Ready to Rumble

"...McGowan, Bill Goldberg, Diamond Dallas Page, Joe Pantoliano and Martin Landau. I'm sorry. I laughed. I know the whole..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

B.A.P.S.

"...Directed by: Robert Townsend. Starring: Halle Berry, Martin Landau, Ian Richardson, Natalie Desselle, Troy Beyer, A.j. Johnson..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mistress

"...Directed by: Barry Primus. Starring: Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Jace Alexander, Danny Aiello, Robert De Niro, Jean..."

Nov. 20, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Adventures of Pinocchio

"...Directed by: Steve Barron. Starring: Martin Landau, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Rob Schneider, Udo Kier, Bebe..."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The X-Files

"...Directed by: Rob Bowman. Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Blythe Danner, Mitch Pileggi, William B...."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

FF2012: Barking Up a Storm at the 'Frankenweenie' World Premiere

Fantastic Fest holds star-studded premiere for Tim Burton's latest

"...Ryder), "the creepiest dude in Alone in the Dark" (Martin Landau) and the man who "created the most visually..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rounders

"...Norton, John Turturro, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich, Martin Landau and Michael Rispoli. Though it deals us a..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: When Fine Actors Attack

Mark Strong seeks "Anna", Landau and Palance hit "Without Warning"

"...that should have happened years earlier: Jack Palance and Martin Landau...."

Aug. 9, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...D: Terrence Malick; with Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates...."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...B.A.P.S. D: Robert Townsend; with Halle Berry, Martin Landau, Natalie Desselle...."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ed Wood

This biographical film is charming, melancholy, strange, and quirkily humorous. There's also a certain irony in giving the silver-screen treatment to the most infamous of bargain-basement directors and his motley crew of hangers-on.

"...Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Bill..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City of Ember

Despite some inventive production design and a comically villainous turn from Bill Murray, this film based on a young-adult novel never really picks up much steam.

"...Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau, Toby Jones, Mary Kay Place and Liz Smith...."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Majestic

"...Directed by: Frank Darabont. Starring: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Laurie Holden, James Whitmore, David Ogden Stiers, Ron..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Anton Yelchin We Thought We Knew

UT grad Garret Price gets to know the late actor in Love, Antosha

"...he was a trailblazing inspiration, matched with veterans like Martin Landau, who saw the man half a century his..."

Aug. 21, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nowhere Near His Final Frontier

At 74, 'Starlog' and 'Fangoria' co-founder Kerry O'Quinn is just getting started

"...Nichols, J.J. Abrams, Tab Hunter, RuPaul, Adam West, and Martin Landau, to name a few – and a wealth..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Frankenweenie

Tim Burton’s animated, black-and-white movie about a boy and his dog is sweetly filtered through the lens of Frankenstein and other famous monsters.

"...science teacher, Mr. Rzykruski (Ed Wood's Bela Lugosi himself, Martin Landau) – mainly that electricity is a life-giving force...."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thunderbirds

A TV show from the Sixties that starred marionettes gets the live-action treatment … or does it?

"...marginally less irritating Space: 1999 (featuring a post-Hitchcock, pre-Oscar Martin Landau), knew what kids wanted, that being nifty gadgets..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shanghai Ghetto

"...explicate China’s state of affairs. A voice-over narration by Martin Landau smoothes over any gaps in the narrative, but..."

May 30, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eat His Dust

Ron Howard Premieres EDtv in Austin

"...Woody Harrelson, Ellen DeGeneres, Elizabeth Hurley, Sally Kirkland, and Martin Landau) flew into Austin by private jet for the..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1973, 95min/color, DCP) Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Ramon Bieri, and Warren Oates. Directed..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Roll 'Em

March

"...McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson, Ellen DeGeneres, Sally Kirkland, Martin Landau, Rob Reiner, Dennis Hopper, Elizabeth Hurley...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: Bigas Luna; with Romane Bohringer, Oliver Martinez, Aitana Sanchez Gijon, Didier Bezace, Aldo Maccione...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Further Reflections

"...cast and director (l-r): Vivika Davis, Director Ron Howard, Martin Landau, Sally Kirkland, Clint Howard, Elizabeth Hurley, Matthew McConaughey,..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Chronicle Recommends: Halloweenies

Deliciously spooky films for the scaring season

"...from Outer Space. But the greatest pleasure comes from Martin Landau’s uncanny performance as an aging, morphine-addicted Bela Lugosi,..."

Oct. 8, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

DVDanger: Fragile Minds

Dementia and Remember find terror in age

"...Instead, that’s left to Max Rosenbaum (Martin Landau, in a haunting portrayal of physical collapse), a..."

May 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...Ethan: Did you ever see—Martin Landau has an introduction to some new book on..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

FF2012: Rock the Red Carpet

Scenes from the 'Frankenweenie' and 'Dredd 3D' premieres

"...Director Tim Burton and voice talents Winona Ryder and Martin Landau were among the cast and crew who attended..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest 2012: 'Frankenweenie' Red Carpet

"...Living legend Martin Landau, who won an Oscar for his role as..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Photo Gallery

Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham

A Depression-era biopic about the formative years of the influential Christian evangelist Billy Graham.

"...Directed by: Robby Benson. Starring: Armie Hammer, Martin Landau, Lindsay Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha, Jennifer O'Neill and Josh..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

In with old, in with the new

"...all the pieces fit together to solve the crime. Martin Landau and Anita Briem also star. Premieres March 22...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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