends went to the Grand Canyon for a summer on the river, a summer of floats and kayaks, heart-stoppingly gorgeous scenery, open-fire meals and the politics of fading adolescence.
Missoula Independent |
Susanna Sonnenberg |
09-09-2004 |
Reviews
First-Time Director Lance Rivera Never Finds the Laid-Back Tonenew
Too often The Cookout leaves comic opportunities half-baked while smothering the audience in flavorless homilies about family values.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Lance Rivera, The Cookout
Gallo Uses Style as a Distraction From Lack of Originalitynew
All of the negative hype and reports of boos from audiences at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival prove to be legitimate responses to Vincent Gallo's masturbatory opus, The Brown Bunny.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: The Brown Bunny, Vincent Gallo
Philosophical Documentary is About Everything and Nothingnew
If you yawned at the high-tech action scenes of the Matrix movies but loved all the verbiage about the nature of reality, feed your head with What the #$*! Do We Know!?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-09-2004 |
Reviews
Two Danish Filmmakers Make Art Out of Playnew
Von Trier asked Leth to remake his 1967 short The Perfect Human five times according to von Trier's exacting specifications. The resulting documentary is the ambitious and at times flawed The Five Obstructions, in which Leth and his films are analyzed, scrutinized and cut to pieces by von Trier.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-09-2004 |
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Criminal Teaches Con Film New Tricksnew
Grifter films have become so common that audiences quickly spot their tricks. We know they'll try to con us. Argentina's con-man drama Nine Queens, and the new American remake Criminal, both realize that we're no longer easy marks.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-09-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Criminal, Gregory Jacobs
Picture Imperfectnew
Despite its marketing campaign, Wicker Park doesn’t fit neatly into any genre, and certainly not that of a thriller. But it is a strange, frequently suspenseful account of romantic fixation.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
09-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul McGuigan, Wicker Park
Pros and Consnew
This film offers actor John C. Reilly the chance to reveal more of his onion depths, with a reptilian character that showcases his beguiling, subtle strengths.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
09-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Criminal, Gregory Jacobs
The Passion of the Goynew
This film's subject matter -- a standoff in World War II Berlin -- is relevant, and it may serve as a balm for many, yet the film itself often resorts to heavy-handedness.
The Unlikely Lambsnew
Carandiru reveals the human side of prisoners inside the infamous Sao Paulo detention center, then leads us to their slaughter.
His Guy Friday: Gay Movie Buff Takes Tips From Cary Grantnew
Even the sturdiest heterosexual will have trouble not grinning as Kyle MacLachlan glibly chirps lines like, "Your people do have a fondness for the brassy blondes, don't they?"
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-07-2004 |
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