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'Macbeth': Updated and Outsourcednew
This Australian film puts a modern, hyperstylized spin on an old tale: Should it be, "Out, damned spot" or "Off, damned Ray-Bans"?
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Geoffrey Wright, Macbeth
'Gypsy Caravan': Banding Togethernew
Billed as the "Gypsy Caravan," five bands travel across America making music from across the Romani diaspora.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gypsy Caravan, Jasmine Dellal
'Goya's Ghosts': Everything Old Is New Againnew
Neither a biopic of the artist nor a historical epic, this film is a timeless study of the human potential for barbarism and hypocrisy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Goya's Ghosts, Milos Forman
'Daddy Day Camp': Even Less Amusing the Second TIme Aroundnew
Someone should blow "Taps" for this outing and put it out of its misery.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Daddy Day Camp, Fred Savage
A Sprinkle of 'Stardust' Goes a Long Waynew
This uneven adaptation of Neil Gaiman's bestselling novel is clogged with too much fairy dust.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Matthew Vaughn, Stardust
'Rush Hour 3': Out of Gasnew
It's The Bourne Ultimatum's evil twin, relying, as it repeatedly does, on tired, cookie-cutter cliche action set-pieces.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brett Ratner, Rush Hour 3
'Underdog': Dog Days of Augustnew
A mad scientist's experiments provide a beagle with superpowers and the ability to speak in this children's comedy based on an old cartoon.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Frederik Du Chau, Underdog
'Becoming Jane': Meet Jane Doenew
Jane Austen could spot a phony, and, as a result, she would not have been happy with this romanticized account of her early years.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Becoming Jane, Julian Jarrold
'El Cantante': Nuyorican Nosedivenew
Jennifer Lopez and her real-life husband, Marc Anthony, portray the lives of salsa star Hector Lavoe and his wife, Puchi, in this biopic overstuffed with music-industry cliches.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: El Cantante, Leon Ichaso
'Superbad': Groin Pains
There's a thin line between smart juvenilia and stuff that's just plain silly -- this film keeps weaving back and forth across that line like Lindsay Lohan at a traffic stop.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Greg Mottola, Superbad
Bubble Trouble
The mortgage crisis is bringing America's faith-based economy closer to judgment day.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor Jr. |
08-10-2007 |
Economy
Bye-Bye, Bat Boynew
Weekly World News in final, tragic days as supermarket tabloids fight for life.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
08-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Elvis Presley, 1935-2007new
Elvis Presley, the man who jump-started the rock 'n' roll revolution from a tiny Memphis recording studio in 1954 and went on to become the world's most recognizable entertainer, died Monday, August 6th, of cardiac arrest, at his Horn Lake, Mississippi, home -- he was 72 years old.
The Memphis Flyer |
Greg Akers and Chris Herrington |
08-10-2007 |
Music
Remaking Prisonsnew
Now's our chance to design a system that actually works.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
08-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'Descent': A Modern Art Film
Apart from its obvious exploitation element and disjointed second act, the movie achieves a cool momentum by sheer force of the intimate power play that takes place over the course of a slow build-up.
Tags: Descent, Talia Lugacy
