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Oct. 21, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson
Pain & Gain
One of the dirty secrets of modern American filmmaking is what a skilled director Michael Bay really is.
"...make great movies (though I would argue mightily for Armageddon and Bad Boys II being very good) but rather..."
April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black
Thirteenth B'ak'tun Bacchanalia
A Mayan feast fit for the end of the world or the beginnings of a new age
"...and '60s Mayan historians suggested that this had some Armageddon connection, when the Great Cycle of the Long Count..."
Dec. 21, 2012 Food Feature by Mick Vann
UCLA Villains Loom in Latest Longhorn Page-Turner
Every chapter a cliffhanger
"...season with a few lackluster early wins followed by Armageddon. It makes for a taut plot line, the kind..."
Sept. 15, 2011 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell
Kill the Irishman
The life of Danny Greene, an Irish mobster in Cleveland during the Sixties and Seventies, is recounted in this film.
"...substance to hang onto. As director, veteran screenwriter Hensleigh (Armageddon, Die Hard: With a Vengeance) brings little visual flair..."
April 15, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Less Is Still Less
A session budgetary snapshot reflects some progress, dim prospects
"...(see the PDF posted with "Health Care: Flirting With Armageddon" for the entire list):..."
March 4, 2011 News Feature by Michael King
Now What?
Mediamakers consider what happens when traditional media meets its maker
"...one of our most storied print institutions, called Media Armageddon: What Happens When The New York Times Dies...."
March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar
Generation Overshare
What happens when the line blurs between our online and offline lives?
"...it's not a new story and it's not an armageddon story."..."
March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Imperial Teen
"..."Feel Good Inc." Racing spokes on "21st Century" ("It's Armageddon, it's Armageddon") might as well be laced with crystal..."
Aug. 17, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Grindhouse
Grindhouse, which was filmed in Austin, raises the bar for movie showmanship and the theatregoing experience.
"...some pus and guts and builds to an all-out Armageddon between the humans and zombies. Rodriguez again proves that..."
April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
It's about time for the end of time
"...to the emergency room in 2005.A Web site called Armageddon Online says the Battle of Armageddon, the Antichrist, and..."
Dec. 29, 2006 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
The World's Fastest Indian
Anthony Hopkins' great performance as Burt Munro, the real-life New Zealand codger and Indian motorcycle enthusiast who in 1967 set a land speed record that still stands today, is not enough to crash through this unabashedly sentimental wall of schmaltz.
"...not least among them – but nothing short of Armageddon is able to dampen heroic Burt’s infectious good cheer...."
Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Amityville Horror
A dream home on Long Island is not all it's cracked up to be: The family inside sees dead people.
"...to favor shock-and-awe narrative techniques over quiet wonder (see Armageddon and Pearl Harbor for examples). Stars Reynolds and George..."
April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Team America: World Police
Trey Parker and Matt Stone tame the world with marionettes.
"...whole chunks of dialogue lifted from other action blockbusters (Armageddon comes in for several quotes), Team America feels somewhat..."
Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
A Ham for This Season
Hans Frank's political drama is timely fare for election time
"...Lonely Highway, Spy From Mars, Post-Neanderthal Diet, and The Armageddon Telethon...."
Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
Chasing Liberty
A fictional president's daughter (Mandy Moore) skips out on her Secret Service minders (this doesn't remind us of any presidential daughters we know).
"...vs. Volcano) and the Epic Asteroid Clash of ’98 (Armageddon vs. Deep Impact) comes the First Daughter Faceoff of..."
Jan. 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Bad Boys II
Bay does it bigger and badder than ever.
"...reteams him with producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Beverly Hills Cop, Armageddon, Kangaroo Jack, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of..."
July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Ladee Leroy Show
In The Ladee Leroy Show, Lee Eddy's mostly one-woman show, the tall, lanky, slightly androgynous writer-actress can be a bit manic, a bit abrasive, and a bit loud, but she also can be quiet, innocent, dramatic, sincere, silly, and often just plain uncontrollably funny.
"...in this, her mostly one-woman show produced by Cafe Armageddon (headed by Chronicle Arts Listings Editor Wayne Alan Brenner),..."
May 9, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo
The Core
"...posthaste, and since Bruce Willis and the gang from Armageddon have already fulfilled their planet-saving obligations, in steps physics..."
March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Megiddo: The Omega Code Two
"...the heels of a very well-executed CG Battle of Armageddon with all sorts of swooping fighter jets and bustling..."
Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Humanoids From the Deep
"...produce such action spectacles as Aliens, The Terminator, and Armageddon...."
June 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Summer Film Previews
Pearl Harbor: From Eternity to Here
"...producer Jerry Bruckheimer (who previously made The Rock and Armageddon), and its world premiere (a reportedly $5 million event..."
May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
3000 Miles to Graceland
"...The Killer, Dobermann, Reservoir Dogs, La Femme Nikita, even Armageddon -- all of these resonate long after the lights..."
Feb. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Remember the Titans
"...arm. Instead, we have Will Patton (co-star of Bruckheimer's Armageddon) as the marginally racist white coach who, thanks to..."
Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Shaft
"...of Love, The Color of Money, Clockers), Richard Salerno (Armageddon) and Singleton (Boyz N the Hood, Higher Learning, Rosewood)...."
June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Gone in Sixty Seconds
"...viewing. I loved Speed. I even liked the Bruckheimer-produced Armageddon. But Gone in 60 Seconds is such a flimsy..."
June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Omega Code
"...With both Yahweh and Satan phoning in their regrets, Armageddon's grand resolution is delegated to lesser personages. Representing Good..."
Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Instinct
"...an ideal world, of course, movies about looming environmental Armageddon wouldn't require nearly this many bloody fistfights or scenes..."
June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Virus
"...at the hands of both filmmakers Michael Bay (in Armageddon) and Virus' John Bruno. No wonder the Russian space..."
Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Good Restaurants Make Good Neighbors
"...turned an older home at 2015 Manor into Cafe Armageddon. All three businesses would prove to be short-lived. After..."
Nov. 20, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
