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Prom Night
A remake of the Eighties horror film in name only, Prom Night is a nearly bloodless slasher film with few surprises.
"...an improvement over the original as lousy in a whole new direction, a nearly bloodless slasher film with fewer..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Superhero Movie
Superhero Movie is a tonally confused spoof, which, for once, doesn't go far enough comedically.
"...Mystery Men, is a semismart, affectionate wink-and-nod toward the whole concept of superheroes and what, if anything, they did..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bank Job
When a gang of thieves break into some London safe-deposit boxes, they enter a world of police corruption, financial malfeasance, sexual degeneracy, political conspiracy, murder, torture, and upper-class salaciousness.
"...off a criminal extortion ring; they stumble into a whole universe of police corruption, financial malfeasance, sexual degeneracy, political..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Films: Live Action
Be your own judge and jury for these final five competitors for the Best Live Action Short Oscar.
"...a surprising twist at the end that casts the whole story in a different light. Daniel Barber's "The Tonto..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luchando por Comida Justa (Fighting for Fair Food)
Florida fruit pickers say Whole Foods produce may be cheaper than you thought.
"...For all you Whole Foodies who put your minds at ease knowing that..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2008
Another compilation of old and new animated spectacles guaranteed to rot your eyeballs.
"...Pablo Zamarella deconstructs theology and casts nuns in a whole new, black-and-white light with his clever "Lapsus," while Apocalypse..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland
Back in September 2005, Vaughn decided to try his hand at the impresario game and Gathered together four young stand-up comedians for a 30-day bus tour of the heartland.
"...bringing comedy to Middle America; he was on a whole charm offensive, eager to give everyone from St. Louis..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Uwe Boll, the Timex watch of contemporary filmmakers (he takes a licking but keeps on ticking), strikes again.
"...badness – it's as if someone had thrown a whole lot of money at Ed Wood and let him..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alvin and the Chipmunks
What's it all about, Alvin? This by-the-numbers attempt at a chipmunk revival is not bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
"...about rebranding a musty old comic conceit for a whole new generation of proto-Willards. The adenoidal animated vermin of..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

King Corn
The film’s light hand, appealing style, and simple exposition make it an eminently watchable inquiry into the politics of food, public health, and the reasons why corn has become an ingredient in virtually everything we eat.
"...most likely corn in your bread, even if it’s whole wheat. There is certainly corn inside 22-year-old Boston buds..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

American Gangster
A sizzling cast and their director do a crackerjack job of nailing the look and feel of New York City's bad old days of internal corruption and outer rot.
"...Lucas (a sizzling, ferocious Washington), who figured out a whole new angle. He took over Harlem's heroin trade, which..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Final Season
A small-town high school baseball team is put to the test in this emphatically inspirational mess.
"...While the principal (Bell) is all for it, the whole town is up in arms. The merger means the..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Starving and Art in Marfa, Texas
Sonic Youth plays Marfa, turns on the bright lights.
"...at the looming clay-colored mountains dotted with Yucca. The whole desert seems to be saying, "Eh." The sleepy, very..."

Oct. 8, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Resident Evil: Extinction
Milla Jovovich continues to fight zombies and the apocalypse.
"...you like about the Resident Evil series as a whole (I certainly have), but Extinction rarely lacks for action...."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dragon Wars: D-War
Based on a Korean legend, Dragon Wars is the fantasy story of a reporter who unearths the truth about catastrophic L.A. earthquakes and sets off to save the city.
"...human being will wander into frame and spoil the whole illusion. Nuts to that...."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Shadow of the Moon
This documentary is a cheery restorative that recalls hazy memories of America's finest, boldest hour, when we went to the moon, again and again.
"...eggheads and whiz kids toiling down in Houston, inventing whole the mechanical devices and contraptions needed to let human..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live-Blogging the City Budget Adoption
Continuously updated blog of the budget adoption.
"...Kate Alexander suggests the Star Trek theme, bringing this whole endeavor full circle. Whole gang is finally on the..."

Sept. 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Mr. Bean's Holiday
The comic Mr. Bean provides a so-so late-summer diversion, unlikely to reignite Beanmania – or repeat the previous film’s boffo box office.
"...his tendency to point and grunt and eat shellfish whole – then you will be rewarded with 88 minutes..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Eye of the Dolphin
This family film is charming enough to inspire young girls to grow up wanting to swim with live dolphins rather than groom My Little Ponies.
"...and you get a movie that's appropriate for the whole family. Schroeder plays troubled teen Alyssa, who is acting..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stardust
This uneven adaptation of Neil Gaiman's bestselling novel is clogged with too much fairy dust.
"...turn into Bizarro World by De Niro, keeps the whole shebang afloat. Still, Stardust has lost a good amount..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captivity
Captivity, wherein 24's Elisha Cuthbert is abducted and tortured, is the kind of film that gives torture porn a bad name; it's just soulless, hateful, and freakishly monotonous.
"...co-written by Larry Cohen (Phone Booth, Cellular) renders the whole production all the more unpalatable. As the only other..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Although it tries mightily to top 2005's origin story by introducing fanboy favorite the Silver Surfer, this film is nevertheless relentlessly dull and curiously bombastic.
"...easy gravitas by Laurence Fishburne and played, under a whole lot of CGI, by Jones (Hellboy's Abe Sapien). As..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Chronicle' Upsets BookPeople at Krieg, Sets Sights on Other Sixth & Lamar Businesses
Now it's on to the rest of that intersection. What's up, Whole Foods?
"...before ever coming to bat. It didn't improve a whole lot in the bottom half of the frame, when..."

June 13, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

The Last Mimzy
Solid performances elevate this mild but hardly magical children's sci-fi story.
"...teacher) help vitalize the mishmash, however, and make the whole thing a reasonable choice for family entertainment. The story..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rocky Balboa
This final chapter in the Rocky saga is terrific – maybe not great, like that first kiss of fist in ’76, but good, solid, exhilarating entertainment of the stand-up-and-cheer variety.
"...Paulie (Young, the ecstatically grizzled series stalwart). "So's the whole world, Rocco." But, yo, it's worse for Balboa, who..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

49 Up
This British series is one of the great achievements of the cinema, one that reveals how an observant camera plus the passage of time can capture reality.
"...Viewing 49 Up does not require familiarity with the whole series in order to be appreciated. Snippets of footage..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Black Dahlia
Brian De Palma returns with a new crime thriller drawn from James Ellroy's fictional account of the notorious Los Angeles murder of a would-be Hollywood starlet dubbed the Black Dahlia.
"...novelization down to size, De Palma crams almost the whole thing into his film, which makes for lots of..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snakes on a Plane
This solid little B-movie arrives cloaked in the dodgy garb of a fanboy phenomenon.
"...board this production, it's tempting to think of the whole righteously over-the-top event as an exercise in exorcising male..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Click
Click is a message movie whose real message isn't "Stop and Smell the Roses, Jackass," but "How to Manipulate the Audience in 12 E-Z Steps."
"...the way and desperate for one final connection. The whole sequence, grimmer than an empty mailbox on Father's Day..."

June 23, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Peaceful Warrior
It's mostly hoo-hah, but there are moments in this New Agey, feel-semi-good crowd-pleaser that rise above and beyond the gymnastics and psychobabble.
"...it. Above all, there's Nolte, who hovers over the whole production like some sapient force of nature. It's mostly..."

June 23, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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