AltWeeklies Wire
The Decline of the Western
But no matter how well-played, a string of scenes without narrative justification is a string of scenes.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
04-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Don't Come Knocking, Wim Wenders
Helluva Swingnew
Game 6 redeems Michael Keaton after he almost fouled out.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
04-17-2006 |
Reviews
Home is Where the Plot Isnew
Lonesome Jim has plenty of company in the genre of homecoming films with quirky indie sensibilities.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Buscemi, Lonesome Jim
The Search for Schlocknew
In the Starfleet of self-referential entertainers, William Shatner has the captain’s chair.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-14-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Into the Setting Sunnew
Sam Shepard and Wim Wenders' movie is a peculiar but rewarding escape to the West.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Don't Come Knocking, Wim Wenders
Despite Unpleasantries, Heart Beats Truenew
Based on the allegedly autobiographical short stories of nonexistent teen author J.T. Leroy, this film is a Gothic maelstrom of psychic and physical abuse.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Family Feudnew
Soap melodramatics masquerade as high art in this south-of-the-border drama about a love triangle and marital infidelity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Rhythm Nationnew
Documentary filmmaker Daniel Anker spent five years with the Philadelphia Orchestra as they toured, rehearsed, and waxed poetic about the purpose of music in their lives.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Big Girls Don't Defynew
Comedian Mo’Nique’s first starring film vehicle suffers from a bad case of undernourishment.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nnegest Likké, Phat Girlz
Whatever Rocks Your Boatnew
This trite German tale of youthful angst and sexual confusion is fashioned in the form of a torpid, slow-moving softcore fantasy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Marco Kreuzpaintner, Summer Storm
In Old Zoo Yorknew
Despite its title, Disney's new animated film, The Wild, is about as pedestrian as you can get.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Spaz Williams, The Wild
Blowing Smokenew
The new film based on Christopher Buckley's decade-old novel of the same name is a cynically cancerous comedy.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
04-14-2006 |
Reviews
An Uncommon Christmas Talenew
Christian Carion's unique World War I holiday story manages to to be moving without becoming maudlin.
Boys in the Southern Hoodnew
The well-meaning but confused and sloppy “ATL” focuses on a clutch of Atlanta high-schoolers who alternately struggle to imagine some way out of the hood or succumb to its darker temptations.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
04-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tough Nougatnew
Director David Slade digs beneath the surface in an interview about his taut, tense thriller.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
04-13-2006 |
Reviews
