Priest

A warrior priest is on a mission to recapture his niece from murderous vampires.

"...prayer of creating anything more subtle than the giant cross tattooed on his face...."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Patiala House

This Hindi drama is a cross-generational story about a second-generation Sikh in London and his father.

"...reviewed at press time. This Hindi drama is a cross-generational story about a second-generation Sikh in London and his..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Babies

Although these documentary images of human babies from around the world are beguiling, the film's lack of conclusions is frustrating.

"...Tokyo, and Hattie in San Francisco. French director Balmes cross-cuts throughout the film to capture various stages in the..."

May 7, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters to God

A young boy with cancer writes letters to God, an action that affects the lives of others around him.

"...illness. Like God’s sacrificial son, Tyler has his own cross to bear, but his suffering will serve God’s purpose..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Leap Year

From the director of Shopgirl comes this despairing and barely mediocre rom-com starring Amy Adams.

"...(Adams) is coiffed and costumed to resemble an uptown cross between The Quiet Man-era Maureen O'Hara and vintage Nicole..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Whip It

Drew Barrymore makes her directing debut with this Austin-set story about the modern age of roller girls.

"...screenplay about women’s Roller Derby by former Austinite Shauna Cross, Whip It was filmed in the extremely tax-incentive-friendly state..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fanboys

This shaggy comedy is an earnest, sweetly geeked tribute to fandom.

"...title's fanboys make it their holy crusade to drive cross-country to Lucas' Skywalker Ranch and break into the facility..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Religulous

Bill Maher walks with the angels in this documentary, which he uses as his pulpit to proselytize the gospel of doubt.

"...who don't believe in God, then that's a large cross section of the country whose voices are muffled by..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Edge of Heaven

This Turkish film is a transgenerational, transborder microcosm of modern cultural melding.

"...connected and all reflecting some part of the modern cross-cultural experience, both in Old Europe and the soon-to-be-New Europe...."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Stuck

Stuart Gordon tells his own creepy version of the story about the Fort Worth woman who locked her car in the garage for days with the mangled-but-still-living body of a human victim stuck in her windshield.

"...but did not kill a man unfortunate enough to cross the street in front of her Chevy Cavalier. Panicked..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Step Up 2 the Streets

Romantic sparks fly (again) among students from different backgrounds at the Maryland School of the Arts.

"...Hollywood’s latest exercise in redemption through midriff-baring and hip-hop cross-marketing. The film’s two heroes, Andie (Evigan) and Chase (Hoffman),..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Caramel

The denizens of a beauty parlor in Beirut depend on one another for friendship and support in this lovely Lebanese film.

"...care of her not-quite-sane sister (Semaan). They represent a cross section of ages, religions, and attitudes, but the common..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of … V8?

"...of … V8? That’s what you get when you cross VeggieTales characters with a pirate yarn. I have to..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Apocalyptic monster mash makes big crash.

"...before the first human being gets caught in the cross fire and there are severed arms and disemboweled bodies..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

This adventure fantasy about a boy's involvement with a mysterious animal is also a period story about childhood anxieties.

"...in the best sense, Water Horse plays like a cross between a World War II-era Boy's Own adventure and..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Resident Evil: Extinction

Milla Jovovich continues to fight zombies and the apocalypse.

"...with survivors of the last film, who are traveling cross-country in a Road Warrior-like convoy, Alice and company set..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 11th Hour

Leonardo DiCaprio narrates this well-constructed – but oddly calm – documentary on global climate change aimed at the fence sitters, not the true believers.

"...11th Hour, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio and featuring a cross section of experts from both the scientific community and..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DOA: Dead or Alive

Female fighters start out as enemies but strip down to their bikini tops to fight a common foe.

"...much a movie as it is a horrid, multiheaded cross-marketing beast let loose from the deepest bowels of the..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Severance

This British horror comedy ricochets from violence to vengeance to outright survivalism, with comedy – some brilliant, some less so – underlying it all.

"...Smith has offhandedly referred to his film as a "cross between The Office and Deliverance," which to my mind..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wild Hogs

John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy star as middle-aged friends who seek life's purpose while on a cross-country motorcycle trip.

"...of middle-aged suburban professionals seeking life’s purpose on a cross-country motorcycle trip is your basic formulaic Hollywood comedy. Four..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Prestige

Two rival magicians are locked in a lifelong quest for supremacy, which leads them down a slippery slope of hairpin twists and triple-turns in this Christopher Nolan movie.

"...wildly ambitious rivalry, and some of the most bizarre cross and double crosses since George Smiley came in from..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Haven

Lacking purpose or thoughtful complexity, Frank E. Flowers' film, starring Orlando Bloom and Bill Paxton, is an overly ambitious mess.

"...way, Haven follows the stories of several strangers who cross paths during one fateful night on the heavenly shores..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Broken Bridges

At first glance, Toby Keith drama Broken Bridges is about reconciliations; really, though, the movie is about the cross-marketing potential of contemporary country music full of cliché and contrived music performances.

"...that occur. Really, though, the movie is about the cross-marketing potential of contemporary country music. Director Goldmann, who cut..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Kinky Boots

One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.

"...he teams up with black transvestite Lola (Ejiofor), whose cross-dressing London cabaret is desperately in need of the titular,..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Akeelah and the Bee

This story about a girl from the ghetto who wins the national spelling bee has lofty if sometimes unfulfilled goals, but is a rewarding tale nevertheless.

"...excellent choice for tweenage audiences: Thoughtful, engaging, and with cross-gender appeal, it takes the problems of urban family life..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Don't Come Knocking

With its wonderful veteran cast, its heart on its sleeve, and a love for the landscape that suffuses its technique, Sam Shepard and Wim Wenders' movie is a peculiar but rewarding escape.

"...also scripted) and Wenders are like celestial bodies who cross paths every 20 years – this is their first..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Paradise Now

Inside the mind of a Palestinian suicide bomber: That’s the guarded territory broached in Paradise Now, a film fashioned as a thriller rather than a psychological study.

"...hours' notice that they are next in line to cross over to Tel Aviv and pull the final rip..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stealth

Masterful aerial action sequences don't compensate for earthbound plot.

"...a hamfisted collection of cornball military clichés that frequently cross over into Absurdistan airspace before vectoring back toward the..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Yes

While the unconventional Yes doesn’t realize all of its artistic ambitions, its depiction of romantic passion still resonates.

"...Shirley Henderson, Sheila Hancock and Samantha Bond. A post-9/11 cross-cultural love story spoken entirely in iambic pentameter? For the..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Crash

The paths of a seemingly unconnected, multicultural group of Los Angelenos cross in the most compelling American movie to come around in a long while.

"...in which the paths of seemingly unconnected individuals frequently cross according to the laws of contrivance and coincidence. In..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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