Bikes on a Road to Nowhere?

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Road to Nowhere

Webberville Aims to Live Forever

July 26, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Twilight

One is human and the other's vampire: What's a pair of young soulmates to do?

"...of a trio of "bad" vampires appears out of nowhere and goes nowhere, too. It's all just too much..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kidnap

Don't mess with Halle Berry

"...nicknames – which comes across as chirpy and unrealistic. (Nowhere on Berry’s face resides the look of a financially..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Held Up

"...quirky denizens of a town in the middle of nowhere. Northern Exposure brought depth, humor, and meaning out of..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Bryan Poyser

The Dreamlife of Angels

This gritty film won the French Cesar award as well as Best Actress awards at Cannes for its two leads.

"...hopeless romantic who takes her in when she has nowhere else to go. The pair meet at a local..."

May 14, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blues Brothers 2000

"...film. With his brother Jake dead, no money, and nowhere to go, Elwood decides to put the Blues Brothers..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Beast

Sci-fi romantic drama about two lovers (Léa Seydoux and George MacKay) with multiple past lives, all tortured

"...as a remake of Dracula’s Daughter. But he comes nowhere near achieving anything as insightful in two and a..."

April 26, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Foxtrot

Israeli drama brings offbeat levity to anti-war narrative.

"...in a life of boredom in the middle of nowhere. This section of the film is filled with hilariously..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Snowman

Jo Nesbø's crime series hits the big screen

"...a vaporish nonmovie that goes everywhere while simultaneously going nowhere at all...."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lemon

"...of his own acting career is going less than nowhere in Los Angeles (at various points he’s reduced to..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mummy

Tom Cruise does the monster mash

"...Pinned down by enemy fire in the midst of nowhere, they radio in a hellfire missile strike that ends..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paris Can Wait

A woman at the crossroads of life

"...you into the movie right away. But then there’s nowhere to go, as her character Anne spends the film..."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

John Wick: Chapter 2

The body count increases exponentially in this new installment

"...The second chapter to 2014’s out-of-nowhere hit has the same action verve and flair for..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Goat

Alpha-male fraternity bullying sparks revenge in this true story

"...ride home and ends up in the middle of nowhere, car stolen, and beaten to a bloody pulp. Traumatized..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Ghost Team

A group of losers stumble onto paranormal activity

"...a perpetual series of build-ups that end up going nowhere. Even with the short running time, Ghost Team slogs..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

No Manches Frida

A thief becomes a substitute teacher to get his loot

"...No Manches Frida tries wildly to delight but goes nowhere. It is the cinematic equivalent to the cringeworthy class..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Dear White People

This idea-packed comedy pokes holes in the notion of a post-racial America.

"...that most of the black students mock, fits in nowhere, but it’s through this budding journalist’s eyes that most..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Is Our Youth

Punchkin Repertory crafts something special out of the vast "nowhere" in the lives of its three protagonists

"..."Even nowhere can be someplace special," wrote Peter Marks in his..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Code Black

Shot by a filmmaker/physician over the years of his residency, this doc about ER medicine is immersive and eye-opening.

"...overwhelmed and overpopulated with patients who believe they have nowhere else to go. There’s a failure in the system..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Breathe In

A comely British exchange student in upstate New York upsets a cozy family dynamic.

"...where this soggy tale is headed – and it’s nowhere good or original. Director Drake Doremus, who co-wrote this..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nymphomaniac: Volume 1

Lars von Trier's latest provocation is more meditation than outright flagellation.

"...literary wisdom. As the film begins, this quietly optimistic nowhere man nearly stumbles over Joe (Gainsbourg), lying battered and..."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: David Oyelowo

Rising star David Oyelowo is in two new films – with two more on the way

"...currently playing in Austin, The Paperboy and Middle of Nowhere. The ascending screen star also appears in two more..."

Oct. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paranormal Activity 4

Five years after the end of PA3, things are still going bump in the night.

"...with mayhem and death appearing (literally so) out of nowhere. And, as in its predecessors, there are 80 minutes..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Don't Know How She Does It

Sarah Jessica Parker stars in this comedy about working-mom woes.

"...Too much time and energy is directed toward that go-nowhere story, wasting the film's best asset, which is the..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Redemption Road

This story about a musician who's got the blues because he can't play the blues is a mawkish misfire, but the roadside scenery from Austin to Huntsville, Ala., can't be beat.

"...songs is on the soundtrack.) In short: Jefferson has nowhere to go but up – and eventually he gets..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Meek's Cutoff

The epic and the elementary combine in Kelly Reichardt's Western survivalist tale that stars Michelle Williams.

"...guide, but his swagger has gotten the small band nowhere. That's not technically true: They're somewhere, all right –..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Next Three Days

Russell Crowe plays a man who improbably springs his wife from prison where she's been incarcerated for life.

"...Wilde, Daniel Stern, and Brian Dennehy all doing in go-nowhere bit parts?) to real plot head-scratchers (how did Brennan..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Soul To Take

Wes Craven wrote and directed this serial-killer movie – but you'd never know it to look at it.

"...out where he misplaced his nail-biting narrative mojo, it's nowhere in evidence here. My Soul To Take kicks off..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mao's Last Dancer

In this film based on a true story, a Chinese ballet dancer defects to the U.S. when he falls in love with a Houston dancer while on tour.

"...the situation). While this is hardly Breaker Morant, it's nowhere near as mawkish or cloying as it could have..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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