DVDanger: 'American Mary'/'Ninja III: The Domination'

The changing POV of the female revenge flick

"...And in the three decades between martial arts potboiler Ninja III: The Domination and Canadian psycho-surgical creeper American Mary,..."

June 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ninja Assassin

No amount of fighting sticks and throwing stars can elevate this silly tale or its Korean pop-lite star Rain.

"...I'm not sure there's anybody at the helm of Ninja Assassin, which just flat-out sucks rice dumplings, beginning with..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

"...17th century Japan. Why? Because it's there? Because they're ninjas? Because it's the only way to rescue their friend..."

March 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beverly Hills Ninja

"...much fun as a case of scabies, Beverly Hills Ninja transports the viewer into a mystical realm where pratfall..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The slang-slinging, sewer-dwelling, pizza-loving lot are back.

"...these franchise-happy times, Jonathan Liebesman’s take on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gives the underground comic-turned-beloved cartoon a needlessly contrived..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Green sewer-dwellers battle purple ooze. Big, dumb fun

"...Art, but you don’t go to a Turtle vs. Ninja grudge match – or a Michael Bay movie, for..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

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

"...Mutated teenage turtles who happen to be ninjas. It’s a testament to the absurd charm of the..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Twitch Phenomenon Ninja Discusses Streaming in the Mainstream

Turning subscribers into fame

"...forms of entertaining. Twitch’s most followed streamer, Richard Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, represents the primary example of a gaming personality..."

March 11, 2022 Features Feature by Derek Udensi

Austin at Large: Take It From a Ninja ...

You know, you could just not say anything. Try that.

"...a project to complete – is to "be more ninja." You know, move quicker and lighter, with less baggage,..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Taking You to Ninja School

Seven reasons why Naruto is kicking everybody's ass

"...manga and animé about the students of an elite ninja school in the wilds of Japan during some ill-defined..."

June 1, 2007 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gaming Takes Center Stage at SXSW with Reggie Fils-Aimé, Ninja

New round of speakers includes Jordan Peele's favorite composer

"...to online celebrities. At the latter end will be Ninja, aka pro-gamer and Twitch superstar Tyler Blevins, in conversation..."

Dec. 7, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Like a NINJA

Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails, together again

"...When I first learned of the NINJA tour, I was really excited but a little perplexed...."

May 13, 2009 Music Post by Shelley Hiam

Teenage Mutant Ninja Politics

The Hypocritical Limits of Campaign Finance Reform

"...a cool, record-breaking $7 million from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cartoon tycoon, Haim Saban. (Remember the Good Old..."

April 5, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Chappie

Impeccable visual effects don't counteract the film's lackluster emotional affect

"...Directed by: Neill Blomkamp. Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Ninja, Yo-Landi Visser, Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Jose Pablo Cantillo..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Surf Ninjas

California surf dudes are actually heirs to an Asian island empire that has been taken over by an evil despot.

"...Leslie Nielsen. They surf in the first half and ninja in the second, but this light comedy adventure never..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Three Ninjas

"...Disney's newest toon star, the bumbling bobcat Bonkers), 3 Ninjas is long on promises of delivering rousing, satisfying family..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

TMNT

Back on the screen for the first time since the early Nineties, the Ninja Turtles are now animated via CGI, though their plot and character details got lost in the shuffle.

"...in this new outing from the dormant Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise seems an afterthought. Back on the screen..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saving Silverman

"...latest from the director who brought us Beverly Hills Ninja and the inexplicably popular Big Daddy. Ninja doesn't bear..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Of Teenage Turtles and Grown-Up Bronies

Two documentaries tackle Eighties cults that won't die

"...Answer honestly. Were you a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles kid, or a My Little Pony fan? And..."

Aug. 16, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Giving the Sidekick a Spotlight

From behind the shadow of the Ninja Turtles comes 'Casey Jones'

"...What do ninjas, vigilantes, and guerrilla filmmakers have in common? They do..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The LEGO Ninjago Movie

The LEGO law of diminishing returns

"...The LEGO Movie; this year’s The LEGO Batman Movie), Ninjago reeks of the dreaded marketing ploy, wherein a subset..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ACL Review: Die Antwoord

Nightmarish, hilarious, absurdly filthy – what did you expect?

"...act at ACL, the South African rave-rap duo of Ninja and Yolandi Visser crashed the Honda stage in an..."

Oct. 1, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Miami Connection

This incoherent mass of Eighties kitsch is the brainchild of tae kwon do master and motivational speaker Y.K. Kim.

"...we were all orphans.” What?! Then there are the ninja motorcycle-riders who are involved with the drug trade. Nonsensical..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

"...their favorite genre. Where the hell are those Hollywood Ninja Assassins when you really need 'em?..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Digimon: The Movie

"...includes Pokémon, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Smurfs, Tron, etc. The point of these..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Rock Opera

Locally filmed micro-budget feature tells a picaresque story about a punk guitarist who is trying to sell enough pot to finance a low-rent tour for his band. His journey instead takes him on a tour through the college-town underground.

"...the Kung Fu Zombie Bastards From Hell! and Cocaine Ninja. Rock Opera bubbles up from the same primordial college-town..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Warriors of Virtue

"...tilled by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and mine it he does, populating his woefully..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Adventures of Pinocchio

"...Adventures of Pinocchio, director Steve Barron (Coneheads, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) assumes a daunting task in retelling the classic..."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Hunted

"...Minbo, this tale of a criminal faction of killer ninjas in modern day Japan can't help but seem a..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Three Ninjas Kick Back

"...judge them by the appropriate standards. The original 3 Ninjas movie achieved the highest cost/return ratio of any movie..."

May 20, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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