The Luv Doc: Wishy Washy

When a guy asks you if you want to "Netflix and chill," he doesn't really give a damn about the Netflix

"...I don't know whether it's me or what, but I seem to always..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Mad Men Series Finale This Weekend

We say goodbye to Don Draper

"...of television, part of it ends Sunday night. From The Sopranos and The Wire to Breaking Bad and Mad..."

May 15, 2015 Screens Post by Rod Machen

The Act of Killing

In this disturbing documentary, former Indonesian death-squad leaders boastfully reenact their real-life mass killings with touches inspired by their favorite movies.

"...”History is written by the victors,” observed Winston Churchill. However, in this canny documentary,..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wolverine

With perma-snarl intact, Hugh Jackman is back as the Wolverine hunts new prey in Japan.

"...The second Wolverine movie to spin off from the original..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Texas Women Are Targeted at the Capitol on Saturday

A silent protest in support of Planned Parenthood begins to grow

"...Seems there's a bit of an opposition somewhere...."

Aug. 23, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...Steve Shubin, inventor of the Fleshlight and founder and CEO of Interactive Life Forms,..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...Open a window and you can hear them cry outside – my mother is mad and sweeping..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

Repo Men

Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play repo men in this future world where body parts can be bought and sold but also repossessed.

"...Schreiber, Carice van Houten and RZA. Where has all the fun science-fiction filmmaking gone? I mean the kind Ray..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Yes Men Fix the World

These anti-corporate pranksters strike again.

"...and Mike Bonanno. In case you haven't heard of the Yes Men, they are a pair of drolly indefatigable,..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men Do Well by Women's Political Caucus

"...To Michael King, Have the men of the Women's Political Caucus done it again?..."

April 26, 2006 Postmarks

The Yes Men

The Yes Men are a couple of prankster activists whose target in this movie is the World Trade Organization.

"...and Chris Smith. Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum are the Yes Men. They’re a couple of prankster activists who,..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Men of Honor

"...Directed by: George Tillman Jr.. Starring: David Keith, Powers Boothe, Michael Rapaport, Hal Holbrook, Aunjanue Ellis, Charlize Theron, Cuba..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

X-Men

"...indeed to plug Shakespearean greats Stewart and McKellen into the (literally) comic-book roles of professor Charles Francis Xavier (aka..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Safe Men

A talentless singing duo become even less-talented safecrackers in this inspired comedy.

"...Christina Kirk. If Sam (Rockwell) and Eddie (Zahn) are the most misguided and talentless singing duo in all of..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Bible Tells Us So

"...The academic debate over what the Bible has to say..."

May 29, 1998 News Feature

The Sum of Us

"...Russell Crowe, John Polson and Deborah Kennedy. Love is the greatest adventure of all, according to widower Harry Mitchell..."

April 14, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Luv Doc: Bad Haircut

Men are really sensitive about women’s hair

"...like something a 10-year-old boy would get at Supercuts. The problem is that she loves it. Ever since she..."

June 24, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

What Men Want

Because we needed a remake of What Women Want, apparently

"...Taraji P. Henson swirls through the gender-flipped comedy What Men Want like the Tasmanian devil,..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Luv Doc: Exposed Nipples

Unlike our president, a warm, sweaty, glitter-speckled nipple is nothing to be embarrassed about

"...Last weekend during the breathtakingly awesome Janelle Monáe set at ACL, I watched..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Last Men in Aleppo

Picking up the pieces of the Syrian Civil War

"...place of rubble and desperation as a result of the Syrian Civil War. President Bashar al-Assad’s bombing campaign against..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

X-Men: Apocalypse

Another bloated spectacle that serves neither the fans nor the story

"...Cursory research reveals that X-Men: Apocalypse is the last superhero movie we have to..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Men & Chicken

Danish black comedy is a nimble tone-shifter

"...Danish writer/director Anders Thomas Jensen came up on the heels of the Dogme 95 movement, whose “vow of..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Other Worlds Austin Proclaims No Men Beyond This Point

Sci-fi fest adds battle of the sexes mockumentary as centerpiece

"...It's less than a month before the second year of sci-fi film festival Other Worlds Austin,..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Good Eye: Tales From the Quirky Box

More side-eye examination of "quirky" female film roles

"...friend and occasional creative collaborator) is imitating character breakdowns, the postings that describe what a director is looking for..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Good Lie

A well-told story about four lost boys and girls of the Sudan in America gets a welcome assist from Hollywood.

"...Falardeau. Starring: Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal, Reese Witherspoon, Corey Stoll, Sarah Baker, Kuoth Wiel, Femi Oguns, Peterdeng..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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.

"...me. Like its subject matter, it deserves better. It's the true (albeit embellished, natch) story of the somewhat random..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Big Kiss-Off

Julie Klausner's misadventures with men

"...writer and performer Julie Klausner admits early on – the third sentence actually – what her problem is: "I..."

March 12, 2010 Books Feature by Audra Schroeder

No Country for Old Men

The Coen brothers display magnificent form with this Cormac McCarthy tale about intransigent evil in the modern West.

"...Root. It seems at first like an odd pairing: the Coen brothers, they of the dark-humored film genre conflations,..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Cast is excellent; movie is OK; men and women are soooo different.

"...Big John’s Cookie from Whole Foods), cigarettes 3 (plus nicotine-replacement gum). Seen new Bridget Jones movie. Four screenwriters, including..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

X2: X-Men United

"...Cox, Alan Cumming, Anna Paquin and Shawn Ashmore. At the rate they’re going, Bryan Singer’s X-Men films – adapted..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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