THIS HEADLINE SAYS "THE MATRIX" IN IT; A review of Dark City

Boise Weekly;  November 4, 2003 ;   Anonymous;   525 words ......write this retro-review of the movie Dark City. And that's always the toughest part...it to The Matrix and pointing out why Dark City is better..." And I had considered this...details from The Matrix were stolen from Dark City. So ... I guess I will accuse today...

Filmmaker probes recesses of mind with troubling sci-fi tale `Dark City'

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 8, 1998 ;   BILL STAMETS;   787 words ......his surreal, cerebral sci-fi thriller "Dark City" now playing at local theaters. Proyas...reality and visit scary places like "Dark City." "This feels bad, but it feels good...audience to share the paranoid puzzle of "Dark City," and join his characters as they unwrap...

Dark City's look can't save its plot

University Wire;  March 2, 1998 ;   Davis;   720 words ......News) (U-WIRE) New York, N.Y. -- Dark City is well-titled. It's about a city...If this sounds interesting, then Dark City is the movie for you. I, unfortunately, wanted a little bit more. Dark City stars Rufus Sewell (Carrington) as...

Visuals give 'Dark City' something to crow about; It's easy to get lost in...

The Boston Herald;  February 27, 1998 ;   Verniere, James;   649 words ...Dark City Rated R. At Copley Place and suburban...stars We're all just rats in a maze in Dark City, and that includes the audience. I don...expressionistic, science-fiction film Dark City. Set in another alternate universe, a...

"DARK CITY".(CITY LIFE)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  February 26, 1998 ;   Hershenson, Karen;   468 words ......Knight-Ridder News Service WANT TO GO? What: Dark City Rating: R for violent images and some...Cinema 8 The most impressive thing about Dark City is its style, a delicious melding of...encourages him to challenge them. Ultimately, Dark City is more about style than substance. ...

Dark City Books releasing crime-tales collection.

Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  December 17, 2006 ;     484 words ......the former owner of the late-lamented Dark City Mystery Bookstore. Besides being both...Moody also is a book publisher whose Dark City imprint on Jan. 31 will release a book...of winter. Spokane Crime Stories 1906 (Dark City Books, 130 pages, $17.95 paper) is a...

'Dark City' shows perfect blend of sci-fi and noir

University Wire;  March 2, 1998 ;   Cliff Hicks;   550 words ......Nebraskan) (U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Film: "Dark City" Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland...has been film as visually gripping as "Dark City," and even longer since there's been...part "Hellraiser" and part David Lynch, "Dark City" is a tour de force of stunning imagery...

SETTING IS EVERYTHING IN GLORIOUSLY GLOOMY `DARK CITY'.(What's...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 27, 1998 ;   Nechak, Paula;   349 words ......visually thrilling maze of a nightmare in ``Dark City.'' If Kafka met ``Blade Runner'' in...the result would be very similar. ``Dark City'' is a floating blue world ``in the smallest...He's purely a visual filmmaker, and ``Dark City'' is extraordinary in that sense. The...

"Dark City" gets 3.5 stars out of four

University Wire;  March 6, 1998 ;   Jamahl Epsicokhan;   787 words ......into The Crow. Now comes Dark City, advertised as the latest...evident in almost every frame. Dark City is certainly another skillful...and co-produced by Proyas, Dark City comes off like a carefully...The general idea behind Dark City is a search for reality...watchers ...

`Crow' director returns with thriller `Dark City'

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 3, 1998 ;   JOSHUA MOONEY;   787 words ......film cult status. But Proyas' new film, "Dark City," his first since "The Crow," has all...specific audience, you get that result." "Dark City" is an ambitious follow-up to "The Crow...Eventually, we begin to wonder whether "Dark City" even takes place on Earth. Proyas says...

Dark City is film noir -- literally

University Wire;  February 25, 1998 ;   Scott Warren;   557 words ......dying fish?" asks an inspector early in Dark City, the new, futuristic, noir thriller from...continuity and logic it makes up for in flair. Dark City delivers the kind of braindead, style-over-subst...destinies of the city's inhabitants. Dark City is a paranoid's dream or worst ...

GLOOMSDAY FUTURE LOOKS ANYTHING BUT BRIGHT IN `DARK...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  February 27, 1998 ;   Denerstein, Robert;   567 words ......Denerstein Rocky Mountain News Film Critic Dark City Grade B- John Murdoch, Rufus Sewell...A lack of big-time payoff diminishes Dark City, a brilliant-looking hunk of sci-fi that...beautiful gleam in its very dark eye. Dark City paves its streets with a retro vision...

'Dark City'

University Wire;  March 6, 1998 ;   Heather Dixon;   653 words ......story or weight to them. In other words, you get Dark City. Dark City is the story of John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell). John...not just new memories but new life and lifestyles. Dark City forces me to break out the old thesaurus, because...

VISUALLY STUNNING `DARK CITY' OBSCURED BY ITS STORY

The Boston Globe;  February 27, 1998 ;   Jay Carr, Globe Staff;   423 words ...The very title of Alex Proyas's "Dark City" hints at what's right and wrong about...If this is beginning to suggest that "Dark City" has also tapped into the Jean-Pierre...re watching pieces on a game board. "Dark City" is a screenful of lush, classy visual...

THE MAIN EVENT PREDATOR, ALIEN GET READY TO RUMBLE.(U)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  August 13, 2004 ;     787 words ......wins because she ``doesn't want to see the Alien get thumped, even in a digital whatever-i...are most of the die-hard fans of the ``Alien'' and ``Predator'' movies, two 20th Century...that will meet today in - what else? - ``Alien vs. Predator.'' Those fanboys packing theaters...