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Comedy Thriller Is Dead Before the Final Reelnew
The Dying Gaul may have been a great play, but onscreen, it proves to be a dying film.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Lucas, The Dying Gaul
Johnny Cash Gets What He Deservesnew
Joaquin Phoenix portrays the infamous Man in Black in Walk The Line.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: James Mangold, Walk the Line
Honky-Tonk Love Storynew
Joaquin Phoenix is terrific as the musician Johnny Cash, whose rise, fall, and resurrection we watch as he does the Benzedrine 12-step in order to earn the love of country-and-gospel sasspot June Carter.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-17-2005 |
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Tags: James Mangold, Walk the Line
Bombs Awaynew
Inside the mind of a Palestinian suicide bomber: That's the guarded territory broached in Paradise Now, a film fashioned as a thriller rather than a psychological study.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
Potter Tots Grow Up Lotsnew
This fourth Potter film is qualitatively different from the first three: It doesn't linger on gothic curlicues, and it emphasizes the emotional development of its characters with dramatic interplay rather than expressionistic, atmospheric gloom.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-17-2005 |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Gay Ladnew
Dorian Blues has wit, humor, good performances, and clever technique, which catapult the film into the front ranks of coming-out movies.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dorian Blues, Tennyson Bardwell
Off the Tracksnew
The first release from the new Weinstein Co. is a thriller starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen that never fully engages the viewer's sympathies.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mikael Hafstrom, Derailed
All Spelled Outnew
Myla Goldberg's novel about spelling-bee fever, a family in chaos and religious/mystic exploration arrives on the screen with all its faults intact but few of its charms.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
11-17-2005 |
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Genre-Bending Film Surprises at Every Turnnew
Nifty, surprising and outrageously overplotted, The Dying Gaul changes its genre stripes so frequently, viewers may feel they've left a film fundamentally different than the one they entered.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Craig Lucas, The Dying Gaul
The Old Blacknew
Years from now, cinema-studies teachers will refer to Walk the Line as a textbook example of what a biopic looks like when it gets everything right.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: James Mangold, Walk the Line
Harry Potter Turns the Corner With Thrilling Filmnew
As a turning point in the series, the Goblet of Fire film needs to -- and does -- feel "bigger" than the previous installments. Author J.K. Rowling gives her now-14-year-old protagonists more grown-up concerns.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-17-2005 |
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Film Offers Little Insight Into Johnny Cashnew
As much as the film traces Johnny Cash's personal decline, the script uncovers few complexities in his character and loses sight of him as a potent artist.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: James Mangold, Walk the Line
Dial M for Menswearnew
Mere minutes into its opening credits, the heated black comedy El Crimen Perfecto has its title reshuffled into El Crimen Ferpecto. And that Spanish spoonerism says everything about the film.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
11-17-2005 |
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Gleeful Weaponnew
At a stage when most successful screenwriters have settled into a grateful pursuit of the lowest common denominator, it's a kick to see a scribe like Shane Black.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
11-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Shane Black, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Fizzling Wizardrynew
The Harry Potter series takes a step backwards with Goblet of Fire.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-17-2005 |
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