AltWeeklies Wire
The Trilogy Has a Three-Way with Perspectivenew
Belvaux tests the adage by constructing three separate but interlocking films, each in a different genre. See one of The Trilogy's installments and you won't be able to resist seeing them all.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-15-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucas Belvaux, The Trilogy
Cable, Ready?
It turns out the new summer season is actually xeriscape: dry, barren and really only succeeding in annoying the neighbors. Frost reviews hot-to-not new summer series, including "Stargate Atlantis," "Entourage" and "The Grid."
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
07-09-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Unoriginal Boredomnew
Vin Diesel's latest movie sucks, and here's hoping it steers Hollywood away from endless sequels
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Chronicles of Riddick, David Twohy
Edutainment at Its Bestnew
Mario Van Peebles takes a look at the making of his father's not-so-classic "Sweetback"
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Baadasssss!, Mario Van Peebles
Exiting Junior High with a Bangnew
Spy Kids' Alexa Vega graduates to tween hijinks.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam, Joe Nussbaum, Jeff, Jane, Alexa, Boorem, Garlin, Huntington, Lynch, Mika, Scout, Sleepover, Taylor-Compton, Vega
Arthur the Barbariannew
In this cinematic retelling Arthur and his men are trained to be the warrior SWAT team for the Roman Empire.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Big Names, Little Suspensenew
Despite the participation of Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, and Willem Dafoe, The Clearing is a psychological thriller sans suspense.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-08-2004 |
Movies
Tags: Matt, Robert, Alessandro, Craven, Dafoe, Helen, Melissa, Mirren, Nivola, Pieter Jan Brugge, Redford, Sagemiller, The Clearing, Willem
Newsroom Anarchynew
Will Ferrell's Anchorman needs more work behind the scenes.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Seldom Is Heard a Discouraging Wordnew
Inspirational documentary is about Americans with true grit.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-08-2004 |
Movies
Paris Is for Loversnew
Before Sunset is a fluid, engaging, charming, frustrating, funny, and lively movie. Linklater's characters have seasoned in the nine years since they met, their outlooks are not as carefree as they were in their youth, and their responsibilities in life have multiplied and grown roots.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
A Look inside Sao Paulo's Most Notorious Penitentiarynew
With the loose, anecdotal structure of nonfiction work, the film explores the daily lives of the prisoners, who occasionally recount their stories in flashbacks. The tales inevitably build to violent confrontations, but frequently find room for gallows humor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Carandiru, Hector Babenco
Stick a sword in it, King Arthur's donenew
King Arthur never commands our interest as an action film or a history lesson, and whenever director Antoine Fuqua tries to push the two together, it feels like he's hammering a square peg in the Round Table.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Antoine Fuqua, King Arthur
Delpy and Hawke Reconnect in Before Sunset new
Sequels are rarely improvements on the original, but Before Sunset is an exception to that rule. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy are utterly charming as two quirky, overly analytical people whose cynicism blankets a soft core of romanticism.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Linklater, Before Sunset
Family Values Reaffirmed in Kidnapping Thriller The Clearingnew
The Clearing is unconventional in some ways, for the age of its protagonists and for the way it bucks the usual thriller formula. Gone is the breakneck pacing and the kind of race-against-the-clock, heart-pounding hysteria that seems to dominate the genre.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Pieter Jan Brugge, The Clearing
