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Breaking Barriersnew
Miranda July makes an art film/love story that's totally sweet.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-13-2005 |
Reviews
Unassuming Brooklyn Roofer Raises Guerrilla Armynew
Roofer by day. Revolutionary by night. Dutch filmmaker Klaarje Quirjins follows a primary fundraiser and gunrunner for the Kosovo Liberation Army in her new PBS documentary.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
07-13-2005 |
Reviews
A Marriage of Crap and Crappernew
Wedding Crashers pops the collar on its pastel polo shirt and tries way too hard to convince everyone it's cool.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
07-13-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Wedding Crashers
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton Too Weird Even for Wonkanew
Burton's Wonka world comes close to being lusciously sweet brain candy, but melts into a gooey puddle of ego-stroking instead.
Dig Boston |
Violet Glaze |
07-13-2005 |
Reviews
Where's Rick James, Bitch?new
A comic needs a place to feel safe, and for Comedy Central's Dave Chappelle, it's a mansion in his hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
07-12-2005 |
TV
Hauteur Theory
Because he can’t get over himself, Tim Burton squeezes himself into Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-12-2005 |
Reviews
Dark Alleysnew
A documentary shows what appears to be left of the sport of bowling: a touching combination of brave striving, low comedy and back-street tragedy.
Riverfront Times |
Bill Gallo |
07-12-2005 |
Reviews
Embryonic Death
Che Guevera would've been proud of the Eastern European sensibility Walter Salles brings to Dark Water, written by a guy who apparently has some buried, unresolved issues with his Mama's womb.
Dayton City Paper |
Aaron Epple |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dark Water, Walter Salles
Battling Demonsnew
Spielberg tackles homeland insecurities.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
That Obscure Object of Desirenew
This second directorial feature by Agnes Jaoui is just as ambitious and character-centered as her first.
Dayton City Paper |
Aaron Epple |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Agnès Jaoui, Look at Me
Meanwhile, Back at the Raunch
Wedding Crashers recalls a golden era of unapologetic crude comedy -- at least for a while.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: David Dobkin, Wedding Crashers
Tripping the Four Fantastic
Marvel's first family comes to the big screen in an aggressively (and appropriately) half-assed endeavor.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Radiation Powernew
All four aren't fantastic, but at least two are pretty good in this latest Hollywood take on a classic from Marvel Comics.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tim Story, Fantastic Four
French Ticklernew
Two of France's top actors pair up for this wishful farce about good deeds and their consequences.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Après Vous, Pierre Salvadori
All Aboardnew
Hungarian writer-director Antal is like the conductor of a midnight express: Grab a rail and hold on while he whizzes through montages and extreme angles of impossibly precipitous escalators in the Budapest subway system.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nimród Antal, Kontroll
