AltWeeklies Wire
Type-A Personality
Directed with maximum cliche, this is an old-school, over-the-top thriller updated for the 21st century.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-10-2006 |
Reviews
Charm Shitty
In an undistinguished reality-TV style, Ewing and Grady never rise above condescension.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-10-2006 |
Reviews
Movie Musicnew
The Oscar-nominated composer Gustavo Santaolalla discusses fleeing Argentina and seeing Brokeback as more than a gay cowboy movie.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Donnell Alexander |
02-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Grammar Wreck
The basic language of filmmaking eludes the director of Freedomland.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Freedomland, Joe Roth
After Paulinenew
Where are the women film critics?
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
02-10-2006 |
Movies
The Original Kings of Cinemanew
Looking at early African-American filmmakers through today's eyes.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
02-10-2006 |
Movies
There Goes the Bridenew
The director seems determined to make nothing more than a low-budget version of a Hugh Grant-Hollywood rom-com.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Imagine Me & You, Ol Parker
System Crashnew
The director can't change the film from an essentially dumb action flick that culminates with standard-issue fight scenes and a requisite car crash followed by a spectacular explosion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Firewall, Richard Loncraine
Without a Cluenew
This film believes a joke told once is even better told again.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Shawn Levy, The Pink Panther
Dancing Foolsnew
Even non-dance fans may be surprised at their ability to be carried along by the intoxicating ether of artistry in this film.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Most Unnecessary Remake?new
This familiar Stranger exhibits not a smidgen of awareness that its premise has been ripped off 500 times and parodied in three Scream movies.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Simon West, When a Stranger Calls
The Pink Panthernew
Steve Martin's dreaded riff on Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau comes off like a Saturday Night Live skit from the late 1970s, when audiences showed up nicely toasted and a guest host could coast on the same wild and crazy schtick week after week.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Shawn Levy, The Pink Panther
A Commercial Contrivancenew
Don't expect the same kind of conservative backlash that has accompanied that other gay film currently in theaters -- this film offers nothing that will shake up our social mores.
Orlando Weekly |
John Thomason |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Imagine Me & You, Ol Parker
Shanghai Anxietynew
The final collaboration between Ismail Merchant and James Ivory isn't their absolute best effort, but as swan songs go, it's still a sight more auspicious than the last-ever Simpson-Bruckheimer picture.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Ivory, The White Countess
Cheap Thrills, Cheap Throwsnew
David Redmon's remarkable film, which won the Grand Jury Prize for documentaries at the 2005 Florida Film Festival, takes a look at the dark side of Mardi Gras.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Sheperd |
02-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
