Rush Hour Two

"...this silly sequel, which is everything you'd expect and nothing you wouldn't -- save, perhaps, for the welcome (if..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Rush Hour

"...Woo, Tsui Hark, Stanley Tong, and certainly last but not least Chan himself have seen their formidable talents reduced..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Young Adult

Actors Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt prove as riveting a combo as writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman.

"...Add delusional, rude, and alcoholic to the list. She’s not the kind of person we generally want to spend..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cop Out

Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan star in Kevin Smith's painfully unfunny throwback to the Eighties buddy-cop movies.

"...was supposed to be a Smithy homage to 1980s-style buddy-cop action comedies à la 48 Hrs. is instead a..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Road to El Dorado

"...Dorado well, for this new animated picture is more buddy movie than informative history lesson. Obviously, there's a lot..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Six-String Samurai

"...for possession of the throne. One of these is “Buddy” (Jeffrey Falcon, who also shares the screenwriting credit with..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Brainscan

"...a bad Nintendo rip-off: all sheen, and no heart. Not that they don't try, though. T2's Furlong is Michael,..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Boy Scout

"...habit. So here we are; black guy, white guy: buddy film. That taken care of, there's nothing left to..."

Dec. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Starsky & Hutch

Seventies TV shows live on through Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Snoop Dog.

"...The highlight of this satirical remake of ABC’s mid-Seventies buddy-cop anomaly is named, unsurprisingly, Will Ferrell, who plays an..."

March 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Flag Flying

Three veterans embark on a road trip in Linklater's latest

"...Keeping with another Linklater career through line, Last Flag Flying is something..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shanghai Knights

"...and historical/geographical inaccuracies in Shanghai Knights, the martial arts buddy comedy set in Victorian England, are either an irritation..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Christopher Paul Curtis

From Assembly Line to Literary Award Mill

"...time getting a Coke or smoking a cigarette. But not Curtis -- he used his time to write in..."

April 7, 2000 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

Gone Gone Gone

The Head Cat himself, Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, talks in his sleep.

"...for anyone, but Lemmy was still game – just not very awake for the first eight minutes of our..."

May 7, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Free Solo

Staggering mountaineering achievement mixes vertigo with wonder

"...seasoned climbers and longtime friends, can barely watch their buddy painstakingly move up the peak, anguished by the possibility..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

A taste of Eighties-style buddy-cop action-comedy hits all the right faces

"...Imagine if Walter Hill wrote a buddy comedy in 1983 about a grizzled old mob boss..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

CHIPS

The California Highway Patrol rides again

"...and star of this charmless exercise in nostalgia. That’s not nostalgia for the popular late-1970s TV show from which..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Assassin's Creed

Popular video game series hits the screen

"...of it matters. The story is Dan Brown-lite (and buddy, that is saying something), and the scenes cribbed from..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Need for Speed

Somewhat fast but seldom furious, this is an adrenaline junkie’s wet dream that stars Aaron Paul.

"...mechanic and amateur racer wrongly incarcerated for a close buddy’s death during a winner-take-all street race. Upon release from..."

March 14, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Parker

Action star Jason Statham plays the latest screen version of Donald E. Westlake's master thief Parker.

"...Statham have a block to his name? I think not. I’m betting director Taylor Hackford doesn’t, either. Truth be..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Country Strong

It's Nashville-on-the-rocks as Gwyneth Paltrow takes a starring turn as an alcoholic singer trying to make a comeback.

"...Kelly Canter, hatched from rehab at film’s beginning for another kind of rehabilitation – this time of her career..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

3 Idiots

Two friends embark on a quest for their lost buddy in this new Bollywood comedy. Opens Wednesday.

"...Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Madhavan, Boman Irani and Sharman Joshi. Not reviewed at press time. Two friends embark on a..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deck the Halls

It's like Neighbors, except with more Christmas lights and Danny DeVito.

"...are the result of overabundance. When boorish used-car salesman Buddy Hall (DeVito) moves in across the street from mild-mannered..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Accepted

Accepted asserts that a college run by students might be better than its institutional alternative, but who wants education advice from the creators of such a witless, uninspired excuse for a college comedy?

"...some spit and elbow grease, and presto! Gaines' computer-whiz buddy makes a miscalculation though: In order to give the..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Into the Blue

There's a crisp little thriller anchored in this movie about pretty people wearing skimpy swimwear in a beautiful locale.

"...about striking it rich from buried treasure. Enter hotshot buddy Bryce (Caan, who’s wrinkly and toothsome like father James),..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

All About the Benjamins

"...banter at the expense of context and dramatic sense. Not that guy movies in the post-48HRS. era haven't always..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Bully

"...around with drugs and unprotected sex) and the underappreciated Another Day in Paradise (a road picture about two generations..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pokémon 3: The Movie

"...cartoon series' little yellow Pikachu (Otani) and his new buddy Pichu and a 75-minute feature starring the rest of..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Proof of Life

"...human. Also impressive is David Caruso as a K&R buddy of Terry's, who comes aboard for the rescue mission...."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Orgazmo

"...behind South Park comes the Citizen Kane of pornographic/Mormon/martial arts/superhero/buddy films. Perhaps that's a bit over the top in..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It's in the Water

"...she runs into Grace (Garrett), an old high school buddy who's back in town after a reportedly painful divorce...."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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