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Dragonball: Evolution
Live-action versions of animé/manga hits are notoriously hard to pull off, and Dragonball: Evolution proves no exception.
"...by: James Wong. Starring: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Chow Yun-Fat, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Eriko Tamura and Randall Duk..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Boot Camp Challenge: Graduation
It's over (for now)
"...big knife and just slicing off all the excess fat around my waist. (I also occasionally fantasize about jumping..."

March 5, 2009 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Bulletproof Monk
"...Directed by: Paul Hunter. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King, Victoria Smurfit, Karel Roden..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Anna and the King
"...Directed by: Andy Tennant. Starring: Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling, Tom Felton, Syed Alwi, Randall Duk Kim..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Corruptor
"...Directed by: James Foley. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Mark Wahlberg, Brian Cox, Ric Young, Ron Mann, Willy..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Replacement Killers
"...Directed by: Antoine Fuqua. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino and Kenneth Tsang. An amazing number of..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Triads: The Untold Story
"...Directed by: Taylor Wong. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat and Roy Cheung. Not reviewed at press time. In..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Peace Hotel
"...Directed by: Wei Kar-Fei. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat and Cecilia Yip Ye-Tong. If nothing else, this latest..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Love and Death in Saigon
"...Directed by: Tsui Hark. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Anita Mui and Tony Leung Kar-Fei. Hey. Wait a..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Better Tomorrow II
"...Directed by: John Woo. Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Chung, Ti Lung and Dean Shek. John Woo..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Qmmunity: Give, Queerly
Then get fancy with Fat Bottom Cabaret and prepare for The L Word’s return
"...Fat Bottom Cabaret & the Midnight Menagerie: Fancy A whole..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Dolemite Is My Name
Eddie Murphy pays homage to the comedy genius of Rudy Ray Moore
"...Eddie Murphy in a role that doesn’t require a fat suit (not much of one, anyway) or seem below..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Night
Small town thriller intrigues, but never satisfies
"...being a turgid episode of Fargo or Justified. The father and son trying to negotiate the world of this..."

Jan. 26, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Measure of a Man
Even Donald Sutherland reciting fortune cookie wisdom doesn't save this YA snore.
"...sentimental adaptation of Robert Lipsyte’s 1977 YA novel One Fat Summer...."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Miss Sloane
Jessica Chastain plays a powerful D.C. lobbyist
"...imagine screenwriter Jonathan Perera’s vision board also saved a fat space for Aaron Sorkin; you can hear echoes of..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Boss
This Melissa McCarthy comedy is funny, but should be even funnier
"...movie character that isn’t based on jokes about being fat and crude. To be honest, the crude humor isn’t..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deli Man
This doc about Jewish delis is tasty but fatty
"...go down even better if some of the excess fat were trimmed...."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bethany out of Saturn?
Theatre En Bloc's new show explores a world of economic desperation.
"...boards, it was with Derek Kolluri directing Neil LaBute's Fat Pig...."

May 21, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Alan Partridge
Steve Coogan’s comical egomaniac Alan Partridge jumps from British television to the movie screen – with all of his smarm intact.
"...and the new management is eager to trim the fat. When Partridge finds out it’s either him or another..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Best Man Holiday
Fourteen years after the first film, this sequel finds our likable characters experiencing the pitfalls and promise of middle age.
"...D. Lee is admirably candid about what a big fat lie that 14-year-old spoiler is: It didn’t actually all..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Star Trek Into Darkness
The Star Trek reboot may be overly familiar, but it's still a hell of a lot of fun.
"...film moving at a quippy clip; there’s really no fat here until the film feints a climax only to..."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Zero Dark Thirty
The film is suspenseful, dogged, relentless, and determined – amazing considering we already know the ending of this story about the 10-year hunt for Osama bin Laden.
"...this movie fiction – but there is admirably little fat on its bones. No love interests, no backstories, no..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cosmopolis
Even though it stars Robert Pattinson, we doubt his Twilight fans will fully appreciate this sleek, dystopian story that David Cronenberg adapted from Don DeLillo's 2003 novel.
"...by virtue of unseen and unknowable bundled derivatives and fat stacks of black cash. To paraphrase the Bhagavad Gita..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shame
Exquisite control and spasmed anguish mark the performances of Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in this dark, NC-17-rated story about a sex addict.
"...in his feature debut, 2008's Hunger, has stripped all fat from this obsessively stylized follow-up. From the unadorned score..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Guard
A daffy, delightful Irish yarn capped by fabulous performances by Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.
"...Ireland, he initially appears to inhabit every cliché about fat Irish cops of questionable morals. In the film’s opening..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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.
"...George Takei. Co-written by Tom Hanks and My Big Fat Greek Wedding's Nia Vardalos, Larry Crowne is a slight,..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fast Five
Those renegade street racers reassemble for the fifth installment in the franchise, this time in scenic Rio de Janeiro.
"...priceless Detroit rolling stock for the promise of a fat payoff. Also along for the very bumpy ride are..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Wimpy kid, wimpy movie.
"...Rodrick Rules' most fruitful gag homages the YouTube hit "Fat Kid Singing Lada Gaga" with Greg's chubby, kind-hearted best..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Martin Lawrence revisits his FBI undercover alter-ego, Big Momma.
"...of comic genius is, you know, Lawrence in a fat suit. Lawrence plays his Momma bit in the brash..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Riding: 1983
This final film in the three-part series affords a great deal of satisfaction in resolving the plot’s many mysteries.
"...narrative, another lead emerges in the form of “right fat bastard” John Piggott (Addy), a sad-sack solicitor and Yorkshire..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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