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Strange Lovenew
While Corpse Bride is visually arresting and exceptionally witty, the characters and story are curiously uninvolving, and the movie’s scant 75-minute length, though time well spent, seems much more protracted.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tim Burton, The Corpse Bride
Learn From Our Mistakesnew
When monumental ideas occur from the most extreme of circumstances, government has delivered in the moment, but as the passions wane, so does the follow-through.
Jackson Free Press |
Rep. Erik R. Fleming |
09-29-2005 |
Commentary
This is My Faultnew
Since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and thrust her spotlight on the abhorrent conditions of the poorest Americans, I have been pondering poverty. First, I got angry. But a month after Katrina, I’ve put aside the anger and realized where the blame really lies: It is my fault.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
09-29-2005 |
Commentary
Who Knows What Evils Lurk in the Heartnew
Cronenberg's new horror film implicitly tackles the old question of nature vs. nurture: What are we born with and what do we acquire from our environment?
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Firefly Morphs Into Serenitynew
Joss Whedon's Western/sci-fi hybrid (which was canceled from TV but greenlighted for the movies) evinces the kind of swashbuckling bonhomie that made so many of us fall in love with the original Star Wars films.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joss Whedon, Serenity
Free Films in Fijinew
In this documentary, producer's rep John Pierson moves with his family to Fiji, hoping to leave behind the indie-film rat race, immerse himself in a foreign culture, and, best of all, screen movies for the natives.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Reel Paradise, Steve James
A Fractured Fairy Talenew
The work of fantasist Neil Gaiman finally makes it to the screen with its innate sense of wonder intact, despite this sporadically overstuffed package of magic, mystery, and masked madwomen.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dave McKean, MirrorMask
Pin Moneynew
This documentary about Americans' love of bowling traces our fascination through the sport's glory decades and eventual decline to its recent revival.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Shallow Waters Run Deepnew
There's a crisp little thriller anchored in this movie about pretty people wearing skimpy swimwear in a beautiful locale.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Stockwell, Into the Blue
French Affairsnew
This French romantic comedy is little more than a heap of cliches whenever the director and star Yvan Attal's real-life wife, Charlotte Gainsbourg, disappears from the screen.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Happily Ever After, Yvan Attal
Golf Championsnew
The improbable but true triumph of 19-year-old amateur American golfer Francis Ouimet at the 1913 U.S. Open is given the David-and Goliath-treatment.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
The Most Depraved Site on the Internetnew
Chris Wilson, the Florida man who runs a website that trades access to porn for gory shots of war dead, is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
09-29-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
When Families Collidenew
This new Bollywood film is a cross-cultural love story set in Mauritius.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dil Jo Bhi Kahey, Romesh Sharma
Buying the Campus Mindnew
Ideologues are paying big bucks to influence the college experience -- but you won’t hear that from your school.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
09-29-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Chris Martin Is A Golden God of Rocknew
Dear Dexter, America's premiere pop culturist, helps one of his readers pry apart the Chris Martin Conundrum.
Valley Advocate |
Dexter |
09-29-2005 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
