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Après Vous
Two of France's top actors pair up for this wishful farce about good deeds and their consequences.
"...this recent European preoccupation with the responsibilities one incurs upon saving someone’s life. (See Enduring Love and Girl on..."

July 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Book Reviews
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories
"...published by Knopf, a pad in Jerusalem, and yards upon yards of a frizzy rock-star hairdo. Not to mention..."

June 11, 1999 Books Review

Websites from Hell
It's 4am -- Do You Know Where Your Monitor Is?
"...code even as you read this, jamming bandwidth with line after line after line of HTML code that will..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dead Presidents
"...assault while attempting to collect a debt, or the adrenaline-charged ultra-violence of the climactic heist, but the film simply..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Conviction
"...Mezzogiorno, Claire Nebout, Andrzej Seweryn and Grazyna Szapolowska. Once upon a time, Italian filmmaker Marco Bellochio's name was uttered..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

China Moon
"...inherit a fortune. But rather than trying to improve upon these generic similarities, director Bailey (in his directorial debut)..."

March 11, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Snapper
"...Mccabe, Colm O'Byrne, Eanna Macliam and Ciara Duffy. Based upon the second volume of Roddy Doyle's working class Irish..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ruby in Paradise
"...mirror. Ruby doesn't stop 'til she crosses the state line and comes to rest on the north coast of..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ethan Frome
"...Allen, Patricia Arquette, Tate Donovan and Katharine Houghton. Based upon the novel of forbidden passion and despair in the..."

April 23, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Match Factory Girl
With not even 70 minutes total running time and, seemingly, not more than two dozen total lines of dialogue, The Match Factory Girl spins a compelling narrative, a devastating cultural portrait, and an object lesson in the less-is-more school of storytelling.
"...time and, seemingly, not more than two dozen total lines of dialogue, The Match Factory Girl spins a compelling..."

April 2, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Society
In this British thriller, a kid discovers that the members of his wealthy, Beverly Hills family may not be what they seem.
"...of the Big Lake went ga-ga over Yuzna's Society upon its release there a year and a half ago,..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Platters
The Scabs
"...in large part to the consistency of the ubiquitous Grooveline Horns and the straightforward production of bassist Bruce Hughes..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Blade Runner 2049
This visually lush sequel was worth the wait.
"...the urge to discuss its labyrinthine, Russian nesting doll storyline – credited to screenwriters Hampton Fancher and Michael Green..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Great Beauty
An Italian writer and bon vivant reflects on his life in this walkabout with Felliniesque touches.
"...When we first come upon Jep, he’s standing slightly aloof from the crowd, with..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Happy Feet Two
Some penguins march; these animated penguins dance – and sing – just like they did the last time around, only with a little less novelty.
"...he’s good at instead of joining the conformist chorus line, so he soon takes off with some friends for..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Burn After Reading
The Coen brothers may be masters of black comedy, but there are times when there’s no point in taking them seriously.
"...(Pitt), two likable, middle-aged losers who think they’ve stumbled upon classified government documents and figure they’ll make a little..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Polish Wedding
"...their thoughts and opportunities for the future, the story line devolves into comic silliness that ruins any chance to..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fairytale: A True Story
"...(Keitel) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (O'Toole) -- descended upon the country house to be close to the story..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Devil's Own
"...Irish Republican Army, The Devil's Own touches only lightly upon the political issues behind the English-Irish conflict. Instead, it..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Underneath
"...deceits and betrayals is worth the frustrations of its nonlinear story line. Essentially an anatomy of a botched armored-car..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Best of Enemies
Unlikely alliances grow as conversation finds common ground in this historical true-life drama
"...stronghold Durham was finally dragged kicking and screaming into line with other proudly Southern cities in terms of integration...."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Equalizer 2
Denzel Washington action sequel is a total misfire
"...does not feel remorse for the violence he inflicts upon the world; we watch him murder or maim a..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
An animated adaptation of the beloved book series
"...by author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. Without crossing the line into uncomfortable vulgarity like so many other studio products..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Soloist
Although Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. are terrific in the leads, this drama plays its tune with a heavy hand.
"...as though the actors were lacking a clear through line. Based on a book by Los Angeles Times columnist..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tracking Cap Metro's Eastward Proposal
The Green Line takes conceptual shape
"...commuter rail system by adding a second, eastward Green Line to complement the westerly Red Line – although its..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Casa de los Babys
The new film from John Sayles presents a great group of characters and then strands them without a plot.
"...Gyllenhaal, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. and Susan Lynch. The bottom line is that any John Sayles movie is a movie..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Company
"...undercover for the CIA as a stand-in for his killed-in-the-line-of-duty brother Kevin Pope. Pope had been the partner of..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Planet of the Apes
"...and when they do it's almost always a throwaway line. Estella Warren's lippy Daena becomes Leo's wishful paramour, but..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Light-Rail Named Desire
Capital Metro Plows Ahead With Studies on Cedar Park Line
"...preliminary engineering and environmental studies of a commuter rail line -- the so-called Red Line -- that would run..."

Feb. 28, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Eraser
"...last but most certainly not least, those charmingly incomprehensible line readings. However, despite having all the tried-and-true elements set..."

June 28, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

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