Bad News Bears

This genial remake is Billy Bob Thornton’s game all the way.

"...boozehound coach (Walter Matthau) who teaches them to play ball the hard way, caught the invective and ran with..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Academy Award-Nominated Short Films 2004

A program of eight short films nominated for live-action and animated Academy Awards in 2004.

"...Ashvin Kumar, finds an Indian boy chasing his cricket ball into the no-man’s-land between India and Pakistan. Pursued by..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pacifier

Vin Diesel plays a Navy SEAL who draws diaper duty.

"...Hall Scott Thompson, as a Birkenstocked drama coach making step-ball-change jokes, can pull this movie out of the vortex..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Coach Carter

Come to this movie for the prominent hip-hop soundtrack and glossy sports action; leave with a message about teamwork, decency, and self-respect scorched into your brain.

"...Ashanti, Rick Gonzalez, Antwon Tanner and Nana Gbewonyo. This b-ball drama deserves high marks for its unimpeachable intentions –..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Day After Tomorrow

A new Ice Age cometh

"...Accord and enter cyclones that smash Los Angeles, bowling ball-sized hail in Japan, and land-borne hurricanes across the globe..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You Got Served

Wild style street dancing trumps storyline.

"...whose leader looks like he just stepped out of Dragonball Z. Eager to escape their jobs as backpack-toting drug..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper comedy dozen't add up.

"...Things get underway when Tom (Martin), a Division 3 football coach in rural Illinois, is offered the job of..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The In-Laws

"...the original when both films are having such a ball...."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Final Destination 2

"...can you tell – that the writers had a ball sketching out the various chains-of-doom that get everyone in..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City of Lost Souls

"...dwarf brushing his teeth with cocaine, death by ping-pong ball, bizarre computer-generated cockfights (which must be seen to be..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sex and Lucía

Medem's film is a bleached-out beauty, hitting our most commanding human emotions – lust to love to grief to rage and back again – while only occasionally striking a wrong chord. – Kimberley Jones

"...if it requires a mystical nudge to get the ball rolling). Still, Medem's film is a bleached-out beauty, hitting..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hollywood Ending

"...respectively), where they were both rightfully fingered as Lucille Ball reincarnates. But there's nothing for them to do here...."

May 3, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Legend of Bagger Vance

"...the “build it and they will come” contingent scattered ballfield seed, and before you know it, everyone becomes a..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Beach

"...(The City of Lost Children, Seven) clearly has a ball with the lustrous look and feel of the film...."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bachelor

"...because she senses he's not quite ready for the ball and chain. (Zellweger is adrift in this thankless role..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

On the Ropes

"...Boxing, that peculiar sport that engenders both brutality and balletic finesse in its athletes, has never particularly captured this..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

"...up at 6:30am. Reason enough to dislike the little furball, I say, but how can you not love a..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Stand Alone

"...warm gun, but I Stand Alone uses a cannon ball to shatter the psychological horror at the heart of..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Too Deep

"...also overacting, but you can tell he's having a ball at playing this obvious madman. Despite Cool J's obvious..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Detroit 9000

Blaxploitation classic re-released in 1999 by Quentin Tarantino's Rolling Thunder distribution company.

"...like an auteur-driven masterpiece by comparison. When a fundraising ball held by black gubernatorial challenger Clayton (the aptly named..."

July 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Muppets From Space

"...out his species. That's the crux of this furry, oddball outing: Gonzo's lineage. With his hooked proboscis and off-blue..."

July 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Entrapment

"...performance and the mask Zeta-Jones wears to a dress ball are worth tributes of their own, but it's slim..."

April 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cookie's Fortune

This honeysuckle-flavored comedy scripted by Anne Rapp is as sweet and refreshing as anything Altman's ever done.

"...As in any Altman movie, the cast has a ball. (Lily Tomlin reportedly once told Carol Burnett to take..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Never Been Kissed

A newspaper editor re-enrolls in high school for a story on what the younger generation is up to.

"...than she bargained for. With an assist from her baseball-player-wannabe brother Rob (Arquette), Josie makes herself over as one..."

April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Killer Condom

"...comic horror/detective story has a lot more on the ball than sheer latex. All in all, this summer has..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mafia!

"...writers have been able to keep their one-note comedy ball rolling for two decades now, but Mafia! signals the..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paulie

"...but everyone under 13 seemed to be having a ball...."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alien Resurrection

The franchise's fourth outing

"...of both Ridley Scott's hair-raising original and James Cameron's balls-out, war-in-space Aliens. Much of the problem here lies with..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bean

"...you can string together sans storyline and keep a ball like this rolling, and unfortunately, too many of Bean's..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cop Land

"...betrayal inherent in the story. It's a powerful, tightlywound ball of confusion, greed, revenge, and redemption -- an emotional..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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