Jigsaw

The Saw character returns

"...And yet here comes the series’ twisted moral crusader Jigsaw (Bell) and his gruesomely inventive games one more time..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Jigsaw Is Family: Saw X Producers Explain What Makes a Saw Movie

Mark Burg and Oren Koules look to the future of the franchise

"...the return of fan-favorite Tobin Bell as the devious Jigsaw in his meatiest performance yet, seems brighter once more...."

Oct. 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Saw III

The director of Saw II is back for more of this vicious-minded series in which the psychopathic Jigsaw toys with his victims' last gasps.

"...mastered, and thus dispelled, their darkest fears. Serial madman Jigsaw (Bell) is back for more Rube-Goldbergian Grand Guignol with..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saw 3D: The Final Chapter

This seventh film in the horror series promises to be the last.

"...cop who is carrying on the horrific work of Jigsaw (Bell), who died several storylines back. This time he's..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saw X

Jigsaw returns in a giant flashback event

"...from Billy the Puppet). The problem was that the Jigsaw Killer aka John Kramer (Bell) was sidelined by his..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Saw VI

Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood. Promises, promises.

"...rest but not, sadly, by much. The series setup: Jigsaw (Bell), a homicidal maniac with a warped moral sensibility..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saw IV

Jigsaw died in Saw III but here we get to witness his autopsy, stem to stern, thus giving him not only the last laugh, but Being and Nothingness, as well.

"...both box-office and gore-gazette gold since Bell debuted as Jigsaw in 2004. The series' increasingly outlandish forays into the..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saw V

Jigsaw and his traps live on for another installment of demented torture.

"...Mike Butters. It's now been two sequels back since Jigsaw, the unlikely star of this – the original torture-porn..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Puzzle

The pretty pieces don't all fit in this jigsaw-solving drama

"...housewife discovers she has an aptitude for rapidly solving jigsaw puzzles, and the revelation of her special talent gradually..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saw II

With nary a decent, connective character in sight, this nasty sequel quickly becomes little more than a strenuous battle for survival among the already damned.

"...in the booby-trapped house of horrors of serial killer Jigsaw (Bell). Jigsaw’s modus operandi, carried over from the first..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Old House

Sam Houston and the historic jigsaw puzzle of Boggy Creek Farm

"...of information like so many pieces of a historical jigsaw puzzle. They discovered that the original 50 acres were..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Arlo & Julie

Steve Mims concocts a mischievous story about a happy, if rudderless Austin couple

"...and Julie become increasingly obsessed with solving both the jigsaw puzzle and the mystery behind it, which tests the..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Monuments Men

George Clooney's star-studded account of the Allied rescue of the stolen art treasures of WW2 has many great scenes but no center.

"...a whole. Instead, it resembles a pile of ill-fitting jigsaw-puzzle pieces rather than a fully formed picture...."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Bourne Legacy

This franchise reboot doesn't reinvent Bourne, but it does revive it to great effect.

"...is bedeviled by the same kind of overly fussed, jigsaw-puzzle plotting as those films – Gilroy dodges narrative clarity..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Paris

Paris, from the French director of When the Cat's Away, follows a half-dozen-plus Parisians and their interconnectedness.

"...weightier. Taking a cue from the mid-Aughties tic of jigsaw plotting (Crash, Babel), Paris follows a half-dozen-plus Parisians who..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spiral

Chris Rock reinvents the horror morality tale for the BLM era

"...of all time. It is why 2017’s soft reboot Jigsaw was a disaster. With cheap tie-ins to keep John..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Fantastic Fest Review: Saw X

Least-secret secret screening still has some twists

"...from Billy the puppet). However, that sidelining of the Jigsaw Killer aka John Kramer (Tobin Bell) came with his..."

Sept. 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gift Guide: Puzzle Me This

Jigsaw joints of Asian food, jigsaw japes that Hurt so good

"...No, we’re talking about: Jigsaw puzzles...."

Dec. 11, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Old Man

Uninspired cabin-in-the-words horror elevated by engaging acting

"...in for a cozy, oil-lamped night of finishing a jigsaw puzzle that’s been particularly vexing the old man. Just..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Why Darren Lynn Bousman Came Back For Spiral

Rock, racks, vices and games: the story behind the new Saw

"...ninth in the series, and the first since 2017's Jigsaw, it sees the return of Bousman to the franchise..."

May 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Punisher: War Zone

Marvel Comics' Frank Castle again comes to the screen as a one-man vengeance machine in this stylishly violent and gory opus.

"...him battling it out with the series' recurring character, Jigsaw (a bold move on distributor Lionsgate's part, since its..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saw

Saw is indeed a horror movie, but not necessarily in the manner the filmmakers intended.

"...turns out, both men have been shanghaied by the "Jigsaw Killer," a renegade psychopath who strives to teach life..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lady Sovereign

Friday

"...Lady SovereignJigsaw (Midget)..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Dan Oko

The First Omen

Gruesome gynohorror prequel to 1976’s satanic masterpiece The Omen

"...doing Rube Goldberg murder machines over two decades before Jigsaw started stockpiling rusty metal. But it’s not just the..."

April 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge

Horror-comedy anthology has a mild case of sequelitis

"...through videotaped messages, and who else leaves videotaped messages? Jigsaw, from the Saw movies. So that's why everyone attending..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Recent Graphic Novels You Shouldn’t Miss Out On

Book yourself some quality reading time AFK, why don’tcha?

"...vicissitudes of existence. (We’d also pimp Snakepit’s big, Austin-celebrating jigsaw puzzle, based on his poster called A Night at..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Unhinged

Russell Crower bulldozes his way to unwarranted revenge

"...sometimes even manipulating others into slaughter like some cut-rate Jigsaw Killer...."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Curse of La Llorona

Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original

"...because you have all the pieces, doesn’t mean the jigsaw puzzle is going to feel like the master’s creation...."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Winchester

Helen Mirren fights off ghosts with construction tools.

"...the Spierig brothers (Ethan Hawke-starring time travel thriller Predestination; Jigsaw), this is a tawdry collection of shock cuts, creaky..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Your Weekend in Film

Time of our lives

"...Jigsaw. Horror’s hardest-working killer, and former engineer, is back at..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

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