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A Thousand Words
Eddie Murphy plays a truth-challenged literary agent who learns his lesson when a bizarre set of circumstances allow him to utter only 1,000 words before dying.
"...not a punchy enough punch line to carry a whole film, and Koren’s insubstantial comic set-pieces, perfunctorily staged by..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Project X
In the vein of John Hughes, this movie celebrates that innocent time of life when a badass backyard party is the ultimate key to social success.
"...and ramps it up to a million, turning the whole of one insane, mind-melting, mega-party into a study of..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crazy Horse
Paris' famed erotic showcase at the Crazy Horse saloon is profiled in this Frederick Wiseman documentary.
"...and performers are put through their rigorous paces, the whole of the inner life of the venue ticking away..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Nicolas Cage rides again.
"...he'll help save the world. There are also a whole lot of not quite goofy enough gags, such as..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

15 Minutes With Paul Kelly
Aussie “Boss” Paul Kelly has quite the tale to tell.
"...of an interview we did last week. Here's the whole enchilada – on A-Z, the resulting box set, and..."

Feb. 22, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

This Means War
Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, and Chris Pine star in this romcom about two CIA agents who fall for the same gal.
"...above par for this sort of thing, but the whole arduous ordeal of the film feels like a retread..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Answer is ... Geek Bowl VI!
Ah, what is "A Night of Competitive Trivia & Brewskis," Alex?
"...See, it's a part of that whole Geeks Who Drink pub-quiz phenomenon, where geeks who drink..."

Jan. 26, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mozart's Sister
Wolfgang had a sister who was also a musical prodigy. Guess which sibling the history books remember.
"...her brother. The children performed together and traveled the whole of Europe with their parents, performing in royal palaces..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Robert Downey Jr. inhabits the role of Sherlock Holmes to a near-molecular level in this rushing whoosh of a follow-up to 2009's blockbuster.
"...Doyle's peerlessly curious antihero is a gorgeous shambles. The whole film, which caroms from 1891 London to Paris, Vienna,..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Immortals
There's lots of numbingly choreographed chaos and lascivious bloodletting in this megabudget picture about the Greek gods by the visual stylist Tarsem Singh.
"...thrill at in three lines of Homer than the whole of Singh's numbingly choreographed chaos and lascivious bloodletting. The..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Dead
The sun-drenched locales of Ghana and Burkina Faso provide the backdrops for this original zombie apocalypse.
"...what's come before. That aside, the film provides a whole new way of looking at the same old dead..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Margaret
A tangled post-production history kept this Kenneth Lonergan film from completion for six years, and its story about teenage trauma suffers as a result. But, oh, what a cast.
"...be, it doesn’t make Margaret come together as a whole. Of course, there’s no telling what his director’s cut..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Restless

Gus Van Sant hits a rare discordant note with this story about two death-obsessed teens that is twee and precious instead of genuine and candid.

"...pomposity of the characters’ language and airs makes the whole endeavor seem affected and false. First-time screenwriter Jason Lew..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Final Destination 5
In case we've forgotten, this series returns to remind us that death does not like to be cheated.
"...fantastically complicated, Rube Goldbergian chain of events is the whole point of the film. In this trip, getting there..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bellflower
Hellaciously original, this low-budget, post-apocalyptic film looks like no other in recent memory.
"...its characters are unreliable but oddly sympathetic, and the whole hot mess is drenched in borderline-nauseating, supersaturated yellows and..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tabloid
Errol Morris finds a real character for his documentary subject this time – scandal magnet Joyce McKinney, who allegedly abducted and raped a Mormon missionary.
"...attitude toward her. It’s that attitude that sours this whole sad, dispiriting film; it's also a rather depthless-seeming documentary,..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Let Your Feet Do The Talking
Donate those barely-worn shoes from the closet floor to someone in need
"...Whole Earth Provision Co. and Clarks Companies are teaming up..."

May 10, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

Scream 4
This reboot of the franchise is too self-referential for its own good.
"...little more than links to the series as a whole. The real thrust of the story involves the presumably..."

April 22, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Of Gods and Men
This Cannes Grand Prix winner is a spellbinding tale of Trappist monks amid Algerian civil chaos and finding purpose in faith.
"...so that they can, presumably, lay waste to the whole area. Beauvois' film is a thing of beauty on..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blue Valentine
Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play a pair of lovers from first meet to last fight.
"...they are, can't surmount the over-workshopped feel of the whole film. I admit: I couldn’t be more the target..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
This is the finest Potter film yet – darker, funnier, and more epic than everything that has come before.
"...and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is, as a whole, the finest Potter film yet. To any agnostic who..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Megamind
This animated film is vibrant and exceedingly clever, but also a rather slight thing for such mega-sized proportions.
"...of such mayhem as death rays vaporizing steel and whole buildings turning to rubble. It's a lot of Sturm..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Inside Job
This documentary, which is narrated by Matt Damon, illuminates the U.S. economic crisis with detailed yet engaging analysis.
"...economy. Most of us have painful evidence that the whole system is in the toilet, yet few can explain..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red
Over-the-hill crime-fighters band together to save their own in this smirky, goofy mashup of a rom-com and action picture.
"...answers them with a smirk, a smile, and a whole lot of terrifically choreographed action set-pieces. Hollywood: Go figure...."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Devil
A group of strangers takes a ride with the devil on an elevator to hell.
"...if it just cut the cable and let the whole claustrophobic affair plummet into the abyss. As it is,..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Back-up Plan
Jennifer Lopez is back with a new romantic comedy about a woman whose biological clock is out of sync with her life.
"...and single mothers’ support groups, not to mention the whole ticking-time-bomb-of-estrogen thing, is creepily unsympathetic to modern gals' lifestyle..."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Joneses
David Duchovny and Demi Moore star in this partially successful comedy about consumer culture that turns uncomfortably moralistic part way through.
"...physical beauty and personal charm, the family as a whole appears to be the living consummation of their upscale..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

District 13: Ultimatum
This French import is a nervy, comic action sequel that weds the sport of parkour with detective work.
"...bent and a giddy sense of gallows humor. The whole thing is French to its core, but thanks to..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Cliff
Tens of thousands of arrows darken the sky in John Woo's epic retelling of an ancient Chinese battle.
"...of heaven throughout that I'm tempted to synopsize the whole thing as Dresden on the Yangtze and let you..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Planet 51
In a switcheroo, animated aliens fear the human in their midst.
"...sop to Hollywood’s golden age of science-fiction filmmaking, the whole planet closely parallels Fifties Americana, right down to the..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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