Day Trips: Ladonia Fossil Park

North Texas riverbed a treasure chest of ancient bones

"...Sulphur River churns up a new crop of fossilized bones, petrified wood, and shark teeth...."

Dec. 7, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Suspiria

Giallo remake uses dark magic to give women their voices

"...Luca Guadagnino’s remake of the essential giallo horror film, bones crack and urine squirts as girls fling and gyrate..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

A Star Is Born

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga headline this remake of a remake of a remake

"...voracious starmaking machine. A Star Is Born retains the bones of the original story (first brought to the screen..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life of the Party

Melissa McCarthy goes back to school

"...was a remake: Falcone and McCarthy just raid the bones of Back to School, with none of its sleazy,..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Space Between Us

There is life on Mars

"...Mars because the planet’s lack of gravity causes his bones and heart to be unable to withstand the atmospheric..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sing

Animated film about a koala who stages a singing competition

"...belies her lack of confidence. The plot is pretty bare-bones, moving from one song-and-dance interlude to the next. Some..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Australia's Lost Gold: The Legend of Lasseter

One man; one mystery; two latter-day explorers; no gold

"...camels and minimal supplies to fend for himself. His bones were found a year later in a remote cave..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Boy and the World

A singular masterpiece of mixed-media animation that is as beautiful, chaotic, depressing, and joyous as the world it depicts

"...the story (and by extension society itself) to the bones and then examines the marrow within. All is not..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ride Along 2

Ice Cube and Kevin Hart partner again as mismatched cops

"...Although the plot is pretty bare-bones, it’s propped up by plenty of gratuitous dialogue and..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Water Diviner

Russell Crowe stars in and directs this historical drama

"...the Dardanelles to divine the location of his children’s bones, if, indeed, they are all actually dead. His one-man..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dracula Untold

Prince Vlad fights off the Turks with with a little old-school vampirism.

"...above the Borgo Pass. Lurking inside, amidst mountains of bones and perpetual twilight, is a vampire of the old-school..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tracks

Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver star in this story about Robyn Davidson's solitary trek across the Australian desert.

"...story promises to be more interesting than the bare bones presented onscreen...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Escape From Tomorrow

Shot guerrilla-style at Disneyland and Disney World, this surreal drama about a man's mental disintegration at "the happiest place on Earth" lands a spitball in the Mouse's eye.

"...Disney and its corporate associates, and with only a bare-bones script – Moore’s Bizarro-world, dystopic take on the entire..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Stand

Arnold Schwarzenegger plunges back into acting in this full-bore action vehicle helmed by the South Korean director Kim Jee-Woon.

"...absence of 10 years. Despite his acknowledged age, creaking bones, and reduced nerve, Schwarzenegger still delivers quite a performance..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Zero Dark Thirty

The film is suspenseful, dogged, relentless, and determined – amazing considering we already know the ending of this story about the 10-year hunt for Osama bin Laden.

"...– but there is admirably little fat on its bones. No love interests, no backstories, no B-plot about Maya’s..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Impossible

The sound and fury of the Christmas tsunami is deeply harrowing as shown here through the microcosm of one family's experience.

"...be a parent to feel the film in your bones...."

Jan. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Middle of Nowhere

In this Sundance-honored film, a woman has to figure out what to do after her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison.

"...of whom should be heralded for plunging into this bare-bones drama with everything they’ve got. They are all talents..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Descendants

George Clooney teams up with Sideways filmmaker Alexander Payne for this funny but tender story that's a little too smug for its own good.

"...tenderness. If only it didn’t feel phony to its bones...."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ajami

This Oscar-nominated Israeli film reveals not only the divides between Jews and Arabs, but also those between Muslims and Christians, young and old, men and women, and rich and poor.

"...with a battalion of mostly nonprofessional actors and a bare-bones script (allowing for improvisation), these two unlikely directorial partners..."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Art of the Steal

This documentary looks at the quandary faced in Philadelphia about moving the Barnes Foundation, home to a premier Postimpressionist collection.

"...Don Argott. Don Argott's endlessly engrossing documentary makes no bones about where its allegiances lie. The Art of the..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Death Race

All the busted heads and blasted gaskets can't turn this makeover of a cult classic into anything but a real drag.

"...the excreable AVP: Alien vs. Predator). Anderson takes the bare-bones concept of cars and drivers engaged in state-sanctioned slaughter..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Both a crime thriller and family tragedy, this stunner from octogenarian Sidney Lumet stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke as brothers whose blood runs cold.

"...the better time you'll likely have, but the bare bones go like this: Two brothers, Hank (Hawke) and Andy..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Triad Election

When the time comes for an aging gangster godfather in Hong Kong to step down, a bloody battle for control ensues in this vivid story about thug life.

"...a sort of workmanlike grit pervades the film – bare-bones pacing, moments of almost clinical overhead camerawork, romantic montages..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Guardian

Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher co-star in this action drama about the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers, which is a surprisingly engaging character-driven picture.

"...he’s lost.) That being said, The Guardian makes no bones about being a tribute to the Coast Guard, and..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Blade: Trinity

Originality is in as short supply as shirt buttons as Snipes' high tech vampire slayer meets up with what appears to be a steroidal Eurotrash pimp playing Dracula.

"...Blade 2, strips down this sequel to the bare bones as far as style and substance, resulting in a..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ladder 49

No scorcher this, but nonetheless a sturdy tribute to firefighters and male camaraderie.

"...Nothing wrong with any of that. But the film’s bare-bones story suggests that it never aspired to anything beyond..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Cinderella Story

Hilary Duff's Cinderella tale goes splat like a pumpkin.

"...by a misplaced cell phone – but the bare bones of the thing are the same. Cinderella is now..."

July 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Km. 0

Mistaken identities provide twist in this Spanish romantic comedy.

"...there’s either not enough froth or meat on its bones to sate the appetite...."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas hills are again alive with the sound of chainsaws.

"...the small-town sheriff, chews the meat off his cinematic bones properly; his character’s libidinous urges will likely make even..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Treasure Planet

"...When a bedraggled privateer by the name of Billy Bones (voiced by McGoohan) washes up on the Benbow's space..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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