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

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

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

The Founder

Michael Keaton supersizes McDonald's

"...he spies his next entrepreneurial opportunity at a burger stand run by the McDonald brothers. Kind-eyed Mac (Lynch) welcomes..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Denial

Holocaust courtroom drama parallels contemporary issues

"...stake is not to call actual survivors to the stand, but to give Irving just enough rope to hang..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Demon

This astute Polish ghost movie is an instant genre classic

"...Polish import Demon is, hands down, not only an instant genre classic but also an..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sisters

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler wistfully party like there's no tomorrow

"...untouched monuments to the Eighties, and stage a last stand to sabotage the home’s imminent sale: They’ll throw a..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sleepwalk With Me

In his directorial debut, Mike Birbiglia plays a struggling comic who begins sleepwalking shortly after he moves in with his longtime girlfriend.

"...marriage, Matt retreats to a hectic road schedule, doing stand-up in empty bars and hosting air-karaoke contests at college..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kill List

This British crime film is very dark, funny, and violent – and thoroughly unpredictable.

"...Writer/director Ben Wheatley followed up Down Terrace, his impressive feature filmmaking debut, with this second,..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Jim Carrey plays a man who inherits six penguins in this family film that finds the actor neither too manic nor mawkish.

"...there are going to be a half-dozen penguins sliding down the structure’s circular hallways, but the fun of seeing..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Flipped

Rob Reiner's best film in a decade is another coming-of-age story set in small-town America.

"...the same elements that defined his 1986 legacy work Stand by Me: a coming-of-age story steeped in small-town, midcentury..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Youth in Revolt

Teen angst is on the docket in this Michael Cera vehicle that's pleasant but never delivers on the revolt promised in the title.

"...imagine Cera, ever baby-faced and halting, jamming his tongue down a girl’s throat. Cera is fine here, and his..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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