Scooby-Doo

"...where are you?” That right there is the clincher: Scooby-Doo strives to straddle two demographics -- kids and one-time..."

June 14, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Esther's Follies Meets Scooby-Doo in The Haunting of the Tavern

In this new murder mystery comedy, chasing Emily the ghost leads to some real high jinkies!

"...yes, Mystery Inc. made its Saturday morning debut in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! exactly 50 years ago last month..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

A guilty pleasure for thirtysomething stoners with ironic dispositions and large nacho platters.

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Baghead

Kind of funny and kind of scary, the lo-fi Baghead is not so much a horror movie as a four-character study of relationships and the drive to find meaningful work.

"...what is described in the press kit as a "Scooby-Doo narrative," then added in naturalistic performances and their lo-fi..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Smurfs

Line up for your innoculations: We've been Smurfed.

"...uttered multiple times surely even things out.) Having directed Scooby-Doo and Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Gosnell is becoming something of..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tune In to Throwback Virtual Reading Sessions for Vintage TV Live

Scooby Doo, where are you? Online, in this new Vortex series

July 14, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...I knew the clients would be Jabberjaw, Boo-Boo Bear, Scooby-Doo, and Shaggy. Thank goodness I get my wish when..."

July 5, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Comics Worth Spending Money on

Three Chronicle writers recommend 14 current comics, from standard superhero fare to funny-animal satire to slice-of-life drama.

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Heretic

Hugh Grant embraces horror

"...the POV of a torch”) but was a charmless Scooby-Doo rehash, while “Adam Driver versus dinosaurs” sounded like a..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blackwater Lane

Gothic whodunnit's red herrings just stink

June 21, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Writer Drew Pearce Rides a Trojan Horse Into The Fall Guy

How Saturday afternoons and Alex Garland affected the remake

"...the 2000s, like Starsky & Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, and Scooby-Doo – movies that were almost embarrassed by their love..."

May 9, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Thor: Love and Thunder

The Slayer of Thanos becomes a lovesick clown in this mirthless sequel

"...name of his ex, Jane Foster, in this weird Scooby-Doo fashion, with a mush-mouthed rising inflection...."

July 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tom and Jerry

Your favorite cat and mouse duo are back and in NYC

"...but at parents who grew up on the 2000 Scooby-Doo, and will get something from the meandering plot about..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Wolf of Snow Hollow

Unconventional werewolf story turns the beast on its head

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Shortcut

Mangled Italian creature feature should be even shorter

"...all the subtlety of a particularly lame episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost Team

A group of losers stumble onto paranormal activity

"...Ross (Long), Victoria (Sedaris), and Ellie (Diaz). The makeshift Scooby-Doo team piles into a van to hunt some ghosts..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Unfriended

Social media strikes back in this grisly teen horror

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Kids Go to Hell

This Texas-made high school comedy that's based on a comic book mixes elements of The Breakfast Club with Scoobie Doo with uneven results.

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner

The Adventures of Tintin

Steven Spielberg brings Hergé's comic books to animated life.

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

It may be a family-friendly trifle, but it's nevertheless a silly, if guilty, pleasure to watch.

"...Gosnell has a golden touch with all-ages cinema (the Scooby-Doo franchise and Yours, Mine & Ours) that makes Beverly..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Margaret Moser

Yours, Mine & Ours

This supersized family comedy makes The Brady Bunch look like an example of prudent family planning and sophisticated humor.

"...Director Gosnell, who directed Big Momma’s House and both Scooby-Doo movies, regrettably did better work in those films. Too..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

White Noise

That droning sound you hear is White Noise.

"...The film moves from romantic, Ghost-like ennui to overt Scooby-Dooisms about midway through, right about the time three shadowy..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Timeline

Time-traveling archeologists can't make the time pass quickly enough.

"...Johnston written more than 600 years before! It’s a Scooby-Doo moment of the highest pedigree, and in short order..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants

Gives you more of what you want when what you had is all gone. Trivially speaking, that is.

July 13, 2001 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Josie and the Pussycats

It's far more subversive than the Seventies Hanna-Barbera cartoon on which it's based.

"...the wholesome world of Archie Comics and a minor-league Scooby-Doo. Still, it was probably the first instance of overt..."

April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

"The Flintstones saved me." Belinda Acosta looks at the legacy of William Hanna, who died last week at the age of 90.

"...Wally Gator, Josie and the Pussycats, Jonny Quest, and Scooby-Doo, all favorites from the hundreds of cartoons created by..."

March 30, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Rugrats Movie

The babies' first theatrical adventure is nonstop, but padded with lots of pop tunes.

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...Cruise had been cast as Shaggy in a live-action Scooby-Doo movie. He told us the sorts of things we..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Record reviews Reissues

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

A Totally Killer Time With Nahnatchka Khan

Director of the new horror comedy on time travel and more

Oct. 9, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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