Warner Bros.: Avada Kedavra, Healy

'Wizard People, Dear Readers,' Brad Neely's wonderfully wacked-out homage to 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,' is no more

"...less than a year since the first public screenings, Warner Bros. has called the kibosh on performances of Brad..."

April 1, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Aquaman

The underwater superhero brings long-awaited color to DC's films

"...Even if the results aren’t there, Aquaman proves that Warner Bros. has decided to back the right (sea)horse...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Riotous comedy mixes live-action and animation for a great result.

"...Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton, Heather Locklear and Joan Cusack. Warner Bros.’ Looney Tunes franchise has been going for 73..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

License to Wed

A couple seeks connubial advice from a celibate with an affinity for Popeye impressions.

"...Peter Strauss. To remind viewers of its gilded past, Warner Bros. Studios has taken to introducing all its movies..."

July 6, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Cats Don't Dance

"...more glossy illusions. Now comes an animated feature from Warner Bros. in this Tinseltown tradition, and it's another delight...."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Space Jam

Dexterously mixing live action and animation, Space Jam tosses NBA champ Michael Jordan onto the 2-D court with the entire Looney Tunes gang and the opposing Monstar team of cartoon characters from another planet.

"...planet. Space Jam also represents the debut film from Warner Bros.' new Feature Animation division. In this initial attempt..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

M. Butterfly

"...Sukowa and Ian Richardson. The lost Cronenberg? Well, almost. Warner Bros. apparently had the devil of a time puzzling..."

Jan. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oz the Great and Powerful

Neither a besmirching nor a instant classic, this sometimes clunky prequel in which James Franco plays the Wizard when he was a mere, young huckster also has Sam Raimi's ravishing visuals.

"...yes or no. This Disney prequel to MGM and Warner Bros.’ enduring 1939 masterwork charts its own course, and,..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Times at the El Royale

Neo-noir hijinks gets away with being style over substance

"...stylish neo-noir that does its best to blend vintage Warner Bros. style with Nineties-era blockbuster exuberance. It turns out..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The LEGO Ninjago Movie

The LEGO law of diminishing returns

"...is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.” Warner Bros. and LEGO, I’m looking at you...."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?

Audiences shrug back.

"...In 1949, when Warner Bros. filmed The Fountainhead, Rand threatened to burn down..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Chandni Chowk to China

In this Bollywood action comedy, a mistaken identity takes a humble cook on a crazy journey from India to China.

"...to be co-produced and released in the States by Warner Bros. Reaction No. 1 involves disbelief, confusion, a palpable..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ant Bully

Childhood's fascination with all things small and squirmy makes this story of a boy who becomes an ant a pleasant, if undernourished, tale.

"...uncomfortable allies in the youthful war on ignorance.) That Warner Bros. has chosen to craft an animated film around..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Good Boy!

A boy is the only human who can understand the mission of his dog from outer space.

"...going to sail in from. Far more interesting was Warner Bros.’ similarly themed Cats and Dogs two years ago,..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stuart Little

Retelling of E.B. White's children's classic.

"...to the novel, but this feels more like a Warner Bros. version than anything White ever did. Stuart Little..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Big Sleep

"...they playfully trade off phone quips. In 1945, the Warner Bros. executives also recognized that the war was winding..."

June 6, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

North Star

"...add up to high adventure in 19th-century Alaska. This Warner Bros. picture opened only in Austin and a couple..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Born to Be Wild

"...seems to have been written by a committee of Warner Bros. executives trying to cash in on the current..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Three Musketeers

"...evil henchman Rochefort and suddenly we're in a perfect Warner Bros. swashbuckler instead of a low-budget serial remake. They..."

Nov. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Thing Called Love

"...In The Thing Called Love, he tells a very Warner Bros. Thirties musical story about a girl and a..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Macross II: Lovers Again

"...to the rich, colorful art of Disney animation and Warner Bros. cartoons for too long. I don't know. But,..."

July 9, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Dennis the Menace

This film adaptation is based more on the TV series than on the comic strip.

"...on the comic strip, this Dennis the Menace is Warner Bros.' summer bid for family entertainment. Broad, illogical, physical..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spike & Mike's 1992 Festival of Animation

"...an apparent homage to the talking animal 'toons of Warner Bros. that falls flat on its uninspired face. Canadian..."

Aug. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Uh-oh, the Rick & Morty Box Set Is On Its Way

There's some kind of a pickle in here somewhere, isn't there?

"...& Morty DVD box set will be released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in March, and it includes the..."

Jan. 20, 2021 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Clip and Save

The 2005 Paramount Summer Film Classics series

"...Rear Window (1954) plus a Warner Bros. cartoon, Friday, July 8, at 7:15pm; Saturday, July..."

May 20, 2005 Screens Feature

R.E.M.

"...Green (Warner Bros.)R.E.M...."

May 27, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

National Top Ten

Raoul Hernandez

"...Pop (Island) 3. Loreena McKennitt, The Book of Secrets (Warner Bros.) 4. Erykah Badu, Baduizm (Universal) 5. Richard Buckner,..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature

The Lone Ranger

The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams

"...cassette decks, I put it on my desk at Warner Bros. Records. It's dated 8/22/84, and at the top..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Top 10 Decade/National

"...2. My Bloody Valentine, Loveless (Sire/Warner Bros.)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Reality Check

Sixteen Deluxe

"...another "W" will be signing the band's paychecks. That's Warner Bros., the same "W" wesponsible for R.E.M., Casablanca, Batman,..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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