AltWeeklies Wire
A PG-13 Rating Suffocates the Funnew
As the title suggests, there are more snakes now than there were in 1997's Anaconda, but the filmmakers just don't seem to have the same deranged imagination as those who came before.
Miami New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-30-2004 |
Reviews
Deceptive Men and Manipulative Womennew
It's a real credit to director Leconte that even though his film features a couple of ridiculous contrivances to get the plot going, the overall film still feels true.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-30-2004 |
Reviews
Screenplay Zeronew
Director E. Elias Merhige is too talented to be dismissed as a wannabe, but here his gifts for clever angles and oogy feelings are tethered to blase genre redundancies and clunky storytelling.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Gregory Weinkauf |
08-30-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: E. Elias Merhige, Suspect Zero
Lucid Assemblynew
Richard Kelly talks about the reasons for releasing a new director's cut.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blind Ambitionnew
Takeshi "Beat" Kitano reflects on his update of Zatôichi.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Police Procedural Meets the Avant Gardenew
There's a reason why this FBI agent who's chasing a serial killer has constant headaches: He's in the middle of a murky movie that mixes arch style with police procedural.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: E. Elias Merhige, Suspect Zero
This Hero Is No False Idolnew
If Douglas Sirk had made martial arts movies they probably would have looked something like Zhang Yimou's stunning new opus.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Zhang Yimou, Hero
Have You Ever Been Slipped a Miike?new
Watching the latest from the insanely prolific Takashi Miike is akin to having some very bad acid slipped in your drink.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Miike, Gozu
Revisiting the Damnednew
Help us, Lucifer. This prequel is cursed.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Up, Up, and Awaynew
Aussie import is sweet but as emotionally ethereal as a Splenda meringue.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Deckchair, Jeff Balsmeyer
The Brains of the Outfitnew
Bush's so-called brain is Karl Rove, whose mastery of dirty tricks deserves clearer scrutiny than it gets in this documentary.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
New Dog. Old Tricks.new
All actors are cattle, Hitchcock supposedly snorted. Benji auteur Joe Camp proves his case, with a twist.
Austin Chronicle |
Nick Barbaro |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Benji: Off the Leash!, Joe Camp
The Great Race: A Q&A with Filmmaker Bill Haneynew
In his new documentary, Boston filmmaker Bill Haney profiles five women, ages 50 to 82, who defy age in masters’ track-and-field competitions worldwide.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
08-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Film Looks at Mexican-Americans Soldiersnew
Most recent documentaries examine the politics of war rather than look at the people who actually fight. But filmmaker Charley Trujillo opens "Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam" (PBS, Aug. 31, 10 p.m.) with a story about picking cotton with his parents after he returned from the Vietnam War.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
08-26-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Vibrant Hero Reconsiders Revenge Filmsnew
An Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003, Hero plays less like a conventional action film than a grand master's chess game, and it unfolds with a cold yet dreamlike beauty.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Zhang Yimou, Hero
