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Euro-Horror Fizzles Where It Should Sizzlenew
This is a gripping piece of splatterpunk, despite the fact that there's not much to it and the plot crumbles in the third act.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, High Tension
The Bus Doesn't Stop Here Anymorenew
Instead of reworking the original TV show’s subject matter regarding class and marriage, Honeymooners is plodding mimicry featuring a predominantly African-American cast.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Schultz, The Honeymooners
Sour Grapesnew
This sprawling documentary about the globalization of the wine industry is ambitious but frequently directionless. It's for true connoisseurs only.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jonathan Nossiter, Mondovino
Frankie, Can You Hear Me?new
A superstar DJ goes deaf in Ibeza in this mockumentary that observes his process of coping.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Off-Key Educationnew
More than his Philadelphia school of rock, it's blustery instructor Paul Green who becomes the true subject of this documentary.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Don Argott, Rock School
Skatetown, USAnew
This narrative re-creation of the skateboarding doc Dogtown and Z-Boys is a blast -- as accurate as it ought to be with more than enough mythology and gut thrills thrown in for good measure.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-10-2005 |
Reviews
Here's to You, Mrs. Robinsonnew
During her acting career, Anne Bancroft veered between two big-screen personas: queens like Annie Sullivan or Mrs. Robinson, or commoners who took their inspiration from her real life as Anna Maria Louise Italiano, native of the Bronx.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
06-10-2005 |
Movies
Tags: The Producers, Mel Brooks
Concrete Junglenew
Teen angst rides a skateboard.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
06-09-2005 |
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Return to Vietnam
Landmark 1974 documentary "Hearts and Minds" finds new relevance in its re-release.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
Boys in Their 'Hoodnew
In the mid-'70s, during a summer drought, Southern California surfers known as the Zephyr Team took what had been a mere toy and created modern skateboarding, now a multi-million dollar industry. Lords of Dogtown is the Z-Boys' story.
Jackson Free Press |
Stephen Belden |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
Wild Turksnew
The gutter punk romance Head On reinvigorates European cinema.
Tags: Fatih Akin, Head-On
A Big Nothingnew
Lords of Dogtown fails due to an unfocused screenplay and wooden performances.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
After the Abusenew
Mysterious Skin tackles an uncomfortable topic and becomes one of the year's best films.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gregg Araki, Mysterious Skin
Mr. & Mrs. Smithnew
John and Jane Smith (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) are actually freelance assassins unaware of each other's occupation. When they discover each other's double lives, they embark on a series of deadly cat-and-mouse games.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Die, Die My Darlingnew
Smokin' Mr. and Mrs. Smith brings Brangelina to the big screen.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
06-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
