Help Your PALS

One final gift guide reco for the charity-minded

"...That's the premise behind Meals on Wheels and More's PALS program – Pets Assisting the Lives of Seniors. In..."

Dec. 23, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

PALS Praise

"...which AISD deserves our praise. For 40 years, the PALS (Peer Assistance, Leadership, and Service) program has trained students..."

April 17, 2022 Postmarks

Two Pals Pop Their Pie-Making Cherries for National Pi Day, March 14

A sordid tale of two pie-making neophytes rolling in dough

"...was guaranteed to be flaky and forgiving. I’m also pals and food writing/restaurant consulting partners with master baker Art..."

March 14, 2013 Food Post by Mick Vann

Perry's Pals Get Green, or Just Greenwashed?

Governor gets some on-line help from the food industry in his push against ethanol

June 23, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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.

"...exploits of Poseidon’s teenage offspring Percy (Lerman) and his pals – Grover the Satyr (Jackson) and Clarisse the something-or-other..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Basketball Diaries

"...the start of the film, Carroll (DiCaprio) and his pals are crass teen scofflaws who get their jollies from..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

In this comedy sequel, the CG action moves to Washington, D.C., as the Smithsonian's exhibits are put into storage during a renovation.

"...a black-and-white Al Capone (Bernthal), Kahmunrah finds Daley and pals, chief among them a sassy Amelia Earhart (Adams), considerably..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Good Will Hunting

"...begins to simmer, Southie vs. Southie. Co-written by real-life pals Affleck and Damon, Good Will Hunting is the sort..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Babylon

Four decades later, this gritty and earnest recounting of black British life keeps all its power

"...day job as a mechanic and nights with his pals in a dub sound system. In a gritty, grimy..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Assassination Nation

Dark satire lets social media tear us apart

"...high school in Salem, Mass. Lily (Young) and her pals are implied to be the queen bees of their..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beach Rats

A moody take on the Jersey Shore

"...He spends his afternoons and evenings hanging with his pals at the local vape parlor or taking the train..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Phoenix Forgotten

Missing teens and mysterious lights in this found-footage sci-fi film

"...sister of Josh (Roberts), who along with high school pals Ashley (Lopez) and Mark (Matthews), went missing 20 years..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

T2 Trainspotting

The sequel to the 1996 classic

"...Renton absconded with the drug money he and his pals Sick Boy (Miller), Spud (Bremner), and Begbie (Carlyle) stole..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dope

Peppy caper film features unusual characters: black high school geeks

"...Calif., hasn’t been easy for Malcolm and his best pals, Jib (Revolori, the bellhop in The Grand Budapest Hotel)..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I'll See You in My Dreams

Blythe Danner is exquisite as a 70-year-old widow entering the dating fray

"...garden work, golf, and cards with her best gal pals, who keep needling Carol to give up independent living..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ouija

Hasbro's soothsaying board is the MacGuffin in this teen horror film.

"...along with boyfriend Trevor (Kagasoff), sister Sarah (Coto), and pals Pete (Smith) and Isabelle (Santos), naturally spy the dead..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Best Man Holiday

Fourteen years after the first film, this sequel finds our likable characters experiencing the pitfalls and promise of middle age.

"...So where do we find these old college pals? One-time best man Harper (Diggs) isn’t having any luck..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Last Vegas

Did the Social Security set finally get their The Hangover?

"...concentration on character dynamics. In Last Vegas, four sixtysomething pals who’ve been friends since childhood reunite for a weekend..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Baggage Claim

Paul Patton stars in this rom-com about a desperate-to-wed flight attendant that never achieves liftoff.

"...time of the wedding in 30 days. Her flight-attendant pals – cleavage-baring Gail (Scott) and limp-wristed Sam (Brody) –..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

10 Years

This ensemble comedy follows a group of friends on the evening of their 10th high school reunion.

"...spectacle of what 10 years has wrought on old pals’ hairlines, hips, and bright-eyed optimism, or watching ridiculously good-looking..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bachelorette

This comedy about four female friends on the eve of one’s nuptials is at times dangerously funny.

"...about to get married and invites her three old pals to be her bridesmaids. Regan (Kirsten Dunst) is a..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Amusing but never rousing, this fourth installment in this cartoon franchise comes fretted with freezer burn.

"...the course of the series, they've picked up new pals; Manny now has a wife and child. When a..."

July 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

This is the rare horror comedy that near-perfectly balances its blend of grue, guffaws, and gag reflexes.

"...Fashioned Orgy) are a pair of amiable, PBR-guzzling "hillbilly" pals who plan to spend their vacation relaxing at the..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Winnie the Pooh

Disney returns to Hundred Acre Wood with this animated effort.

"...endearing, enduring screen adaptations, Winnie the Pooh and his pals from the Hundred Acre Wood are family; ergo, when..."

July 22, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cars 2

This Pixar sequel pops on the screen, but the story line is stuck in neutral.

"...action then returns to familiar Radiator Springs, where our pals from the original film – the hick tow truck..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hangover: Part II

The action moves from Vegas to Thailand – but someone forgot to send along a new script.

"...who is the betrothed. Keenly aware that his best pals Phil (Cooper), Alan (Galifianakis), and Doug (Bartha) are something..."

May 27, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paul

Two comic-book geeks (played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) encounter an alien (voiced by Seth Rogen) in Area 51.

"...circle to include not just Pegg and Frost’s sci-fi-obsessed pals, but also a trash-talking, blunt-smoking extraterrestrial named Paul (voiced..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Imagine That

Eddie Murphy has made an agreeable, family-friendly, kid-centric film without – lo and behold – a single fart joke.

"...a caring father figure. As it happens, her invisible pals and the blue blankie she uses to enter their..."

June 12, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II is the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since his Pan's Labyrinth netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.

"...Abe Sapien, upscaling) the "big red one" and his pals at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. Co-scripted..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Weirdsville

Weirdsville accomplishes something that is rare for Canadian-made comedies: It's actually funny.

"...owed to their dealer or face the consequences. Best pals Royce (Bentley) and Dexter (Speedman) are a couple of..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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