AltWeeklies Wire
50 Cent Short 2 Bitsnew
The film story of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's tough road to success is so melodramatic that if it weren't real it would be laughable.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Seaside Dalliancesnew
The French still like to get their sex on, a fact confirmed again and again in this breezy, featherweight sex farce.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Fowl Playnew
Disney's first all-CGI, made-in-house, animated feature is painful for all ages, despite a voice-talent roster to make the angels weep.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chicken Little, Mark Dindal
Starting From Somethingnew
After an eight-year break, screenwriter Shane Black is back with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which has taken him in a different direction.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-10-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black
L.A. Storynew
Shane Black's directorial debut is a suckerpunch-and-a-half, a trippy tribute to L.A. noir and a genre-busting blitzkrieg attack on Hollywood pretentions that’s just as full of them as the pulp it lampoons.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black
Palestinian Slackers Pursue Martyrdomnew
The aimless, wheel-turning feel eventually detracts from Hany Abu-Assad's real message: that rather than faceless terrorists, there are people with reasons - even misguided, cruel or vindictive ones - for their violence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
Wes Anderson Looms Largenew
Intellect and citified sophistication prove insufficient weapons for staving off despair in this black domestic comedy about the sudden eruption of the D-word in a bookish family living in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
God at the Box Officenew
This new Israeli movie has a clear understanding that religious movies sell not only tickets, but also ideas.
Baltimore City Paper |
Eric Allen Hatch |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
She's a Flat Characternew
And the story in this threadbare Jane Austen adaptation is pretty dull, too.
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joe Wright, Pride and Prejudice
F is for . . .new
The return of 1980s screenwriting hotshot Shane Black isn't just bad--it's really f$#!ing bad.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black
Putting the 'F' in Family Dramanew
Forty Shades of Blue is a film that proves honesty isn't everything.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Forty Shades of Blue
Going Off the Rails on a Yuppie Trainnew
Derailed is a Hollywood thriller--but it's watchable!
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mikael Hafstrom, Derailed
Senior Momentnew
This Flemish film about a hit man with a conscience and the cop who's always a step or two behind him as they pursue the same villains is full of familiar Hollywood reference points.
Phoenix New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-08-2005 |
Reviews
Rupture of the Deepnew
Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale has that whiff of authenticity. Peter Keough reviews the film and interviews the director.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
Apocalypse Whatevernew
Jarhead, the Waiting for Godot of war movies, gets lost in the desert.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
