AltWeeklies Wire
Punch Timenew
Kick-start your martial arts habit with Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
02-09-2005 |
Reviews
A Lot to Swallownew
Inside Deep Throat unveils the hardcore porn groundbreaker.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
02-09-2005 |
Reviews
The New Romanticsnew
Lying, cheating, swapping, memory erasing, and attempted homicide -- these days, date movies are not for the faint of heart.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lynn Rapoport |
02-09-2005 |
Movies
Darkness Falls: Leave Uwe Boll's Latest Video Game Adaptation Alonenew
Alone in the Dark, the movie, has very little to do with Alone in the Dark, the game. But whereas the game drew on film noir and the faceless horrors of H.P. Lovecraft to create an ominous atmosphere, the movie seems primarily inspired by Boll's sense of self-satisfaction.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
02-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Uwe Boll, Alone in the Dark
Sundance's Biggest Deal Was No Big Dealnew
At the Sundance Film Festival, studios spend dollars on the penny in the thin mountain air -- like the $9.5 million Paramount Pictures paid for director Craig Brewer's film Hustle & Flow.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
02-08-2005 |
Movies
Eastwood Delivers a Knockoutnew
Glorious performances and Eastwood's confident direction result in a film that transcends the rules of its genre and shows us, with an unvarnished simplicity, how human beings struggle to come to terms with the unthinkable.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
02-05-2005 |
Reviews
Pot Calling the Tea Kettle Blacknew
With this period piece set in 1950 London, British filmmaker Mike Leigh delivers his best picture in some time, and with it he seemingly aims to provoke conversation about the ethics of abortion.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Leigh, Vera Drake
Wedding Bell Bluesnew
Inexplicable Fantasy Romances for the Harried Modern Gal 101 is a more fitting title for this shameless mediocrity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-05-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Clare Kilner, The Wedding Date
An Unsentimental Educationnew
Almodóvar delivers the finest movie of his career: a film noir melodrama that maybe should be called film sanguine.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Bad Education
Shadow Playnew
There's a certain majesty to German director Boll's style of filmmaking: a freedom from art, talent, skill of any formal kind, and the sheer pigheadedness to keep going at any cost.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Uwe Boll, Alone in the Dark
Most Reviews of Wes Anderson's Latest Have Missed the Point
A lot of film critics are calling Wes Anderson's latest film a self-indulgent near miss. He can weather the abuse, having made a film that might be grim stuff were it not so dazzling and charming in its presentation.
Black & White |
David Pelfrey |
02-03-2005 |
Reviews
Cinematic Darknessnew
It's a bad week for horror movies: Alone in the Dark is memorably terrible.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
02-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Uwe Boll, Alone in the Dark
Horrid Horrornew
Hide and Seek leaves viewers with questions, like: Why is Robert De Niro trying to destroy his career?
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
02-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hide and Seek, John Polson
Viewers May Be Moved Despite Themselvesnew
The documentary is about how one rural Whitwell, Tenn., middle school in 1998 built a remarkable monument commemorating the Holocaust. Honoring documentary convention to the letter, the film rests on a backhanded compliment.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-03-2005 |
Reviews
It Could Be Science FIction, But It's Based in Realitynew
Moolaadé is an impassioned treatise, not only against the mutilation of women, but also against the power structures of village life, where men are revered as gods and women are little more than livestock.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
02-03-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Moolaadé, Ousmane Sembene
