Jumanji: The Next Level
Back in the game for a fun if flimsier sequel
"...failure compared to his high school friends – amiable jock Fridge (Blain), cheerleader with a heart of gold Bethany..."
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Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Riot Girls
Part John Hughes, part Mad Max, all female empowerment
"...Part postapocalyptic John Hughes jocks versus The Outsiders and part queer-friendly actioner that pulls..."
Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Booksmart
The kids are better than alright in Olivia Wilde's raucous, resonant comedy
"...all coolness as they subvert their assigned types of jock, slut, stoner, and so on. In another movie, Molly..."
May 24, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
People’s Republic of Desire
China's terrifying social media dystopia makes new media slaves
"...– a fat-cat patron; a just-scraping-by fan; a former migrant-worker-turned-shock-jock-like host and an inspiration to a working class mostly..."
Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Bomb City
Infamous 1997 Amarillo punk murder exposes social division.
"...although the punks are jovial and inclusive while the jocks bully and berate each other – but there’s nothing..."
Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White
Gleason
Footballer Steve Gleason, diagnosed with ALS, is this doc's subject
"...light on an incredibly horrible disease and one goofy jock/dudebro/Pearl Jam fan’s plight dealing with a new reality comes..."
Aug. 10, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
22 Jump Street
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill again go undercover in this frequently delightful mess.
"...co-ed (Stevens). With one of them enamored of a jock brother (Russell) in a platonic way, and the other..."
June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black
Origin Story
New Mondo Gallery show frames first efforts
"...as with these two takes from bestselling British artist Jock on 1972 bloodbath The Last House on the Left...."
Jan. 25, 2013 Screens Feature
Bad Kids Go to Hell
This Texas-made high school comedy that's based on a comic book mixes elements of The Breakfast Club with Scoobie Doo with uneven results.
"...the pauper who throws basketballs at cheerleaders (Stewart), the jock with a broken leg (Edwards), the witchcraft-practicing Ally Sheedy..."
Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner
21 Jump Street
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum go back to high school in this new take on the old TV series.
"...Schmidt was a supreme nerd and Jenko a cool jock, although neither got to go to the senior prom...."
March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Social Network
This retelling of Facebook's first contentious steps is a blisteringly entertaining film formed of a lovely amalgam of David Fincher's direction, Aaron Sorkin's screenplay, and Jesse Eisenberg's spotless performance as Mark Zuckerberg.
"...muscled out of the company, and one by two gentlemen-jock classmates who claim Zuckerberg stole their idea, the Winklevoss..."
Oct. 1, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Quiet
The first Burnt Orange Productions joint mixes The Piano with Poison Ivy. Perhaps future generations of film scholars will embrace The Quiet as a B-movie that problematizes the oppressive gaze, but for now, it's a misfire.
"...it works. (I liked X-Men's Ashmore as a popular jock whose first reaction to a deaf-mute girl is to..."
Sept. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Austin Dance
Some Austin dance artists will be getting out of town this summer – way out of town: Innsbruck, Jacob's Pillow, and Hong Kong – thanks to special invitations
"...Ballet; and former New York City Ballet principal dancer Jock Soto. But Mills has miles to go before he..."
June 23, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
TV Eye
Why 'Love Monkey,' the newest 'Sex and the City' knockoff, might succeed where others failed
"...of men: one married, one a man-about-town, one a jock, and one Tom Farrell (Cavanagh). I didn't care much..."
Jan. 27, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Juarez: Stages of Fear
This film is a passionate if clunky cri du coeur for the kidnapped and murdered women of Juarez, Mexico – a silent epidemic of as many as 450 crimes in the last 10 years.
"...dark humor in it (largely through the device of shock-jock banter overheard on the unseen driver’s radio), and sometimes..."
Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Dorian Blues
Dorian Blues has wit, humor, good performances, and clever technique, which catapult the film into the front ranks of coming-out movies.
"...to his unaccepting dad. Dorian also has a perfect jock brother Nicky (Coco), who is everybody’s favorite, something that..."
Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Nude Works 13
What draws the eye into Neil Coleman's images of female nudes is the comfort of the models with their own bodies and their connection to the photographer
"...1990, the FBI seized the equipment and images of Jock Sturges, charging him with suspicion to produce and distribute..."
Nov. 18, 2005 Arts Review by Benné Rockett
Justice or Vengeance?
A tale of tragedy and punishment in Williamson County
"...He liked big trucks and baseball. He was a jock, but friends say he didn't fit the rowdy mold..."
Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass
Just Married
"...could have happened. Despite their differences -- he's a jock with humble community-college roots; she's a Wellesley-educated Beverly Hills..."
Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Private Parts
"...is stock in trade for America’s premier FM shock jock; there’s no such thing as bad publicity, and nobody..."
May 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
American Pie 2
"...giddy with possibility. Former pastry manhandler Jim (Biggs); hunky jock Oz (Klein) and his best girl Heather (Suvari); generic..."
Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Joe Dirt
"...lame frame story with Dennis Miller as a shock jock and embarks on a whimsical journey to find the..."
April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Love and Basketball
A young woman learns to navigate the hoops on and off the court.
"...and emotional depth into their portrayals of the star-crossed jock paramours. As much lip service as we pay to..."
April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Election
"...Urging the injury-sidelined and preternaturally popular and blissfully dim jock Paul Metzler (Klein) to run against Tracy in the..."
May 7, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Rage: Carrie Two
"...of the not-so-beautiful people, at least to the sterling jocks and their gamines that run the local high school...."
March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Eight Days a Week
"...fact that Erica is already going steady with lunkhead jock Nick (Green) is irrelevant to lovestruck Peter. Braving Nick's..."
Feb. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Disturbing Behavior
"...cabal of overachieving MENSAniacs who make up the school's jock and preppie populations. According to the slightly-out-of-it Gavin, however,..."
July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Quest for Camelot
"...as its first fully animated feature, following up 1996's half-jock/half-cartoon smash Space Jam. Wisely, Warner's has released Quest a..."
May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
I Know What You Did Last Summer
"...police and report the accident immediately, the boorish, drunken jock Barry (Phillippe) convinces her and the other two passengers..."
Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Beautiful Thing
This is a sweet yet unsentimental coming-of-age film about two teenage boys in a working-class London suburb who fall in love.
"...a popular guy in school and somewhat of a jock, not to mention that he has an alcoholic father..."
