AltWeeklies Wire
Donnie Darko's Paradise is Lostnew
With the release of the director's cut, two Bay Guardian critics give bizarre cult film Donnie Darko another chance.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Andrew Repasky McElhinney |
09-01-2004 |
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Unmitigated Gallonew
Six angles on The Brown Bunny's vanishing points
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Edward E. Crouse, Susan Gerhard, Chuck Stephens, Cheryl Eddy, Johnny Ray Huston and M.P. Klier |
09-01-2004 |
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They Report. You Deride.new
Outfoxed does a fabulous job of juxtaposing clips with commentators, muddling the film so much that despite its welcome progressive principles, it ultimately seems hypocritical at its core.
Broadside Exposes Fox for What It Isnew
Though Outfoxed features interviews with several former Fox employees and commentators, there's not much in the way of smoking guns. The most damning sequences simply play back footage from the channel itself.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
08-31-2004 |
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A PG-13 Rating Suffocates the Funnew
As the title suggests, there are more snakes now than there were in 1997's Anaconda, but the filmmakers just don't seem to have the same deranged imagination as those who came before.
Miami New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-30-2004 |
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Deceptive Men and Manipulative Womennew
It's a real credit to director Leconte that even though his film features a couple of ridiculous contrivances to get the plot going, the overall film still feels true.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-30-2004 |
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Screenplay Zeronew
Director E. Elias Merhige is too talented to be dismissed as a wannabe, but here his gifts for clever angles and oogy feelings are tethered to blase genre redundancies and clunky storytelling.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Gregory Weinkauf |
08-30-2004 |
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Tags: E. Elias Merhige, Suspect Zero
The Police Procedural Meets the Avant Gardenew
There's a reason why this FBI agent who's chasing a serial killer has constant headaches: He's in the middle of a murky movie that mixes arch style with police procedural.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-26-2004 |
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Tags: E. Elias Merhige, Suspect Zero
This Hero Is No False Idolnew
If Douglas Sirk had made martial arts movies they probably would have looked something like Zhang Yimou's stunning new opus.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-26-2004 |
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Tags: Zhang Yimou, Hero
Have You Ever Been Slipped a Miike?new
Watching the latest from the insanely prolific Takashi Miike is akin to having some very bad acid slipped in your drink.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
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Tags: Takashi Miike, Gozu
Revisiting the Damnednew
Help us, Lucifer. This prequel is cursed.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
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Up, Up, and Awaynew
Aussie import is sweet but as emotionally ethereal as a Splenda meringue.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
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Tags: Danny Deckchair, Jeff Balsmeyer
The Brains of the Outfitnew
Bush's so-called brain is Karl Rove, whose mastery of dirty tricks deserves clearer scrutiny than it gets in this documentary.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-26-2004 |
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New Dog. Old Tricks.new
All actors are cattle, Hitchcock supposedly snorted. Benji auteur Joe Camp proves his case, with a twist.
Austin Chronicle |
Nick Barbaro |
08-26-2004 |
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Tags: Benji: Off the Leash!, Joe Camp
Vibrant Hero Reconsiders Revenge Filmsnew
An Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003, Hero plays less like a conventional action film than a grand master's chess game, and it unfolds with a cold yet dreamlike beauty.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-26-2004 |
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Tags: Zhang Yimou, Hero
