Ouija: Origin of Evil

This horror sequel is vastly superior to its cheesy precursor

"...communicating with her late father via the board. Soon enough, her eyes roll back white, she begins automatically writing..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Citizen Science

The enlightenment of Jeanne Liotta

"...to outdo Tom Jones or Michael Bolton in a dark, smoky room...."

Feb. 17, 2012 Screens Feature by Sarah Smith

Inception

Nolan's first film since The Dark Knight is a heist picture with an inventive twist.

"...Inception, Nolan’s first film since the eye-rollingly overpraised The Dark Knight, is a mind-bender bearing superficial resemblance to other..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Clash of the Titans

A messy assemblage of mythic odds and ends, Clash of the Titans takes a nosedive off Mount Olympus.

"...result is a murky image that's often far too dark for the action onscreen and which features little if..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shutter Island

Martin Scorsese's new thriller is set in 1954 in an institution for the criminally insane.

"...genre, Scorsese has finally gotten around to doing a gothic/noir/old-dark-house/horror/mystery amalgam, and boy howdy, it's a doozy. The only..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Order of Myths

This smart and subtle documentary looks at the ingrained traditions of racial segregation that still remain in the dual Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile, Ala.

"...roles in a Southern city still plagued by a dark past and de facto segregation in the present. In..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Mountain Goats Gruff

Getty's got the Mountain Goat on the horn.

"...simple and beautiful, perhaps ironic or prolific or dramatic enough to bring actual tears to my eyes. His lyrics..."

March 11, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

The Illusionist

Surprisingly, this atmospheric movie starring some of the greatest actors of our time is a dull and enervating bore.

"...enigmatic that nourishes its soul. Eisenheim's conjuring is seamless enough to cause audiences to wonder if his talents surpass..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Libertine

Johnny Depp runs away with the show in this murkily filmed picture, cackling all the while and defiling beauty in all its forms as the exceedingly decadent Earl of Rochester.

"...What you spy at the beginning of Dunmore’s exorbitantly dark (both literally and figuratively) film is a scheming ne’er-do-well..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Shane Black's directorial debut is a suckerpunch-and-a-half, a trippy tribute to L.A. noir and a genre-busting blitzkrieg attack on Hollywood pretensions that’s just as full of them as the pulp it lampoons.

"...It’s also a doozy of a comedy, matching the dark wit of Ross MacDonald’s Lew Archer novels to the..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Burton and Depp's screen version of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book is truer to the source material and generally splendid, artful, and often sinister, yet it doesn't completely displace the earlier screen version.

"...oddly unmoored, even ephemeral; cotton candy to Wilder’s crunchy dark chocolate. Depp’s performance aside, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Millions

A sweet, emotionally complex film about faith, charity, and growing up is not what most people would have expected from Trainspotting's Danny Boyle, but this new movie is unmistakably his.

"...the motherless pack a bit of good until, strangely enough, one of those rushing engines discharges a duffel bag..."

March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Darkness

Eurotrash horror film for the new millennium.

"...Reixach and Craig Stevenson. Eurotrash for the new millennium, Darkness is produced by Re-Animator’s Brian Yuzna for the Spanish..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Open Water

Is it wrong to root for the sharks?

"...you might begin to suspect the premise doesn't have enough to sustain it for a full 90-minute running time..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Magdalene Sisters

A grim and unmistakable masterpiece of bleak, black sorrow.

"...poor Catholic Church. As if things haven’t been tough enough of late, this week sees it cinematically battered by..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

"...began with Clytemnestra and Elektra. The film begins funnily enough: All hell breaks loose when the temperamental Vivi reads..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Man Who Cried

"...the deep-set, longing gazes anyone would ever be sane enough to corral into one film. Love is in the..."

June 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Titanic Town

"...a mother's righteous concern for her kids' safety, is enough to get Bernie branded as a traitor by IRA-sympathizing..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Mystery Men

Inept amateur superheroes must save the day in this comedy.

"...this snappy, slaphappy, utterly bizarre adaptation of Bob Burden's Dark Horse comic book of the same name. Any film..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Manners

"...toasty in their tranquil Sears Homelife Collection lives. Surprisingly enough, these point-blank potshots often hit home in ways that..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Return to Paradise

"...for his part, pulls off the thuggish Sheriff well enough, but by the film's crucial final reel, the only..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deceiver

"...Hooked up to a lie detector machine in a darkened police interrogation room is Wayland (Roth), the chief suspect..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

U.S. Marshals

"...gewgaws. (Translation: Too much gazing into screens and not enough running, shooting, and leaping from high places.) What's truly..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

U-Turn

"...made in terms of basic sensibilities. Using the already pitch-dark modern noir style of Red Rock West as a..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Temptress Moon

"...opium trade in China, Chen's newest film resonates on enough levels to satisfy everyone from the hardcore China enthusiast..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Highlander II: The Quickening

"...was a little shocking. Was the cult following large enough to merit a sequel or maybe there's an overseas..."

Nov. 8, 1991 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Kill-Off

"...pulp noir novels turned into films: The Grifters, After Dark, My Sweet and now, The Kill-Off. Thompson's world with..."

July 12, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lisa Frankenstein

Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams show their Tim Burton love with charm but not enough visual style

"...scenes. What Lisa Frankenstein needs is grit, like the dark, sinister scene in Jennifer’s Body in which Amanda Seyfried's..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Uncle Staple and Austin’s 13th Annual Independent Media Expo

The weekend of fannish revelry and indie-comics celebration returns

"...a guest of honor, and that Keith Knight (a just-dark-enough knight, really, and the dapper jester responsible for (th)ink..."

Sept. 4, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Tim Burton directs this film adaptation of the creepy kids' favorite

"...rescue this meh adaptation of author Ransom Riggs’ bestselling dark fantasy trilogy from the rest of its CGI onslaught...."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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