AltWeeklies Wire
Beyond Good and Diva
Monster-in-Law tries to earn comic mileage out of women behaving badly.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
05-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert Luketic, Monster-in-Law
Crash Coursenew
Director Paul Haggis and an ensemble of talent -- including actor Matt Dillon -- tackle issues of diversity in a post-9/11 world in their new film. The Phoenix interviews Haggis and Dillon about Crash.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
05-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Post-Commie Fun With Hungarian Subway Employeesnew
With tight cinematography and black humor, this Hungarian film reveals the secret lives of subway hall monitors.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
05-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nimród Antal, Kontroll
Everything Is Illuminatednew
The paths of a seemingly unconnected, multicultural group of Los Angelenos cross in the most compelling American movie to come around in a long while.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
05-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Crash, Paul Haggis
Lots of Waxy Build-upnew
This remake of the 1953 horror classic is mostly rote but occasionally creepy, with some putatively clever jibes at a certain high-profile hotel heiress.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: House of Wax, Jaume Collet-Serra
What Goes Around Comes Aroundnew
Nominally the story of a 13-year-old girl who longs for a baby, Todd Solondz's latest is provocative, wicked, even bleakly funny, and ultimately empty.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Palindromes, Todd Solondz
Once and Future Kingdomsnew
Ridley Scott's Crusades epic is a historical spectacle on the order of Gladiator and a dissection of war, as gritty and illuminating as Black Hawk Down, that takes flight when it becomes a canvas for ideas and ideologies in action.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven
European Sonsnew
Director Jan Hrebejk's stylishly interwoven tales of modern-day Prague add up to a melancholy, comedic riff on what it means to be European these days.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jan Hrebejk, Up and Down
Secret Agent Mannew
A homophobic Israeli assassin insinuates himself into the life of a former SS officer's gay grandson in hopes of learning the Nazi's location in a well-intentioned but ultimately simplistic plea for tolerance all around.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Eytan Fox, Walk on Water
Festive Apocalypsenew
Though a little hard to follow, Hitchhiker is a fun journey.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Ugly but Bravenew
Todd Solondz's latest succeeds because of the script and plot, but everyone will find some aspect of the film disagreeable.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Palindromes, Todd Solondz
'What If Christians and Muslims Hated Each Other?' Film Asksnew
Ridley Scott’s latest stunning epic resurrects the blood-soaked Crusades, as Orlando Bloom returns to the screen to mow down swarthy heathens.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven
The Road Less Travelednew
Off the Map director Campbell Scott and star J.K. Simmons try to explain the film's unusual, indescribable appeal.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
05-05-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Birds of a Feather Flock Togethernew
Though hardly a beloved pet tearjerker like Old Yeller, Wild Parrots' bittersweet final section proves surprisingly moving and demonstrates how animals can teach us unexpected lessons about ourselves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Ridley Scott's Latest a PC Version of the Crusadesnew
In spite of several engaging battle scenes, director Ridley Scott makes even those wild and crazy Middle Ages pale in comparison to all the killing and maiming going down in our own medievalesque Iraq crusade.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven
