The Promotion

Forgettably bland, this comic film features Seann William Scott and John C. Reilly vying for the same job promotion.

"...Bellows, Bobby Cannavale and Rick Gonzalez. In honor of the release of their new film The Promotion, and in..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Everyone's Hero

Everyone's Hero displays its heart firmly on its sleeve as the pedestrian animation celebrates the pursuit of one's dreams.

"...feels like it arrived in a time machine from the distant past when G-rated children's movies got their message..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Rumble in the Bronx

This fast-paced, funny film served as America's introduction to Jackie Chan and the hyperactive world of Hong Kong action filmmaking.

"...Francoise Yip, Anita Mui and Bill Tung. One of the all-time highest-grossing films in its native Hong Kong, the..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Last Action Hero

Overflowing with stunts, one-liners, and cameos, this would-be blockbuster overflows with unfulfilled potential.

"...to everybody rarely, if ever, works, and Last Action Hero is a textbook case in point. Borrowing heavily from..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Mister Rogers reminds us once again that we are loved

"...Directed by: Marielle Heller. Starring: Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper and Tammy Blanchard...."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Gary Floater: A Hero Never Learns

Owen Temple lookalike pretends not to care but does, no joke

"...February’s International Folk Alliance in Kansas City. He performed “The River Flows,” out today on his new album Who..."

April 1, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The Armstrong Lie

What's a filmmaker to do with all the footage shot during Lance Armstrong's inspirational bicycling comeback in 2009 but reshape it into a documentary about a sports hero who couldn't stop lying?

"...People think that their inner bullshit detectors are finely tuned instruments that protect..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Informant

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...join thousands of protesters in St. Paul, Minn., for the Republican National Convention. In the trailer behind them were..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

Wrangler Dane Krager Named to Al Lucas Hero Team

"...honor of deceased Los Angeles Avenger lineman Al Lucas, the Al Lucas Hero Award is presented to the Arena..."

July 17, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Wonderfully fun, albeit markedly chaotic and incoherent, Buckaroo Banzai is one of those movies that has earned a strong cult reputation on the basis of its mile-a-minute cross-cultural references and pseudoscientific mumbo jumbo.

"...movies that has earned a strong cult reputation on the basis of its mile-a-minute cross-cultural references and pseudoscientific mumbo..."

Nov. 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantasia Review: Cult Hero

Silly Canadian comedy-horror gets the biggest laughs from its smarts

"...If there isn't a show called Cult Buster, there maybe should..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Zero Theorem

This science-fiction romp from director Terry Gilliam explores a demented and surreal technological future.

"...Quixote, Gilliam’s film is about a lone, slightly mad hero's picaresque journey through a distorted reality that is inhabited..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Sundance Review: Prisoners of the Ghostland

Cage/Sono styles clash in underwhelming cowboy/ronin/gangster film

"...The Western and the samurai film have always locked step...."

Feb. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Banned Leader: The Contradiction of Frank Zappa in Zappa

Alex Winter sees the combative side of a cultural maverick

"...first Frank Zappa album. Unless you’re Alex Winter, and then he has an excuse. “I’m so flipping old,” he..."

Jan. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

Visually arresting tale of a high school gone to sea

"...To the Nineties kids who miss MTV’s Liquid Television, those of..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Ashley Moreno

Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

This film is a loving valentine to an unsung hero of the entertainment industry who's had an astonishing career.

"...Shep Gordon: The name may not ring a bell, but in old-school..."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Damage Before the Blue Ruin

Actor Macon Blair talks revenge and homelessness in the new thriller

"...old saying about an eye for an eye leaving the whole world blind? When noir revenge thriller Blue Ruin..."

April 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Croods

Animated cave dwellers are stealth charmers.

"...Stoopid title. Sweet movie. And not the crack-your-teeth, cloying kind of sweet: DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Station

This nimble movie about Tolstoy's last days stars Christopher Plummer as the author and Helen Mirren as his high-strung wife, Sofya.

"...undone many an ideologue, and Leo Tolstoy, one of the world’s great writers and thinkers, struggled with his own..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Stomp the Yard

Although littered with clichés and shopworn manipulations, this film's intervening dance sequences are so captivating that it’s almost possible to forget you’ve seen this movie a hundred times before.

"...Harry J. Lennix. Equal parts Footloose, Drumline, and 1,001 other movies about a poor kid from the wrong side..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Celestine Prophecy

The New Age metaphysics-cum-pulp thriller novel is now a movie.

"...Directed by: Armand Mastroianni. Starring: Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, Sarah Wayne Callies, Annabeth Gish, Hector..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Nautical nonsense from a highly absorbent animated hero.

"...Directed by: Stephen Hillenburg. Once again the title pretty much says it all. It's SpongeBob. It's..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Bourne Supremacy

Matt Damon is a superb action hero but he spends too much time alone in this sequel.

"...killing machine Jason Bourne (Damon) were a demonstrative man, then some Corleone-style grandstanding – "just when I thought I..."

July 23, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Self-Made Hero

"...as many people's best hope for a piece of the good life. In this distinctive, thought-provoking film, Jacques Audiard..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Monster

Begnini is mistaken for a sex criminal and murderer by the Italian cops. Hilarity ensues.

"...and Jean Claude Brialy. This is a reprint of The Austin Chronicle review that ran in March when this..."

June 21, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Substitute

"...Berenger, Ernie Hudson, Diane Venora, Glenn Plummer and William Forsythe. The Substitute can only hope to capitalize on the..."

April 26, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Legend of Zipang

"...Mami Yasuda and Mikijiro Taira. I can sum up The Legend of Zipang in a simple, one-syllable word: Fun...."

Sept. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Burnt by the Sun

"...Ingeborga Dapkounaite, Andre Oumansky and Viatcheslav Tikhonov. Set against the backdrop of the Russian countryside under Stalin's rule, this..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

"...would end up snuggled into blankets and pillows on the couch, fortified with Saltines and ginger ale, eagerly awaiting..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk II

"...This is a sequel that is occasionally superior to the original. Jet Li returns as Chinese folk hero Fong..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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