The Grand Seduction

In this Canadian comedy, a down-on-its-luck fishing village spruces up to try to lure a big-city doctor to town.

"...abundance of quirky characters attempts to overcome an obstacle via subterfuge” genre. Do scenes of the aforementioned quirky characters..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Cold in July

A dream lineup is one of many treats in this East Texas neo-noir based on a Joe Lansdale book.

"...film reaches its finale, many of the revelations coming via the help of Jim Bob (Johnson), a flashy private..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Diverting but rarely riveting, this latest offering from the Marvel Universe kicks the can down the road some more.

"...that Days of Future Past is not messing around. Via voiceover, Professor X (Stewart) explains the catastrophic present, in..."

May 23, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Chef

Jon Favreau and a bunch of ready collaborators find the heart in this story about a chef who rediscovers what's important when he turns to a food truck.

"...icons can be seen onscreen.) Percy promotes their food via Twitter and a Facebook page, which leads to familiar..."

May 23, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lunchbox

This off-Bollywood charmer is a light-hearted drama about two lonely souls who forge a friendship when they start passing written notes.

"...about-to-retire Saajan (Khan), a correspondence between the two begins, via notes exchanged in the lunchbox. (An entire film could..."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grand Piano

Elijah Wood and John Cusack play cat and mouse in this concert-stage suspense dazzler.

"...his place on the stage that he realizes – via crimson-scrawled directives hidden within his score – that there’s..."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free Birds

Animated film about the Turkey Liberation Front and the first Thanksgiving is ideologically cute, but unremarkable.

"...travel back in time to the first Thanksgiving celebration via a secret government time-machine experiment. There they will remove..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Riddick

In this third outing, the science-fiction antihero played by Vin Diesel is stranded on an inhospitable planet.

"...for. Duped and stranded on a parched, perilous planet via the machinations of baddie Vaako (Urban), Riddick must immediately..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flight

"...altitude and Whip manages to land the damaged plane via crazy, instinctive measures. Six lives are lost, but the..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Last Ounce of Courage

A dead veteran's family heals their loss through their "free speech" battle to save Christmas from the godless ACLU.

"...PTSD that's yet to happen: the banishment of Christ via the secular "mainstream," but like the equally wrathful Khan..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Portrait of Wally

UT film professor Andrew Shea’s documentary is an engrossing account of how this Egon Schiele painting changed hands over the years.

"...first. But the film makes a fairly devastating case, via archival evidence, interviews with many of the key players,..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sleepwalk With Me

In his directorial debut, Mike Birbiglia plays a struggling comic who begins sleepwalking shortly after he moves in with his longtime girlfriend.

"...how a lot of people first came to Birbiglia, via his monologues on This American Life or his comedy..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

'The NFL Beat': Hypnosis, Murder, Tight Ends

A hypnotic look at fantasy TE production

"...have started to partake in the creative visualization process via hypnosis. I wear weird goggles that look like Jose..."

May 28, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Mansome

Will Arnett and Jason Bateman are our guides in this Morgan Spurlock documentary that looks at men's relationship with their body hair in contemporary America.

"...really necessary to explore the concept of contemporary masculinity via the recent explosion of facial hair, metrosexual fastidiousness, and..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Reunion

Thirteen years after American Pie jump-started sexual innuendo for a new generation, this sequel is the best one in the series.

"...ex-teens to the Weitzes’ original vision of sweet-natured raunch via a class of ’99 reunion storyline. The result is..."

April 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The FP

This potential cult-movie masterpiece is likely the most original dance film you'll see this year.

"...– shit like that is so now – but via a competitive video game dubbed Beat-Beat Revolution. That's right,..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Devil Inside

A woman tries to determine whether her incarcerated mother is criminally insane or demonically possessed.

"...(Crowley) went on a murderous, decidedly anti-Catholic rampage (possibly via demonic possession) when Isabella was a child. Twenty years..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Darkest Hour

Five young people lead the advance against an alien attack in Moscow.

"...Directed by: Chris Gorak. Starring: Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, Max Minghella, Joel Kinnaman, Veronika Ozerova..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Afternoons With Margueritte

Gérard Depardieu plays an oafish man who bonds with a cultured older woman, who teaches him to read and alters his life.

"...Then 95-year-old Margueritte (Gisèle Casadesus) enters his life via a shared park bench where they both commune with..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beastly

Beauty and the Beast is refashioned here for the contemporary teen set and stars I Am Number Four's Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens.

"...vengeance in the name of the terminally abs-and-bustline-challenged arrives via ominous gothling Kendra (Olsen, rocking the pancake and kohl..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From Prada to Nada

Former Spy Kid Alexa Vega co-stars in this comedy that provides a Hispanic spin on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

"...shopping mall and into the far more meaningful barrio via her newfound paramour, neighborhood handyman Bruno (Valderrama). Directorially, this..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cool It

Based on the book by Danish environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg, this documentary approaches the problems caused by global warming without panic.

"...Danish academic/environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg, and let's tackle the problem via a cost-benefit analysis, minus the panic and onrushing sense..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paranormal Activity 2

Although this follow-up is considerably spookier than the original, there are only so many gotcha moments that can transpire without feeling wholly contrived.

"...The entire production is faux cinema verité, captured remarkably via security apparatus and nanny cams. That's the pitch, really:..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jackass 3D

Now with even more stupefying stunts and added dimensions.

"...getting rammed senseless by a buffalo and tooth extraction via Lamborghini (an inspired bit, in theory), there are moments..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Easy A

The Scarlet Letter is refitted for the app age in this winning high school comedy.

"...it spreads like – what else? – a virus via text and Twitter. And when Olive seeks to defend..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Live Action

Judge for yourself among the five films contending for this year's Oscar for live-action short. The five international shorts nominated for Best Live Action Short Film include Patrik Eklund’s “Instead of Abracadabra," Luke Doolan's “Miracle Fish," Juanita Wilson's “The Door,” Gregg Helvey's “Kavi," and Joachim Back’s award-winning “The New Tenants.”

"...Gregg Helvey does an admirable job dramatizing that plight via Kavi (Sagar Salunke), a young boy who dreams of..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Animation

This year's five nominees for the best animated short Oscar are available for viewing. This year’s five Academy Award-nominated animated shorts include “A Matter of Loaf and Death,” the latest stop-motion Claymation piece from Nick Park and Aardman; “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” by Nicky Phelan; “The Lady and the Reaper" by Recio García; “French Roast” by Fabrice O. Joubert; and the winning “Logorama” by the H5 collective.

"...of a Malibu rum bottle, “Logorama” reconstructs Southern California via the brands that bombard us to the point of..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Valentine's Day

Aggressively unfunny and unromantic, Valentine’s Day’s chief concern appears to have been the corralling of its cast of a thousand stars.

"...character development, so the filmmakers must hook us in via the extraordinariness of the action or the enduring appeal..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Law Abiding Citizen

Vigilante justice may be just what the law requires in this film starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx.

"...and father, who seeks a nominal form of justice via fast-rising D.A.'s assistant Nick Rice (Foxx). What he instead..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Live in Public

The Internet-based social experiments of Josh Harris, the original dot-com visionary kid, are profiled in this cautionary documentary.

"...rocker doc Dig!, makes a bold and trenchant argument, via Harris' pseudomorphically perverse life, that we are all now..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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