Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this nearly bloodless, family-friendly throwback to a cinematic age when Persian palace intrigue, winsome princesses, and ambitious princes ruled the back lots.

"...Steve Toussaint, Toby Kebbell and Richard Coyle. What is Brit director Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) doing helming..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hannah Montana: The Movie

"Pop it, lock it, polka dot it," sings Miley, while also learning worthy messages about responsibility to family, community, and Mother Earth.

"...a 3-D concert film released in theatres last year. It's work enough for neophytes to sort out who's who..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Splinter

Apart from its shape-shifting fungal porcupines from outer space, this horror film has little else to recommend.

"...Jill Wagner, Shea Whigham and Rachel Kerbs. Featuring as it does shape-shifting fungal porcupines from outer space, Splinter handily..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mist

There's "something in the mist," and it's not only the beasts that bite but also the dark things that reside within.

"...the dark impulses the monsters provoke. Horror resides both without and within. That's the message of Darabont's The Mist...."

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Unaccompanied Minors

Calling John Hughes: Former Freaks and Geekster Paul Feig has got your number.

"...Development, has now directed this holiday kids' picture that’s neither good enough to be an instant classic nor bad..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fat Albert

Bill Cosby's animated kids get a live-action makeover.

"...Starring: Kenan Thompson, Dania Ramirez, Omari Grandberry, Marques Houston, Keith Robinson, Jermaine Williams and Bill Cosby. If Bill Cosby..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Touch of Pink

This queercentric romantic comedy gets its inspiration from culture clash and the ghost of Cary Grant.

"...Jimi Mistry, Kyle MacLachlan, Kristen Holden-Ried and Suleka Mathew. Despite its silly title, Touch of Pink isn’t the gay..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

My Architect: A Son's Journey

Compelling, luminous, and poignant, this documentary about legendary American architect Louis Kahn, made by his illegitimate son, is surprisingly revelatory.

"...Compelling, luminous, and poignant, this documentary about legendary American architect Louis Kahn is surprisingly revelatory, not only about the..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

West Beirut

"...nurtured by antagonisms, and seasoned by deprivation, these kids come of age under warped and difficult conditions and will..."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dogma

Kevin Smith manages to makes a film that both pokes fun at the Catholic Church and upholds the faith.

"...Directed by: Kevin Smith. Starring: Ben Affleck, George Carlin, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Sitcom Hell and Back

Getting her own sitcom nearly killed Margaret Cho, and she talks about the experience in her new show I'm the One That I Want.

"...Renowned classical scholar Joseph Campbell inspired legions of artists with his distillation of the concept of the heroic journey,..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

The Rage: Carrie Two

"...Suvari, Kayla Campbell, Zachery Ty Bryan, Rachel Blanchard, J. Smith-Cameron, Dylan Bruno, Amy Irving, Jason London and Emily Bergl...."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hav Plenty

"...Robinne Lee, Reginald James and Kim Simmons. An ensemble comedy from first-time director Cherot, Hav Plenty is packed with..."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Keys to Tulsa

"...Joanna Going and Deborah Kara Unger. When a film with a cast this stellar falls flat on its face..."

July 11, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Walkabout

Roeg's second film has become something of a cult classic. The story centers on two British children stranded in the Australian desert who are led back to civilization by an Aboriginal male. The fascination of the movie comes from the cultural collision that also carries a sexually charged undercurrent.

"...film Walkabout, which was first released in 1971, has become something of a cult classic. Made in between his..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Microcosmos

"...philosophical insight most of us have had is the similarity between our own social structures and those of lower..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Beautiful Thing

This is a sweet yet unsentimental coming-of-age film about two teenage boys in a working-class London suburb who fall in love.

"...your sexual orientation may lie. Adapted from Jonathan Harvey's British play, Beautiful Thing is about how Jamie (Berry) and..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Stupids

"...of an Ex-Husband://¶//I swore that I would never communicate with you in any fashion after I divorced your free-loading..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Browning Version

"...and Julian Sands. An errant legislator, when asked to come up with a new motto for his home state..."

Dec. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Jeff Mccord

Oleanna

"...tells a professor after reporting him to a tenure committee for sexual harassment. And it sounds like such a..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Best of the New York Underground

"...Directed by: Various. How a film with this title managed to leave out such cinema of..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Boys' Shorts: The New Queer Cinema

"...all sharing the common denominator of concern about what it means to be gay in today's world of AIDS,..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Gettysburg

"...for sex after. Originally intended as a TV mini-series, screenwriter/director Maxwell's adaptation of Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The..."

Oct. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Utley

City Hunter

"...marvelously silly film this is! Packed to the hilt with non-stop comic book action (the whole schmeer is loosely..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Heart

"...skies, an ex-con struggles to build a clean life with a 14-year-old son in tow. Their life is one..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

"...for theatrical release. Find out what happens to Snow White and her Prince before they wound up Happily Ever..."

July 2, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Better Tomorrow

Woo's crime drama is one of the signature films of the Hong Kong cinema.

"...substandard efforts that eventually resulted in a serious bout with depression and Woo's near-conviction that, as a filmmaker, his..."

March 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jennifer Eight

"...Jennifer 8 is nearly as interesting as the film itself, what with the behind-the-scenes infighting between director Robinson and..."

Nov. 13, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dr. Giggles

"...a formula horror film about a deranged M.D.'s son with an outlandish penchant for vengeance could be such a..."

Oct. 30, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Highway 61

"...That's just about all the message I came home with after this road movie that stretches from Thunder Bay,..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

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