FF2012: Day One of Fantastic Arcade

It's all about money, stories, and nerds.

"...at the HighBall was unofficial local developer day with Stoic showing off the beauty of The Banner Saga and..."

Sept. 20, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Welcome back, Mister Wick!

"...that positively bleeds, bruises, and blows holes in its stoic antihero even as the odds consistently favor his imminent..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

On the Basis of Sex

RBG biopic focuses on a single case, but blurs the details

"...manner paints a Marty that is more ineffectual than stoic, and the chemistry between them is pretty middle-of-the-road...."

Jan. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Viper Club

Susan Sarandon and the murky world of paying kidnappers

"...Nevertheless, Sarandon’s performance as Helen is a model of stoic rectitude. When the FBI and the CIA warn her..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First Reformed

Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke burn in the divine for this meditation on faith.

"...clockwork pace which, like Hawke’s mesmerizing performance, is austere, stoic, and ultimately self-destructive. It’s a glorious piece of filmmaking,..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Max

After sufferiong trauma in Afghanistan, a heroic dog is sent stateside

"...he is taken in by Kyle’s family, consisting of stoic ex-Marine Ray (Haden Church), his wife Pamela (Graham, wasted..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Slow West

A whimsical and wistful fable follows a young romantic and a hard-nosed realist out West

"...in pursuit of working-class crush Rose (Pistorius). As the stoic stranger Silas (Fassbender) describes in voiceover, young Jay is..."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

ParaNorman

The animation outfit behind Coraline scores another one for the dark side with this endearingly sweet and spooky ode to the supernatural.

"...of the major studios’ animated output these days. Norman's stoic, monster-movie geekery is spot-on, and elder "monster kids" who..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Way Back

In this film set in 1940 and directed by Peter Weir, seven multinational prisoners in a Siberian labor camp escape and walk 4,000 miles to safety in India.

"...Siberian gulags circa 1941, pretty much defines the story's stoic tone. Looking ever more the progeny of granite and..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Leaves of Grass

Edward Norton plays dual roles as twin brothers from Oklahoma in this off-kilter mash-up of comedy and drama that co-stars Susan Sarandon and Richard Dreyfuss.

"...and Brady Kincaid. Bill is a something of a stoic rationalist, a classics professor at Brown University, where the..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

A kidnapping caper with only three characters and one basic location, this masterful British film ratchets up the suspense to mind-frying proportions.

"...with menace and supercharged with the sort of gritty, stoic unease that used to be something of a British..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

North Face

Based on real-life events of July 1936 in the Swiss Alps, this German film is a gripping and epic account of men vs. mountain vs. other men.

"...highly personalized ritual pastime, a contest of wills between stoic, individual climbers and solitary, treacherous peaks. Today, you have..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Book of Eli

In a post-apocalyptic time, Denzel Washington is the lone man who carries the world's last remaining Bible.

"...James Bibles from the physical plane. The enigmatic Eli, stoic as a monk and with much in common with..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Earth Days

Directed with a flawless eye and judicious craft, this documentary is an informative and nonpolemic look at the birth of the modern environmental movement.

"...were noticeably amiss, Earth Days is a wise and stoic counterpoint to, say, Michael Moore's more incendiary, gallows-humoresques. Stone..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Max Payne

Film version of the popular video game stars Mark Wahlberg … unfortunately.

"...have time to exit his mouth. He's so bleakly stoic in his characterization that he ends up trapping inside..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

12:08 East of Bucharest

Using a conversation about history, three men, and a talk show, this Romanian comedy and Cannes Camera d’Or winner achieves surprising levels of underplayed wit and pathos. AFS@Dobie

"...isolated moves, the camera remains primarily still, resulting in stoic action in panoramic shots. Great subtle comedy is mined..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Underdog

A mad scientist's experiments provide a beagle with superpowers and the ability to speak in this children's comedy based on an old cartoon.

"...who has been green-screened with a swirling cape and stoic expression. The dog, Shoeshine, escapes the animal-testing experiments of..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Jet Li's Fearless

Jet Li's final martial-arts epic is fittingly peripatetic, finding the Hong Kong superstar ricocheting across the screen from action set-piece to emotional overload and back again.

"...Fearless, at the height of his sorrows, Huo Yuan-Jia's epicure-to-stoic character arc is downright moving. But as John Woo..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Deep End

"...with perfect posture. Here, she's just as distant and stoic, but she's got good reason: She's a mother, for..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Genghis Blues

"...of until then. Genghis Blues follows Peña to windswept, stoic Tuva and chronicles these absolutely remarkable men and the..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Random Hearts

"...the truth is Dutch's raison d'être alone. The ruggedly stoic Ford and a chilly, quiet Scott Thomas play their..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Is My Father

"...friendship with a forward-thinking young village flirt. And Caan, stoic though he may be (it's still difficult to shake..."

June 18, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

October Sky

"...is thoroughly believable, this hardshelled rural traditionalist with a stoic façade. There's nothing remotely “bad” about October Sky --..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Smoke Signals

This voyage of discovery based on Sherman Alexie's novel tells a story about friendship and father-and-son knots among Couer d'Alene Indians, a tale that resonates on the reservation and off.

"...the present: News of Arnold's death arrives, and a stoic, handsome Victor decides to drive to his father's final..."

July 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hana-Bi (Fireworks)

"...with converging crises in the lives of a tough, stoic ex-cop named Nishi (Kitano, who looks sort of like..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Ulee's Gold

"...Stoic, insular Ulee is a guy we've all met, and..."

June 27, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Low Life

"...Life. Perhaps it's the presence of Cochrane as the stoic John Martin, and aspiring writer, who keeps an emotional..."

May 17, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Last Hero in China

"...-- this time to poke fun at his own stoic performances as Wong in Hark's epics. The plot is..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Temptation of a Monk

"...Cop and What Price, Survival?) stars as Shi, a stoic warrior who, after being betrayed by an ambitious government..."

July 21, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Dolores Claiborne

"...occasionally clichéd -- adaptation of King's tale of a stoic Maine washerwoman accused for the second time in 20..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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