The Transporter Refueled

The franchise soldiers on – sans Jason Statham

"...The gas gauge rests on empty in The Transporter Refueled,..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Transporter

"...Shu, François Berlé, Matt Schulze and Ric Young. Like the longest BMW featurette Guy Ritchie never made, this action..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Brothers Grimsby

Sacha Baron Cohen's spy comedy goes awry

"...years since Sacha Baron Cohen’s last starring role in The Dictator, but it feels like ages. Baron Cohen’s subversive..."

March 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Expendables 3

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

"...has-beens and fresher recruits populates this international action jamboree. The third entry in this franchise is as monotonous and..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Transporter 2

For all its gimmicky mayhem, Transporter 2 is an improvement over the original, completely setting aside such yawn-inducing cinematic standbys as a romantic interest and realism.

"...Starring: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Matthew Modine, Jason Flemyng, Keith David and François Berléand. While..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...Stacked in long rows and towering piles in the middle of a field southeast of Downtown are thousands..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Horror of Selling Out

Harry Knowles talks about the films that could have been

"...Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News has a theory. "The reason that people like John Carpenter and John..."

Jan. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Transporter 3

Jason Statham returns for the third venture in this action series, which is surprisingly better than you might expect.

"...all for it. Statham's Frank Martin, a stoically unflappable transporter of illicit goods (who sports abs that rival freshly..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Riding the Rail

The challenge for Capital Metro: convincing voters that the new light rail isn't the old light rail that they rejected last year

"...The most vehement and persistent opponents of Capital Metro's plans..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

"The First Horizons of Juno" at MASS Gallery

Within this smart and variable group show are three works that are muscular, robust, something to pump your fist to

"..."The First Horizons of Juno" features three moments I might..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Hightower Report

Bush keeps emphasizing the "shadow" in "shadow government" and Segway tries to push you off the sidewalk.

"...Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Ashcroft are the Four Horsemen of Autocracy, passionate practitioners of secretive, executive..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Finding The Wrong Todd at Other Worlds Austin

Rob Schulbaum sees double in his new film

"...The old adage of "write what you know" may seem..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

War

Jet Li and Jason Statham spar and provoke all-out war among the Asian mobs.

"...Statham, Devon Aoki, John Lone and Ryo Ishibashi. Statham (The Transporter series, Crank) is Jack, the ultimate tortured badass...."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Unleashed

Jet Li, in his first Western role of any depth, convincingly plays both man and beast, although a sentimental script by producer Luc Besson hampers the story.

"...auteur of genre filmmaking who’s never quite risen to the level of his mentor. In Leterrier's case, however, he's..."

May 20, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lockout

In this Luc Besson-produced thriller, a man must rescue the president's daughter from a prison in outer space that has been taken over by the inmates.

"...Directed by: James Mather and Stephen St. Leger. Starring: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace,..."

April 20, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shaolin

In this rousing film, a compassionate Buddhist philosophy underpins what might have been just another Hong Kong period piece about power-mad warlords and their blood-spattered brinkmanship.

"...This rousing Shaolin is notable for the compassionate Buddhist philosophy that underpins what otherwise might have..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Angel-A

Luc Besson delivers a gorgeous-looking but ill-conceived mash note to the city of Paris that stars a petty crook and an ethereal beauty.

"...Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, Gilbert Melki and Serge Riaboukine. What the hell is going on with Luc Besson? The genius..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Asian Exchange

New takes on old standards and international transplants

"...There was a time when the terms "Asian cinema" and..."

June 7, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Love and Death, Underwater

Alison Ellwood's No Limits premieres tonight on ESPN

"...The metaphors and allusions write themselves, but the truth of..."

July 23, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Colombiana

A professional assassin by day, a vigilante by night: Zoe Saldana is Luc Besson's latest femme fatale.

"...last name. A disciple of Luc Besson (who co-wrote the script with Robert Mark Kamen), Megaton simply does not..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crank

Jason Statham's Crank – despite the fact that its ever-revving mayhem is ultraviolent, sexist, and frequently offensive enough to warrant a look-see by both the ACLU and the DOJ – is pure action-film bliss.

"...What can you say about a film like Crank? The title is already more succinct, accurate, and witty than..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Time Changer

"...cruise liner. And instead of sailing as before on the tides of mortal love, this time MacLeod is traveling..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Taken 3

Liam Neeson's back in action.

"...Six Januarys ago, Liam Neeson made the unlikely leap from respected thespian to bankable ass-kicker by..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Wrath of Man

Ritchie and Statham find a new, welcome gear in this bloody thriller

"...this point in his career, many may feel that they have Guy Ritchie figured out. But if Wrath of..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

From Paris With Love

Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays an American diplomat in Paris who is paired with a wise-cracking, trigger-happy CIA maverick (John Travolta) to stop a terrorist attack.

"...Meyers, Kasia Smutniak and Richard Durden. Anyone suffering from the dubious notion that all French people hate Americans and..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

FRUIT Flies?!? Gay!?! C'MON!

Always knew thar wuz sumthin' fruity 'bout them flies.

"...Happy Yule. Gay tidings. Nestled between articles titled: "A thermosensory pathway that controls body temperature" and "Netrin signal transduction..."

Dec. 24, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

This Week's Waste of Time

There's time to be wasted playing Independent Games Festival entries

"...just might turn into a five-part series covering all the playable browser video games submitted to the Independent Games..."

Nov. 18, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

How Crank: High Voltage Went Pure Grindhouse

Jason Statham cult classic offers maximum overdrive

"...least that antihero hit man Chev Chelios (played by then-C-lister Jason Statham) was last seen at the end of..."

July 26, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

This Week's Waste of Time

A browser game that reveals the power of a finger

"...Just when you think the simplicity trend in video gaming has climaxed, someone strips..."

Jan. 27, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Glass Half Full Theatre's Polly Mermaid: Apocalypse WOW!

This playful eco-fable by Caroline Reck and Indigo Rael creates a surprising plastic paradise under the sea

"...She may be the prettiest patchwork of plastic to swim the Seven Seas..."

June 1, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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