Terminator: Dark Fate

Sarah Connor and the T-800 remain the best components of SF franchise

"...make for ourselves" has been the refrain of the Terminator films since a deleted scene in the 1984 original,..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Terminator: Genisys

The Governator is back

"...action and emotion-laden pre-CGI spectaculars: the stone-cold classic The Terminator, 1986’s relentlessly dark Aliens, and 1989’s unfairly overlooked The..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Terminator Salvation

Despite a couple of good action sequences, Terminator Salvation is loud, talky, and entirely lacking any sort of soul or sense of good old summer-matinee fun.

"...much of a rabid fan of the first two Terminator films as I am, I have always been bewildered..."

May 22, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

"...Andrews and Kristanna Loken. In the 12 years since Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released both the sci-fi/action genre..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Building a Monster: How Gabriel Luna Became the New Terminator

Austin actor on creating "the Ted Bundy of Terminators"

"...Gabriel Luna has to fill the role of the Terminator - a part defined by Arnold Schwarzenegger...."

Nov. 2, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Terminator: The Musical at Fallout Theater

This is exactly the sort of loving parody of nuclear apocalypse and time-traveling AI everyone should experience at least once

"...We can now add to that list Breanna Bietz's Terminator: The Musical, originally written and staged in 2015 in..."

May 17, 2019 Arts Review by M. Brianna Stallings

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

This one hails from back in the day when James Cameron and ILM still had something to prove.

"...first film: it's now 1994 and this time, two Terminators have been sent back from A.D. 2029. One (Schwarzenegger)..."

July 5, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Terminator Travels 'From Dusk Till Dawn'

Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network brings back Robert Patrick

"...got some vampires to kill, why not get a terminator to do it? Robert Rodriguez's newest project, the El..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Terror Fest Review: Church of Misery, Primitive Man, Unearthly Trance, Terminator 2

Indoors at ATF proves horror as sound and sound as feeling

"...Of the evening’s indoor performances, Terminator 2 unraveled the most, reducing order into sheets of..."

June 8, 2019 Music Post by Rick Weaver

Is That a Shock in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Glad to See 'Terminator Salvation'?

The Galaxy Highland installs new "motion-enhanced" seats

"...a a premium price, of course) at screenings of Terminator Salvation. Not sure what exactly a customized immersive cinematic..."

May 12, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Terminator

May 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: Hanging in the House of Songs

The House of Songs, Hotel Vegas on tour, and Terminator Too: Judgment Play

"...a year I take my favorite bands on tour." Terminator Too: Judgment Play..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Maggie

Arnie goes zombie

"...he's wisely avoided leaving his comfort zones. So as Terminator: Genysis clogs up multiplexes, who would expect him to..."

July 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A.X.L

A boy and his electronic dog

"...of mileage out of the teenager-befriends-unstoppable-killing-machine narrative. Movies like Terminator 2: Judgement Day and The Iron Giant serve as..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Expendables 3

As action stars of yesteryear and tomorrow pop in and out, they demonstrate what expendable really means.

"...the individual parts when you add together Rocky, the Terminator, Indiana Jones, Mad Max, Blade, Zorro, Hercules, and the..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Quantum of Solace

It's grim, dark, and relentlessly violent – James Bond as Terminator rather than Templar – but it delivers the goods in bloody high style.

"...dark, and relentlessly violent film throughout; James Bond as Terminator rather than Templar – but it delivers the goods..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eagle Eye

Too bad it's autumn: With its frenetic car chases; near-erotic fascination with explosions, gadgets, and guns; and disposable storyline, Eagle Eye is the very definition of a summer blockbuster.

"...a world gone mad with surveillance and, like The Terminator trilogy, one where the machines have slipped their leashes..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Catch a Fire

Phillip Noyce explores the havoc and repercussions caused by white interlopers toward indigenous peoples in this straightforward account of real-life black South African activist Patrick Chamusso and the white Boer police agent, who hunts him.

"...police agent Nic Vos (Robbins), who hunts him with Terminator-like zeal. Of course, one man's freedom fighter is another..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Megiddo: The Omega Code Two

"...that the careers of once-great genre actors Biehn (The Terminator) and York (Logan's Run) have toppled into an abyss..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For Ever Mozart

"...to see it decide to go off and see Terminator 4 instead. Godard's film is an elegiac meditation about..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Solo

"...A Mexican-American co-production that combines elements of both The Terminator and Yojimbo, and then mixes them with Van Peebles'..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Virtuosity

"...narrative from everything from Escape From New York and Terminator 2 to Washington's own Ricochet. Sadly, there's not much..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Robotrix

"...has been variously described as "Charlie's Angels meets The Terminator" and "a Chinese Robocop invested with the spirit of..."

July 1, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love on Delivery

"...comic sequences, while managing to rib everything from The Terminator to Hong Kong's own testosterone-fueled kung fu pics. The..."

May 20, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Rain Without Thunder

"...Steve Zahn. The year is 2042 and the word “terminator” has taken on a new cultural meaning. Terminators are..."

March 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Conference Announces New Panels

Muslim-American journalist Noor Tagouri joins lineup

"...a movement and a producing powerhouse who co-parented a Terminator...."

Nov. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Jade Helm and Tinfoil Hats

Abbott, Cruz, Jade Helm, and the death of the sane GOP

"...The Republican far right has become like the Terminator. It can't be reasoned with. As shown by the..."

May 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Golden Globes were a big bust, but the new Terminator series opens an impressive can of whup-ass

"...watch. Sunday also marked the premiere of the long-awaited Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on Fox. This new series,..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Getting Dumped On?

Todd, Goodman Lead Charge for Davenport MUD

"...the city had the gall to include a so-called "terminator clause" in the proposed contract which said that, should..."

March 21, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

Respect

Bloated Aretha Franklin biopic lacks her glitz and power

"...the blockbuster cinematographer of Thor: The Dark World and Terminator Genisys, two films that look as flat and dull..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

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