AltWeeklies Wire
Take Me to Your Ashramnew
This documentary follows a group of spiritual voyagers through a series of pilgrimages and trips to Indian ashrams and holy festivals in order to create a portrait of the yogi life.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Naked in Ashes, Paula Fouce
Out of His Mindnew
Nothing's taboo with Latino comedian Carlos Mencia, which is why he just might get his ass kicked.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kara Luger |
11-23-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Simply Gallingnew
In his film directorial debut, acclaimed playwright/screenwriter/theater director Craig Lucas is done in by his own script, which becomes excessively icy and cruel.
The Inspiring Rock 'n' Roll Story of the Minutemen -- on Film
A full-length documentary film chronicles the history of guitarist Dennes Boon, bassist Mike Watt, and drummer George Hurley from their early days in the burgeoning punk scene to their reign as underground heroes.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-22-2005 |
Reviews
Jesus Savesnew
Sarah Silverman speaks the unspeakable; offending is part of her shtick. And funny? Oh hell, yes.
East Bay Express |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-21-2005 |
Reviews
Children of the Revelation
Machuca attempts to muffle any potential backlash by taking a boy's-eye view of American-backed state terrorism.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-18-2005 |
Reviews
Standard Spelling
In these post-Thatcher times, the closest thing the British theater has to a welfare program is the Harry Potter movies.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
11-18-2005 |
Reviews
Metaphysical Obsessions
Bee Season mucks around in stuff that no mainstream American entertainment--save, perhaps, the last few Madonna albums--has ever explored.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-18-2005 |
Reviews
The Shock Wears Off
The 72-minute film is about an hour's worth of Sarah Silverman's stand-up, padded with a weak story line that enables it to pass as a movie.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-18-2005 |
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Cash on Delivery
Yes, kids, we have another Ray. Nearly to the letter, actually. But Joaquin Phoenix does Jaime Foxx one better by singing Johnny Cash's songs himself, a ridiculously risky move in portraying an icon whose voice was the thing. But damn if the boy doesn't pull it off.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-18-2005 |
Reviews
Lift Your Glassnew
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the most camera-ready of the series. The trouble is, it’s also overstuffed and rambling.
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
11-18-2005 |
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Fine Linenew
The tortured and demonic part of Johnny Cash that stoked his genius often gets lost in the platitudes, the rough edges airbrushed by sentimentality. But not in James Mangold’s movie bio of the Man in Black.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-18-2005 |
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A Real-Life Dollnew
The Dolls were a boozy breath of air in a bleak, almost non-existent music scene. They sired New York City's punk movement, but a band is not a movement, and sometimes the parts are greater than the sum because those parts are, quite simply, people.
Boise Weekly |
Amy Atkins |
11-18-2005 |
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Hip Hop-portunity: A Pittsburgh Film Festival Gives Hip-Hop Its Duenew
Hip-hop was once about public access to the creative cultural expressions of the city, but that element has become increasingly less accessible to the public. Nowhere is that truer than in independent hip-hop documentaries and narrative films.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Brentin Mock |
11-18-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Hip Hop Film Festival
Back In Black
Phoenix and Witherspoon bring the appropriate fire to the epic love story of Johnny Cash and June Carter, but director James Mangold's film never ignites.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
11-17-2005 |
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