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Legend
Tom Hardy pulls double duty playing both the criminal Kray twins
"...again and again (Bronson, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max: Fury Road) and plays both here, pulling double..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report
Ryan bitten on the butt by his own mad dogs
"...while assorted groupings of even fringier, farther-out packs of mad-dog Tea Party Republicans want someone who'll howl at the..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Keeping Room
Slow-burn thriller is a Western with a feminist slant
"...her sister Louise (Steinfeld), who along with their slave Mad (Otaru) try to get by as best they can..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Turbo Kid
This irreverent throwback is a loving homage to kids' adventure pictures
"...feature debut Turbo Kid, into which they stuff Eighties Mad Max rip-offs and youth-driven B-movies (Solarbabies, BMX Bandits) in..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)
Did anyone really ask for a third helping of this stomach-turning provocation?
"...in that film, German actor Dieter Laser played a mad vivisectionist who ends up sewing a luckless trio of..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get Hard
Send this one directly to comedy jail
"...is arrested for embezzlement at his engagement party to cash-mad Alissa (Brie), he recruits Darnell (Hart) – his previously..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Penguins of Madagascar
You can hardly lose with animated penguins … and how about that cameo from Werner Herzog?
"...of the Emmy Award-winning Nickelodeon series The Penguins of Madagascar – a spin-off of 2005’s Madagascar, which also spawned..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Harmontown
Mad genius TV writer Dan Harmon (Community) embarks on a 20-city tour taping his popular podcast in front of live audiences.
"...Neil Berkeley must be magnetically pulled to mad geniuses. Following up his terrific portrait of artist Wayne..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Expendables 3
As action stars of yesteryear and tomorrow pop in and out, they demonstrate what expendable really means.
"...when you add together Rocky, the Terminator, Indiana Jones, Mad Max, Blade, Zorro, Hercules, and the Transporter...."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

You’re Probably Not Watching AMC’s ‘Halt and Catch Fire’
Here are five reasons why you should
"...AMC needs another hit. Breaking Bad finally broke, Mad Men is winding down, and The Walking Dead is..."

July 9, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

The Dance of Reality
Cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first feature in 23 years is a labor of mad, passionate love
"...director’s halcyon era, but it’s clearly a labor of mad, passionate love on the part of everyone involved...."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The History Book on the Shelf Is Always Repeating Itself
'Mad Men' hits reset with midseason finale "Waterloo"
"...The first half of the last season of Mad Men ended with a bang. Or more appropriately, a..."

May 27, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Jodorowsky's Dune
What's tantalizing but never was? This Fantastic Fest award-winner talks with the famed surrealist and others about their plans for this aborted project.
"...The list of potentially great films that remain unmade can sometimes feel as lengthy as the entirety of..."

May 9, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cheap Thrills
This grisly, dark comedy is last year's winner of Fantastic Fest's Midnighters Audience Award.
"...broadside against capitalism itself. Erich von Stroheim might have made the definitive film about human swinishness way back in..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kill Your Darlings
Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsburg in this sweet and sour story about the loves and collegiate years of some of the Beat writers.
"...the mid-Forties, falls in with a raw lot of mad, bad, and potentially dangerous-to-know types and emerges from the..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Vegas
Did the Social Security set finally get their The Hangover?
"...coaxed into the Vegas trip because he is still mad at Billy for not attending his beloved wife’s funeral..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man of Tai Chi
Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut sizzles with mandible-cracking action, political intrigue, and electrifying martial physicality.
"...Chen (Reeves’ stunt double in The Matrix films). With battle-mad set-pieces directed by Fantastic Fest Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Yuen..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Machete Kills
Robert Rodriguez once again unleashes manic, over-the-top mayhem.
"...as a drunken, date-night midnighter or film-fest entry, all madcap bloodletting and surrealist non sequiturs. Whether or not audiences..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Stand
Arnold Schwarzenegger plunges back into acting in this full-bore action vehicle helmed by the South Korean director Kim Jee-Woon.
"...to help him execute his escape plan. In his mad drive south, he constantly outwits his pursuers and the..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Holy Motors
Holy Motors; hot damn. This French firecracker is set to detonate.
"...I’m confident, however: This is the most intrepid and madcap movie to hit our shores in some time. Yet..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Man With the Iron Fists
Wu-Tang Clan firebrand RZA branches out into directing a martial arts film.
"...the legendary Shaw Brothers films that first inspired the chopsocky-mad lad to bring the pain (verbally, if not physically)..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hello I Must Be Going
The marvelous Melanie Lynskey, for once, gets the starring role in this movie about a woman who gets blindsided by divorce.
"...Jeremy (Abbott, currently in the cast of Girls). A mad kiss turns into secret rendezvous, and despite her protestations..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ParaNorman
The animation outfit behind Coraline scores another one for the dark side with this endearingly sweet and spooky ode to the supernatural.
"...grooving on all thing ghoulie. Until, that is, his mad Uncle Prenderghast (Goodman) informs him that only he, Norman,..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Weird Wednesday Interview: Don Barton and 'Zaat'
And you thought C.H.U.D. was slimy
"...Floridian Don Barton's 1971 film Zaat is a rad, mad, monster movie sorta-classic, and a primo example of his..."

July 10, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

ATX Television: Judy Greer Finds Her Voice
The star of 'Archer' and 'Love Monkey' hits the ATX Television Festival
"...of shows that define 'brilliant but canceled' (Love Monkey, Mad Love, Arrested Development) and critical darling films (The Descendants,..."

June 1, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Men in Black 3
Josh Brolin's spooky good impersonation of the younger Tommy Lee Jones is the only fresh thing happening in this sequel.
"...invasion of the present-day planet Earth by an alien armada led by Boris "the Animal" (played by Flight of..."

May 25, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
The most expensive film ever produced in Taiwan to date, Warriors of the Rainbow is a sweeping historical epic.
"...Western audience to keep track of who's winning this mad war of attrition. I suppose you could keep count..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Underworld: Awakening
When humans sniff out the existence of vampires and Lycans, all hell breaks loose.
"...later, on ice, in a research facility, and hopping mad. Let the chase begin anew...."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
This mad, muzzle-flash burst of ultraviolence from Brazil earned the director a shot at helming Hollywood's RoboCop reboot.
"...the much-anticipated RoboCop remake on the strength of this mad, muzzle-flashy burst of Rio de Janeiran ultraviolence and its..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Circus
Two generations of circus clowns, set against the bloody backdrop of Franco's Spain.
"...Circuses are mad places at the best of times, rife with lunacy..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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