The Promotion

Forgettably bland, this comic film features Seann William Scott and John C. Reilly vying for the same job promotion.

"...it wanted to be. Instead, it tries to be everything at once and ends up failing to be much..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Speed Racer

The Wachowski brothers' hyperbolic film is supersaturated with outrageously eye-popping visuals, but there's nary an honest emotion in sight.

"...psychedelic in both flavor and execution (this film owes everything to Japanese animé and Timothy Leary alike), but after..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr.'s sly take on Marvel Comics' cold warrior elevates everything about this film.

"...take on Marvel Comics' cold warrior Iron Man elevates everything about this film. The actor's real-life troubles merge with..."

May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Never Back Down

Never Back Down is like The Karate Kid meets Fight Club by way of Abercrombie & Fitch.

"...genre, mainly due to director Wadlow's ability to keep everything on track. While the workout montages of Jake sweating..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!

Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, and Carol Burnett provide just-right voices for these Seussian characters who offer the perfect antidote to the injustices experienced in childhood.

"...this Seuss tale, made for TV in 1970. But everything needs an update, I suppose, and this new animated..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fool's Gold

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson star in this tale of two gorgeous, love-tossed, star-crossed treasure hunters who reunite to search for a lost 18th century galleon.

"...and you have a movie that manages to be everything – romantic comedy, adventure film, family melodrama, farce, gangster..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Cloverfield

Cloverfield is a pure-blood, grade A, exultantly exhilarating monster movie in the grand tradition.

"...do with the creature itself, whatever it is, and everything to do with Reeves' direction and a whip-smart, stylistically..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Juno

This indie comedy is funny, smart, cool, and heartfelt, and features breakout showcases for star Ellen Page and screenwriter Diablo Cody.

"...cousin to the Tenenbaums, the Minnesota division. But, like everything else in the winsome Juno, what plays for laughs..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hitman

Like the video game that inspired this film, Hitman is a brain-dead pleasure bomb.

"...it's also great fun, drawing as it does on everything from James Bondian Eurotrash panache to Vin Diesel's moribund..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

King Corn

The film’s light hand, appealing style, and simple exposition make it an eminently watchable inquiry into the politics of food, public health, and the reasons why corn has become an ingredient in virtually everything we eat.

"...Directed by: Aaron Woolf. Corn is in freakin’ everything. If you drink soda, you are consuming corn. If..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Weirdsville

Weirdsville accomplishes something that is rare for Canadian-made comedies: It's actually funny.

"...the strength of the performances and direction always brings everything back into line...."

Oct. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sea of Dreams

She's married to the sea, and he belongs to the earth: This Mexican film relies on prehistoric folk myths and a delightful color palette for its impact.

"...with a bounty of golden fish and black pearls. Everything is idyllic until the sea – a jealous suitor..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Right at Your Door

Harrowing doesn't even begin to describe this low-budget exercise in siege paranoia, which builds on our current terrorist-related night sweats.

"...low-budget exercise in siege paranoia, which cunningly riffs on everything from George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

28 Weeks Later

This continuing story of a populace that fears infection from a "rage virus," forges ahead with panic-paced sequences of graphic, random violence.

"...into bloodthirsty savages, while the film smartly riffed on everything from contemporary fears of unchecked biogenetic engineering to the..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hot Fuzz

Simultaneously smart and silly, Hot Fuzz demonstrates that it's not necessary to be a buffoon in order to lampoon.

"...Hot Fuzz shows a great love and knowledge of everything it satirizes. Actors such as Bill Nighy and Steve..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mafioso

This genius Italian comedy from 1962 has been plucked from obscurity and given a sparkling new cleanup job.

"...Armando Nannuzzi, Mafioso overflows with gritty, neorealistic splendor, but everything, including Piero Piccioni's note-perfect score, is done in support..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Are We Done Yet?

Who could have foreseen that Ice Cube's path Straight Outta Compton would lead to family-friendly movies about the complications of life in the suburbs?

"...woodwork. Nothing is very funny in this movie, and everything is predictable – except for the Washington State University..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hills Have Eyes II

This sequel to last year’s remake is as witless and simpleminded as the irradiated humanoids that serve as the franchise’s bad guys.

"...the inadequate lighting in the tunnels and caves makes everything look dim and indistinct (which may actually be a..."

March 30, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Johnnie Taylor, Soul Man

Johnnie Taylor's Live at the Summit Club gets released.

"...have ghosts, Roky Erickson once posited, then you have everything. I’m borrowing that lyric as the title for this..."

March 9, 2007 Music Post by Greg Beets

300

Both Frank Miller's comic about the legendary battle of Thermopylae and Zack Snyder's cinematic adaptation are bloodthirsty affairs, awash in spectacle.

"...so much as an intractable insurgency willing to sacrifice everything up to and including their own lives. The parallels..."

March 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Obama Mania

For the heady moment, everything he do b-be funky

"...heart ... Obama!"), and the whole band rocked with "Everything I do b-be funky ..." May we all be..."

March 2, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Connective Issue

Web 2.0, online gaming, but everything's in-between

"...and cell-phone signals between us and asked them about everything from their joint SXSW panel to bridging the gap..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Seraphim Falls

A morality play without the morality, Seraphim Falls demands its protagonists (Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Anjelica Huston) resign themselves to their loneliness and brutality.

"...the 19th century antihero of Seraphim Falls, who is everything Brosnan’s Bond wasn’t. Bearded like a Jack London hero,..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Volver

No working male director loves the community of women more than Almodóvar, and Volver is his ode of love to women’s congress and fortitude.

"...Almodóvar’s touch of the absurd and the madcap infiltrate everything that occurs while his candy-colored visual palette lends a..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man Push Cart

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

"...are almost immediately rendered moot by much larger disasters. Everything is precarious, all the time. Iranian-born filmmaker Bahrani has..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Night at the Museum

Amid crummy sight gags and predictable physical comedy, sputtering scenes, and the stale and watered-down Stiller in another nonsense story, Night at the Museum is at best a rotation of backdrops for a parade of visual effects.

"...Hall of African Mammals. Credit Levy – who shoots everything imagination-size, larger than life, and set against amber tones..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Shawn Badgley

Turistas

Turistas is a surprisingly effective horror film with good acting and some breathless action.

"...more compelling film, commingling as it does echoes of everything from Ruggero Deodato and Umberto Lenzi's ultrarealistic green hell..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Oh in Ohio

This story of an uptight corporate go-getter (Posey), her sad-sack high school science teacher husband (Rudd), and her search for her first orgasm is intended to invoke rolling laughter but instead results in repeated sighs.

"...bad filmgoing experience. Stay home and rent Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, but Were..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Descent

Urban professionals go spelunking in an attempt to wipe away old horrors, only to find some new ones to call their own.

"...to the bitter end, The Descent may not be everything you’ve heard, but man, it’s also a lot of..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Superman Returns

Superman returns to Earth seeming more like a humbled prodigal son than an invincible superhero.

"...(Spacey) is again on the prowl for world domination. Everything is just as it was before, except that Superman’s..."

June 30, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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