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Unworthy
This assault on polite costume drama leaves Johnny Depp's likability barely bruised.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Laurence Dunmore, The Libertine
The Hills Have Axes, Too
The new face of fright: no more camp, no more suggestion, no more edge-of-your-seat fun -- only ultrarealistic, unapologetically nasty bloodshed.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, The Hills Have Eyes
Grass Roots
Following Sean is a delicately woven, generation-spanning examination of family, idealism, and the classic question of nature versus nurture.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Rock 'Round the Blocknew
Dave Chappelle throws one hell of a party.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Spin Cyclenew
In Ultraviolet, sword-wielding Milla Jovovich whirls against the baddies, again and again and again.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kurt Wimmer, Ultraviolet
See What They Do to Younew
How did Jonathan Demme and Neil Young made a film about a concert attended by an audience of Nashville spirits?
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Beyond the Spectrumnew
“I was born into a world you may not understand,” says the superhuman killing machine in an opening voiceover -- she ain’t kidding.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kurt Wimmer, Ultraviolet
Ready for Warnew
Jarecki's canny and somewhat overwhelming documentary paints a grim historical picture of war profiteering run amok.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Eugene Jarecki, Why We Fight
Wild and Woollynew
There are precious few surprises here, but this breezy remake starring Tim Allen is a painless affair.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian Robbins, The Shaggy Dog
Who's That Knocking on the Door?new
This Italian film presents a modern parable about a Palestinian family, whose home in the West Bank is abruptly taken over by Israeli soldiers.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Private, Saverio Costanzo
Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamousnew
Johnny Depp runs away with the show in this murkily filmed picture, cackling all the while and defiling beauty in all its forms as the exceedingly decadent Earl of Rochester.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Laurence Dunmore, The Libertine
Cannibalism: Just Another Dysfunctionnew
This remake ratchets up the gore while subtly rewiring some of the characters, but it never manages the nagging subtexts Craven so handily injected into the original horror film.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, The Hills Have Eyes
AIDS Killed This Sexual Revolutionnew
This documentary offers a sympathetic perspective of the post-Stonewall sexual liberation years in New York City.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
A Man's Best Gal Is His Momnew
This date movie is dude-friendly by design, but all its attention to hairdos and cute outfits does not make up for its lack of romantic spark.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Failure to Launch, Tom Dey
Go Home to El Salvadornew
Wetback reveals the true anti-immigrant assholes -- Mexicans.
