Peace Hotel

"...the result is a disappointing picture that fails to live up to the promise of its own intriguing premise...."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Thinking Outside the Box

"...intense, interconnected storylines or for the fact that the action was loosely based on semi-specific historical events that took..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

High Risk

"...-- a sorry mishmash of show business satire, body-slamming action, and insufferable slapstick that goes nowhere fast. Action star..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Airborne

"...camera, then there might have been a semi-decent teen action movie here. As is, the California surf and sunset..."

Sept. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The heroes in a half shell evolve into their most stylish adventure yet

"...version of this long-running series. From comic books to live-action films to animated television shows, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Lion King

Can you feel the shrug tonight?

"...the studio did not simply want to do a live-action remake, like Beauty and the Beast, and they definitely..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

MacGruber

Here's an idea that hasn't been tried in a few years: Turn a Saturday Night Live skit into a feature film.

"...Maya Rudolph and Powers Boothe. To enjoy Saturday Night Live's recurring MacGruber sketch, first you had to be in..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

JCVD

Jean-Claude Van Damme is the JCVD of the title, and in this career-adjusting film, the Muscles From Brussels advances from laughingstock to smart, respectable action-film star.

"...Muscles From Brussels advances from laughingstock to smart, respectable action-film star. JCVD is a postmodern action movie in which..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shaft

"...a muddled treat: Seeing our culture's No. 1 black action hero back on the screen and poised for another..."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Expend4bles

Pointless action sequel should have gone straight to video

"...of Hollywood blockbusters to the upper tiers of direct-to-video actioners...."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Mile 22

Wahlberg and company get bloody as a CIA black ops team

"...in a suburban home in Main Street, USA, the action quickly moves to Indocarr, a fictional Southeast Asian metropolis,..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Unstoppable

Denzel Washington stops a runaway train loaded with toxic cargo.

"...There's been plenty written about what a smash-bang, seat-of-your-pants action film Unstoppable is, and those expectations brought in lots..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Marine

WWE wrestling champion John Cena makes his film debut in this action film.

"...Cena takes his place in the pantheon of American action-movie stars with The Marine, satisfying our country’s craving for..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

A Prairie Home Companion

It's been a very long time since any Robert Altman film has been as enjoyable as A Prairie Home Companion.

"...directed by just about any competent director and probably delivered the same agreeable results. Altman's recent forays into more..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Great Conqueror's Concubine

"...here as producer, and the more or less uncelebrated action director Stephen Shin, whose only well-known feature is The..."

Dec. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

2023 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: The Best of the Brief

Before the Academy votes, we pick our faves from the nominees

"...Three categories – animated, documentary, live action – with five nominees in each, highlighting the..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Tom and Jerry

Your favorite cat and mouse duo are back and in NYC

"...fresh dollars. That's how the world ended up with live-action versions of George of the Jungle, Mr. Magoo and..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...that independent business district along Manor Road, can encounter live performances of scenes and characters from Homer's The Odyssey..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Kunis and McKinnon run to Europe, but forget to pack jokes

"...The seats are cushy, the air-conditioning cold, MoviePass has lived to see another day (wait, lemme check my phone),..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Japanese genre cinema will be slavering for Katsuyuki Motohiro's live-action adaptation of bloodthirsty manga Ajin: Demi-Human, while the more..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The LEGO Ninjago Movie

The LEGO law of diminishing returns

"...Beginning with a live-action introduction that’s lifted virtually whole from Joe Dante’s Gremlins,..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

Animation and reality collide in this paean to pubescence

"...life from the pages of Rafe’s sketchbook with the live action. The film is reminiscent of some of the..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Good Day to Die Hard

Bruce Willis' John McClane is like Wile E. Coyote – always in the wrong place when things blow up but always persevering.

"...cameo role here) played a major role in 2007’s Live Free or Die Hard, but in this fifth entry..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Yogi Bear

This mixture of animated talking animals and live action is unbearable.

"...one too many movies this year that mix human live-action with animated animal shenanigans. (Blame the success of Alvin..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Team America: World Police

Trey Parker and Matt Stone tame the world with marionettes.

"...on U.S. foreign policy and the full gamut of action-movie clichés that come in for a much-needed skewering in..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Battle-Ready

This fall, history nerds will have cause to rejoice when the History Channel presents First Invasion: The War of 1812, a collaboration with local post-production facility Match Frame.

"...biggest creative coup to date, will mesh scores of live-action battlefield re-enactors with the bloody pomp and explosive circumstance..."

June 13, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

A Dream Collaboration: Richard Linklater and 30 animators team up to produce a startling, surreal new film.

"...worked in my head because I was seeing it live-action." It was not until Linklater saw the animated shorts..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Osmosis Jones

"...figured out osmosis either. For parents hoping this part live-action, part animated trip through the human body will serve..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...film by Bosnian filmmaker Jasmin Dizdar catalogs the random interactions between four inter-linked British families whose chance encounters with..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Prince of Egypt

"...to be capable of aping the look of a live-action movie, we should ask ourselves what this advancement has..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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