Nacho Libre

This sophomore outing from the director of Napoleon Dynamite is full of cheesy goodness, courtesy of Jack Black, but a little goes a long way.

"...and soul. Plotwise, this is straight out of the Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland "Let's Put on a Show and Save..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Night at the Museum

Amid crummy sight gags and predictable physical comedy, sputtering scenes, and the stale and watered-down Stiller in another nonsense story, Night at the Museum is at best a rotation of backdrops for a parade of visual effects.

"...Carla Gugino, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, Ricky Gervais, Mickey Rooney, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Bill Cobbs, Steve Coogan..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Shawn Badgley

Closing Arguments

Olivier versus Branagh

"...If you told me right now that it was Mickey Rooney’s performance in Boys Town that motivated Americans to..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Black Stallion

"...Directed by: Carroll Ballard. Starring: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse and Hoyt Axton. This..."

Aug. 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Million Dollar Legs

"...Miller (1998) with Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mary Stein, Mickey Rooney...."

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

The bloody spy series returns

"...reprised by Egerton, a pumped-up and foul-mouthed version of Mickey Rooney) has risen in the ranks of the Kingsman..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Muppets

This Muppet reboot is an absolute delight and puts an end to the great Muppet diaspora.

"...hoariest of "Let's put on a show!" cliches – Mickey Rooney even makes an appearance – but for once,..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Kevin Smith finds a new soulmate in actor Seth Rogen, who stars in this movie that blends Smith's telltale comedic raunch with large dollops of sweetness.

"...love for each other. Awww. Meanwhile, in an unexpurgated Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland style, Zack and Miri draft a fun..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

You Got Served

Wild style street dancing trumps storyline.

"...and while it’s about as original as an old Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland hoofer number, it’s nearly saved by the..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Sid Caesar, Edie Adams, Mickey Rooney, Peter Falk, Jonathan Winters, Phil Silvers, Jimmy Durante,..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Beyond the Multiverse

Author Michael Moorcock

"...Mix made at the end of his career with Mickey Rooney, and Rooney is actually attractive, which is amazing...."

Sept. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Adrienne Martini

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Mickey Rooney used to claim that Walt Disney named Mickey..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Babe: Pig in the City

"...George Miller. Starring: Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mary Stein, Mickey Rooney, E.g. Daily, Danny Mann, Glenne Headly, Steven Wright,..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Mickey Rooney claims Mickey Mouse was named after him. He..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Shakespeare's First Folio

Why the first collection of the Bard's plays is such a big deal and cause to celebrate on his 400th death anniversary

"...Bottom), Olivia de Havilland, Dick Powell, and a young Mickey Rooney as Puck...."

March 18, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor

Turner Classic Movies offers 24 hours of Liz

"...6:30am – National Velvet (1944), with Mickey Rooney, Anne Revere and Angela Lansbury; directed by Clarence..."

March 23, 2011 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Horror for the Holidays

Dusk to dawn with Silent Night, Deadly Night

"...to be believed. And speaking of genuinely freakish cameos, Mickey Rooney turns up in 1991's Silent Night, Deadly Night..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Golden Age of Television

Criterion puts out an impressive collection dedicated to what Carl Reiner called the "hairy, scary, wonderful days" of live television

"...Heavyweight). The Comedian earned universal praise for its star, Mickey Rooney, who recalled getting a laudatory telegram within hours..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Last Last Sunday?

Austin organizing project contemplating its future

"...and bars. So, like politicized, middle-aged versions of the Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland gang in old MGM musicals, we figured,..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature by Robert Jensen

Brown Whörnet

"...to Room 710, where all the women look like Mickey Rooney with braids ("Clay Is Gay"). A blinding Q-Beam..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Page Two

SXSW Presents – a new series on KLRU that features beginning, independent documentaries – is the latest development in the vibrant Austin film scene

"...able to offer these works. Finally, in the best Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland, "Come on, kids, let's put on a..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Standing by Stanley

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad interview with actor Karen Sharpe Kramer, the widow of the iconoclastic director.

"...Winters, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Phil Silvers, Spencer Tracy, Jimmy Durante, Don Knotts,..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Spanish Home Cooking/Cocina Casera Española

"...suggested collectively writing a cookbook (something like the teenage Mickey Rooney exhorting, "Hey, kids, let's put on a show!")...."

Oct. 10, 2003 Food Review by MM Pack

National Velvet

"...Directed by: Clarence Brown. Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Angela Lansbury and Anne Revere. This..."

Aug. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mary Karr Reviewed

"...tragic but inevitable, Ava Gardner dishing a bit about Mickey Rooney, or Ernest Hemingway sizing up Scott Fitzgerald's manhood..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Books Feature

Pete’s Dragon

"...Directed by: Don Chaffey. Starring: Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, Jim Backus, Jeff Conaway..."

July 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

Jazzed Off

"...Fog," check him out going totally bugfuck crazy as Mickey Rooney's sucker brother in Rod Serling's The Comedian. Vulcan..."

June 11, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Hollywood Swingin'

"...screen 60 years ago. These were the kids surrounding Mickey Rooney in those Andy Hardy pictures, eagerly vowing to..."

June 4, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Loving Liz and Lana

"...Turner studied at the studio's Little Red Schoolhouse (while Mickey Rooney studied her) as she was molded into the..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Wrapped and Ready

"...D: George Miller; with James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Mickey Rooney...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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