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The return of the Butthole Surfers – don't call it a reunion!
"...New Jersey. Perhaps even more improbable than the band's return was its orchestration by the Paul Green School of..."
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Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell
Savage Grace
You can almost smell the desperation in the twisted psychosexuality of Savage Grace, the film purportedly based on the true story of a mother-son relationship that went tragically wrong.
"...the cool chagrin of his jealous mother. The long-awaited return to filmmaking for Queer Wave director Kalin (Swoon), the..."
July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
As far as we know, this Adam Sandler movie is the first Hollywood-made Jewish/Palestinian/immigrant comedy that also doubles as a surprisingly trenchant analysis of the Middle East's perpetual bloodbath.
"...comedy godhead Judd Apatow, is a crazed, delightfully bizarre return to form for Sandler. As Israel's top dawg in..."
June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
If you're looking for escape, then the fourth installment in the beloved cliff-hanging archaeological-adventure franchise should fit the bill.
"...said, … Crystal Skull is a fine, rollicking, lightning-paced return to form for all involved, overflowing with outlandishly entertaining..."
May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Outlaws Shutout North Texas Fury
"...intercepted the ball twice, once for a 64-yard touchdown return and again for a 53-yard touchdown return. In the..."
May 2, 2008 Sports Post by Ashley Moreno
Cassandra's Dream
Woody Allen is still making movies at the rate of at least one a year. The problem is that he doesn’t make good movies at the rate of one a year.
"...a rich uncle (Wilkinson) to do the deed in return for enough money to set both their lives straight,..."
Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Dan in Real Life
What passes for real life in this Steve Carell film is as genially inoffensive and predictable as the average TV sitcom.
"...audience, and let's hope that it allows him to return to his more quirkily crafted characterizations. Carell is in..."
Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Stardust
This uneven adaptation of Neil Gaiman's bestselling novel is clogged with too much fairy dust.
"...promise to Victoria all the more interesting and his return all the more fraught. Specifically, fraught with Pfeiffer as..."
Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Legend of Zorro
Whereas the Zorro of yore was a cunning subversive with a libidinous guerrilla panache, this new take with a tyke added is more like Leave It to Zorro.
"...far less zesty.) What started out as a promising return to form for that mythic Mexican buckler of swash..."
Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Dil Jo Bhi Kahey
This new Bollywood film is a cross-cultural love story set in Mauritius.
"...love will face objections from both families upon their return home. Actually, the movie begins with a preamble in..."
Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Fantastic Four
All four aren't fantastic, but at least two are pretty good in this latest Hollywood take on a classic from Marvel Comics.
"...Sue Storm’s affections Victor Von Doom (McMahon) the four return to terra firma with – gulp! – fantastic new..."
July 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Meet the Fockers
You can Fockerize Meet the Parents all you want, but this new movie is a lame sequel to the comic hit of 2000.
"...an absence, and it’s doubly great to see her return in blowsy comic mode rather than dramatic diva demeanor...."
Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Aviator
Scorsese's best film in years is a work of bravura, classic Hollywood filmmaking.
"...Raging Bull or GoodFellas – but it’s a clear return to form after the last decade’s occasionally self-indulgent stumbles...."
Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Grand Champion
Kids adventure movie stars a boy and his prize steer – and a host of star cameos.
"...may be, is at least an honest attempt to return to the down-on-the-farm heart-warmers of yesteryear, Old Yeller sans..."
Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Touch of Pink
This queercentric romantic comedy gets its inspiration from culture clash and the ghost of Cary Grant.
"...to London in the hopes of prodding him to return to Toronto and marry a nice Indian girl, or..."
Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Exorcist: The Beginning
Help us, Lucifer. This prequel is cursed.
"...of Catholic horror shows comes not as a welcome return to past gories of Linda Blair and her horny,..."
Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Shrek 2
Shrek reloaded: DreamWorks discovers that it's easy being green.
"...ogre Shrek (Myers) and his new bride Fiona (Diaz) return from their honeymoon to their beloved swamp (where Murphy’s..."
May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Man on Fire
Denzel Washington heads up a pulsating kidnapping thriller.
"...spoiled-brat kids who you secretly wish the kidnappers don’t return). But, it’s almost getting to a rule these days..."
April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Monsieur Ibrahim
Omar Sharif makes a welcome return to the screen in this gentle French film about a Jewish adolescent and an elderly Muslim shopkeeper.
"...Jewish adolescent and an elderly Muslim shopkeeper marks the return of Omar Sharif to the screen after a long..."
March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Sylvia
Sylvia Plath biopic is sad dirge.
"...infidelity (which turns out to be true), and her return to writing once she’s tossed the cad out. Even..."
Oct. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Matchstick Men
Neurotic con artist reunites with abandoned daughter in a surprisingly sweet bait-and-switch.
"...another. Nearing the climax, some killjoy insisted the film return to its con-artist roots, necessitating a third-act twist that..."
Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Northfork
"...charge is the sickly Irwin (Farnes) whose adoptive parents return him to Father Hanlan’s orphanage before riding out of..."
Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
"...creatures, melodramatic dialogue, and Angelina Jolie’s lips. Those lips return, along with enough formfitting spandex costumes to outfit a..."
July 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Anger Management
"...more dramatic foray Punch-Drunk Love will probably welcome this return to greater inanity. Whereas the passive-aggressiveness inherent in the..."
April 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Emperor's New Clothes
"...he is once more, hat and all, scheming a return from exile on the island of St. Helena and..."
Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
"...Buscemi. Preteen superspies Carmen (Vega) and Juni Cortez (Sabara) return for more family-friendly hijinks in this locally filmed follow-up..."
Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
A 'Bullet' to the Gut
In The Bullet Meant for Me, his new memoir, Texas Monthly writer Jan Reid explains why he went to Mexico and was forced to return as a changed man.
"...but was in Mexico because Immigration and Naturalization Services returned him there. Reid's article about Chavez was about to..."
March 29, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith
Ice Age
Prehistoric buddy cartoon.
"...stumble across an abandoned human child and decide to return him to his rightful owners. A too-helpful tiger, Diego..."
March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
An American Rhapsody
"...by a domineering, overprotective mother and the need to return -- or at the very least rediscover -- her..."
Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Time and Tide
"...Tse. Astonishing and exhilarating, Time and Tide marks a return to form for Tsui, “the Roger Corman of Hong..."
