Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

"...showdown. The climax, like the film itself, is big, loud, and looks cool enough, which is what we’ve come..."

July 25, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Manito

"...dialogue bounces between English and Spanish, fitting for this loud, loving family of four generations. There are so many..."

July 25, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Chasing Papi

"...the final reality is that Chasing Papi is a loud, messy cascarone of a movie that is not likely..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deliver Us From Eva

"...leads. Mattson and Brauner’s script sports a number of laugh-out-loud gags interspersed with the sort of dewy-eyed romantic moments..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta has been having trouble watching television lately. It's what isn't on television that's keeping her up at nights --the conspicuous absences, the loud silences.

"...what isn't on television, the unseen and unspoken, the loud silences...."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

24 Hour Party People

"...seems about as innocent as Jean Genet in heat. Loud, hilarious, and enormously entertaining, 24 Hour Party People makes..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

XXX

"...say this is some sort of backwards masterpiece, a loud, proud, in-your-face example of rote actioneering and cringe-inducing one-liners..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Death to Smoochy

"...whole from Being John Malkovich). The result comes out loud, brash, vulgar, and considerably entertaining. Death to Smoochy has..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crazy/beautiful

"...and not just a good teen film. The often too-loud soundtrack and too-quick editing detract some from what is..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Enemy at the Gates

"...is completely extraneous to the war story and becomes laugh-out-loud ridiculous when finally consummated in a steamy session in..."

March 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

You Can Count On Me

"...blue-sky-and-wheatfields kind of sound, but Lonergan plays it too loud and in the wrong places. And the edits are..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Goodbye South, Goodbye

"...Hou moved his focus from the countryside to the loud, fast chaos of suburban Taipei. Moving shots (radically different..."

Nov. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luminarias

"...the picture. A big, living, breathing film with a loud and steady heartbeat, Luminarias wouldn't be nearly as human..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

"...When it connects, the belly laughs are long and loud, but when it misses, the groans you'll be hearing..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gladiator

These Coliseum slavery capers earned a Best Picture Oscar.

"...Scott's film, but not enough by half. It's a loud, obnoxious, and pleasant-enough entertainment, but hardly the soaring tale..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two Generations, One Art

Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.

"...other traits they share -- the fondness for being loud, messy, and nasty; the kick they get from throwing..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Galaxy Quest

A parody of Gene Roddenberry's TV world and its rabid fans.

"...with a minimum of cheese and a surplus of laugh-out-loud moments. The premise is sweet: The stars of the..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Toy Story 2

"...was. That aside, Lasseter's sequel is an engaging, often laugh-out-loud funny reuniting of the original's major players with a..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Devil's Island

"...run-of-the-mill Icelandic coming-of-age movie, Devil's Island is instead a loud, unruly slice of comic conflict that charms even as..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

"...the tale. Besson loves his native history wide and loud and, apparently, surreal, and so we are treated to..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

"...redeeming highlights in this scattershot comedy wasteland, notably a laugh-out-loud recurring gag in which Billy's sperm (men in white..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Runaway Bride

"...smile, how adorable the twitch of her nose, how loud and slippery her laugh -- those slender shoulders simply..."

July 30, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Big Daddy

"...Dugan keeps his direction workmanlike and uninspired, and the laugh-out-loud gags are few and far between, though several women..."

June 25, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Knock Off

"...experience can be summed up neatly in four words: loud, stupid, blurry, frenetic. (And, maybe, fun as well, if..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Mercury Rising

"...seems paradoxically hellbent on hamming it up. Not quite loud enough to be a seasonal blockbuster, Mercury Rising is..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Half-Baked

Cameos from Steven Wright, Willie Nelson, Tommy Chong, and Janeane Garofalo help stoke this addled comic premise about selling pot to raise a buddy's bail.

"...time of the Johnson administration. I did laugh out loud at a brief set-piece in which Chappelle professorially categorizes..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Money Talks

"...yammers, squeals, and mugs through an excruciating procession of loud, witless scenes. The resulting product is more likely to..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Sense and Sensibility

The lively and funny screenplay adaptation of Jane Austen written by Emma Thompson, who also stars, was rewarded with an Oscar.

"...Sensibility is an absorbing, delightful, and nuanced movie with laugh-out-loud humor, and though it often plays events broadly where..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Waterworld

"...near-model summer fantasy: two hours and 21 minutes of loud, expansive fun...."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

"...is white and Evie's skin is black. Randy likes loud rock music; Evie prefers classical. Randy gets around by..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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