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Superman: The Movie
This Superman combines cheeky attitude with wowwy effects and genuine thrills to tell the story of the genesis of the Man of Steel.

July 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Roadracers
"...Rodriguez has helmed the perfect AIP 1950s drive-in exploitation movie (as distinguished, say, from the 1970s New World drive-in..."

July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

The November Men
"...like The November Men. This low-budget thriller is a movie within a movie within a movie -- practically ad..."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trading Mom
"...being perceived as the cruelest mother on earth. This movie works on kid logic, not grown-up sensibilities, so your..."

March 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked Lunch
Leave it to Cronenberg to tackle William S. Burroughs' notorious – and notoriously "unfilmable" – novel. Then add in a score by Ornette Coleman.
"...Usually I hate when a reviewer compares a new movie with the source material from which it's taken. But..."

Jan. 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village
Bolting episodes of the anime smash together does not a movie make
"...that happens to me sometimes when I’m watching a movie – a turning point, if you will – when..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Jasmine Lane

Aquamarine
Based on a young adult novel by Alice Hoffman, the film is about two best girlfriends who meet up with … a mermaid!
"...Omigod, you guys! I just saw, like, the cutest movie! It’s based on a YA novel by Alice Hoffman,..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Ray
Ray Charles, we can't stop loving you, even though this formulaic biopic lacks your original style.
"...legacy. The same can’t be said for Ray, the movie of his life, although the transcendent performance of Jamie..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Casa de los Babys
The new film from John Sayles presents a great group of characters and then strands them without a plot.
"...Lynch. The bottom line is that any John Sayles movie is a movie worth watching and a movie that’s..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cut
"...weapon (a pair of buffed-out garden shears); and the Movie-Within-a-Movie That Kills Its Audience (think: 1991's Popcorn, or Lamberto..."

April 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Basketball Diaries
"...Wahlberg. Drug abuse is not a pretty sight. This movie made from Jim Carroll's autobiographical book about growing up..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jefferson in Paris
"...Choate and Nancy Marchand. Why it is that a movie would deign to take liberties with history and then,..."

April 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Miami Rhapsody
"...if Mia Farrow weren't cast in one of the movie's lead roles, it would take no sleuth work to..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Equinox
"...M. Emmet Walsh and Fred Ward. Equinox is a movie in the process of becoming a story. It is..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Searching for Bobby Fischer
"...Fischer is not so much a character in this movie as a metaphorical presence, a symbol of the search..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jack the Bear
"...good-time dad, local TV host of the nightly monster movie show, problem alcoholic. The story is told from the..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Swing Kids
"...this is a preface to why I like the movie Swing Kids. It can't fully make up its mind..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Toys
"...Ll Cool J. It's been a while since a movie's come to us veiled in such a shroud of..."

Dec. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Malcolm X
"...here and we can see that it's a mortal movie about an immortal subject and the very fact that..."

Nov. 20, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ruby
"...details right and the cheesy sets go with the movie's cut-rate look and its low-rent world. Unfortunately, this movie..."

April 3, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

My Own Private Idaho
"...that's only a beginning. For this is an ambitious movie; a movie about roots and rootlessness, about reclaiming the..."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ford v Ferrari
Enduring male bonding cuts through racetrack noise and paddock politics
"...driver Miles in a rolled-up farmers' hat. While the movie has its share of racetrack thrills in keeping with..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Beauty and the Beast
A live-action remake of the Disney film
"...French fairy tale La Belle et la Bête, the movie brims with unexpected zest, an enthralling joie de vivre..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Delta Farce
In this multination offender, Larry the Cable Guy and two friends are Army reservists who are shipped off to Iraq but mistakenly wind up in Mexico – and can't tell the difference.
"...points out to his castmates, “You know, my last movie was nominated for two Academy Awards.” This one will..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Failure to Launch
This date movie is dude-friendly by design, but all its attention to hairdos and cute outfits does not make up for its lack of romantic spark.
"...our cattiest puns (we love that), but this date movie is better than it has to be. The cast..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)
This is a wonderfully universal narrative based on oral tradition about the introduction of evil into a peaceful Inuit community.
"...holy waters of Barton Springs. For this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the..."

July 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shallow Hal
"...Vitarelli, Tony Robbins and Rene Kirby. Shallow Hal. Shallow Movie. The notorious Farrelly Brothers (Dumb and Dumber, There's Something..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Legend of Bagger Vance
"...out from behind the tall cornstalks and onto that movie's Field of Dreams has a Hollywood sports movie appealed..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cider House Rules
"...however, it is difficult to say precisely what this movie is about. It's not that the movie is muddled..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Filmmaker
Chris Smith's American Movie depicts one man's passionate struggle to make a film.
"...path to making his great (as yet unfilmed) American movie, Northwestern. The Milwaukee resident decided to resume production of..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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