The Hangover: Part II

The action moves from Vegas to Thailand – but someone forgot to send along a new script.

"...from The Hangover; his character here manages to upstage everything but the tropical Thai locations. Plenty of bad things..."

May 27, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Informant!

Soderbergh's corporate whistleblower comedy is tuned in the key of Richard Lester.

"...title is revealing. That bit of punctuation tells us everything about the film’s tone, attitude, and perspective. Then, in..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beauty in Trouble

In this Czech film, the tumultuous marriage of a couple, who only stop quarreling for bouts of sex, faces a reckoning.

"...Schmitzer, Adam Mišík and Michaela Mrviková. No matter how bad you may have it, you'll feel better about your..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hell Ride

This grindhousey biker film, executive-produced by Quentin Tarantino, is a convoluted, overly snazzy-looking tale of bad blood between even worse people.

"...Should we be chuckling at Bishop-the-screenwriter's genuine gift for beautiful bullshit, as in the scene where Bishop-the-actor trades ever-escalating..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man Push Cart

A small gem of a film about a small man doing small things in a very, very, very large world.

"...unenviable lot of the new arrival in the big, bad city. Hailing from Pakistan, where he was, of all..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tristan & Isolde

This new version of the timeless love story is a dopey, mopey, all-around bore.

"...Irish princess and the Cornwellian knight who got bitten bad by the love bug (or, depending on the source..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Eating Out

Crude comedy of sexual errors falls flat.

"...then pal, your film has arrived. It’s just too bad it’s not still stuck in a plain brown wrapper...."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Nautical nonsense from a highly absorbent animated hero.

"...expect (with the possible exception of live-action Hasselhoff) and everything you would: pernicious meddling by next-door nemesis Squidward (Bumpass);..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Will Ferrell's Anchorman needs more work behind the scenes.

"...faces, goofy accents, pratfalls aplenty – and that ain’t bad. It just could have been a lot better. The..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

White Chicks

Wayans brothers' comedy depends on latex and whitewash.

"...the real girls won’t cooperate – is neither as bad as you might assume nor as good as you..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

O: The Movie

"...black kid at a tony, South Carolina prep school. Everything's going for him: He's dating the dean's daughter, petite..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cut

"...shelf-warmer. The plot is a pastiche of just about everything in the horror section, from Alice, Sweet Alice to..."

April 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Magnolia

Sprawling, meaning-laden spectacle from the director of Boogie Nights.

"...“quiz kid” TV-show circuit to score emo points with bad dad while the formerly famous, formerly stable quiz kid..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Perfect Blue

"...and unsure of how to proceed. Things go from bad to outright bizarre when Mima's friends start dying in..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deep Blue Sea

A team of scientists discovers a way to regenerate human brain tissue using extracts from the brains of mutated mako sharks. The film's sharks are convincing, its characters less so.

"...but just then a trio of killer sharks devoured everything in sight and my momentary unease passed like chum..."

July 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Tough Cop

"...gritty urban realism, One Tough Cop is also one bad movie, wholly dependent on the hoary boys-in-blue clichés that..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sunday

"...streets. “It's as if every day is Sunday.” But everything changes one morning when he meets Madeleine (Harrow), a..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Life Less Ordinary

"...Robert, a blue-collar schmo who reacts to A Very Bad Day by taking his boss' daughter Celine (Diaz) hostage..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Toilers and the Wayfarers

"...in a real sense of narrative continuity. It's too bad that everything doesn't come together in this heartfelt but..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Keys to Tulsa

"...keeps her clothes off most of the time makes everything a little easier on the eyes. That aside, it..."

July 11, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Feeling Minnesota

"...debut film, it repeatedly begs the question, “Why?” on everything from casting to the endless plot complications that crop..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bulletproof

"...have been lopped out to make room for more bad jokes and terrifically uninspired gunplay. Even the big warehouse..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Original Gangstas

"...to solve their problems with talk, even if the bad guys ultimately, thankfully, give them no choice but to..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

A Midwinter's Tale

"...a way of salvaging his self-esteem after a very bad year (unemployed, dumped by girlfriend, nixed for big part..."

March 15, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Congo

"...Curry, Ernie Hudson and Joe Don Baker. Congo has everything – civil war, exploding airplanes, deranged hippos, rumbling volcanoes,..."

June 16, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Tales From the Hood

"...quartet of eerie urban shockers that brings to mind everything from Amicus Film's early-Seventies shockers, Tales From the Crypt..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Totally F***ed Up

Queer New Wave classic tracks six teenagers living in Los Angeles.

"...and Alan Boyce. The ordinary struggle of adolescence is bad enough, but if you're a gay or lesbian teenager,..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Steve Davis

King of the Sea

"...Kwong and Conan Lee. Lo Wai Kwong, the super-kicking bad guy from Jackie Chan's Drunken Master II, teams up..."

Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

True Romance

"...a family in Cancun. Kids, eh? Things go from bad to worse along the way (this is a Tarantino..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First International Festival of Short Films

"...well, just plain bizarre, this Festival covers just about everything and ends up being the best compilation film I've..."

June 18, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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