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Reefer Madness
Corporate America, say hello to your new partner, NORML
"...up with software designer Jian to offer a model corporate human-resources policy that covers off-the-clock marijuana use. The policy..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

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.
"...son (Ventimiglia, replacing Stallone's real-life offspring Sage) to the corporate world; and, most importantly, his passion for living (what..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Material Girls
The Duff sisters star as heiresses who must learn to earn a living when their cosmetics firm goes belly-up.
"...finally defeat the bad guy. The villain (a greedy corporate man of some sort) isn't very fleshed out, but..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

The Oh in Ohio
This story of an uptight corporate go-getter (Posey), her sad-sack high school science teacher husband (Rudd), and her search for her first orgasm is intended to invoke rolling laughter but instead results in repeated sighs.
"...make one bad movie. Posey plays Priscilla, an uptight corporate go-getter and wife to Rudd's sad-sack high school science..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Kinky Boots
One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.
"...difficult to fine in a size 12EEE. Can this corporate match made in screenwriter heaven turn Charlie's prospects around?..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cheaper by the Dozen 2
This unasked-for sequel fuses the original concept with the well-worn formula of the family-vacation romp.
"...Jimmy Murtaugh (Levy, the perennial B-comedy go-to guy), a corporate blowhard who owns the surrounding property with his blow-up..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Austin @ Large: Every Day Is Halloween
But will only the good corporate kids get the candy?
"...the council itself) are the most astute judges of corporate prowess and character to have ever set foot on..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Rick
Directed by Gus Van Sant's longtime editor and written by Lemony Snicket author Daniel Handler, Rick is a harsh but compelling tale that loosely mixes tragedy and comedy.
"...for young readers. Rick is set within a venomous corporate atmosphere of male privilege and downsized expectations – a..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Yes Men
The Yes Men are a couple of prankster activists whose target in this movie is the World Trade Organization.
"...absurdism to the task of debunking cultural monoliths and corporate giants. Their lectures – like the one in Finland..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Demonlover
French mind-warper has a puzzle-box narrative and a soundtrack by Sonic Youth.
"...into two camps. There’s his antiheroine Diane (Nielsen), a corporate mole working for the Magnatronix company who is out..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bubba Ho-Tep
Elvis Presley and JFK (played brilliantly by Campbell and Davis) fight a soul-sucking mummy in this twisted sci-fi horror film loaded with generous chunks of cheese.
"...like a collaboration among friends than it does a corporate investment. It’s not 90 minutes of perfection, but it’s..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Hey Arnold!: The Movie
"...urban developer Scheck (Sorvino), the sort of Snidely Whiplash corporate villain who thinks turning the kid's Brooklyn-esque neighborhood into..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rollerball
"...but where Jewison's film also semi-tackled issues such as corporate control over both sporting events and society itself, this..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joe Somebody
"...prescription drug commercial is a running joke here) and corporate human resources mumbo jumbo. But, on the whole, it's..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Extreme Days
"...Eric Hannah's unforgivably tedious tale of four fresh-faced young corporate drones-to-be who embark on one last, crazy summer in..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Filth and the Fury
"...their bombastically-stated goal of torching the fly-blown carcass of corporate rock music, the Sex Pistols somehow managed to create..."

May 5, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Easy Money
City plots downtown's retail future
"...a slew of big-money donors are expected to attend. Corporate contributors to the group reportedly include Microsoft, SBC, Sprint,..."

March 31, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Meet Joe Black
"...fleshes out the film with a subplot involving a corporate takeover (unnecessary but absorbing nonetheless) and assorted other tricks;..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Corner
"...filled with improbable goings-on and a weak mystery involving corporate greed that seems as though it was thrown together..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Synthetic Pleasures
"...primarily an assemblage of extraneous material culled from various corporate and scientific archives. And to that extent, the final..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Flintstones
"...screenwriters -- lean too heavily on a plot of corporate intrigue -- mean MacLachlan makes Goodman's Fred the fall..."

June 3, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Geronimo: An American Legend
"...morality play about two conflicting ways of life, the corporate civilized mentality represented by the army versus the wild..."

Dec. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

RoboCop 3
"...in order to make way for the new Japanese corporate plans of the future. The extent of the anti-Japanese..."

Nov. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Neo-Tokyo
"...straightforward piece of work, involving a clueless and harried corporate underling sent into the literal jungle to halt production..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rising Sun
"...an attack on Japan's otherness into an attack on corporate otherness, the mighty high stakes world of international business...."

Aug. 6, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Okoge
"...wife threatens to out him to his conformist, white-collar corporate colleagues unless he resumes his husbandly role. And we..."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man Trouble
"...supporting characters: D'Angelo as Barkin's loopy sister pursued by corporate bad guys in the employ of Stanton, the subject..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Wages of Fear
"...entirely deleting one character, also removed references to homosexuality, anti-corporate sentiments and Central American impoverishment. The movie is set..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Moneytree
"...chosen vocation and go to work for her Daddy's corporate empire. This pair is so mismatched that it's hard..."

March 6, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Strictly Business
"...Fox film about moving up through the ranks in corporate America. Davidson of In Living Color plays a street..."

Nov. 15, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

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