Levitation Materializes 2018 Lineup

Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Black Angels, etc. à la carte

"...unveiled the full lineup, including appearances from elusive UK doom unit Electric Wizard, shoegaze vets Slowdive, and hometown hosts..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Mountain Between Us

This is what a boring plane crash movie looks like

"...there they are, two strangers meeting cute atop Mt. Doom, she with a broken leg and he with medical..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rough Night

Girls gone murderously wild

"...story, particularly when the humor goes south (literally), will doom any movie to quick obscurity, no matter how many..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

It Comes at Night

A lean, mean descent into primitive tribalism

"...breath on the back of your neck, Shults’ intimate, doom-trippy portrait of two modern American families devolving into primitive..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

The next installment of this franchise that no one asked for

"...a Spanish warship who was lured to his undead doom by that rascally Sparrow back when Mr. Depp was..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rings

Japanese horror franchise reboot falls flat

"...the craven nature of humanity when confronted with viral doom, but the inevitable stateside sequel (2005’s The Ring Two)..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Under the Shadow

A mother and her son are stuck in a war zone in this Iranian horror film

"...a creepy little orphan who turns up and whispers doom into the preteen head of little Dorsa (the beguiling..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Sea

This undersea actioner stars Jude Law as a submarine captain leading a team of Brits and Russians in the recovery of a sunken fortune.

"...a hellish netherworld of blood, sweat, and fiery, sub-oceanic doom...."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Foxcatcher

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

"...A palpable sense of doom hangs over the chilling Foxcatcher, like a vulture resembling..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Pallbearer

Arkansas doom messiahs erase 2012 FFF debut

"...Despite the storm of critical praise for its 2012 doom debut Sorrow and Extinction, Pallbearer turned in a lackluster..."

Nov. 8, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

Broken City

Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe mix it up in this mystery thriller directed by Allen Hughes.

"...body, an iceberg of corruption, and a cloud of doom looming over third-party innocents...."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Killer Joe

Matthew McConaughey's Killer Joe is sociopathy incarnate; William Friedkin adds visual punch to the venality within Tracy Letts' screenplay.

"...Killer Joe's icy tenacity and queasily imperturbable mien. Absolute doom ensues...."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Steve Carell and Keira Knightley find love and companionship in the face of the apocalypse.

"...full of surround sound and digital fury, a certain doom that’s always brought to a screeching halt by some..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Darkness

Agnieszka Holland, the director of Europa Europa, creates a blood-quickening Holocaust drama about Poles who were hidden in the sewers.

"...of wounded (possibly dying) humanity that runs throughout the doom-laden, phantasmagorically photographed cris de coeur et mort...."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bullhead

This Oscar nominee and Fantastic Fest winner from Belgium is a startling crime drama about the bovine hormone mafia.

"...we’re all fucked,” it concludes. With that nugget of doom, this crime drama is off and running. The film,..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What's Your Number?

Anna Faris does more nose-scrunching than acting in this abrasive comedy about people acting stupidly.

"...same number claimed in a Marie Claire article to doom a woman's chances of marrying successfully. So Ally resolves..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Final Destination 5

In case we've forgotten, this series returns to remind us that death does not like to be cheated.

"...his co-workers and his girlfriend (Bell) plunging to its doom after a freak windstorm collapses the suspension bridge they're..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Winnie the Pooh

Disney returns to Hundred Acre Wood with this animated effort.

"...you’d forgive a girl whose spiritual cousin is a gloom-and-doom donkey named Eeyore for expecting the worst. I needn’t..."

July 22, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Carbon Nation

Carbon dioxide emissions will be the death of us all unless we take steps to counteract the harm already done, says this new eco-doc.

"...done on an individual basis to counteract the inevitable doom of humankind. Using peppy graphics and animation, as well..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cool It

Based on the book by Danish environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg, this documentary approaches the problems caused by global warming without panic.

"...analysis, minus the panic and onrushing sense of impending doom. Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming,..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wolfman

This monster reboot disappoints terribly, making up in blood and entrails what it lacks in heart and soul.

"...title into two), Talbot arrives onscreen looking as existentially doomed as a man can be while still appearing to..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Antichrist

Lars von Trier lives to affront again. Chaos, indeed, reigns.

"...with astonishing fluency. Dreamlike and possessed of a terrible, doom-laden beauty, Antichrist provoked jeers and walkouts when it debuted..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gomorrah

The viral progression of organized crime in Naples, Italy, is starkly portrayed in this violent and deglamorizing gangster movie.

"...film but are unable or unwilling to parse the doom that always crops up come Act III. "Gomorrah: See..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

The director of Doom takes on another video-game franchise, this time one about a female martial artist seeking justice.

"...had some previous experience helming video-game-inspired crap action films (Doom), but the former director of photography on Terms of..."

March 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Che: Part Two

Steven Soderbergh concludes his two-part biopic with Che's Bolivian endgame.

"...of frame and replaced by a sense of impending doom. Bolivia was Guevara’s Waterloo, his last stand against imperialism...."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Water

Don't come to this movie expecting a doom-and-gloom forecast about ecological catastrophe. It's instead an encounter with "voodoo chemistry" that aims to show why we all should start imbibing "structurized water."

"...infomercial. Do not come to this movie expecting a doom-and-gloom forecast about ecological catastrophe: Apart from an overstimulated four-minute..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Although it tries mightily to top 2005's origin story by introducing fanboy favorite the Silver Surfer, this film is nevertheless relentlessly dull and curiously bombastic.

"...even the portentous arrival of both old nemesis Dr. Doom (McMahon) and that effortlessly cool interstellar chromium ho-dad. It's..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Aura

A sure winner for arthouse audiences with crossover appeal, Fabián Bielinsky's The Aura spins a purely enjoyable web of intrigue within a meditative, dreamlike setting.

"...swindler in Nine Queens, does an about-face here, radiating doom with a painful authenticity. The film is a sure..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

A Good Year

It's difficult to reconcile this romantic trifle starring Russell Crowe with Ridley Scott, the director who made Blade Runner and The Gladiator.

"...with navy blue piping.) There's nary a trace of doom throughout, unless you count Finney's epicurian Uncle Henry, who..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Missed Call

Takashi Miike's latest is a disappointing, second-rate Japanese horror film.

"...under phantasmic fire, and the creaky sound of jaundiced Doom spider-walking toward yet another teenage victim – are all..."

April 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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