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Bobby
Bobby looks at the lives of some everyday people who are about to get caught up in the avalanche of history when they become witnesses to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
"...a world where minor struggles and interpersonal strife run parallel to the decade’s madness raging right outside the gates,..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Fast Food Nation
Richard Linklater and Eric Schlosser's noble and worthy film about meat processing and consumption smacks of good-guy agitprop and fails as a character-driven narrative.
"...Food Nation succeeds in broad strokes, pointedly drawing a parallel between the ceding of populist power and outrage to..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Montiel's debut feature about growing up in Astoria, Queens, in the mid-Eighties is full of the filmmaker's instinctive brio and inchoate ideas and the elaborations of a brilliant ensemble cast.
"...stretcher. The saints are his various dead-end friends. A parallel story set in the present day also coexists, with..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hollywoodland
Although Hollywoodland stokes the dying embers of uncertainty regarding the 1959 death of George Reeves, TV's Superman, it nevertheless seems that the result should be more provocative and scandalous.
"...young son, who becomes devastated over Superman's suicide. A parallel story about a marital-infidelity case Simo is working on,..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lady Vengeance
The South Korean master of revenge dramas, Park Chan-wook, offers another entertaining puzzle of emotional nuance, riotous color, and bloody hell.
"...inhabits a latitude not far removed from the 38th parallel's DMZ between communist North Korea and the Democratic South..."

June 30, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First Descent
This vertiginous documentary about snowboarding talks with the sport's greats and shows them in action, rocketing down crag-encrusted, virgin slopes like buckshot fired from God’s own 20-gauge.
"...ought to be playing on IMAX screens) echoes skateboarding’s parallel history and Stacy Peralta’s brilliant doc Dogtown and Z-Boys,..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paheli
The Hindi megastar Shahrukh Khan and the arthouse director Amol Palekar combine forces for this new Bollywood fable.
"...to cc Hollywood the memo.) But that debate – parallel versus mainstream cinema, realism versus song-and-dance splash – most..."

July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Perfect Man
Less a feature film than 90 minutes of tweenage feminine wish fulfillment, The Perfect Man is like Teen People come to life.
"...Locklear), the film is concomitantly trashing them. In what parallel universe do parents – let alone hot blond MILFs,..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Sin City
This 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.
"...stripped down to the bare-knuckle essentials. The closest contemporary parallel might be Andrew Vachss’ gritty Burke novels, but even..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...San MarcosBizarro Parallel Universe?Dear Editor,..."

March 25, 2005 Column

The Pacifier
Vin Diesel plays a Navy SEAL who draws diaper duty.
"...learn the true value of Family. Perhaps in some parallel universe this movie could be an edgier satire of..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Wedding Date
Inexplicable Fantasy Romances for the Harried Modern Gal 101 is a more fitting title for this shameless mediocrity.
"...and butts to die for. Where is this miraculous parallel universe, anyway, and why hasn't Stan Lee capitalized on..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Food-o-file
Parallel opens on Burnet Road; plus, celebrate the Super Bowl, Carnaval, and Mardi Gras Austin-style
"...Parallel Modern Market (4700 Burnet Rd., 371-7000) opened on Monday..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File
The Drafthouse draws a big-name chef; plus, V.B.W. is giving you a big gift basket of foodie news for Christmas!
"...& Burnet Road) some time in February. Look for Parallel to offer a full menu of prepared foods to..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Ju-on: The Grudge
Fear of what's lurking just out of sight is at the heart of this Japanese horror film.
"...have managed to accomplish this, and the closest Western parallel to Shimizu’s unique ability to find terror in the..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Facing Windows
Overburdened domestic drama from Italy still features some great performances.
"...every beat, and whimsical kitchen montages ensue. The filmÕs parallel structure is too cumbersome and unnecessarily complex; following the..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Clearing
Despite the contributions of Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, and Willem Dafoe, The Clearing is a psychological thriller sans suspense.
"...case into the ground. There are two individual but parallel stories here – Wayne’s and Eileen’s – and Brugge..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Chronicles of Riddick
Vin Diesel revs up the sci-fi franchise.
"...on the rest of the universe are a clear parallel to the Bush administration’s view that Iraq (and presumably..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two
An amalgam of influences with a life of its own, the Chronicle is smarter than we are
"...-- John Dos Passos, "Fighting Bob," The 42nd Parallel..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Column by Louis Black

In My Skin
Disturbing French drama about a woman who cuts her own skin as a prelude to gnawing on her flesh.
"...well, too, and she does it by employing a parallel any lonely, disaffected, bored, or, let’s face it, horny..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bruce Almighty
"...that aside for the moment, and you see the parallel: Jim Carrey is an actor – a funny actor..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hot Chick
"...troubles. Very little attention is meted out to the parallel storyline that follows what becomes of Jessica in her..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Human Nature
"...employs a number of arresting filmic techniques here to parallel the man-vs.-nature elements of the film, including rear projection..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Blue World
"...fought abroad.) The frame story is problematic: Because the parallel series of events are so cumbersome, the ambitious but..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Princess and the Warrior
"...take it seems they can't quite separate their suddenly parallel lives. Tykwer ends the film on a bizarre note..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Taste of Others
Tremendously popular French film tosses together members of different social and aesthetic circles and watches as they circle each other, sniffing out sensibilities and impressions for cracks in the veneers.
"...in her group exploit his patronage. There's also a parallel relationship happening between one of the bodyguards and the..."

April 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Yi Yi
At nearly three hours long, Yang's final film is a novelistic portrait of the Jians, a comfortable middle-class family, presumably like many others, whose members can be categorized neither as happy nor unhappy.
"...have married 30 years ago, but didn't. (In a parallel manner, the wedding party is interrupted by a drunken..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Commuter Rail: Stuck in the Station Again
The attempt to salvage commuter rail in the San Antonio-Dallas Corridor
"...the proposed SH 130 corridor, which will be built parallel to I-35. They say that rerouting the trains would..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the Thirties
"...is far too sparing of Hirohito, however, and his parallel between the two island nations, Britain and Japan, is..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Books Review by Roger Gathman

Madadayo
"...teacher Hyakken Uchida (1889-1971) to present a kind of parallel to his own life. Uchida retired from teaching in..."

Dec. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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