AltWeeklies Wire
Engine Troublenew
There’s Christmas magic in Zemeckis’ film, but there’s also a bizarre, palpable sense of unease that's due to the animation style, which despite its faithful replication of author Chris Van Allsburg’s painterly compositions, doesn’t translate all that successfully to the screen.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-12-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert Zemeckis, The Polar Express
Blues Film Lights a Sparknew
Ostensibly a record of one mighty blues show, this film goes beyond the tag of concert film and achieves something more: a living history lesson, tracing the evolving sound of the blues.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-12-2004 |
Reviews
Keeping Up With the Jones Sequelnew
Cast is excellent; movie is OK; men and women are soooo different.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-12-2004 |
Reviews
Caribbean Cruisingnew
After the Sunset is possibly the ideal film to more or less ignore while lounging poolside and sipping Jamaican rum, 100-proof pap.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-12-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brett Ratner, After the Sunset
Green Archersnew
To call Undertow a '70s-style revenge movie is accurate, but those unfamiliar with the director's style may wonder why it takes so long to get to the action.
Cleveland Scene |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-12-2004 |
Reviews
Freak Shownew
The Polar Express mixes animation and real human movement, resulting in stiff, unintentional fright.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-11-2004 |
Reviews
Really Supernew
The Incredibles keeps Pixar's incredible streak of wonderful films intact.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-11-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Bird, The Incredibles
The Da Vinci Clone
National Treasure delivers a familiar, appealing mix of historical mystery and dumb action.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-11-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jon Turtletaub, National Treasure
Hollywood Product: New Bridget Jones Not Better Than Originalnew
As the prat-falling, foul-mouthed Bridget, Zellweger hilariously embodies modern female insecurities, but Edge of Reason mostly proves stale and obvious.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-11-2004 |
Reviews
Death and Loss Play Key Roles in Marc Forster's Finding Neverlandnew
It's not hard to see how Marc Forster might identify with J.M. Barrie, both in shared loss and in using creation as an antidote. "It's also letting go of grief," says Forster of the creative process. "And also embracing it in a different way. It's sort of like a more enlightened way."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-11-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Cartoon Network's Programs Appeal to Hip, Humor-Hungry Insomniacsnew
Cartoon Network used to be the unlikeliest place on basic cable to see a decapitation. Or a nipple. Or hear a curse word. But that was before Adult Swim.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman and Heather Kuldell |
11-11-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Superb Heroesnew
With spectacular animation and an energy certain to infect even the most jaded of moviegoers, “The Incredibles” is a postmodern take on superhero stories that offers plenty of laughs and fun for adults as well as kids.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
11-10-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brad Bird, The Incredibles
Bridget Behind Bars!new
Desperate to propel a plot when chemistry doesn't work, this sequel puts its heroine through the wringer. Female viewers may feel similarly abused.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
11-10-2004 |
Reviews
Dead Lines
Have big corpse-y fun with the Crime Scene Investigation random quip generator!
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
11-09-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Next Best Thing to Being Therenew
The Radio City concert that was performed a century after the birth of the blues and gorgeously filmed by Antoine Fuqua gives us a profound sense of how the blues has blossomed over the years -- and the far corners it has reached.
