AltWeeklies Wire
The C Wordnew
Host Jason Jones' pulverizing combination of belligerence and insane enthusiasm gives Craft Corner Deathmatch its torque.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-15-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
What's Your Favorite Layer?new
Director Matthew Vaughn (producer of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch) spins an involving underworld tale of deception and double-cross, relying on good old piss and vinegar to keep us invested in basic story elements that are more fun than novel.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Matthew Vaughn, Layer Cake
Yanking the Food Chainnew
Way before he had a presidential seal to lend him the veneer of diplomacy, Ronald Reagan called for America's blacks to quit moaning and realize how good they have it in the U.S. Substitute animals for people of color and you'll have the odd worldview behind Madagascar.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
You Really Got a Hold on Menew
A tough broad is a joy forever, as director Ruth Leitman reveals in her backward-looking inquiry into the distaff wing of America's favorite pseudosport.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Lipstick & Dynamite, Ruth Leitman
Cinderella Mannew
As Depression-era sports stories go, Seabiscuit is looking better all the time. Though terminally obvious, it was at least willing to take a stand on behalf of New Deal policies.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
The Honeymoonersnew
This ill-thought-out money grab pratfalls into the pit between reinvention and homage, then wallows there in a muck of trite situations and half-baked characterizations.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Schultz, The Honeymooners
Oldboynew
This South Korean shocker takes unabashed glee in heaping abuses upon Oh Dae-Su, a troublemaking womanizer who is tossed into a one-room detention chamber and held there for 15 years.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chan-wook Park, Oldboy
Rumba Fishnew
This documentary takes up the cause of diverting kids through ballroom dance with all the zeal of an inner-city politician crusading for after-school basketball leagues.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mad Hot Ballroom, Marilyn Agrelo
Let There be Raganew
Films set in India and Pakistan offer some serious issues as well as the expected melodrama.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider and Jason Ferguson |
07-15-2005 |
Reviews
Forget Your R.S.V.P.new
The film’s sour tone, unremarkable direction, and bewildering characterizations of sexuality and race will probably not hurt the comedy's charm at the box office.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: David Dobkin, Wedding Crashers
Lessons in Frigid Parentingnew
The documentary nature photography is so intimate, and the story of the penguins' mating is so carefully crafted into a sustained and satisfying narrative, that they become epic heroes: brave, if not fearless, and stalwart fools for love.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Luc Jacquet, March of the Penguins
Young Malaise in Sharp Focusnew
Writer-director Bujalski in his micro-budget film shows a superb knack for capturing real moments (the stuff that happens in between all the big moments) and the residue of our half-fulfilled inclinations.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Bujalski, Funny Ha Ha
Waterloggednew
Despite a dream cast, this Hollywood remake of a Japanese horror classic is all wet.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dark Water, Walter Salles
Jumping-Off Pointsnew
This intersecting story that follows a half-dozen New Yorkers over the course of one long day to night is intellectually engaging and genuinely surprising, although not terribly risky.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Terrio, Heights
Christine's Worldnew
Performance artist Miranda July's feature-length debut is packed with arresting images, moments, and single lines of dialogue -- enough to earn the film top awards at Sundance and Cannes.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
