DVDanger: Stuart Gordon Plays with Dolls

Horror pioneer talks Disney, fairy tales, and tiny terrors

"...king of H.P. Lovecraft movie adaptations. But with 1987's Dolls, he went for a different kind of dark fantasy...."

Nov. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drive-Away Dolls

Ethan Coen solo effort is screwball without the comedy

"...alchemy of the Coen brothers. And that makes Drive-Away Dolls – the second film by Ethan Coen following 2022..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Good Eye: Art Dolls

"...Good Eye muses about the beauty and uncanniness of dolls. The exhibition hall at the All Dolls Are Art..."

Aug. 7, 2014 Photo Gallery

Excellent Review of New York Dolls Show!

"...Dear Editor, Excellent review of the Dolls guys ["Planet Rock," March 25]. You said in just..."

March 28, 2005 Postmarks

Disco Dolls in Hot Skin (3-D)

"...quickly becoming one of the country's hottest midnighters. Disco Dolls, making its return to Dobie after first appearing as..."

June 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Valley of the Dolls

March 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Syl Sylvain & the Sylvains

New York Doll assembles local all-stars Friday at Hotel Vegas

"...alongside Sylvain in Manhattan glam merchants the New York Dolls...."

Aug. 12, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Sparkle and Shine

Stephen Moser remembers Valley of the Dolls with something between a smirk and a smile

"...I'm drunk even when I'm not. Sure, I take dolls – I've got to get some sleep. I've got..."

April 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Representation in the Toy Aisle in Black Barbie: A Documentary

Lagueria Davis' SXSW selection recounts how her Aunt Beulah changed dolls forever

"...Growing up, Lagueria Davis wasn’t one to idolize dolls. But after college she moved in with her aunt,..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Welcome to Marwen

Outsider artist's harrowing true story gets a misguided Hollywood sheen

"...paint Morocco in 1943, Mark Hogancamp only has some dolls, some wooden buildings he put together, and an old..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Trolls

Banal plot mars this toy marketing scheme

"...There’s nary a hint of the original Troll dolls' disconcerting unearthliness in this utterly tame although vibrantly animated..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TXRG Drinks It All Up

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"...bout, courtesy of the Texas Rollergirls and Madison's Dairyland Dolls, was intended in part as a free introduction to..."

Sept. 16, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Bratz

Bring some bratitude and a passion for fashion, and you'll be almost as giddy as a 10-year-old girl.

"...accepting a movie that’s based on a line of dolls. (This is the season of Transformers, isn’t it?) These..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Valley of the Dolls

"...Tawdry, tarshy, and totally diviiiine! Valley of the Dolls is a hoot not to be missed The definitive..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Poltergeist

They're here … again. But why?

"...For every fun sequence involving scampering clown dolls or a retaliatory power drill, there’s an arbitrary update..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Rise of the Guardians

Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman team together like Cartoon All-Stars in this animated picture.

"...eggs, magic portals, enchanted crystals, moon worship, fruitcakes, matryoshka dolls, and lost teeth. Others may be confused. Despite the..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner

9

9 is a beautifully and imaginatively animated fable, whose vague story about social cooperation is not equal to its visual grandeur.

"...numbered 1 through 9 – are stitched-together mechanical rag dolls in varying degrees of soiled disuse, existing in a..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Nicolas Cage is again on the prowl in this sequel to the 2004 smash success.

"...that amounts to a cinematic series of Russian nesting dolls – crack one clue, and you’re awarded with another,..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tideland

Terry Gilliam misfires completely in this dreary, unfocused, and exhausting psychodrama.

"...damaged little girl playing dress-up with her equally damaged dolls. Jeliza-Rose wanders through the prairies outside her lonely house..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Catch That Kid

Kids commit heist – all for a good cause.

"...parents (Des Barres and Beals) – than playing with dolls (although Carabiner Barbie might just do the trick). When..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Far From Heaven

"...quivering guts. Todd Haynes, whose first film used Barbie dolls to tell the story of Karen Carpenter's anorexia, is..."

Nov. 21, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Super Troopers

"...mainly from bottom-of-the-barrel material like masturbation, marijuana, and blow-up dolls -- Super Troopers is an earnest, mostly funny spoof..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Isn't She Great

"...such tits `n' glitz classics as Valley of the Dolls, The Love Machine, and Once Is Not Enough. Andrew..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Bride of Chucky

"...aspects of Yu's film -- serial killers, relationships, plastic dolls making the beast with two backs -- are all..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tomorrow Never Dies

"...is radically unlike any of the pillowy vinyl love dolls who've preceded her in this role. But goodgodalmighty is..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Pepi, Luci, Bom

"...penis contests (Almodóvar cast himself as emcee), sexual masochism, dolls that menstruate and perspire, underwear that doubles as sexual..."

Jan. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Addams Family

"...With her toy guillotine and collection of (naturally) headless dolls, she is the youthful heart of this strangely endearing..."

Nov. 29, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 23rd International Tournee of Animation

"...Joe®, in which a company of the famous fighting dolls turn a boy's bedroom into a base camp where..."

Oct. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Chris Walters

Poison

"...filmed entirely with a cast of Barbie and Ken dolls. That movie is now out of circulation due to..."

Aug. 30, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Good Eye: Passion Play

Don't call them action figures

"...mom gave my sister and me the Madame Alexander dolls of her girlhood: Meg and Beth from Little Wom­en...."

Aug. 8, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

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