Gas Food Lodging

"...remotely sentimental or romanticized here -- it's as if everything dead-ends in this spot, except for the desert, a..."

Nov. 27, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mom and Dad Save the World

"...ever have the displeasure of seeing. Yes, it's as bad as you thought it might be (as if the..."

July 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Only the Lonely

"...say this new John Hughes/Chris Columbus co-production is as bad as their last (which, you may remember, turned out..."

May 31, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mother!

Jennifer Lawrence on the brink of madness

"...This is not unexpected. Aronofsky previously directed the Oscar-nominated bad dream Black Swan and the utterly desolate Requiem for..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

There Ain't No Sanity Clause: Nasty Videos for Your Inner Naughty Child

Counter-programming Christmas with bad cheer and body counts

"...more upon us, grinning with suspect good cheer and bad cable knit scarves. And, even more taxing to cinephiles,..."

Dec. 19, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Solider of Fortune

Thin Lizzy's “Still Dangerous,” just ask its anchoring guitarist Scott Gorham.

"...Live and Dangerous for bottling the Lizzy lightning. Not bad for a newly discovered vault find “baked” into digital..."

April 23, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Graduates

Sarah Hepola goes back to Connally High School to find out how some of her ex-students are doing, now that they are preparing to graduate.

"...to get to school too early, I had left everything in a pile by the doorway. The syllabus. The..."

May 25, 2001 Features Feature by Sarah Hepola

Phantom Power & Spiritual Benefits

The Return of the Bad Livers

"...of this august journal's "Win a Date with the Bad Livers" contest...."

Feb. 14, 1997 Music Feature

Mortal Engines

Dystopian YA adaptation relies on spectacle over character

"...and even that fails to do the movie justice. Everything in here – from undiscovered family connections to Seventies-era..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Summer of 84

Kids vs. serial killer, Eighties-style

"...(Caleb Emery), not-quite-too-cool-for-school Eats (Judah Lewis) in his standard-issue Bad Religion shirt, and pencil-necked everykid Davey (Graham Verchere) –..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Hero

Sam Elliott plays a cowboy actor dying of cancer

"...Elliott has provided the voiceover for countless commercials, plugging everything from Dodge trucks to American beef to cold beer..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Klown Forever

Danish comedy duo head to Hollywood

"...the big screen with 2010’s Klown). But as with everything dealing with the law of diminishing returns, your mileage..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Thor: The Dark World

The Marvel cinematic universe opens its gates once again, and The Dark World does not disappoint.

"...again are we shelling out three extra bucks when everything looks so much brighter and sharper with the shades..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Insidious: Chapter 2

All the same gang's back for this follow-up to the hit spooker.

"...Herk Harvey's 1962 Carnival of Souls telegraphs pretty much everything you need to know going in, but whereas the..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Expendables 2

This who's who of action stars even features Schwarzenegger in his movie comeback.

"...of 2010, which he starred in and directed. It's everything you think it is and less, although director Simon..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Step Up Revolution

A tired story is enlivened by dance happenings – essentially flash mobs with killer physiques.

"...routines. Sometimes less is better – think of, well, everything Gene Kelly ever did, frankly, and you'll realize that..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All's Faire in Love

Christina Ricci stars in this strained romantic comedy set in the world of renaissance festivals.

"...Oh, so very bad that it doth make one squeal in heretofore unknown..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Trip

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon co-star as best friends on a road trip in Michael Winterbottom's colicky, melancholy, and very amusing comedy.

"...comparing backaches and receding gumlines, Coogan's capper – that "everything's exhausting at this age" – isn't a punchline, it's..."

July 15, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

No Strings Attached

Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher play characters who test whether a relationship can remain purely sexual.

"...an audience’s heart just by biting her lip. Too bad Lake Bell’s not playing the lead. That honor goes..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The King's Speech

Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, and Helena Bonham Carter act up a royal storm in this movie about King George VI of Great Britain overcoming his speech impediment.

"...the throne for the love of an American divorcée. Bad enough for any man, yes, but this royal disaster..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...Fest freak shows, and then I don't feel so bad."..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Next Day Air

A misdelivered package of concealed cocaine kicks off events in this comic film starring Donald Faison, Mike Epps, and Mos Def.

"...selling it to minor drug kingpin Shavoo (Hardwick). It's bad news for their next-door neighbor Jesus (Reyes), the dope's..."

May 15, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Abandoned

Creepy Eastern European atmospherics encase this horror film, which nevertheless suffers from an anemic script.

"...that almost immediately has nowhere to go. That's too bad, because with a tighter, more evolved and involving set..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monster House

This animated tale of a carnivorous, haunted house and the band of neighborhood kids who decide to put it out of commission feels maddeningly unfinished.

"...it ought to be arriving on All Hallows Eve. Bad timing aside, the story by Dan Harmon and Rob..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Phat Girlz

Comedian Mo’Nique’s first starring film vehicle, Phat Girlz, suffers from a bad case of undernourishment.

"...first starring film vehicle, Phat Girlz, suffers from a bad case of undernourishment. Not that the movie doesn’t serve..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slither

Writer-director James Gunn knows what makes horror fans howl, and is one heck of a writer to boot.

"...brain-bursting, outer-space slugs and all. Anyone can make a bad horror comedy, but Gunn, the screenwriter of the vastly..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Date Movie

What's left to spoof? Why, romance movies, of course.

"...that you came in second in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Bad Fiction Contest. And having Date Movie on your résumé?..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Grandma's Boy

What's funnier than having to move back in with your parents? Why, moving in with your grandparents, of course.

"...and it’s baked beyond all reasonable limits, but this everything-and-the-kitchen-sink comic soufflé still manages to be goofily entertaining beyond..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The War Within

This fiction film, in which the lead character is but one cog in a plot to detonate a series of bombs in New York City, portrays a terrorist’s point of view in a jarringly matter-of-fact manner.

"...a thoroughly radicalized time bomb, the poster boy for bad times ahead. Next stop Manhattan, where Hassan moves in..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Something's Gotta Give

Sure, the co-stars delight, but the script has more flab than its middle-aged lovers.

"...Annie Hall days. She, quite simply, is marvelous. Too bad her similarly iconic co-star is such a toad. Jack..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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