The BFG

Steven Spielberg tackles Roald Dahl’s 1982 children's book

"...a nocturnal beast. How then could she not be drawn to a giant (Rylance) who forages dreams for a..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Warcraft

No fun storming the castle in this lousy adaptation of the hit video game

"...and sorcery and utter silliness, all of it allegedly drawn from the novels and "real-time strategy" games that preceded..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Australia's Lost Gold: The Legend of Lasseter

One man; one mystery; two latter-day explorers; no gold

"...captivating legend to be sure, and one that has drawn many theories, and actor-turned-filmmaker Luke Walker attempts to cohere..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Union Bound

True story of a captured Union soldier helped back North by slaves

"...at press time. The film is a true story drawn from the diaries of Joseph Hoover, a Union soldier..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zootopia

These animated Disney critters are fun, topical, and inclusive

"...The lessons to be drawn from Zootopia’s un-animalistic and civil society are many –..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Boy and the Beast

Japanese anime film is a fully immersive experience

"...beloved monarch is reportedly at death’s door.) Using old-school, hand-drawn animation, Hosoda directs with flair and interjects some excellent..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Carol

Everything about this Fifties lesbian romance is sublime

"...she invites Therese to join her. Each woman is drawn to the other – Therese, ironically, by Carol’s urbanity,..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Legend

Tom Hardy pulls double duty playing both the criminal Kray twins

"...a screen career portraying criminals and psychopaths. He’s been drawn to both of those types again and again (Bronson,..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pan

Peter Pan origin story goes off the plank

"...aren’t going to have much patience with the film’s drawn-out mystery of Peter’s parentage or the G-rated googly eyes..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rosenwald

Chicago-based, Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald is profiled

"...son of German immigrants, who essentially shepherded the Sears & Roebuck Company into the 20th century, with a hand..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Name of My Daughter

The Affaire Le Roux, a famous missing-person case, is the subject of this French drama

"...without the shared Gallic reference points, a more sharply drawn narrative would certainly pique the interest of a broader..."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dior and I

This sharp doc is as close as most of us will ever get to fingering the Dior merchandise

"...at work, writer/director Frédéric Tcheng appliqués an ethereal narration drawn from founding designer Christian Dior’s own autobiography, Dior by..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Divergent Series: Insurgent

The kids are on the run – again

"...fact), you’ll be able to keep up with her drawn-out quest to liberate all Chicagoans from their societal shackles...."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Song of the Sea

From the director of The Secret of Kells comes this lovely work of animation about the Celtic selkies.

"...design, its old-school simplicity is sweetly anachronistic, while its hand-drawn elegance is often something to behold. A surprise nominee..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water

The lovable gang from the animated TV show leaves Bikini Bottom to come ashore.

"...SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water returns to the hand-drawn depths of Bikini Bottom and maintains the anarchic charms..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Theory of Everything

Based on Jane Hawking's memoir about her marriage to the scientist Stephen Hawking, this film really shows what goes into a relationship.

"...self-possessed young woman with china-doll features who finds herself drawn to this unlikeliest of suitors. Around this time, subtle..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Nightcrawler

Jake Gyllenhaal gives a terrifically fierce performance as a tenacious and delusional self-actualizer.

"...each passing encounter. However, in due time, Lou is drawn like a moth to the very real flame of..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Stunningly beautiful, Studio Ghibli's latest animated film is a real work of art.

"...Studio Ghibli is a real work of art. The hand-drawn film by Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, My..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Boxtrolls

The third time isn't the charm for this animated film from the studio that gave us the magical Coraline and ParaNorman.

"...Drawn from Brit Alan Snow’s YA novel Here Be Monsters!..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Begin Again

Agreeably phony movie focuses on a pair of unlikely partners drawn together by the promise of making music.

"...tried and true: A pair of unlikely partners are drawn together by the promise of making music. In the..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Signal

A trio of tech-savvy twentysomethings get waylaid and wind up as subjects in a weird but stylish sci-fi mystery.

"...by the provocations of a mysterious hacker. After being drawn out to the Nevada desert by the titular beacon,..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Tim's Vermeer

Vermeer must have painted by using a camera obscura and Tim Jenison spends four years proving the method in this fascinating documentary by Penn & Teller.

"...in hindsight why Penn and Teller would be so drawn to this ethereally beautiful mystery: Their passion for all..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Saratov Approach

This faith-based, true-life thriller tells the story of two Mormon missionaries who were kidnapped and held for ransom while serving in Russia in 1998.

"...taken, yet in spite of that, I found myself drawn into this emotionally taut tale. Much of this has..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Battle of the Year

In this dance competish, it's U.S.A. all the way.

"...Few characters are well-drawn, rivalries substitute for real group dynamics, and the dancing..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Don Jon

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a guy who prefers porn to his girlfriend Scarlet Johansson in this film which also he wrote and directed.

"...Although the film’s character portraits are vividly drawn, they remain largely one-dimensional. Particular delight is taken in..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Poseiden's son and his pals reunite to retrieve the Golden Fleece, but only the film's special effects grabbed our attention.

"...quite) good. The second in an apparent film franchise drawn from author Rick Riordan’s young-adult novels based on the..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Great Gatsby

A great American novel does not always a great movie make, but Baz Lurhmann, a director of delirious excess, certainly seems an apt fit for the Roaring Twenties.

"...cinematic circus master of so much delirious excess, was drawn to the Roaring Twenties? He’s been remarkably adept at..."

May 10, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ginger & Rosa

The personal becomes political in Sally Potter's story about a girl who comes of age in England during the early Sixties.

"...cusp of something big: Ginger is a nascent poet drawn to ban-the-bomb protests, while Rosa experiments with adult sexuality,..."

April 12, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lola Versus

Greta Gerwig stars in this movie about thirtysomethings' troubles in life and love, but the conflict teased in the title never clearly emerges.

"...bed with a best friend, finds herself still magnetically drawn to Luke, and finds herself struggling to finish her..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Glee: The 3D Concert Movie

They're on TV. They're on tour. And now they're onscreen in a concert film recorded during their summer tour.

"...this 3-D concert film, but the more casual viewer, drawn to the Fox TV show's snarky and sweet storylines..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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