AltWeeklies Wire
Shelter From the Stormnew
There's a sweet bent to this simple South African film about a multicultural group of employees at a Cape Town animal shelter who find both goodness and hope in their troubled lives.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cape of Good Hope, Mark Bamford
All in the Familynew
This likable romantic comedy runs the gamut of emotions -- hitting tenderness, rage, remorse, and everything in between -- but there are too many characters with too little chemistry to be a real keeper.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Family Stone, Thomas Bezucha
Class of '79new
B-Movie king Roger Corman goes back to "Rock 'n' Roll High School" in a wide-ranging interview about his career and the current state of the industry.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
12-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
King of Heartsnew
Love conquers CGI in Peter Jackson's retelling of the great ape story.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson
Groans For The Holidays
The hardly sly "Family Stone" squanders a great cast on a manipulative dramedy of slapstick highs and maudlin lows.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Family Stone, Thomas Bezucha
Return of the King
After "Lord of the Rings" made him the 800 pound gorilla of the film world, Peter Jackson finally tackles his dream project, and for film fans, it's a dream come true.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Film Sets Your Pulse Racingnew
The film initially proves slow and familiar, but the final section strays from Japanese horror convention to generate a genuinely apocalyptic atmosphere.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Pulse, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Film Apes Originalnew
The film contains moments that truly astonish, while still feeling faithful to a fault.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson
Holiday Togetherness Gets Testednew
The film initially promises a Meet the Parents-spin on yuletide trauma. But it isn't without its entertainment value.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: The Family Stone, Thomas Bezucha
Film Challenges Masculine Mythosnew
At its core, the heartbreaking film is a necessary re-evaluation of the myths of masculine stoicism and emotional remove we hold dear in the Western, but also in life.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Flawed Fantasynew
Much like Trix cereal, The Chronicles of Narnia is for kids.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-15-2005 |
Reviews
Love as Revolutionnew
In Brokeback Mountain, the explosion of pent-up sexual desire and repression between the two main characters, equal parts mountain brawl and synergistic lovemaking, is likely to become the fuck heard 'round the world.
Willamette Week |
David Walker |
12-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Comedy Is Not Funnynew
Comedienne Sarah Silverman rubs our noses in it.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
12-14-2005 |
Reviews
Asia Minornew
Given that this movie is aimed at the art-house crowd, would it not have been possible to make it in Japanese? You never think you'll miss subtitles until a movie like this comes along.
Clash of the Titansnew
New Zealand's biggest director meets American cinema's biggest metaphor.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gary Dowell |
12-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson
