Spawn

"...there anything Todd McFarlane can't do? Since introducing his Spawn comic book character in 1992, McFarlane's nightmarish superhero from..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

State Budget Wars Spawn Tiff Over TIF

The Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund -- and the have-nots it supports -- fights to avoid an early death by budget ax.

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II is the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since his Pan's Labyrinth netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.

"...Hellboy film outing finds the stogie-chompin', pussycat-lovin', Tecate-swillin' hell spawn defending an unsympathetic-as-ever mankind from the underworldly evils of..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Charlie Bartlett

If Ferris Bueller and Max Fischer of Rushmore joined together and had a child, their spawn would most certainly turn out something like Charlie Bartlett.

"...Rushmore alum) joined together and had a child, their spawn would most certainly turn out something like this movie’s..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Black Sheep

It's smart; it's silly; it's shear terror, as the ruminants develop a taste for human flesh.

"...the carnivorous "woolites" running riot here are pure hell spawn, and they gnaw, rend, and "baa-aaa" their way through..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

Catholic school boys and comics.

"...Nunzilla and her minions. The animation by Todd McFarlane (Spawn) in this portion of the film is a little..."

June 21, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

House on Haunted Hill

"...tactics, Malone tosses wandering lunatics, mad doctors, and hell's spawn into the mix right off the bat, which then..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rendezvous in Paris

"...unknowns are pleasant company, and their amusingly complex relationships spawn even more convoluted discussions about the inscrutable nature of..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Bebe's Kids

"...Directed by: Bruce Smith. Bebe's Kids are the spawn of comedian Robin Harris' fertile imagination. They're miscreant little..."

Aug. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Hyperbolic Acid

Enhancing the emotional impact of an otherwise unremarkable set of facts

"...Luv Doc, I think my co-worker might be the spawn of Satan. She is such a huge bitch. She..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

A Comic-Book Sidekick of Your Very Own?

Without ever having to wear a single bit of Spandex

"...already have enough of the damned things? Zuern: Uh, Spawn #1? But that's not even true – because it..."

July 5, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

After a Fashion

Your Cougar Avatar schools the young

"...with SUVs operated entirely by MILFs picking up their spawn ... and maybe even someone else's spawn, if you..."

April 30, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Big Films of Summer: Picking the Winners

"...Spawn FACE/OFF: Directed by John Woo. Starring Cage & Travolta...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature

Poser

Arthouse Single White Female is more form than concept

"...is inadvertent: That recognition of Columbus as just another spawn of the ur-scene may raise a chortle about how..."

July 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

John and the Hole

Psychodrama from the bottom of a very literal pit of despair

"...frustrations outweigh its insight into the forces that can spawn a monster...."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

To The Lighthouse With Director Robert Eggers

On superstition, isolation, and trained seagulls

"...little direction about how to polish a lens can spawn a scene. Or misreading a line can spawn a..."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ne Zha

Chinese animated legend tells a recognizable story with gusto

"...Lord of Heaven with raising Nezha (Yanting), the magical spawn of a heavenly pearl. Unfortunately, he's only half of..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

We the Animals

Growing up dysfunctional in this literary adaptation

"...coming of age in 1980s upstate New York, the spawn of working-class parents who have two settings in their..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Kin

Gritty sci-fi road trip has teen appeal

"...are floated. Kin appears as though it aims to spawn...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Krampus

This horror-comedy brings a demon to the holiday gathering

"...that recalls the toothy critters from 1983’s The Deadly Spawn, are all products of Weta’s famed creature workshop. Dougherty,..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Devil's Due

She's having an unholy baby - but isn't that every pregnant woman's fear? The only new ingredient in this horror setup is the found-footage element.

"...Roman Polanski’s infinitely superior Rosemary’s Baby, the titular unholy spawn doesn’t technically arrive until the end of Devil’s Due...."

Jan. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Insidious: Chapter 2

All the same gang's back for this follow-up to the hit spooker.

"...a craggy, Charles Addams-esque manse. Three: Never have children. Spawn more than one and the next thing you know..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Shadows

Sometimes it might be best to let sleeping vampires lie.

"...are more coy, like the command performance by Satan’s spawn, Alice Cooper, and the clever use of other popular..."

May 11, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Wolverine is a noisy mess, full of Hugh Jackman's seriously killer snarl but utterly devoid of the borderline-subversive smarts that made Bryan Singer's X-Men films so resonant.

"...the big screen with their dark integrity relatively intact. (Spawn, on the other claw, made the case that even..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hannah Montana: The Movie

"Pop it, lock it, polka dot it," sings Miley, while also learning worthy messages about responsibility to family, community, and Mother Earth.

"...portrayed by Miley Cyrus, an apple-cheeked actress, singer, and spawn of the formerly mulleted "Achy Breaky" Billy Ray Cyrus,..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Eragon

Dear George Lucas … It's bad enough that you've cloaked your true identity behind that of the 15-year-old bestselling novelist Christopher Paolini, but did you have to remake Episode IV all over again? With friggin' dragons?!

"...Man Skywalker: Your legacy is safe and continues to spawn new and ever more clever permutations on fan sites..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Palindromes

Nominally the story of a 13-year-old girl who longs for a baby, Todd Solondz's latest is provocative, wicked, even bleakly funny, and ultimately empty.

"...and Masur) who possess little genuine interest in their spawn; and, of course, there’s a commune of differently abled,..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Constantine

Adapted from Alan Moore’s groundbreaking DC/Vertigo comic title, Constantine is sure to divide the series’ most rabid fans, but those who can set aside their preconceptions will discover one of the more artfully designed comic-based films in some time.

"...in the air, though, and as more and more Hell-spawn begin to make incursions onto the Earthly plane, Constantine..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alien Vs. Predator

An asinine grudge match between two of the most memorable Eighties-era screen bugaboos

"...predators go on a hunt after breeding some alien spawn from a queen alien they keep on ice for..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Before Sunset

Linklater summons up an affair to remember.

"...that Before Sunrise is the least-successful film ever to spawn a sequel. But conceding to conventional logic has rarely..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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