Chronicle Recommends: Star Wars Actors in Non-Star Wars Films

Celebrate May the Fourth away from a galaxy far, far away

"...our favorite performances by Star Wars actors in lightsaber-free films...."

May 3, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Drafthouse Films Heads to 'A Field in England'

Local distro house acquires newest shocker from Ben Wheatley

"...up your musket and watch out for sorcerers: Drafthouse Films will be releasing A Field in England, the new..."

May 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Act Like You Mean It: Stars Jesse Eisenberg & Armie Hammer

The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg & Armie Hammer

"...With leading roles in such films as Zombieland, Holy Rollers, and Advertureland, as well as..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS to Honor P.T. Anderson, Armie Hammer

Legendary director and rising actor take inaugural awards

"...major inductees announced today, with the news that Armie Hammer, riding high on the critical success and break-out appeal..."

Feb. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Frankenstein's Army'/'Hammer of the Gods'

Two different historic takes on the 'squad on a mission' tale

"...guys together to make a zombie cyborg with a hammerhead, that's completely in keeping with the era?..."

Sept. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Five true stories of a world in turmoil

"...Structurally, Anders Hammer’s “Do Not Split” is the least satisfying title on..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Kimberley Jones’ Top 10 Films of 2017

"...Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name), Armie Hammer (Call Me by Your Name, Free Fire), Michael Stuhlbarg..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Josh Kupecki’s Top 10 Films of 2017

"...playful, languorous, and poignant. Who knew I like Armie Hammer? And why pay for a ticket to Italy? 10)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Kiss Me Deadly

Aldrich's paranoid film is the definitive Mike Hammer movie, outsleazing even Mickey Spillane’s conception of the private dick as an amoral slob.

"...The Austin Film Society’s current series is devoted to films whose greatness serves as a tribute to George Morris,..."

Jan. 25, 1985 Movie Review by George Morris

Tales From the Hood

"...Crypt and The Vault of Horror, as well as Hammer's superlative Dr. Terror's House of Horrors and the more..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thor

Marvel Comics' muscle-bound mook with delusions of demi-godhood is well-played by Chris Hemsworth.

"...(Hemsworth, perfectly cast) is stripped of his all-powerful war hammer Mjølnir and cast out of Asgard by his father,..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Look, Ma, All Hands

Hammer & Tongs on why their Eighties-era childhood epic Son of Rambow is the anti-CGI

"...Hammer & Tongs means ......"

May 16, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Final Portrait

High art in Paris with Armie Hammer and Geoffrey Rush.

"...Directed by: Stanley Tucci. Starring: Armie Hammer, Geoffrey Rush, Clémence Poésy, Tony Shalhoub and Sylvie Testud...."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Cocaine Cowboys

Documentary shows how Miami was once a sleepy seaside hamlet with a permeable border and largely unprotected coastline before the cocaine economy took over.

"...or worse, extends to dramatic re-creations and a Jan Hammer soundtrack. The story sells itself without such frippery; it’s..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

What the #$*! Do We Know!?

Quantum physics, intent and possibility, science and fantasy … goofy cult or educational primer?

"...then intercut with a fictional narrative to underline and hammer home their points. Matlin is here as Amanda, a..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nurse Betty

"...his gift has been creating acid-tongued morality plays that hammer their points to a bloody nub. Here, his obvious..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation Two

"...with their own grotesqueries. But unlike, say, the early films of John Waters, these animators provide little wit or..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Nun

The Conjuring franchise heads to Romania

"...rushed exposition, pulls shamelessly from dozens of much better films. There's some attempt to gloss over the incoherent script..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Moviegoers Assemble!

"...Stark (Downey Jr.), aka Iron Man, along with the hammer-wielding Thor (Hemsworth), anachronistic super-soldier Captain America (Evans), ever-nimble assassin..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Stay Alive

Contrary to the hopes of geeks everywhere, Stay Alive is not an all-zombie musical remake of Sly Stallone's 1983 Saturday Night Fever sequel, but instead a fatuous and dull horror film about gamers.

"...Swink (Muniz), über-gamer Phineus (Simpson), and, oddly, former Hebrew Hammer Adam Goldberg. Implausibly tedious, Stay Alive has none of..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Corner

"...Venture. From the producer of all three Mighty Ducks films comes this bloated courtroom harangue against Red China, big..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...125 films. 85 world premieres. 11 North American first time looks,..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Quiet Ones

The venerable Hammer Film studio gets into the found-footage horror genre.

"...film unworthy of the legacy of its production studio, Hammer Films. Purportedly “inspired by true events” – seldom a..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Our most primal fears about what's lurking in the dark lies at the heart of this Guillermo del Toro-scripted frightmare.

"...Marcus Nispel. Everything from jaw-dropping J-horror to Britain's resurrected Hammer Films have made Hollywood scares seem deadly dull by..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fright Night

The new Fright Night isn't a prick on the neck of the 1985 original, but what it does it does well.

"...forces of hunky bloodsuckers. Discounting the across-the-pond charms of Hammer Films stalwart Christopher Lee, it was John Badham's 1979..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

This new animated comedy is a brilliantly conceived and executed bit of Brit wit, perfect for both kids and their parents and anyone even remotely interested in laughing themselves silly.

"...possibly more), and nods to King Kong and assorted Hammer films crop up all over the place, as befits..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Burton's best work in ages is eye candy of the highest order and as eminently watchable as a hilltop Halloween pyre or a Día de los Muertos parade run amok.

"...worlds of the dead and the might-as-well-be-dead to a Hammeresque tale of love, murder, and the redemptive power of,..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Overnight Sensation

Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) world

"...there's more to the story of Jason Henderson than Hammer Films baby talk. And recently there's been a lot..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest: A Double Barrel Blast of Begos

Director brings Bliss and VFW to fest

"...are only two filmmakers at Fantastic Fest showing two films this year: Japanese trailblazer and legend Takashi Miike, and..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: Seasons Beatings

Our top picks for holiday movies with a twist

"...For this month's movie recommends, we have some unconventional films for the season. So gather round for some Yuletide..."

Dec. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

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