The Return of the Champ

Mick Foley swaps the wrestling ring for spoken word

"...a former WWE world champion. He's also a respected stand-up storyteller, a multiple New York Times bestseller list author,..."

July 12, 2014 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

About Last Night

Sexual perversity is released with gleeful abandon in this second film outing for Mamet's 40-year-old play.

"...Mamet’s 1974 play Sexual Perversity in Chicago – sanded down in 1986 as About Last Night … – moves..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Ups and Downs of Comedy

Hanging with the stand-ups for a look into the life

"...than we knew (though that's unlikely) before we sat down with four local stand-ups to ask what it's like..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fast & Furious

This third franchise sequel doesn't have as much smarts as speed, but it's still an uncomplicated, undemanding lark.

"...Brian (Walker), an undercover cop who meant to bring down Toretto's smuggling ring but instead fell in love with..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Waitress

Despite a storyline that involves an unplanned pregnancy, various affairs, spousal abuse, maternal ambivalence, and food-service employment, Waitress is an optimistic comedy about getting past your mistakes and making the best of life.

"...business as Jenna, a fiercely pragmatic diner waitress ground down by an oafish husband (Sisto) and saddled with morning..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Intimacy

"...of the most desperately bleak love stories to come down the pike in some time; it's slightly less romantic..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Soccer Watch

"...clubs and perhaps the league. And that’s where we stand at press time; more next week...."

April 10, 2020 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Making Tragedy Funny Again at Moontower Comedy

Stand-ups pull punch lines out of personal traumas

"...windows into the damaged psyches of our country's best stand-ups. For them to heal, we have to laugh. www.moontowercomedyfestival.com..."

April 21, 2017 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

Nine Lives

Kevin Spacey gets trapped inside the body of his family's cat

"...of a fussy feline called “Mister Fuzzypants” is, paws down, the year’s worst film, and we still have over..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

99 Homes

Orlando real-estate drama is a microcosm of the U.S. financial crisis

"...co-writer Bahrani (Man Push Cart, Goodbye Solo) wisely winnows down the story’s potentially epic scope to focus on two..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Loft

Five married men share a penthouse loft in which an unidentified woman turns up dead.

"...temptation and tension, this slickly shot shout-fest gets bogged down in flashbacks, alibis, motives, double-crosses, drugs, druggings, political blackmail,..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Obvious Child

Jenny Slate stars as a standup comic in this indie film about abortion that comes snuggled in the broad strokes of a quirky comedy.

"...At the start of the film, a struggling Brooklyn stand-up comic named Donna (Slate) takes the stage to deliver..."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Frances Ha

There's a tour de force performance by Greta Gerwig and no small amount of magic in this winning movie by Noah Baumbach about a generation in flux.

"...in contradictions. A modern dancer whose career is winding down before it ever really got going, Frances is gorgeous..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

One Night With the King

Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night-stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther.

"...makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

East of Hope Street

"...around Script Street and, as a result, wanders aimlessly down blind alleys in search of … well, that's a..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Habit

"...cinematographer for Frank DeMarco.) Writer-director Fessenden plays Sam, a down-on-his-luck barkeep with a rapidly worsening drinking problem of his..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Telling Lies in America

"...No longer can we say, for example, “I can't stand to be in the same room with that guy;..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Nutty Professor

"...may be forever, and he's large enough to provide stand-up comics with enough fat jokes for days. When a..."

June 28, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Addiction

"...New York, Bad Lieutenant) are not meant to go down easily, and The Addiction is surely his most uncompromising..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Master of the Flying Guillotine

"...basket, and tries to teach his students how to stand upside down on a ceiling. This, of course, is..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Chasers

"...(Eleniak) from Marine jail to Navy jail. It's your standard road movie (picturesque locales, events include: escape attempt, car..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

"...no more than an extended take on Wright's taciturn stand-up routine, the film works by sheer virtue of its..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Crying Game

"...Man Loves A Woman” to the closing strains of “Stand By Your Man” you're aware (though never to distraction)..."

Dec. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Dream

"...half a year, the strike was, in effect, shut down when Hormel announced that the plant had achieved a..."

May 15, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thelma & Louise

"...stores, resisting arrest, blowing things up and knocking things down. Just the day before they had been regular ol'..."

May 24, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Breakdown

"...Mostow. Starring: Kurt Russell, J.t. Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan. Breakdown further illustrates the axiom that every truly original movie..."

May 2, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Luv Doc: An Established Tradition

It's really hard to stab someone to death with an icicle

"...just realized I haven't told my wife's parents to stand down. I don't hate them or anything, but they..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Column

The Luv Doc: Constant Correction

You can surely do better than 20/20

"...that mark on the regular, so it's easy to understand her concern about you dragging down the team average...."

Nov. 1, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Tag

Ridiculous true story of childhood retained makes for ridiculous fun

"...After a decade of directing sitcoms, sketch comedy, and stand-up specials, first-time narrative feature director Tomsic appreciates tag the..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Patti Cake$

A hip-hop star is born in New Jersey

"...aka Dumbo – and the knowingly shot streets of broken-down Jersey where the New York City skyline, so close..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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