AltWeeklies Wire
Oh Bondage, I'm Yours!
Harron doesn't bother delving into the whys of Page's choices, but simply follows her from pretty schoolgirl to foxy pinup to lovely born-again Christian.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-21-2006 |
Reviews
She Bangsnew
Gretchen Mol and Mary Harron examine the contradictory world of the devout fetish model in The Notorious Bettie Page.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
04-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Short Livednew
There's not enough background in the otherwise gripping Sophie Scholl: The Final Days.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
04-21-2006 |
Reviews
The Big Setupnew
Comedy Central put on a fake panel discussion on ethics and media for Man Bites Dog, and some in the audience took it a bit too seriously.
Tags: TV
Dread Air
United 93 re-opens the Sept. 11 wound with intense visceral impact.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Greengrass, united 93
Trigger Happynew
Rob Corddry stars in the Schindler's List of paintball movies.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Raunch Riotnew
Great spoofs overcome dumb jokes in Scary Movie 4.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Zucker, Scary Movie 4
Who Needs Plot?new
Friends With Money proves that compelling characters and great dialogue can carry a film.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Rites of Passagenew
Barney creates his own private Japan.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andy Klein |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Why the Press Blackout?new
The shielding of this unspectacular but hardly disastrous comedy from critics shows that the studios can no longer distinguish between a good bad movie and a bad bad movie.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Zucker, Scary Movie 4
Humor is On-Targetnew
There are as many honest laughs in Chester's wild, queer romcom as there were in Wedding Crashers.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam & Steve, Craig Chester
An Outlaw Manifestonew
The famously chaste Michael Douglas reaches deep into his craft to portray a bigamist in a progressively preposterous Beltway thriller he'll one day remember as only a slightly superior career option to Basic Instinct 2.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Clark Johnson, The Sentinel
Magenta-State Movienew
Distasteful though it may sound, there's strong comedic possibility in grafting suicide-bomber politics onto the warbling self-promotion of the American Idol era.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: American Dreamz, Paul Weltz
Shock and AWWWWnew
Its basis in historical fact doesn't preclude Joyeux Noel from being a wish-fulfillment fantasy for our war-torn times.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christian Carion, Joyeux Noel
Dizzoner the Mayornew
Keep telling yourself: It's really happening in America.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
04-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Curry, Street Fight