The Inventor

The life of Leonardo da Vinci recounted in charming stop motion

"...animation attracts obsessives. Its methodical demands seem suited for the singular mind, and since (unless you're called Del Toro..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: Not for the Gun-Shy

Tracing the origins of the Gatling gun

"...It seems like the American inspirational parable. A farm boy follows his dreams..."

Feb. 14, 2011 Books Post by Mike Crissey

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Benedict Cumberbatch as the artist who invented the modern cat

"...If there's a defining trait to the classic British romance, it's..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Strangers: Prey at Night

Home invasion classic becomes a franchise.

"...The creepily masked “strangers” of the 2008 original reignite their..."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Scope of Evil

"...Despite my deep loathing for the forces of Evil, I consider Tom Brady the best..."

Sept. 10, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

The Wind Rises (English dubbed)

The swan song of master animator Hayao Miyazaki appeals to the head and heart.

"...When Hayao Miyazaki announced, in 2013, that The Wind Rises would be his final film, fans of..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

This new animated comedy is a brilliantly conceived and executed bit of Brit wit, perfect for both kids and their parents and anyone even remotely interested in laughing themselves silly.

"...Directed by: Nick Park and Steve Box. Enough with the CGI animation, Disney, DreamWorks, et al.: Between Tim Burton’s..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chairman of the Board

"...comedian Carrot Top stars in this comedy about an inventor who saves his company from the big-business barracudas. The..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Teen Inventor Honored for His "FireBot"

Search and rescue robot helps firefighters navigate burning buildings remotely

"...The inspiration for FireBot came to Siddharth Thakur four years..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Guilt Trip

Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen are a mother and son on a road trip but the humor's mostly on autopilot.

"...premise, with everything else following in a predictable way. Inventor Andy Brewster (Rogen) is about to start on a..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Louis Black

Savior of the Soul 'ninety-Two

"...as Lai and Yuen's original, this updated version/sequel/whatnot forsakes the gore and martial arts set pieces in favor of..."

Jan. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tito and the Birds

Brazilian animation goes for the throat of Late Capitalism

"...enhancement, it creates a world just a hair over the brink of insanity from where we currently live: The..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Australia's Lost Gold: The Legend of Lasseter

One man; one mystery; two latter-day explorers; no gold

"...So here's the story: Around the turn of the 20th century, Harold..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Jem and the Holograms

The Eighties animated series is resurrected as live action

"...Grrl power is illusory at best in the one-dimensional Jem and the Holograms, yet another manufactured showbiz..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Land of the Lost

Will Ferrell's remake of the beloved Sid and Marty Krofft TV show lacks virtually everything that made the original series so memorable.

"...John Boylan. Let's get one thing straight right off the obelisk: I have been and shall always be a..."

June 5, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

Choosing a Veep; and The Deliberate Deceit of Drug Ads

"...The nation's political pundits have spent weeks trying to tell..."

March 14, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Around the World in 80 Days

Jackie Chan finally emerges as plausible English-language star in this international romp that's as light as a hot-air balloon.

"...Ewan Bremner and Karen Mok. To say that Around the World in 80 Days is so much better than..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Slingshot

"...share of troubles growing up in 1920s Stockholm. His father's a socialist and his mother's a Jew and young..."

Aug. 19, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Speed Racer Show

"...Directed by: Various. “Go, Speed, Go.” That refrain, whether in the theme song or in the script, were..."

Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Until the End of the World

Chopped to ribbons by the American distributor upon its initial release, Wenders’ sprawling Odyssean epic is only now seen in its true form, in a positively Homeric 295 minute version.

"...Moreau. What starts out promisingly enough continues considerably beyond the end of the world and wears out even the..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The AggreGAYtor: December 17

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...keeps it classy, and Frank Ocean considers throwing in the towel. In the meadow we can build a snowman,..."

Dec. 17, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

The engineering secrets of a Hollywood great

"...Hedy Lamarr opens this long-overdue cinematic biographical documentary of the perennially underestimated actress. When "underrated" is applied to a..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography

Errol Morris' latest doc profiles Boston photographer

"...portraits. But because this is an Errol Morris film, The B-Side is about many other things as well, not..."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

"...it as anything else and you'll wish you'd rented The Bicycle Thief instead. For all two of you that..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transformers: The Last Knight

Stick meet dead horse

"...becomes officially “James Cameron-Lite” with this fifth installment in the painfully self-perpetuating Paramount/Hasbro summer franchise that, at nearly two-and-a-half..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hammer of the Gods

Scandinavia brings the lobster tail to SXSW 07

"...The Romans and Greeks were the first to write about..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Fun for kids and grownups.

"...decade since animators Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo debuted the hyper-imaginative Rugrats tots on the Nickelodeon cable station, and..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The World Is Not Enough

"...Denise Richards, Robert Carlyle, Sophie Marceau and Pierce Brosnan. The World Is Not Enough … but two hours is..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Holiday Viewing: The Thin Man

A merry, blotto Christmas (mind the dead body in the bedroom)

"...“I was leaning against the bar in a speakeasy on Fifty-second Street, waiting for..."

Dec. 25, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Great Lo-Fi Hope

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti brings out the alts

"...solo a few years ago, it was delightfully awkward, the perfect reflection of his music at the time. He..."

Aug. 4, 2010 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

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