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Point and Shoot
This documentary follows an American man's motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East, during which he takes up arms against Moammar Gadhafi in Libya.
"...Carefully videotaping the whole experience, he literally begins to remake himself – physically,..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Whiplash
A student's desire to become a better drummer comes at the cost of becoming a supplicant to a monstrous teacher.
"...young jazz drummer at a cutthroat-competitive conservatory, steals a whole quart. I’m not sure the movie would work if..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dolphin Tale 2
Wholesome family franchise doesn't rock the boat.
"...Tale series is currently among those rare film franchises wholesome enough for the whole family without necessarily advancing a..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Congress
This live-action/animated hybrid starring Robin Wright is total stoner bait.
"...Congress, about a dystopic future where psychotropics hoodwink a whole population into a mass delusion of bliss...."

Aug. 29, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Livin' la Vida Local
Whole Foods' The Forager's Table event highlights local products
"...Whole Foods might be the behemoth of the natural and..."

Aug. 27, 2014 Food Post by Rod Machen

Begin Again
Agreeably phony movie focuses on a pair of unlikely partners drawn together by the promise of making music.
"...effectively combats the convention threatening to swallow the story whole at every turn...."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Locke
In this bravura movie, Tom Hardy plays a man who tries to mend the unraveling threads of his life while behind the wheel of a car for 85 minutes.
"...But then, it would never work onstage, because the whole thing takes place inside a car, and that car..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Lunchbox
This off-Bollywood charmer is a light-hearted drama about two lonely souls who forge a friendship when they start passing written notes.
"...through subtle observations, without the need to stage a whole song-and-dance around each discovery. Their actions are brave yet..."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Secret
Émile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin gets another film adaptation, this time in English.
"...is tantalizing stuff, but it’s interior, and fashioning a whole movie around that requires a kind of tuning forklike..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

RoboCop
The überviolent 1987 action film gets a pointless reboot.
"...with the concept or give it new dimension. The whole enterprise raises the question: Why do filmmakers insist on..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup
Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners
"...in Texas is to take "hometown heroes" to a whole new level...."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Superior in nearly all ways to its predecessor, this second film in the prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a welcome surprise.
"...Still, The Desolation of Smaug is, on the whole, a vast improvement over The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey...."

Dec. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ultimate Life
This inspirational film based is both a sequel and prequel to The Ultimate Gift, and is based on Jim Stovall's novel.
"...Striking oil seems a whole lot easier than finding faith in this inspirational film..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blackfish
Orcas exploited in the name of entertainment and free enterprise is bad business in the view of this doc.
"...just put a bullet in the head of the whole of mankind. Stick a harpoon in us, we’re done..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Attack
When the wife of an assimilated Arab in Israel is identified a suicide bomber, the unwitting husband questions both his marriage and hiss Palestinian identity.
"...of the bomber, but into Palestinian identity as a whole, not to mention a husband’s inquiry into the extent..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning' Hits VOD in the Brain
Action reboot revives the sci-fi action franchise as psycho-mystery
"...The whole point of Fantastic Fest is to be blindsided by..."

Oct. 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cloud Atlas
This spellbinding adaptation of a supposedly “unfilmable” novel achieves near-perfection on virtually all levels.
"...and crew all come together to create a singular whole that makes perfect sense in the end. (Possibly the..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: A Decline in Desirability
Maybe you should stop buying your trail mix at Whole Foods
"...Maybe you should stop buying your trail mix at Whole Foods. Damn, I get a semi just walking through..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

Taken 2
The action in this Liam Neeson thriller is frenetic and frequent, and keeps him in constant MacGyver mode.
"...Besson, the action is frenetic and frequent, and the whole film has a vaguely Eurotrash vibe. It's fun enough..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hotel Transylvania
There's no need to put a stake in the heart of this animated film full of familiar monsters; it's already deadly dull.
"...displaced skater dude, much to Drac's chagrin. Not a whole lot ensues that you haven't already figured out on..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Liberal Arts
When a Manhattanite returns for a visit to his old liberal arts college, he falls hard for a student 15 years his junior.
"...the nerve to point out that he’s fashioned a whole movie around the least interesting person in the story...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Compliance
When authority is ceded to a disembodied voice on the other end of a phone line, all bounds of human propriety are lost in this story's fast-food joint.
"...social ills that our fast-food nation faces as a whole. As such, it's a small gem of a movie,..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lawless
Abundantly violent yet decidedly listless, there’s very little kick to this moonshining picture from director John Hillcoat and musician/screenwriter Nick Cave.
"...bluegrass sounds. Lawless never fully comes together as a whole but it is quite intriguing in spots...."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bow-Chick-Fil-A-Wow-Wow
Protest ho!
"...No one is more bored of this whole chickerfuffle than I am, so I'll keep this short..."

Aug. 7, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Extraterrestrial
Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo cloaks this romantic comedy within the promise of a science-fiction story.
"...dotted with amusing bits of business. But, on the whole, Extraterrestrial is slight, filled with lots of bark but..."

July 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

People Like Us
More Ordinary People Like Us than anything terribly original, this drama starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, and Michelle Pfeiffer still scores some good points along the way.
"...a minor Los Angeles music producer who's spent his whole life trying to avoid his rock & roll patriarch...."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sound of My Voice
This festival favorite marks an impressive film debut for its director and star, but its sum total is less satisfying than its parts.
"...but its individual parts are sometimes greater than its whole...."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bernie
Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey star in Richard Linklater's latest film – an East Texas true-crime story with a comic touch.
"...a startling conclusion that involves Matthew McConaughey devouring scenery whole as local District Attorney Danny "Buck" Davidson. I'll say..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

W.E.
Madonna helms this movie about the scandalous marriage of King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.
"...short, fraught time for Wally, it charts nearly the whole life span of Simpson (Riseborough), from coarse beginnings and..."

March 23, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Being Flynn
Robert De Niro and Paul Dano play the troubled Flynn father and son.
"...the performances offer flashes of passion. But on the whole, the film feels detached and morose, just like its..."

March 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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