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Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Regret to Inform
Sonneborn has captured the horror of the Vietnam conflict from an angle as yet unexplored, that of the women left behind. Sonneborn travels to the place of her husband's death in Vietnam with a film crew to retrace his final days.
"...Sanh, was dead. Twenty-five years after her life was shattered by an armed conflict never even fully recognized as..."
Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
I Love You, I Love You Not
"...grant-funded charge to edify, this Anne Frank-inspired story of shattered innocence is artistically handicapped from the word go. The..."
April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Only the Brave
"...but with jagged edges, like the shards of a shattered stained glass window. And like the window, the film..."
May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires
London
"...Accordingly, we're treated to shots of IRA shell craters, shattered husks of council flats, muck and sewage floating inches..."
Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Color of Night
"...last summer) is a high-priced New York behaviorist who, shattered by the suicide of a patient and his perceived..."
Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Cement Garden
"...the overall tone, from the house itself -- a shattered stone and stucco monstrosity seemingly resting abandoned atop a..."
May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Bitter Moon
"...(Polanski's real-life wife) pouting sex bomb to Coyote's leering, shattered hack. It's a grim, resonant (and rather longish, at..."
May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Star Time
"...Sam Bones (Ryan) who redirects the course of Henry's shattered life by turning him into a baby-faced axe murderer...."
May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Out On a Limb
"...all they're worth, the performances are lackluster, continuity is shattered at a few points and the tone is a..."
Sept. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Boyz N the Hood
Singleton's 1991 movie about three black boys growing to manhood in the combat zones of L.A.'s South Central remains a searing cultural indictment.
"...men tryng their best to stay alive amidst the shattered landscape of South Central Los Angeles. Split into two..."
July 19, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Media Watch: Libel Suits Ain't Pretty
Suit against KVUE alleges story defamed local modeling and acting school owner
"...alleges that a report last November labeled "Modeling Dreams Shattered," reported by Olga Campos, defamed the owner of a..."
June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass
Where The Devil Roams
Diabolical art horror rides into a Great Depression carnie hell
"...exception. In their earlier films, those nuclear unities are shattered from within and without, but they have never been..."
Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Coming Home in the Dark
Brutal New Zealand revenge drama asks if monsters are made or just accidents
"...ensure that their plans are derailed beyond any repair, shattered, but it's not just physical. The violence is calmly..."
Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Letters at 3AM: So Big Deal, Hemingway
Will Huck Finn be a valuable and immortal American archetype in the future?
"...depression if you don't know how World War I shattered a civilization's zeitgeist. Even if you do, now we've..."
July 25, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura
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The Star Maker
"...desperation associated with post-war village life. -- Stephany Baskin Shattered Steel Interplay PC CD-ROM..."
Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature
The Girl With the Needle
Psychological horror based on real events is set at an adoption agency in 1919 Denmark
"...has been drenched in enough blood and heartache, with shattered veterans and starving babies a fact of life. It’s..."
Jan. 31, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Blitz
Steve McQueen's history of the London air raids misses the target
"...to move to the UK and help rebuild its shattered post-war economy. It was a time of diversification, integration,..."
Nov. 8, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Crumb Catcher
A couple's honeymoon gets derailed by a creepy uninvited guest
"...his baggage about his family (as expressed in a shattered relationship with his father that is constantly alluded to),..."
July 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The First Omen
Gruesome gynohorror prequel to 1976’s satanic masterpiece The Omen
"...It’s a standout moment for Free, who brings a shattered complexity to Margaret...."
April 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Blue Beetle
Latest DCEU flick can't cram the Chicane experience into superhero duds
"...to America. It’s a moving moment until it is shattered by tacky, invasive CGI imagery that changes and cheapens..."
Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez
The Old Way
Nic Cage saddles up for a Western with a surprise in its saddlebags
"...town mercantile. Of course, this picture of happiness is shattered when a charming outlaw (1883's Le Gros) and his..."
Jan. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
A daughter recalls growing up with a punk icon mum
"...arty distance and Bryan Ferry’s arch lounge-lizard persona. Styrene shattered both her mixed race origins and the beauty process,..."
Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Tim Stegall
Blue Bayou
Ambitious drama explores heavy themes of fractured families and deportation
"...on the way with Kathy (Vikander), but all is shattered when a grocery store skirmish leads to the threat..."
Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf
Demonic
Neill Blomkamp takes us head first, straight to Hell
"...as she calls her, Angela. The maternal bonds were shattered decades ago when Mommy-not-so-dearest was confined to a mental..."
Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Raya and the Last Dragon
Disney's new Southeast Asian fantasy is a landmark, but loses its way
"...is on a search for a legend, and the shattered remnants of a magical stone that contains the magic..."
March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Hunter Hunter
Is that a wolf’s howl, or something worse?
"...moment, a miniscule drop in the face of Cochrane's shattered Ranger. It is a moment of realization that makes..."
Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Beautiful Something Left Behind
The hard path to healing when kids suffer a death in the family
"...Good Grief community, a Morristown, N.J. group that helps shattered pre-teens work through their emotions – incomprehension, rage, depression,..."
Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Promising Young Woman
Unevenness sabotages this takedown of "nice guy" culture
"...cut this deep, but the heavy weight is nearly shattered by Fennell’s stubborn determination to give Promising Young Woman..."
Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf
Come Away
Maudlin melding of Peter Pan and Alice is a misreading of both
"...dies in a freak accident, it leaves the family shattered, and Alice (Chansa) and Peter (Nash) retreating deeper into..."
Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
