Listen to Me Marlon

Marlon Brando, in his own words, is nothing short of transcendent

"...Kowalski (a character he detested) and assured him a film career distinguished by radical artistry with lapses of embarrassing..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Tangerine

Indie drama shot with an iPhone provides a riveting take on two transgender BFFs

"...instinct to survive informs nearly every frame of the film. Sin-Dee and Alexandra bounce their conversations off each other..."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Terminator: Genisys

The Governator is back

"...to victory in the war against the machines. Clarke comes off more like a curly-haired boor you might encounter..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Manglehorn

Al Pacino stars in David Gordon Green's shot-in-Austin drama

"...writing lovesick letters to her, all of which always come back unread. (The red ink of the “Return to..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Jurassic World

Bigger isn’t necessarily better

"...Jurassic Park III, I’ll give them that. This fourth film in the franchise has more than a few snazzy..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Good Kill

Ethan Hawke pilots drones over Afghanistan from a trailer in the Nevada desert

"...black and white hats. The battle fought in this film takes place in a cloudless sky high above the..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Pitch Perfect 2

Lightning may not be rebottled the second time around, but it's still a toe-tapping good time

"...tactics do tire as they accumulate, but the chuckles come often enough, with the hilarity peaking during a sublimely..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Age of Adaline

Romantic hokum, well done

"...of the dilemma facing Adaline Bowman (Lively) as she comes to experience no ravages of time in The Age..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Longest Ride

It's the latest romancer from Nicholas Sparks' by-the-numbers playbook

"...tail end of that first date, Luke and Sophia come across a car wreck and pull the elderly driver,..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

The “world’s first Iranian feminist vampire spaghetti western” is a spooky doozy

"...audacious first feature from writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour has come to claim the title of the “world’s first Iranian..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

Women's unequal status under Israeli law is vividly conveyed in this award-winning film

"...Israeli law is put on trial in this award-winning film from the brother/sister team of Shlomi Elkabetz and Ronit..."

March 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Staying Grounded

You can be fairly sure that you come from a long line of masturbators

"...questionable. Yes, you can be fairly sure that you come from a long line of masturbators, both closeted and..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Goodbye to Language

Jean-Luc Godard makes his best film in years – and in 3-D, no less.

"...enfant terrible, Jean-Luc Godard, has made his most accessible film in a decade or more – and it’s in..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Foxcatcher

The performances by Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo anchor this drama, which nearly sinks from its weightiness.

"...Carell), who’s at the story’s twisted center. As the film slowly inches toward its inevitably tragic ending, you can’t..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Annie

This Annie is of our time, even if we've grown remote from spunky little girls.

"...Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild). Maybe the filmmakers meant this gotcha as an affectionate nod to Taylor..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

This well-worn premise still has some life in it.

"...been stunned to realize in the middle of this film that they were watching Night at the Museum 3,..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter

Everything you wanted to know about riding and racing motorcycles is revealed in this encyclopedic doc.

"...update of sorts to the similarly named Oscar-nominated 1971 film that kick-started America’s love of two wheels and an..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ouija

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

"...board game gets its own starring role in a film that makes those other recent Hasbro plaything adaptations –..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Overnighters

The fracking boom in Williston, N.D., has created hard times in the land of plenty as shown in this devastating doc.

"...to our stressy, fearful present. Moss trains his one-man film crew on a tiny patch of combustible Americana, namely..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Equalizer

Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua deliver the action goods one more time.

"...number of sequences of rain, night, and light, lovingly filmed, wandering and intense shots rich in color and atmosphere,..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

No No: A Dockumentary

Famous for pitching a no-hitter while high on acid, Dock Ellis the man was so much more.

"...all part of Ellis’ ongoing self-medication, though, as the film underlines, he was hardly the only player relying on..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The One I Love

Mark Duplass and Elizabeth Moss shine in this rom-com-dram with a twist.

"...At some point before the start of the film, Ethan (Duplass) and Sophie (Moss) were a happily married..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The slang-slinging, sewer-dwelling, pizza-loving lot are back.

"...with the influence of producer Michael Bay (the Transformers films)...."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Giver

This movie based on a Newbery Award-winning novel presents teens in a dystopic society that's a manmade invention born of good intentions.

"...franchises as well as the smaller successes of other films like Divergent and Never Let Me Go. The Giver..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dance of Reality

Cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first feature in 23 years is a labor of mad, passionate love

"...far as to call it something of a family film, but then, really, what Jodorowsky film isn’t?..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Only Lovers Left Alive

In this hypnotic love story, Jim Jarmusch gives us vampires who are bohemian outsiders and not blood-sucking freaks.

"...its debut in Cannes last May. Despite being a film that features vampires as the central protagonists, Only Lovers..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

50 to 1

The Kentucky Derby-winning horse Mine That Bird sprints to glory in this equine biopic.

"...start dead last and finish first in a breathless, come-from-behind upset you thought could only happen in the movies...."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ernest & Celestine

The team from A Town Called Panic returns with another animated charmer – this time a tale about interspecies friendship and dentistry.

"...by noisy CGI and 3-D spectacle, it's refreshing to come upon a gem like Ernest & Celestine, the charming..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

The genius dog and his adopted human son return for these animated adventures in time travel.

"...Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Dog and boy have since come a long way from the original’s crude animation –..."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

About Last Night

Sexual perversity is released with gleeful abandon in this second film outing for Mamet's 40-year-old play.

"...sexual perversity with gleeful abandon for a talk-heavy, hard-R comedy about hooking up and settling down...."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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