AltWeeklies Wire
Arrested Developmentnew
MTV eats its young and spits them out into the polluted swamp of meta–reality TV.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
02-01-2006 |
TV
Unlocking the Underworldnew
Marebito's hero takes a vampire home -- which isn't the best idea.
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, Marebito
Valley of the Dollsnew
Steven Soderbergh's Bubble bursts over a sleepy Midwestern town.
Dallas Observer |
Melissa Levine |
01-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, Bubble
Home Invasionnew
An unseen stalker threatens a family in this French thriller.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
01-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Haneke, Caché
Super Soaker
NBC's addictively dumb sci-fi soaker Surface treads water.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
01-30-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Monkey See, Monkey Donew
Sure, Love Monkey is a rip-off of High Fidelity, but that's petty theft compared to the greater crimes committed by this show.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
01-30-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Hollywood Gives Bush the Fingernew
Lefty films look good for this year's Oscars.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
01-30-2006 |
Movies
Take This Womannew
Piper Perabo plays a boring bride with an untimely lesbian streak in this new film.
Tags: Imagine Me & You, Ol Parker
Heavenly Hagnew
Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee becomes a thing of beauty.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
01-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kirk Jones, Nanny McPhee
Sorry, Charlienew
It's time for America's favorite dis-fuck-tional family, the Mansons.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
01-30-2006 |
Reviews
The Parent Trapnew
Felicity Huffman’s commanding, gender-bending performance is the primary reason to see Transamerica.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
01-30-2006 |
Reviews
Cartoon Cascadenew
Know this going in: Sex and violence are the currency of Spike & Mike’s gory, twisted economy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savolv |
01-30-2006 |
Reviews
Who's Minding the Kids?new
Nanny McPhee is something of a rarity: a movie for children that is about children and their world.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
01-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kirk Jones, Nanny McPhee
Missionaries at End of Spitnew
Members of the violent Waodani tribe of Ecuador kill five Western missionaries, but as a result they choose to abandon their kill-or-be-killed ways.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
01-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: End of the Spear, Jim Hanon