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March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Finding Forrester
"...(Connery) and the inner-city prodigy (Brown) he nurtures. The script, by Nicholls fellowship winner Mike Rich, follows in the..."
Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula
"...much cover every imaginable base). Lussier's film, from a script by Joel Soisson (Highlander: Endgame), has Plummer as hoary..."
Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Supernova
"...by action virtuoso Walter Hill (48 HRS) from a script by William Malone (director of House on Haunted Hill),..."
Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Art of Self-Defense
Jesse Eisenberg excels as the mouse that roars in this karate black comedy
"...and a little bit of intertextuality – make Stearns’ script feel dangerously timeless. Ah, and yet. The Art of..."
July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Southwest Theatre Productions' The Understudy
Southwest Theatre's focused cast overcomes the oddities in the script to serve up a snarky, funny look at the theatre business
"...This thread holds together a rather ragtag script – at times poignant commentary on the state of..."
Sept. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver
Born in China
The Disneyfication of nature continues
"...As breathtaking as the imagery is, however, the script, which is narrated by John Krasinski, is a mess..."
April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Cargill Gets Strange
Local author revealed to be Marvel's hidden scripter
"...has actually spent the last year working on the script for the upcoming adaptation of Marvel's supernatural adventure series..."
Dec. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
The Dry Land
Home from Iraq, a soldier suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has trouble reintegrating into small-town Texas life in this scorching film.
"...palpable mood from sparse elements and languorous pacing. Williams’ script, however, suffers from its inclusion of too many details..."
Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Killers
Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl play a married couple, but the wife doesn't know her husband is a government assassin. Comedy ensues.
"...and did, although the sullying quality of the hackneyed script by Bob DeRosa and Ted Griffin is a not-insubstantial..."
June 11, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Beowulf
The irony inherent in using 21st century motion-control technology to tell a tale approximately 1,400 years old is just one of many bizarrely entertaining aspects of Beowulf.
"...sigh of relief: Although this version of Beowulf (the script, ricocheting between thrilling, heroic, and hilarious, is by Neil..."
Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Queens
Spanish comedy about same-sex marriages and mothers-in-law.
"...royalty. So what’s the problem? A weak and silly script stretches itself too thin, chasing rambling storylines about lost..."
Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
The Upside of Anger
The two fantastic performances by Allen and Costner that anchor The Upside of Anger are the reason to see this contemporary drama about romance between two flawed adults.
"...contemporary drama about romance between two flawed adults. The script by writer-director Binder (who is also cast in a..."
April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
No medals will be awarded for this Sandra Bullock follow-up, although the actress proves herself an ever-game comic actress.
"...game for anything but is hampered by a weak script. This time out, the story’s pageant gimmick seems a..."
March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Meet the Fockers
You can Fockerize Meet the Parents all you want, but this new movie is a lame sequel to the comic hit of 2000.
"...and the film has several amusing moments, but the script by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg includes little that..."
Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The United States of Leland
Kevin Spacey-produced indie drama plays like The OC's more intellectual, older sibling.
"...Produced by Kevin Spacey’s Trigger Street Productions from a script by first-time writer/director Hoge, The United States of Leland..."
April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Moonlight Mile
"...performances are undermined by too much pretty speechifying. The script's volubleness gives off the uncomfortable sensation that these are..."
Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Someone Like You
"...between its stars or the little improbabilities of the script ('cause most platonic roommates of the opposite sex --..."
March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Double Take
"...George Gallo, who's taken a long fall from his script for the infinitely more polished and cohesive 1988 road..."
Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Venus Beauty Institute
"...beautiful way. And in the hands of a better script and direction (both by Marshall), the logic-defying couplings in..."
Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Gun Shy
"...sub-genre. You can see him straining, but neither his script -- which can't seem to make up its mind..."
April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Interview
"...buttons on multiple levels. The plainspoken but richly suggestive script plumbs deeply into the complex relationship between interrogator and..."
April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Go
"...the characters' stop-start dialogue and quicksilver editing. John August's script for Go takes on the L.A. rave scene as..."
April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
What Dreams May Come
"...new visions never before seen on the screen). The script, which was written by Ron Bass (Rain Man, My..."
Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Ratchet
"...who begs the auteur to check out his new script. Callahan grudgingly agrees, finds a diamond in the rough,..."
July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Madeline
"...of wonder for the big, noisy world outside. The script, drawn here and there from Ludwig Bemelmans' classic series..."
July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
Kingpin
Harrelson and Quaid bowl a perfectly hilarious game in this Farrelly Brothers farce.
"...and Quaid works surprisingly well, aided by an above-average script that makes the most of an wonderfully ludicrous situation:..."
July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Arrival
"...a normal person, The Arrival's never less than silly script lets him run wild; it's sci-fi, so he's not..."
June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Truth About Cats and Dogs
"...is historically predictable. Executive producer and screenwriter Audrey Wells' script portrays most of the men as repulsively one-dimensional; the..."
April 26, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor
Broken Arrow
"...director, former Hong Kong action auteur John Woo. The script, written by Speed scribe Graham Yost, follows that hit's..."
