AltWeeklies Wire
Best Left Unspokennew
Your hair smells like cucumbers ... that gets me so hard ... wait, where are you going?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jamie Babbit, The Quiet
Let the Eagle Soarnew
Mark Wahlberg shines as yet another underdog in football biopic Invincible.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ericson Core, Invincible
Artificial in Viennanew
If you like surprise endings, you may want to see The Illusionist -- but only once.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Burger, The Illusionist
Boys Behaving Badlynew
Trust the Man edges toward a truthful, ribald take on the male view of relationships, but just as often ruts around in the kind of lame comedy that offers no particular insight into the characters or their situations.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bart Freundlich, Trust the Man
Bard of the Barstoolnew
Factotum's gutter-level perspective would be depressing if the film didn't maintain such a strong, fatalistic sense of humor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bent Hamer, Factotum
Girl, You'll Be a Woman -- Soonnew
A young teen grapples with sex and sexuality on the eve of her Quinceanera.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
A Little Respect
Hollywoodland combines true-life celebrity scandal with an effective morality tale.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Allen Coulter, Hollywoodland
For Mature Audiences Onlynew
Unlike the object of its scathing attention, Dick's documentary about the Motion Picture Association of America's ratings board is merry and bright and loads of fun.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Man of Steelnew
Mark Wahlberg inspires as an underrated everyman jock in Invincible.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ericson Core, Invincible
Colloquial Williamsburgnew
Fumbling Brooklyn hipsters fail to connect in Bujalski's fascinating micro-budget indie.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
08-30-2006 |
Reviews
Smells Like Frank Choppnew
Nirvana's bassist and a female trucker have the wonky TVW on the broadcast vanguard.
Seattle Weekly |
Mike Seely |
08-30-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Without Bordersnew
Don't confuse this Sundance charmer with My Big Fat Mexican Debut, for its farcical scenes of high hair and waltzes form a light-comic prism for watching race, age, class, and sexuality collide.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
The Fruits of Democracynew
Using the Iraqi democratic elections in early 2005 as its focal point, this powerful documentary is the sad lament of Iraqis who truly want the best for their homeland, despite seemingly overwhelming odds.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
True Gritnew
Mark Wahlberg plays footballer Vincent Papale in this story about how he captured a spot on the Philadelphia Eagles team in an open tryout.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ericson Core, Invincible
Sleight of Hand, Slight Movienew
Surprisingly, this atmospheric movie starring some of the greatest actors of our time is a dull and enervating bore.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Burger, The Illusionist
