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Love in Gloomnew
A dour resolve undermines attempts at humor in this account of three young Muscovites' quest to adjust to post-Soviet life.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
04-06-2005 |
Reviews
Woody and Woody...new
Woody Allen's self-conscious examination of comedy vs. tragedy isn't such a bad film. It's merely all right -- very high-concept and on its way to interesting but never there.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Melissa Levine |
04-02-2005 |
Reviews
Fresh Mountain Airnew
An off-the-grid family copes with depression and a tax audit outside Taos, N.M., in this warm and unusual drama directed by Campbell Scott and starring Joan Allen.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Campbell Scott, Off the Map
Manhattan Melody in Sharp and Flatnew
Since Woody Allen literally imagines this scenario as both a comedy and a tragedy, we can't understand why at least half the movie isn't the slightest bit amusing.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
04-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Melinda and Melinda
MInd Gameynew
Dot the I wants to mess with your head. It's a mess all right.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
04-02-2005 |
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Mail-Order Strifenew
There's talent and intelligence behind this film chronicling one man's attempt to marry a woman out of a catalogue. But the fake documentary is the wrong genre for it.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
04-02-2005 |
Reviews
As the Walls Closed Innew
Hitler's final days in the claustrophobic bunker are envisioned by the filmmakers, with an able assist from Bruno Ganz as the Fuhrer.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Hirschbiegel, Downfall
Atlanta Clippersnew
Amiable distaff offering from the Barbershop franchise is presentable, but uses too much narrative relaxer.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Beauty Shop, Bille Woodruff
Just When You Thought Awards Season Was Overnew
A program of eight short films was nominated for live-action and animated Academy Awards in 2004.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-02-2005 |
Reviews
Down Eden's Pathnew
An insular father-daughter relationship comes apart in writer-director Rebecca Miller's drama, which stars her actor-husband Daniel Day-Lewis.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-02-2005 |
Reviews
Deadly Sinnew
Ultra-noir adaptation of Frank Miller’s black-and-white cult comic series is a visual feast ripped straight from the original medium’s blood-soaked pages.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-02-2005 |
Reviews
Intestinal Fortitudenew
On the "25th anniversary" of Forbidden Zone, Richard Elfman has some surprising things to say.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Forbidden Zone, Richard Elfman
Banal Dinnernew
Guess Who could have been a comedy with a powerful message, but it chickened out.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-31-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Guess Who, Kevin Rodney Sullivan
M.Con Reduxnew
Is it possible that the Miss Congeniality sequel is deeper than it seems? Not really!
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-31-2005 |
Reviews
Bloody Valentinenew
Strap yourself in for quite possibly the grittiest, muskiest, most blood-soaked, mind-roasting ball-busting thighmaster of a comic book you don’t ever have to read.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
03-31-2005 |
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