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Hated: G.G. Allin and the Murder Junkies
"...the skinhead chair-throwing incident several years back, it seems nothing can faze Rivera these days), cutting back and forth..."

Oct. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

True Romance
"...directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun), True Romance is nothing if not consistently entertaining. It's the prototypical chase film,..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Twogether
"...with very little to say to each other. Certainly nothing of earth-shaking caliber and, doubtful, nothing along the lines..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Linguini Incident
"...The Linguini Incident (despite the fact that it has nothing to do with linguini) is its decidedly odd ensemble..."

July 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Turtle Beach
"...Jack Thompson, Art Malik and Norman Kaye. Apparently, there's nothing that can bring two disparate women closer than their..."

May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Daughters of the Dust
"...you get in Daughters of the Dust is like nothing you've ever seen before. This richly costumed historical drama..."

Feb. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Parts You Lose
Icy thriller has no idea what to do with its talented cast
"...speaking to his mother. When Wesley pretends to know nothing about the fugitive, the marshal smiles kindly and launches..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Red Joan
Based-on-true-life spy drama can keep its secrets to itself
"...and that is passing. As for Cookson, she does nothing to add any real emotional depth or moral conflict..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Capernaum
Lebanese drama of the destitute is tough to watch, but tougher to live
"...Zain (Al Rafeea) knows nothing but this chaos – the word being not just..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Vox Lux
Pop star drama is all off-key
"...Yet there’s nothing feel-good about this story – even moments that should..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Fifty Shades Freed
Mr. and Mrs. Grey break out the whips one last time
"...Nothing new, I know, but this particular franchise feels especially..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

78/52
An effusive doc on the shower scene from Psycho
"...prolonged shriek – from the audience – follows. And nothing is ever the same...."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Underworld: Blood Wars
Vampires vs. werewolves (again)
"...her exquisite performances in Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing or John Schlesinger’s Cold Comfort Farm. But what can..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Christine
Rebecca Hall dazzles in this story of Christine Chubbock
"...on the news anchor (Michael C. Hall), but does nothing about it. She lives in close quarters with her..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dark Horse
True horse saga beguiles with its simplicity and purity of heart
"...There is nothing so magnificent, so utterly inspirational as a horse at..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Listen to Me Marlon
Marlon Brando, in his own words, is nothing short of transcendent
"...his lines, when screen acting had (once again) become nothing more than a paycheck. For every On the Waterfront,..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Straight Outta Compton
Picture about origins of rap group NWA shows off their snarly cool
"...favors old, rich white guys over everyone else. There’s nothing old-school at all about the themes explored in Straight..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Are the Best!
Lukas Moodysson gives us a captivating portrait of 13-year-old proto-punk girls in 1982 Sweden.
"...compliment her self-shorn hair, Bobo scowls even harder. There’s nothing punk rock about supportive grownups...."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Invisible Woman
The woman who must remain invisible in this drama is Nelly Ternan, an actress who's not only the mistress of married Charles Dickens, but also 27 years his junior.
"...affairs of famous men (and their resulting progeny) are nothing new. History is replete with the infidelities of monarchs,..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lone Survivor
A SEAL team mission in Afghanistan goes very wrong in this intense combat film with a bang-up cast.
"...fight for survival. The assault on the SEALs spares nothing in showing the fragility of the flesh. With their..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Poseiden's son and his pals reunite to retrieve the Golden Fleece, but only the film's special effects grabbed our attention.
"...pretty much goes without saying that the 3-D adds nothing to the film, and while the digital effects are..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Big Stars in Your Eyes
A Q&A with Big Star documentarian Drew DeNicola
"...Star's troubled life, hard times, and posthumous resurrection in Nothing Can Hurt Me, which screens July 21-22 at the..."

July 18, 2013 Screens Post by Scott Schinder

The Expendables 2
This who's who of action stars even features Schwarzenegger in his movie comeback.
"...a testosterone-addled night of it? The Expendables 2 adds nothing to the burly badass genre that hasn't been done..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Straw Dogs
Rod Lurie remakes Sam Peckinpah's 1971 bloodbath-classic about a home invasion and tapping into man's inner rage monster.
"...but now that castle's been under siege for decades. (Nothing new, really; William Wyler's The Desperate Hours remains one..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Larry Crowne
Tom Hanks directs and co-stars in this rom-com with Julia Roberts, though I suspect neither actor will list it high on their résumés.
"...wearing far too much makeup (honestly, he looks like nothing so much as a creepy, grinning automaton), and ruminating..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rubber
Rubber is a movie about a sentient, telekinetic, and homicidal tire on a rampage.
"...Jack Plotnick, Thomas F. Duffy and Ethan Cohn. If nothing else, Fantastic Fest 2010 fave Rubber will give the..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beastly
Beauty and the Beast is refashioned here for the contemporary teen set and stars I Am Number Four's Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens.
"...Hamilton. But the French fairy tale has proven itself nothing if not durable throughout the ages, and so this..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Somewhere
Filmmaker Sofia Coppola makes a dreamy, beautifully shot statement about the slow-burning dread of a truly hollow man, but Somewhere lacks the dry humor of Lost in Translation.
"...He's so intimately alone, whether racing his Ferrari against nothing and no one in a closed-loop course or fielding..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Case 39
Renée Zellweger stars as a social worker who protects a child whose family has created dark forces around her.
"...and sundry character actors begin dying in horrible ways. Nothing so horrible, mind you, as my personal bugaboo –..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Going the Distance
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long explore the difficulties of long-distance relationships in this rom-com.
"...the Distance has a tin ear and sullied eye: Nothing sounds or looks very good. In making the transition..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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