Capitalism: A Love Story

Michael Moore wants to know where our money went.

"...– are the very things that get him into trouble in his new documentary. This time the acclaimed filmmaker..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'The Jungle'

Connor Hopkins distills Upton Sinclair's sprawling novel down to paper and strings

"...At least that's the strategy that Connor Hopkins and Trouble Puppet Theater Company are pursuing. Their adaptation of the..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Crossing Over

Various characters who are ensnared within the dogged machinery of the American immigration system become the subjects of this multistrand narrative.

"...Brogan, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who’s having trouble sleeping at night after busting a Mexican seamstress in..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Max Payne

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

"...crackles and ricochets just like the never-ending lead fusillade. Trouble is, no matter how much craft Thorne poured into..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

This French box-office sensation is a send-up of Sixties spy films.

"...self-involved, debonair jerk who attracts the leggiest ladies and trouble of every sort. But Cairo, Nest of Spies, is..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sharkwater

Rob Stewart, a marine biologist and underwater photographer, makes up for in passion what he lacks in narrative subtlety in this cautionary documentary about the eradication of the planet's sharks.

"...Soloisms ("This time I knew we were in real trouble" is his version of "I've got a bad feeling..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Golden Compass

The special effects are mostly spectacular in this story of a 12-year-old orphan whose fate is connected to a holy, multiverse war yet to come.

"...cuddly, though: This is a terrifying world in which trouble is visited regularly on small children and seemingly beneficent..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Becoming Jane

Jane Austen could spot a phony, and, as a result, she would not have been happy with this romanticized account of her early years.

"...and Sense and Sensibility) frequently expose impostors and the trouble they cause. As a result, Austen would not have..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

El Cantante

Jennifer Lopez and her real-life husband, Marc Anthony, portray the lives of salsa star Hector Lavoe and his wife, Puchi, in this biopic overstuffed with music-industry clichés.

"...movement and Nuyorican community is shown as meteoric and trouble-free, his descent into drug addiction and unreliability appears endless..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Harsh Times

A gritty drama about a disappointed military vet and his best pal, who are headed in a downward spiral in South Central Los Angeles.

"...Mike (Rodríguez), riding shotgun, getting into all kinds of trouble – drinking, drugging, fighting, tormenting shop-owners, robbing drug dealers..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Man of the Year

Instead of being the hippest kid on the block, this comedy plays like a schizophrenic exercise in shrill cinematic politics.

"...as he did in Good Morning, Vietnam – the trouble here is that every single one of his gags..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Down in the Valley

Sadly, this is less the epic modern Western it aspires to be than a muddled melodrama about a delusional drifter played by Edward Norton.

"...homage to Badlands. Cowboy without a range? Check. The trouble is that Harlan’s also a character in search of..."

June 2, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Adam & Steve

It’s an honest, refreshing comedy about love – gay, straight, or both – and is a date movie for all occasions and persuasions.

"...with a lovely supporting cast, considerable insight into the trouble thirtysomethings have staying together, and absolutely no coming-out agony...."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Les Saignantes

This Cameroonian-French science fiction satire with Godardian influences is as fascinating as it is obscure.

"...commentary, an aspect that has gotten the film into trouble with Cameroon’s censorship board. Ado and Calmel are delightful..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Final Destination 3

It’s not going to nab any golden statuettes, mind you, but this shocker takes such exuberant, gleeful delight in the unspeakably gory dispatch of assorted teenagers that it may well be the most fun you’ll have at the movies all week.

"...assured these are two writers who likely had no trouble getting out of bed in the morning. Nice work,..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Aeon Flux

Its heart is in the right place, but Aeon Flux's head is just a little too high to make much sense.

"...of the apocalypse. As in all utopian societies, there’s trouble afoot and rebels on the hoof, the former consisting..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Happily Ever After

This French romantic comedy is little more than a heap of clichés whenever the director and star Yvan Attal's real-life wife, Charlotte Gainsbourg, disappears from the screen.

"...her husband’s friends secretly love from afar. For her trouble, the film gives her an admirer in the form..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Stealth

Masterful aerial action sequences don't compensate for earthbound plot.

"...The script, from sometime genre favorite W.D. Richter (Big Trouble in Little China), is a hamfisted collection of cornball..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Assault on Precinct 13

This new version of John Carpenter's classic is superfluous in the extreme, and while it’s not technically a bad movie, per se, viewers unfamiliar with the film’s lineage will likely write it off as yet another midwinter also-ran, the sort of action film that never quite takes off and instead focuses on random gun battles and cheesy dialogue.

"...has the ill-fortune to attempt a remake of Big Trouble in Little China: San Francisco will be in ruins..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shall We Dance?

Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and Susan Sarandon co-star in in this tempting remake of a Japanese film about a man's midlife slump.

"...the way he feels on the inside. The only trouble is, Shall We Dance? doesn’t effectively communicate the depth..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Prince & Me

Who says you can't be a princess and go to medical school too?

"...Fox, Miranda Richardson, Alberta Watson and John Bourgeois. The trouble with retooling fairy tales to jibe with our more..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Holy Land

"...orthodoxy and its secularists. Young Mendy (Rehany) is having trouble concentrating in the yeshiva; his mind is constantly on..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

"...shown stateside on the Cartoon Network) will have little trouble jumping into the futuristic fray. This wild story about..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dreamcatcher

"...single most awful genre film since Starship Troopers. The trouble is, it’s hard to tell which. Like its source..."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kiss Me, Stupid

"...humor of this Billy Wilder farce got it in trouble with critics, the Catholic Legion of Decency, and other..."

July 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Haiku Tunnel

"...sequence (which features Harry Shearer) is particularly droll. What trouble there is with the film probably lies with Kornbluth..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Pokémon 3: The Movie

"...the most impressionable of young minds should have no trouble realizing it's all in fun. What mom and dad..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bamboozled

"...typical in a Spike Lee movie, the director has trouble with his third act. Too much is tossed into..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bless the Child

"...to soothe your aching head. You know you're in trouble when actors of note -- Holm, Ricci, and Cavazos..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Center Stage

Students at the American Ballet Academy in New York vie to join the professional corps.

"...directed Miss Saigon and Carousel on Broadway, has obvious trouble translating to the screen the aspects that made his..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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