AltWeeklies Wire
Swag Hagsnew
To the companies who lavish gifts on Oscar attendees, a $65,000 bling bag is just the high price of celebrity love.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Judi Jordan |
03-03-2006 |
Movies
Tags: The Oscars
Two Tweens and a Tailnew
Based on a young adult novel by Alice Hoffman, the film is about two best girlfriends who meet up with … a mermaid!
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Aquamarine, Elizabeth Allen
A Hip-Hop Happeningnew
Although the film hasn't the distinctive fingerprints of Eternal Sunshine director Michel Gondry, Chappelle's party is nevertheless a fun blast of impromptu musicmaking, filmmaking, and comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Muscovite Mayhemnew
Russia's highest box-office grosser (until the release of its sequel) is a stylish sci-fi thriller that's filled with adrenaline-fueled pacing, an abundance of gory effects, a death metal soundtrack, and a convoluted narrative that puts The Matrix to shame.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Timur Bekmambetov, Night Watch
Walking the Walknew
16 Blocks may be a formulaic good-cops/bad-cops action flick, but it's rarely stereotypical.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Donner, 16 Blocks
Inclement Clevelandnew
Meredith's debut film is a Chekhov-inspired collection of semi-intertwined vignettes about a half-dozen or so depressed people living in Cleveland, and features an impressive cast.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
What Hath Shrek Wrought?new
A clunker if there ever was one, Doogal is so mind-numbingly incoherent that parents and children alike will stare dazedly at the screen wondering what the heck is going on.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Madea, My Dearnew
In this sequel to last year's Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Perry ups the ante by including Cicely Tyson and Maya Angelou in his coffee klatch.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Mob Vortexnew
Wayne Kramer's follow-up to The Cooler has no moral compass, and swings wildly out of control while blanketed in hyper-violent digital gore effects and a thick, black nausea of the soul.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Running Scared, Wayne Kramer
Partay Monsternew
Perhaps only one man could pull off a movie as well-meaningly extraneous as Dave Chappelle's Block Party.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
A Russian Horrornew
This Russian blockbuster isn't as much fun as Constantine, but it has an imaginative streak that keeps it far above Underworld.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Night Watch, Timour Bekmambetov
Great Escapenew
The rags-to-riches basketball dream came true for Sebastian Telfair of Coney Island.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Sheperd |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jonathan Hock, Through the Fire
Meet the Zuckersnew
The slapstick dynamics of the film are as conventional and bland as airplane cuisine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dani Levy, Go for Zucker
Lost In a Good Booknew
Tristram Shandy falls short of the example set by Adaptation, an equally head-spinning movie about adapting an unfilmable book.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
Chappelle's Returnnew
Perhaps because he's not spouting scripted material in a studio, Chapelle's delivery is much more subdued than audiences would expect from the usually madcap jokester in this documentary.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Carlton Hargro |
03-02-2006 |
Reviews
