Deliver Us From Evil

A police officer and a priest team battle supernatural forces in this horror thriller from the director of Sinister.

"...by Bana, as if impersonating Father Karras) and a chain-smoking, hard-drinking Latin street priest (do they make those anymore?)..."

July 11, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wrong Cops

French musician-filmmaker-writer-editor Quentin Dupieux (Rubber) returns with more lo-fi absurdism.

"...be the perfect film to zone out to while smoking weed out of a dead Rattus norvegicus, but dude,..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Miley Cyrus Smokes Pot!

That was the last straw – count me a fan now

"...a not-so-subtle response to the media crush surrounding the pot-smoking 20-year-old, I resolved to like Miley Cyrus...."

Nov. 15, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby holds this 'Chronicle' writer to a no-smoking policy

"...guard on you. You can't be around any people smoking anything on Sunday."..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Arts Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Last Days Here

The three-decade descent into full-time drug-taking by Bobby Liebling, the theatrical lead singer of the hard-rock group Pentagram, is revealed in this moving documentary.

"...decades living in his Jewish parents’ suburban Maryland "sub-basement" smoking crack, shooting heroin, doing meth, and generally being a..."

April 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

The Duplass brothers return with this finely observed slice of life starring Jason Segel, Ed Helms, and Susan Sarandon.

"...Jeff spends his days smoking pot and pondering the big questions – one such..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Paul

Two comic-book geeks (played by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) encounter an alien (voiced by Seth Rogen) in Area 51.

"...Pegg and Frost’s sci-fi-obsessed pals, but also a trash-talking, blunt-smoking extraterrestrial named Paul (voiced by Rogen). While traveling in..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Reefer Roundup 12/14/2010

News from the front line of the War on Drugs

"...More teens are smoking pot than cigarettes, and Texas Congressman Ted Poe joins..."

Dec. 14, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Middle Men

Middle Men journeys backward in Internet history to 1995 when two coked-up ne'er-do-wells created the first dial-up, porn-on-demand website.

"...the pitch-perfect name of Buck Dolby (Macht) and manic, chain-smoking sleazoid Wayne Beering (the gleefully anarchic Ribisi) – teamed..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Youth in Revolt

Teen angst is on the docket in this Michael Cera vehicle that's pleasant but never delivers on the revolt promised in the title.

"...when Nick invents an alter ego named François – chain-smoking, troublemaking – because, as Nick puts it, “my one..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Love Happens

You can probably guess what happens when Aaron Eckhart's widower meets Jennifer Aniston's lovelorn florist.

"...he’s sharpened by cunning or menace (Thank You for Smoking, In the Company of Men); here, playing a deeply..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

RocknRolla

Director Guy Ritchie once more delivers a kinetic and consequence-free tribute to the criminal lifestyle.

"...to his earlier London-gangster comedies Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, which might just be a nice..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Paris, Je T'Aime

Eighteen short films by an international who’s-who of filmmakers make up this omnibus celebrating the joys and sorrows of love and Paris, organized by neighborhood.

"...Rouges,” a gritty handheld slice of life about a heroin-smoking actress abroad that recalls the French New Wave. Sylvain..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Japanese Story

An off-the-charts performance by Toni Collette is just one of the many rewards of this unconventional love story.

"...piece. Sandy (Collette) is a geologist from the city, chain-smoking and somewhat brash. Hiromitsu (Tsunashima) is a manager in..."

March 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Matchstick Men

Neurotic con artist reunites with abandoned daughter in a surprisingly sweet bait-and-switch.

"...Frank or Dino clone, but Roy (Cage), an OCD-addled, chain-smoking germaphobe whose limited world-view only has eyes for canned..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Not Another Teen Movie

"...the head, a “hippie albino folk singer,” and a joint-smoking pig. It's most painful to see a likable young..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Get Over It

"...Texan scribe R. Lee Fleming Jr.) must have been smoking some of that same faerie dust. Yeah, well, toke..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Head On

"...spends his time carousing with his mates, shooting, sniffing, smoking, and ingesting whatever appears in front of him at..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Place Called Chiapas

Documentary traces the uprising of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, led by charismatic Subcommandante Marcos, who sparked the revolt of Indians seeking to reclaim their lives and land.

"...Justicia. The peasants' main ally is “Marcos,” a ski-masked, pipe-smoking academician who leads an indigenous guerrilla force called the..."

April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The X-Files

"...all of the series regulars turn up, notably Davis' Cigarette-Smoking Man, Pileggi's Chief Skinner, and the trio of techoids..."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Telling Lies in America

"...located in the less than prestigious Cleveland market. Leering, chain-smoking Billy is effortlessly cool and his playlist is a..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Only in America

"...is rife with fatuous society matrons, vigilant anti-drug enforcers, dope-smoking teens, Robert Tilton-esque televangelists, a reputed psycho/hit man named..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.

"...police state. Citizens convicted of moral crimes (pre-marital sex, smoking, eating red meat, voting Democratic, etc.) are packed off..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fair Game

"...lead is William Baldwin as Max Kirkpatrick, a reckless, cigar-smoking Miami cop assigned to protect Crawford from the renegade..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Kids

"...see Telly and his friends hanging out, getting drunk, smoking dope, fighting, fucking (there's no sex here, no lovemaking,..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gunmen

"...with a bit about a buzzing fly and a smoking gun that's lifted straight from the opening of The..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hippy Porn

"...we'll be doing for the next 75 minutes is smoking, drinking wine and complaining about not having anything to..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Is My Life

"...their mutual experiences for material, hangs out with a chain-smoking Carrie Fisher and finally, falls in love. Oddly, Fisher..."

March 6, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Fill a Bowl for Stickland

State rep's stoner past comes out in primary

"...used to hang around on web forums looking for weed-smoking buddies, and asking for help on passing a drug..."

Dec. 30, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Smoke and Fire

Arsonists, burn bans, and heated arguments

"...Iowa; Council approves a temporary ban on fire and smoking; UT's Confederate statue problem isn't resolved quite yet; and..."

Aug. 17, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

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