Rio 2

The animated blue macaw family takes a trip back to the Amazon.

"...Nigel (Clement), returning from the original film, leads a smash-up-clever evil trio that includes a tap-dancing anteater and Gabi,..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

SXSW Film Review: 'Born to Fly'

Dancers soar, slam, and crash to stunning effect in bio-doc

"...shame Hollywood's beefcake pretenders to the title. They routinely smash into Plexiglass panels, dive through panes of glass, dodge..."

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Robert Faires

The Heat

In his follow-up to Bridesmaids, Paul Feig re-employs Melissa McCarthy and teams her with Sandra Bullock for a comedy about a mismatched law-enforcement duo.

"...star Melissa McCarthy for his follow-up to their 2011 smash Bridesmaids: She’s the best thing in this amiable but..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Odd Sports Indoctrination

Wife carrying, bed racing, chess boxing, and more

"...on land by inclement weather – began trying to smash each other's nuts. If you're done giggling, I'll proceed...."

March 6, 2013 Sports Post by Carly Yansak

DVD Watch: When Horror Came to Shochiku

Criterion box set restores a lost corner of J-horror

"...of hedgefunds and fraud, which became a $10 million smash on VOD. Read our review here...."

Dec. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: November 13

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...be playing the role of “Liza Minelli” on TV’s “Smash.”..."

Nov. 13, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

It Begins! SXSW Announces First Bands

Plus application date extended, and Hurricane Sandy relief fund

"...fans rejoice, as the new-look Gallows (less punk, more smash) bring the carnage. There's some Fun Fun Fun friends..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: November 8

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Gay marriage is a “sham that will smash the foundations of society,” says a very dour man..."

Nov. 8, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Letters at 3AM: The Return of Our Angel

Marilyn Monroe has returned to us recently in various guises

"...Marilyn Monroe continues on Monday nights in NBC's series Smash, about the staging of a Broadway musical titled Marilyn...."

March 9, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: The Mob, 9/11, and Your Garbage

Don't look too closely at your garbage collection

"...a 10% kinda thing. If they steal more, I smash their knees. If you balk, I smash yours. If..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

The Adjustment Bureau

Based on a Philip K. Dick story, this multilayered romantic thriller stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.

"...will? And, most importantly, didn't Inception make a credible smash at the box office? Indeed it did, and so..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unstoppable

Denzel Washington stops a runaway train loaded with toxic cargo.

"...yakkety epilogue). There's been plenty written about what a smash-bang, seat-of-your-pants action film Unstoppable is, and those expectations brought..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get Him to the Greek

Jonah Hill and Russell Brand make a well-matched odd couple, and their path to Hollywood is littered with the excesses of drugs and rock & roll.

"...post-Memorial Day weekend as The Hangover, last summer’s (non-Apatow-affiliated) smash comedy, Get Him to the Greek is clearly betting..."

June 4, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paging Dr. Mario

Game Over Videogames' Classic Game Fest

"...to the turn of this century: Pong to Super Smash Bros. In between you have the aforementioned Joust, the..."

June 26, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

My Bloody Valentine 3D

This horror film is a full-on, old-school, gore-hound heaven – a supersaturated arterial goregasm with zero socially redeeming values for anyone other than first-year med students.

"...you've ever wanted to see a tiny motel owner smashed through her mandible and impaled on a ceiling by..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Politics Gift Guide

News staff suggestions for the wonks and smartasses on your list

"...a rock 'em, sock 'em council cage fight. Features smashable agenda items (pow!), breakaway budgets (whack!), and discussions of..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

If you're looking for escape, then the fourth installment in the beloved cliff-hanging archaeological-adventure franchise should fit the bill.

"...of your brow: 1975's Jaws was the first "must-see-and-see-again" smash that set the warm-weather moviegoing template for everything from..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Invisible

This thriller directed by David S. Goyer serves up teen angst with its supernatural thrills.

"...snitch who tipped the coppers to her late-night Tiffany's smash ’n' grab. A future candidate for Faster Pussycat, Kill!..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fan Club

Cavedweller's Dirk Michener relives a rite of passage.

"...holds forth on an album that inspired him: 1992's Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock. "I bought the..."

April 13, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Fun With Dick and Jane

The original version of this comedy was a little countercultural, a lot class-conscious, and a touch subversive; this remake is all farce when what is needed is satire.

"...Jane is co-writer Judd Apatow's follow-up to this summer’s smash comedy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, although it’s not likely his..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mail Order Wife

The premise of this gleefully jaundiced mockumentary is simple: A filmmaker pays the expenses of a Queens doorman buying a bride from Burma in exchange for the opportunity to film the proceedings.

"...If you’re familiar with Frat House, the 1998 festival smash documenting fraternity culture and its rituals, you’ll understand why..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

I Live My Broken Dreams

This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer

"...Van Zandt's "Pancho and Lefty." The song became a smash hit, resulting in something like financial security for the..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Shrek 2

Shrek reloaded: DreamWorks discovers that it's easy being green.

"...from the previous outing’s use of Top 40 popsters Smash Mouth and this time includes – I kid you..."

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hulk

"...Elliott, Josh Lucas, Paul Kersey and Cara Buono. Hulk smash good, Puny Human, but Nick Nolte just look smashed...."

June 20, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Punch-Drunk Love

Sandler plays a socially inept, outwardly calm warehouse worker who harbors a maelstrom of rage.

"...utter the line, “I feel like I want to smash your face with a hammer” as a midcoital sweet..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jason X

Although the serial killer Jason has been cryogenically frozen at the start of this 10th outing, the hockey-masked one ends up defrosting on a spaceship in the year 2455.

"...made me want to disembowel, decapitate, skewer, stab, spear, smash, slice, and mutilate people. (pausing) Which is essentially what..."

May 3, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Y Tu Mamá También

Boys, filled with testoterone and joints, will be boys.

"...and, finally, inevitably, both boys at once. A box-office smash back home in Mexico, Y Tu Mamá También created..."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Adapted for film from the off-Broadway musical hit, this movie is a rousing screen spectacle about a surgically botched transsexual from East Germany (played charismatically by John Cameron Mitchell, the show's creator and film director).

"...whole and looking for her personal dividing wall to smash into ruin. Unfortunately, the character's dramatic odyssey is rarely..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chopper

Story of legendary Australian renegade and dreamer.

"...apparently close enough to have made the film a smash in not only its native country but elsewhere as..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species

"...store grabbed an Aibo robot dog and proceeded to smash it to smithereens. No explanation was given for this..."

May 25, 2001 Books Review by Sidney Moody

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