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Charming Reunionnew
In Her Shoes allows Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine to thrive.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Curtis Hanson, In Her Shoes
Too Punk for the Punksnew
We Jam Econo gives '80s legends The Minutemen the praise they deserve.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-06-2005 |
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Almost Therenew
Thumbsucker lives up to half its title.
Baltimore City Paper |
Eric Allen Hatch |
10-06-2005 |
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Generation Why?new
Chris Rock's new show Everybody Hates Chris gives viewers one of TV's first indications that black people did exist more than five years before the present time.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
10-06-2005 |
TV
If The Shoe Fits...
Chick lit to chick flick adaptation almost can't help condescending, but at least its leads manage to keep their dignity.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
10-06-2005 |
Reviews
Animation Film Tweaks Horror Clichesnew
If not as clever as you'd hope, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit amusingly tweaks horror flick clichés while constructing some brilliant slapstick set pieces.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-06-2005 |
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Perceptive Film Ponders Society's Illsnew
Though a little heavy on the wispy indie-rock expression of melancholia, Thumbsucker embraces a wide range of people and their problems, leaving you with a lasting warm glow.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-06-2005 |
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Tags: Mike Mills, Thumbsucker
Quirky Road Trip Takes Melancholy Turnnew
Rather than aiming to please, the film expects a certain patience on the viewer's part as it ambles and slowly shifts from an often forced quirkiness to a bone-deep melancholy. That change of tack proves worth waiting for.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-06-2005 |
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Domestic Disturbancenew
In "Violence," Cronenberg has created a hellish masterpiece.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
10-05-2005 |
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Better Than Chicken Run or Corpse Bridenew
Helena Bonham Carter also stars in the other, infinitely more technically advanced stop-motion animation hit, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, but she's a snore in that, a scream in Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
10-05-2005 |
Reviews
Sense and Shagabilitynew
Can the smart sister and the hot sister ever learn to get along? Even a few guys may get caught up in their dilemma.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Curtis Hanson, In Her Shoes
Feathers and Furnew
Everybody loves penguins, but there's another animal star lurking at the box office -- if you can see the elusive beast.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Carroll Ballard, Duma
Teen Spiritnew
Fifty years after his death, James Dean remains an icon of adolescent angst.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
10-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Played for Foolsnew
The film offers such a pretty story of the 1913 United States Open, and one that's completely bogus.
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
10-04-2005 |
Reviews
Proof Positivenew
In the tradition of A Beautiful Mind and Good Will Hunting comes Proof, a psychological drama about a math genius and the people who worship, care for, and endure him.
Miami New Times |
Melissa Levine |
10-03-2005 |
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