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Mainly a Borenew
Dexter puts an absurd twist on Hollywood's favorite bugaboo.
Chicago Reader |
Lee Sandlin |
11-22-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Dance of the Penguinnew
That whole talking animal genre? -- Let's be done with it.
Houston Press |
Jordan Harper |
11-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Happy Feet, George Miller
On Arbus
Director Steven Shainberg's Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus is an anti-biopic that dares to read between the lines of its subject's life.
Maui Time |
Cole Smithey |
11-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The Fountain' Is Just a Dying Tree
Metaphysical space age imaginings counter the death of a loved one in writer/director Darren Aronofsky's visually stunning yet superficial fantasy.
Tags: Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
Fast Food, Darklynew
Richard Linklater gives us a lot to chew on in his last two movies.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelsom |
11-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Richard Linklater
Hungry for Stinknew
Tenacious D's excellent adventures hit the big screen.
L.A. Weekly |
Dave Shulman |
11-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Apt Pupilnew
With The History Boys, Alan Bennett stays at the head of the class.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
11-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys
Old 'Yellow'new
The family drama is subtle in Mongolian filmmaker Davaa's latest.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Henry Sheehan |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Not Ready to Make Nicenew
The Dixie Chicks struggle for the right to sing and speak.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Disjointed Time/Space Continuumnew
Sarah Michelle Gellar plays a woman who keeps seeing a murder victim in her dreams. What would Buffy do?
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Return, Asif Kapadia
Raw Nervesnew
Welcome to L.A. -- the one where everyone has a gun, a shaved head and a closet full of sleeveless undershirts.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Ayer, Harsh Times
Down Antarctica Waynew
Raise your flippers in praise of these animated yet flightless fowl, who sing and dance and fight the eco-wars.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Happy Feet, George Miller
Not So Happy Mealnew
Linklater and Eric Schlosser's noble and worthy film about meat processing and consumption smacks of good-guy agitprop and fails as a character-driven narrative.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Hail Mary Footballnew
A born-again high school football coach draws on a higher power to inspire his team to victory.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
James Blondnew
This is the James Bond origin story wherein we get to discover, along with incoming blond Bond Daniel Craig, where 007 got his suave daredeviltry.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Casino Royale, Martin Campbell
