Primal Fear
"...the New York Times bestseller by novelist William Diehl, Primal Fear marks the first feature film from Gregory Hoblit,..."
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April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor
Levitation Live Shot: Primal Scream/Jesus & Mary Chain
Headlining Scot double-shot lives up to the billing
"...two prime rock & roll contributions back-to-back, bound by Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie being the Jesus & Mary..."
May 10, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall
A Picnik Fit for the Primal Diners of the Future
South Austin's new healthy-eating trailer
"...opens to reveal air-conditioned counter service. Specializing in paleo, primal, gluten-free, grain-free, and healthy foods, the small breakfast and..."
Aug. 16, 2013 Food Review by Jessi Cape
Pregnant Fantasy, Primal Scream
SXSW's Japan Nite turns 10
"...from high school who say their Boredoms-like pastiche of primal screams on top of ear-splitting guitar and drums is..."
Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets
Primal Troubles
Hill Country primate sanctuary seized
Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Cindy Widner
Not-So-Primal Therapy
Aug. 20, 1999 Music Feature by Jody Denberg
Mary Queen of Scots
Period drama has no sense of history
"...Lacking either the primal political brutality of Outlaw King or the delicious barbs..."
Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock
Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag
"...In 1994, Primal Scream released fourth LP Give Out But Don’t Give..."
July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker
I Am Divine
Harris Glenn Milstead, the actor better known as the 300-pound sex symbol named Divine who appeared in those early John Waters' movies, is remembered in this doc.
"...aimed both at no one and everyone. Call it primal therapy as performance art, with John Waters as your..."
Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Bullet to the Head
Sylvester Stallone is back – the action is loud and pulpy, the quips are ever-ready, and the cycle is unbroken.
"...that happens here. Bullet to the Head is pure, primal Stallone – in control, at peak form, and bedecked..."
Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black
Compliance
When authority is ceded to a disembodied voice on the other end of a phone line, all bounds of human propriety are lost in this story's fast-food joint.
"...a movie, disturbingly realistic and profoundly terrifying on a near-primal level. (This sort of reality-based, nonfantastical awfulness was also..."
Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Intouchables
The unlikely friendship that forms between a wealthy, white quadriplegic and a streetwise, black ne'er-do-well who becomes his live-in companion is the subject of this French film.
"...Sy (who picked up the aforementioned César), as the primal, hoodie-wearing helpmeet Driss, give outstanding performances. There are moments..."
June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Straw Dogs
Rod Lurie remakes Sam Peckinpah's 1971 bloodbath-classic about a home invasion and tapping into man's inner rage monster.
"...doesn't ask you to ponder David's descent into brutal, primal masculinity; it merely asks you to watch it. And..."
Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Drive
Ryan Gosling plays a getaway driver in this seductive mix of brooding arthouse and heist-gone-to-hell genre picture.
"...keen characterization of this tender taciturn (pause for occasional primal rage) to director Nicolas Winding Refn's order to hold..."
Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Runaways
A grittily femme perspective governs this otherwise conventional music saga about the Runaways, America's first all-girl rock band.
"...double (fuck it, triple) for their Svengali-esque manager and primal mover/shaker Kim Fowley (Shannon), the crazy-like-a-fox pop-musical madman forever..."
March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Where the Wild Things Are
This very special film is the rare children’s offering that isn’t coded for adults or made corny and flip for kids.
"...with co-screenwriter Dave Eggers, seems to have tapped every primal feeling along the spectrum – joy, grief, rage, a..."
Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Fear(s) of the Dark
This French anthology of six short animated films, which are thematically linked by their dark tonalities and stirrings of dread, has greater appeal for animation buffs than horror hounds.
"...horror hounds. Taken together, they tap into our deep-seated, primal fears: invasive insects, haunted houses, fierce dogs, mysterious disappearances,..."
Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Firewall
This high-tech heist thriller is like a For Dummies guide to the genre.
"...– taking care of you!”) into something far more primal and interesting, like a curly blond mama bear, and..."
Feb. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Marebito
Although long on style and concept, this film lacks the primal urgency of Shimizu’s 2003 J-horror blockbuster Ju-on.
"...It’s long on style and concept but lacks the primal urgency of Shimizu’s 2003 J-horror blockbuster, which successfully married..."
Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Ju-on: The Grudge
Fear of what's lurking just out of sight is at the heart of this Japanese horror film.
"...itself has no structure, and Ju-on plays to that primal, reptilian part of the mind that sees the shadow..."
Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Open Water
Is it wrong to root for the sharks?
"...to exist at all, is one of the most primal of fears. Add to that a bunch of sharks..."
Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Step Into Liquid
Surf's up! It's The Endless Summer: The Next Generation.
"...of the water itself, buffeted but unbowed by the primal forces at work as tiny little legs skim the..."
Sept. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Bad Manners
"...the malicious thrill of seeing corduroy-clad suburban milquetoasts go primal before our eyes, but also the redeeming pleasure of..."
Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
"...Bramer's tough, lucid, big-souled documentary attests, there's an almost primal quality of triumph in the moment when a mind..."
April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Fallen
"...typical police procedural is given a fresh spin by Primal Fear director Hoblit and an excellent cast. But Fallen's..."
Jan. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
"...impossible to ignore. It's this bid for the viewers' primal stimulation centers -- and nothing more -- that makes..."
Nov. 28, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
A Thousand Acres
"...than to the classical tragedy genre. Superimposing these raw, primal emotions onto amber-hued scenes of bucolic splendor creates a..."
Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Mother
"...to move back in with his mother – the primal source of all things intimate and woman-related. Not only..."
Jan. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Nosferatu With Live Musical Accompaniment by Dick Price
"...teeth and claw-like fingers, Schreck is the embodiment of primal fear. Director Murnau was one of the best film..."
Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Living End
"...on the psyche. Director-screenwriter Araki taps into something very primal in the film's depiction of its two opposites that..."
