AltWeeklies Wire
The President's Handlers Lose Their Balancenew
George W. Bush, who has announced a plan for victory in Iraq, is at the tipping point. The lives of Iraqis hang in the balance.
The Village Voice |
Ward Harkavy |
12-02-2005 |
Politics
Dante's Infernonew
In this horror film that should especially horrify Republicans, dead veterans crawl out of their graves and stagger single-mindedly to voting booths so they can eject the president who sent them to battle.
The Village Voice |
Dennis Lim |
12-02-2005 |
TV
You Can't Always Get What You Wantnew
Movies this bad don’t often get released anymore, a circumstance that instantly raises the curiosity factor of All That I Need, a film about a pyramid scheme as a reality movie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: All That I Need, James Hergott
Playing the Holiday Cardnew
This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
On the Brinknew
Love and sensation: It's all the same thing to a young gay Swiss man who leads a dangerous life.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Garcon Stupide, Lionel Baier
Wild Blue Yondernew
This vertiginous documentary about snowboarding talks with the sport's greats and shows them in action, rocketing down crag-encrusted, virgin slopes like buckshot fired from God’s own 20-gauge.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Gangsta-in-Lawnew
Consider this brick No. 1 in the fall of the house of Usher.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: In the Mix, Ron Underwood
Say Anything
Sarah Silverman and director Liam Lynch try (and mostly fail) to do something fresh with the comedy concert format, but, like its star, Jesus Is Magic is much funnier than it looks
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
All Down Hill
The latest -- and weakest -- of the post-Dogtown crop of x-treme-umentaries will occasionally thrill you with amazing footage, when it's not boring you to tears.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Saving Soulsnew
Dave Biehl wears a black leather vest with the seal of the Christian Motorcyclists Association sewn on the back as he thunders down Orange Blossom Trail on his Honda Valkyrie motorcycle.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
12-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Ghosts in the Machinenew
If you go to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's sex-offender registry, you'll find Curtis Talley listed as an offender living in Seminole County, but you won't learn that he died three years ago.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
12-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Sukkot Fablenew
A rare glimpse into Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox community, the morality drama Ushpizin sets forth the role of ritual in a strange and fascinating environment.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
A Lowballernew
One day, Ryan Reynolds will land in a film that makes full use of his talent for conveying quiet, wide-eyed mischievousness.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Just Friends, Roger Kumble
Survival of the Speciesnew
Tanzania's Lake Victoria is teeming with Nile perch, enormous fish that make their way to the dining tables of millions of eaters per day.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Darwin's Nightmare, Hubert Sauper
Slush Fundnew
It's perfectly possible to enjoy The Ice Harvest, just as soon as you recognize it as Harold Ramis's willful attempt to thwart every expectation he's built up in his career as a cineplex funster.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
12-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Harold Ramis, The Ice Harvest
