Eragon

Dear George Lucas … It's bad enough that you've cloaked your true identity behind that of the 15-year-old bestselling novelist Christopher Paolini, but did you have to remake Episode IV all over again? With friggin' dragons?!

"...Irons, John Malkovich, Robert Carlyle and Garrett Hedlund. Dear George Lucas: What gives with this Eragon jazz? I mean,..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Prestige

Two rival magicians are locked in a lifelong quest for supremacy, which leads them down a slippery slope of hairpin twists and triple-turns in this Christopher Nolan movie.

"...of the most bizarre cross and double crosses since George Smiley came in from the cold. Jackman plays Robert..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Death of a President

More sleight of hand than persuasive drama, this what-if story about the aftermath of a presidential assassination is technically seamless but dramatically hollow.

"...its plot points is the fictional assassination of President George W. Bush in 2007. Talking heads pontificate about the..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Infamous

It's another Truman Capote picture about how the author wrote In Cold Blood – and it stands solidly on its own merits.

"...writer. Director McGrath has based the Infamous screenplay on George Plimpton's book about Capote. The finished film places a..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hollywoodland

Although Hollywoodland stokes the dying embers of uncertainty regarding the 1959 death of George Reeves, TV's Superman, it nevertheless seems that the result should be more provocative and scandalous.

"...dying embers of uncertainty regarding the 1959 death of George Reeves, TV's Superman, it nevertheless seems that the result..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

V for Vendetta

This is a thinking person’s action film – a futuristic slice of pop-culture agitprop, replete with a costumed antihero, lovingly choreographed action sequences, cunningly ornate dialogue, and a terrific, rousing score.

"...once heavily, obviously redolent of the fascistic stink of George Orwell’s 1984, and, in the film’s most unnerving moments,..."

March 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Aristocrats

The gleefully profane The Aristocrats provides a survey of some of the best comic minds in the business.

"...process of taking it apart. Comedians as diverse as George Carlin, Phyllis Diller, Paul Reiser, Jackie Martling, Robin Williams,..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shaun of the Dead

This "romantic comedy … with zombies" has a note-perfect mix of humor, horror, love, and death.

"...to be a fan of the zombie epics of George Romero (Night of the Living Dead) to enjoy this..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fahrenheit 9/11

Michael Moore's agitprop is a political scorcher.

"...cut to the chase, Fahrenheit 9/11 doesn’t just make George W. Bush look bad, it makes him look willfully..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Robot Stories

A short film collection billed as "science fiction from the heart," with an emphasis on the heart part.

"...already been covered by everyone from Isaac Asimov to George Lucas. If you go to this film expecting cutting-edge..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Triplets of Belleville

Move over Disney and Pixar: Sylvain Chomet’s Oscar-nominated animated feature is the kind of work that could only be authored by a singular individual.

"...kind of bastard offspring of the linear realism of George Grosz and the fantastic foreboding of Edward Gorey. Although..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Be and to Have

In this documentary, a one-room schoolhouse in France is a microcosm of the teaching universe.

"...nirvana. That has everything to do with the schoolmaster, George Lopez (or simply "Monsieur," as his students dutifully call..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

OT: Our Town

"...of this documentary’s subjects, director Kennedy juxtaposes scenes of George Schaeffer’s 1977 television version of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Versus

"...The influences of filmmakers such as Sam Raimi and George Romero can be seen all over the place, and..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Horns and Halos

"...by: Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley. Remember that unauthorized George W. Bush bio Fortunate Son that was pulled by..."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

8 Women

"...Ludivine Sagnier and Firmine Richard. In the tradition of George Cukor's The Women, this French import features an all-female..."

Dec. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Welcome to Collinwood

"...Joe Russo, and is produced by Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney (the latter of whom cameos as a wheelchair-bound..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ABCD

"...former Bangle Susanna Hoffs) is mom's polar opposite: a George Will caricature of the promiscuous, self-centered feminist ballbuster. Her..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Texas Rangers

"...Story of McNelly's Rangers, the true-life recollections of Ranger George Durham, the material is appealing, but its execution is..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bandits

"...too far to say this is a “reimagining” of George Roy Hill's iconic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...."

Oct. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blow

"...Suplee, Ray Liotta and Denis Leary. In the Seventies, George Jung (Depp) brought cocaine back from the dead, making..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Skulls

"...lifelong networking opportunities for such Yalies as former President George Bush and assorted shadowy government and business figures. Doonesbury's..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Knockout

"...ought to be forced to sit through Thanksgiving at George Foreman's household...."

March 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

On the Ropes

"...least, moving in some direction, via the ring. There's George Walton, a dead ringer for Tyson with a far..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Faculty

Co-written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and George Huang (Swimming With Sharks), The Faculty is pure Robert Rodriguez: jam-packed with action, suspense, humor, horror, and plenty of cinematic homages.

"...the multiplex. Co-written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and George Huang (Swimming With Sharks), The Faculty is pure Rodriguez,..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Emperor: Director's Cut

"...this magisterial dream of a movie. (Reviewed: 2/12/88; -- George Morris)..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Is the Devil

"...way we see him treating his petty hoodlum boyfriend George (Craig) in the film's main plotline. Jacobi, with his..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Merry War

"...renowned British curmudgeons as Kingsley Amis, Evelyn Waugh, and George Orwell. Orwell's early novel, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, is..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Godzilla

"...though, as it turns out, this Godzilla looks like George Foreman after an irradiated rumble in the jungle. With..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wedding Singer

"...this were some sort of Biblical epic and Boy George wrote the Ten Commandments. Everything from Dallas jokes to..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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