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	502 Reviews by Marc Savlov 502 Reviews by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle Movie: American Gangster Release date: 11/2/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (6/0) American Gangster does a crackerjack job at nailing the look and feel of New York City's bad old ... 167 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bella Release date: 10/26/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (6/0) Monteverde's unobtrusive direction makes Bella into something far more interesting and affecting ... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Heartbreak Kid, The Release date: 10/5/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (6/0) This is a Farrelly film for adults, if not the entire family, and it's a charmer, honest both to ... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lust, Caution Release date: 9/28/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (6/0) Lust, Caution is a major film, but it feels like a minor work in Lee's canon. 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: December Boys Release date: 9/14/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Pleasant but pedestrian. 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hatchet Release date: 9/7/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) No other film in recent memory has featured such a terrifically retro maniac or revisited the hey... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Shadow of the Moon Release date: 9/7/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The story (even more so if you weren't around in July of 1969) is gripping, eloquent, and powerfu... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Nines Release date: 8/31/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (6/0) The Nines is the feature-film-directing debut from screenwriter John August, but it feels much mo... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Balls of Fury Release date: 8/29/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Just barely goofy enough to sustain its 90-minute running time. 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: Right at Your Door Release date: 8/24/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Cunningly riffs on everything from George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and The Crazies to ou... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rush Hour 3 Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There's a fine line between the frenetic fun to be found in returning to a familiar roller-coaste... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stardust Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Stardust has lost a good amount of its magic in the transformation from page to screen. It's the ... 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: No End in Sight Release date: 7/27/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (6/0) Narrated with a detached, grim authority by Campbell Scott, Ferguson's film is surely the most no... 80 other reviews of this movie Movie: No Reservations Release date: 7/27/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) No Reservations succeeds as well as it does (kinda sorta) by virtue of Zeta-Jones' performance 134 other reviews of this movie Movie: Captivity Release date: 7/13/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Captivity is the kind of film that gives torture porn a bad name. It's disturbing in the most unp... 60 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Release date: 7/11/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The end may be in sight by now, but we're still not sure if it's a light at the end of this parti... 179 other reviews of this movie Movie: Joshua Release date: 7/6/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It should be mandatory viewing for right-to-lifers and prospective parents as well as fans of cre... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Transformers Release date: 7/3/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Transformers is about as clever as an unplugged blender: Take away the many effects crews who so ... 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ratatouille Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Pixar's animation is simply flawless; colorful, deeply realized, and ably conveying both the chao... 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Live Free or Die Hard Release date: 6/27/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Live Free or Die Hard's goofy generation-gap gambit pays off decently and proves, again, that nat... 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Sheep Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (6/0) Black Sheep is flat-out comic-horror genius... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Rise of the Silver Surfer is both relentlessly dull and curiously bombastic. 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hostel Part II Release date: 6/8/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Social commentary, gore galore, and a truly disturbing denouement: This is Roth's best nightmare ... 67 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paprika Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Paprika, while certainly not suitable for kids, manages to capture the childlike, helter-skelter ... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Angel-A Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) An ultimately dull nonaffair. 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Golden Door Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Despite the hardships depicted, Golden Door is a sweet film at heart, playing witness to the birt... 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shrek the Third Release date: 5/18/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Parents will be better off firing up the DVD player and steering well clear of this plodding, unf... 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: Severance Release date: 5/18/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Like the Britain of Tony Blair, it's neither bloody awful nor bloody great. Which isn't to say, r... 67 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fay Grim Release date: 5/18/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Hartley's film doesn't match up to the cockamamy punch of its predecessor, but it's enough to see... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: 28 Weeks Later Release date: 5/11/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) While 28 Weeks Later ultimately falls shy of classic status, there are several hard-to-shake scen... 134 other reviews of this movie Movie: Invisible, The Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Teen angst is teen angst whether it's DOA or MIA, and c'mon, if you really want to go all Swede-e... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vacancy Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Nothing in Vacancy manages to come anywhere close to the quiet and steadily mounting dread of the... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Redline Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Yawn. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: 300 Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Not since Mario Bava's Hercules in the Haunted World has Greco-Roman movie-house mythmaking been ... 188 other reviews of this movie Movie: Host (Gwoemul), The Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Comes up with not only a fistful of nervous pools of fear but also a heady wellspring of classic ... 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beyond the Gates Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The film grinds inexorably toward its unsurprising and terrible conclusion with infinite grace bu... 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghost Rider Release date: 2/16/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Nicolas Cage is the film's only saving grace in a welter of cheesy (but accurate to the imagery o... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blood and Chocolate Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Most of the dialogue verges between the hormonally overwrought and the insipid. 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch and Release Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) An archetypal date movie with a good heart. 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happily N'Ever After Release date: 1/5/2007 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) No child deserves Happily N'Ever After. 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flyboys, The Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:31 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) While director Bill nails the sheer spectacle of squads of SPADs dovetailing in flames into the w... 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Christmas Release date: 12/25/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A surprisingly memorable creepfest that fleshes out the characters' backstories while adding a he... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Venus Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It comes as a pleasant shock, actually, to see newcomer Whittaker holding her actorly own against... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocky Balboa Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (5/2) ... despite some clunky melodramatics and questionable, MTV-esque editing barrages -- the film sw... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny Release date: 11/22/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's stoner comedy of the most absurd kind, part fryboy mental drizzle, part wink-wink audience b... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, The Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Like a dream, this film is wispy and ethereal; like a nightmare, it lodges in your hindbrain and ... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fast Food Nation Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Richard Linklater and Eric Schlosser's noble and worthy film about meat processing and consumptio... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Candy Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Just because you're a poet and in love and jamming spikes in your veins in the deepest downest un... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Year, A Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There are precious few surprises in A Good Year -- its story, like its garden paths, is well-trod... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Release date: 11/3/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) In between Borat's arrival in New York City and the end of his epic quest are some of the most fe... 170 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch a Fire Release date: 10/27/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Australian director (Phillip) Noyce continues to explore the havoc and repercussions caused by wh... 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Babel Release date: 10/27/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's a masterful film, the kind you itch to see twice or more, as elliptical as a dream and as di... 99 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saw III Release date: 10/27/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) No one will ever be able to accuse series creators and scribes Leigh Wannell and James Wan of bei... 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Running With Scissors Release date: 10/20/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Murphy's take on Burroughs' hellish childhood is tonally fractured, unleavened with black-as-pitc... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Man of the Year Release date: 10/13/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Rarely has Williams ever seemed so rote, so glaringly sleepwalking through a role. 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Little Children Release date: 10/6/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The bulky melodrama spreads throughout the last half of the film like an acrid and unromantic mia... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Departed, The Release date: 10/6/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Watching this new film by Scorsese is tantamount to falling in love again with the brash, cinemat... 189 other reviews of this movie Movie: Science of Sleep, The Release date: 9/22/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) An endearing, beautiful, hopelessly honest mess that's supported by a pair of performances so unn... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Dahlia, The Release date: 9/15/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Forty-five minutes in, I was already glancing at my watch and wondering why the only lively actre... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wicker Man, The Release date: 9/1/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Nearly all of what made the 1973 film such an unforgettable cinematic experience is lost in trans... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Invincible Release date: 8/25/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) This is one footballing epic with nary an epic in sight. 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Snakes on a Plane Release date: 8/18/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A solid little B-movie arriving cloaked in the dodgy garb of a fanboy phenomenon, Snakes on a Pla... 75 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pulse Release date: 8/11/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A curiously dull Americanization of one of the finest examples of subtle, moody J-horror out ther... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Night Listener, The Release date: 8/4/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It�s unlike anything else out now, and Williams, to his credit and our immense relief, has for th... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lady in the Water Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Performances are bang-on and characters fascinating right across the board, even Shyamalan's own ... 86 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monster House Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Equal parts Ray Bradbury and rickety carnival spook show, this animated tale of a carnivorous, ha... 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Release date: 7/7/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's all a bit much, yes, a bit exhausting, that's true, but then why on Earth would anyone expec... 186 other reviews of this movie Movie: X-Men: The Last Stand Release date: 5/26/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There's much to enjoy here -- Ratner's pacing is fluid and fast and the film rushes along its bus... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lower City Release date: 5/26/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The toastiest summer on record is but an intermittently flickering 40-watt bulb when held up to t... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: See No Evil Release date: 5/19/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) This rote exercise in slasher-film tedium holds zero surprises. 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Keeping Up With the Steins Release date: 5/12/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Keeping Up With the Steins isn't a bad film -- it just devolves into the limp sort of schmaltzy c... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mission: Impossible III Release date: 5/5/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's all poppycock, of course, but it's done with such vim and vigor and both narrative and visua... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Silent Hill Release date: 4/21/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Sweet dreams are most assuredly not made of this, but then again, it's nice to see Uwe Boll cloth... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Notorious Bettie Page, The Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) ... a splendid visual treat ... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kinky Boots Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) ...If you've seen The Full Monty (or Waking Ned Devine or Calendar Girls or Billy Elliot) then th... 100 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hard Candy Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It takes creepy, spooky, and altogether ooky to a hideous new level. 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scary Movie 4 Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Scary Movie 4 is so lazy it's downright boring, something not even a naked Leslie Nielsen (!) can... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Free Zone Release date: 4/7/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The milieu he chooses -- essentially one long, queerly prosaic car ride to nowhere -- robs the fi... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Basic Instinct 2 Release date: 3/31/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) [A] garish, deliciously awful sequel. 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: Inside Man Release date: 3/24/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Lee has created a truly original film from various shopworn genre clich�, chief among them, the N... 150 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stay Alive Release date: 3/24/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Implausibly tedious, Stay Alive has none of the vicarious thrills of, say, Konami's Silent Hill 2... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thank You for Smoking Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A snarkily playful little comedy that gets so wrapped up in its own barbed witticisms that it fai... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: She's the Man Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Its kooky hybrid of slapstick gender jokes already had whiskers on �em in Shakespeare�s day. 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: V for Vendetta Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) What it has for certain, and what it has in spades, are some very real ideas. And, to paraphrase ... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shaggy Dog, The Release date: 3/10/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There are precious few surprises here, but parents will find director Robbins� breezy remake a pa... 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Date Movie Release date: 2/17/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Director Seltzer and his co-writer Jason Friedberg throw everything they can at the audience in t... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Final Destination 3 Release date: 2/10/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) In its own morbid little way, this is very much a stand-up-and-cheer -- or shriek, as the case ma... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: When a Stranger Calls Release date: 2/3/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Long distance information? Get me Hollywood, USA: I�ve got a rusty ice pick to bury in the gullet... 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Why we Fight Release date: 1/20/2006 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) ... canny and somewhat overwhelming documentary ... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: War Within, The Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:48 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It�s thanks to Akhtar�s standout performance that The War Within is as electrifying as it is. 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Travellers & Magicians Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:45 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The Himalayan scenery, majestic mountains, and verdant valleys are as breathtaking and well-shot ... 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Time and Tide Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:45 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Tsui Hark reborn from the ashes of his sojourn into Hollywood pap, flying high minus the wirework... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tree of Palme, A Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:45 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A heady, dense metaphor for everything from the struggle for self-knowledge and personal growth t... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:44 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There's no moment of release, no instant of sudden redemption in this powerful, moving, and altog... 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Daltry Calhoun, The Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:29 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Boasts Quentin Tarantino as co-executive producer but falls about as far from that particular tre... 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Munich Release date: 12/23/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) ... riveting stuff ... 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: White Countess, The Release date: 12/21/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) By sheer willpower (and some of the best art direction of this year or any other), this is a fitt... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: King Kong Release date: 12/14/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The interplay between Watts� melancholy blond and the great ape is almost too real to be believed... 203 other reviews of this movie Movie: Walk the Line Release date: 11/18/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Phoenix as Cash in Walk the Line is the next best thing to having been there, I suppose. 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Breakfast on Pluto Release date: 11/16/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A charming, winsome slice of Seventies pop kitsch. 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prime Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Director and cast are smart enough to not shy away from a romantic comedy that can only end, if n... 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saw II Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Saw II is a nasty piece of work ... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A trippy tribute to L.A. noir that blazes through its running time, a genre-busting blitzkrieg at... 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: North Country Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The film is at its best when putting viewers in the position of feeling the smart of the abuse as... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Doom Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) So niche-marketed to gamers that it might as well not be considered a film at all: It�s a marketi... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Elizabethtown Release date: 10/14/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) You can�t go home again, but if you do, you�d better discover yourself in the process or risk con... 140 other reviews of this movie Movie: Roll Bounce Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) This is the real deal, and it shows up the likes of pre-Eighties Xanadu and Roller Boogie poseurs... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Just Like Heaven Release date: 9/16/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) In the face of Witherspoon�s unrepentant charms, it�s very difficult to resist. 130 other reviews of this movie Movie: Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Release date: 9/9/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) While the melting demon-people are a nifty, unsettling touch, this alleged battle for the soul of... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cave, The Release date: 8/26/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Forgettable. 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Release date: 8/19/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Fun, up to a point, but once it crosses its own internal Rubicon it becomes downright horrific, w... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Supercross: The Movie Release date: 8/17/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Part advertisement for Clear Channel�s Supercross broadcasts and part hellish miscalculation on t... 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Great Raid, The Release date: 8/12/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There are the makings of a fine, moving, epic war film here, but thanks to the inclusion of enoug... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Edukators Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Sticking it to the man, German-style, is the subject of this smart, kicky little gem that owes as... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Devil's Rejects, The Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The year�s most viciously entertaining psycho-road- movie-revenge- 'n'-wreckage- romance. 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bad News Bears, The Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) That Linklater manages to make his remake as affecting as it is -- and there are moments of pure ... 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Release date: 7/15/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Pure magic. 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saraband Release date: 7/8/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A pure distillation of the great director's ongoing themes of the frailty of the human psyche and... 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rebound Release date: 7/1/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It�s a ready cinematic babysitter for harried moms and dads who need some weekend downtime detox ... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: War of the Worlds Release date: 6/29/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) War of the Worlds is pure popcorn escapism of the highest order if you want it to be, or more, bu... 207 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman Begins Release date: 6/15/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There�s so much going on, and so much to take in, that it leaves you winded. But that�s origin st... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: 5x2 Release date: 6/10/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Even while we�re flipping through the snapshots of two people�s ultimate disenchantment with each... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Longest Yard, The Release date: 5/27/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Segal�s version is no sports-film watershed, either, but it is consistently entertaining, athleti... 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Release date: 5/19/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Veering from moments of breathtakingly visualized valor to outright stupidity, Sith is a vast imp... 250 other reviews of this movie Movie: Layer Cake Release date: 5/13/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A contemporary gangster film that both looks and feels like a Britnoir classic filtered through t... 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monster-in-Law Release date: 5/13/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A banal and lukewarm slice of romantic comedy and family histrionics. 140 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, The Release date: 4/29/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Fans of the novel can exhale, finally; panic is unwarranted. 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: XXX: State of the Union Release date: 4/29/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Aims low and hits the bull's-eye with enough firepower to sink the Bismarck. 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fever Pitch Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Ultimately, it�s a bore. 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kung Fu Hustle Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It�s a short, sharp, shock to the cinematic system that�s virtually impossible to dislike, and if... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sin City Release date: 4/1/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) For those who enjoy their tough-guy testosterone straight up, no chaser, it's a 120-proof sucker ... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Old Boy Release date: 3/25/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It�s a hopelessly, helplessly original film. 99 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ring Two, The Release date: 3/18/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Dead in the water. 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Be Cool Release date: 3/4/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A messy, overlong film, but it's impossible to take seriously and therefore more than a little en... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Walk on Water Release date: 3/4/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Has its heart in the right place, but the grim reality of day-to-day events in the region nullify... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Around the Bend Release date: 3/2/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Jordan Roberts' feature debut pulls off the dizzying high-wire act of being both a misty-eyed gli... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Up and Down Release date: 2/25/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Hrebejk's stylish direction and perfectly chosen cast make what might otherwise have been a depre... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Constantine Release date: 2/18/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Those who can set aside their preconceptions will discover one of the more artfully designed comi... 180 other reviews of this movie Movie: Downfall Release date: 2/18/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Some demons are too extreme to comprehend, but Hirschbiegel's film nonetheless provides a painful... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bigger Than the Sky Release date: 2/18/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Feels constrained by its unshakable predisposition toward actorly fawning. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Son of the Mask Release date: 2/18/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Retains absolutely none of its predecessor�s manic charm. 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wedding Date, The Release date: 2/4/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Inexplicable Fantasy Romances for the Harried Modern Gal 101 is a more fitting title for this sha... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alone in the Dark Release date: 1/28/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's just the most inept filmmaking you can catch in theatres right now, or probably all year lon... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: White Noise Release date: 1/7/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Little more than a droning nonsensical buzz that makes even less sense at its end than it does at... 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Twilight Samurai, The Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:45 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A determined, resolutely paced, and atypical samurai movie. 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tamala 2010 Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:45 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Simply unlike any Japanese anim� I�ve ever encountered before, Tamala is jarringly unique from st... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dawn of the Dead Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:29 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Snyder's film isn't likely to be considered a classic 20 years down the road like Romero�s film i... 95 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sky Blue Release date: 12/31/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A riveting, eco-wise epic that'll do fans of both Ralph Nader and Katsuhiro Otomo proud. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hotel Rwanda Release date: 12/22/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Scrappy, powerful, and shocking. 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Imaginary Heroes Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Has a third act that consists almost entirely of skeletons tumbling out of the closet, but Weaver... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blade: Trinity Release date: 12/8/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A choppy m�lange of straight-to-video editing and a surfeit of disintegration effects. 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Christmas with the Kranks Release date: 11/24/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (6/1) Egregiously mediocre and flagrantly ill-conceived in every department, this is, truly, the cinema... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Treasure Release date: 11/19/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) An underdone pastiche of Raiders of the Lost Ark and a really tedious high school history class. 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: After the Sunset Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Inoffensively asinine. 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seed of Chucky Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Installment No. 5 in the once-moribund Child's Play franchise isn't quite the roller coaster from... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Polar Express, The Release date: 11/10/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) In a word, it's soulless. 127 other reviews of this movie Movie: Incredibles, The Release date: 11/5/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Overflows with slapstick and more gentle strains of humor, while a core of genuine emotion that i... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saw Release date: 10/29/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Saw has its moments, and most of them are brutal in the extreme, but ultimately it's one tremendo... 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stage Beauty Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's a juicy, reality-driven plot that you'd think would work like a charm, but Stage Beauty fall... 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taxi Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) As dull and dented as a Ford Pinto minus the exploding gas tank. 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dirty Shame, A Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A genuine cri de couer in the director's long-running battle against the forces of censorship and... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shaun of the Dead Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The most original comedy from either side of the pond in years. 135 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Not so much a film as a singular and joyous tribute to a vanished age when wonder only cost a nic... 165 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cellular Release date: 9/10/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's mad, bad nonsense of the summer, popcorn variety, disposable but oh-so-much fun to endure, a... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brown Bunny, The Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) For all its anti-action, The Brown Bunny gets its teeth in you and shakes. 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Exorcist: The Beginning Release date: 8/20/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A lot of noisy tomfoolery that never coalesces into a solid horror yarn, lacking even the beloved... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien vs. Predator Release date: 8/13/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There are a few worthy twists that make the film bearable, but only just. 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Open Water Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Justified paranoia and dark digital photography combine forces in Open Water in an attempt to gen... 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Village, The Release date: 7/30/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Feels as if Shyamalan is coasting. 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Garden State Release date: 7/30/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A mash note to love that will speak to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boom... 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catwoman Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Utterly devoid of merit, fantastic or otherwise, a more exasperating descent into the feline worl... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Outfoxed Release date: 7/13/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Pure partisan warfare of the liberal stripe, to be sure, but that doesn't make it any less distur... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spider-Man 2 Release date: 6/30/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Raimi has finally recaptured the manic charge he brought to Evil Dead 2. 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: White Chicks Release date: 6/23/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) As fluffily disposable as a meringue. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chronicles of Riddick, The Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Bloated-but- enjoyable production. 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Soul Plane Release date: 5/28/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Come fly with me? Thanks, no, I'd rather pay cross-country cab fare. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Troy Release date: 5/14/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The end result is the sound and fury of Homer undone. 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Van Helsing Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The film suffers from some truly inane dialogue and pacing that will likely cause tachycardia in ... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alamo, The Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The film lacks the emotional, doomed punch for which it's so clearly striving. 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: I'm Not Scared Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) By far the most gorgeous slice of sunlit sadism so far this summer, I'm Not Scared also manages t... 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hellboy Release date: 4/2/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Perlman plays the adult Hellboy to perfection: part blustery, stogie-chomping tough guy in a mean... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ladykillers, The Release date: 3/26/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's the Coens being flashy instead of truly funny, and much of the problem stems from Hanks' biz... 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: Never Die Alone Release date: 3/26/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A misogynistic, dull-witted bore. 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Reckoning, The Release date: 3/5/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) As an existential awakening into the light and triumph of rational thought over superstition, it'... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Starsky & Hutch Release date: 3/5/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Many of the gags here are hit or miss, but Wilson and Stiller's unflappable charm and the obvious... 141 other reviews of this movie Movie: Passion of the Christ, The Release date: 2/25/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The Passion of the Christ is something of a masterpiece, terrible to behold, unfit for children, ... 203 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eurotrip Release date: 2/20/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A mixed bag. 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: You Got Served Release date: 1/30/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Lacks the old-school charm of films like Wild Style and Breakin'. 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Along Came Polly Release date: 1/16/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Like its protagonist, too cautious for its own good. 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: Secret Things Release date: 1/2/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) While the points it hammers home with all the subtlety of a Vivid Video girl's come-on are anythi... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Peter Pan Release date: 12/25/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There's really no way this film should have received a kid-friendly PG rating. 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Release date: 12/17/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) As the capstone to one of the single greatest achievements of modern motion-picture history, The ... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stuck on You Release date: 12/12/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) At once ridiculous, obnoxious, and poignant, it recaptures the difficult middle ground between gr... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Fish Release date: 12/10/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Feels like a sham, all tripe and not enough of Burton�s gothic childlike mindset, and also infuse... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Honey Release date: 12/5/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Dopey, obvious stuff 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Release date: 11/21/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A film adaptation with big-buck effects, but no soul to speak of. 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Release date: 11/14/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A humanistic adventure film that's both rich with characterization and concussive cannon bursts, ... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Architect Release date: 11/12/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Compelling, luminous, and poignant. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: In My Skin Release date: 11/7/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Marina de Van will be familiar to some as the screenwriter of Fran�ois Ozon's 8 Women, but she's ... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Love Actually Release date: 11/7/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's not so much the individual storylines that grab you, but Curtis' unrelenting optimism. 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix Revolutions, The Release date: 11/5/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) An impressive closing to the cycle. 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Revolution Will Not Be Televised, The Release date: 11/5/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Amazing documentary. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scary Movie 3 Release date: 10/24/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) This third outing is 90% chaff, 10% wit, and pure Children of the Corny. 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beyond Borders Release date: 10/24/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) By the time the closing credits come up, you're left with the unshakable feeling that things migh... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Release date: 10/17/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) While it's far from bad, it also falls far short of the icy frissons produced by the original. 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Boy! Release date: 10/10/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's ingratiating in that nice doggie way, but the dogs, who have had their lips enhanced via CGI... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of the Dead, The Release date: 10/10/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's a botched attempt at filmmaking that could easily become a midnight staple along the lines o... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: School of Rock Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Pure fun. 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: Station Agent, The Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It feels less like a modern motion picture than some odd poem long lost and then discovered in an... 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rundown, The Release date: 9/26/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The screenplay ... is the sort of mishmash of action-hero and mismatched buddy-movie clich�s that... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Life Without Me Release date: 9/26/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It could have easily toppled over into the maudlin. That it doesn't is due in tremendous part to ... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cold Creek Manor Release date: 9/19/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) About as thrilling as cleaning out your garage. 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Secondhand Lions Release date: 9/19/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A wholly unique family film that can moisten your eyes even while it quickens your pulse. 95 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cabin Fever Release date: 9/12/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Severed-head- and-shoulders above the spate of recent shockers. 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Greendale Release date: 9/5/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) If this didn't have Young�s name attached, it would likely have sunk without a trace. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Party Monster Release date: 9/5/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Like Alig, Party Monster is a colorful mess, all style and substances and little else. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Once Upon a Time In the Midlands Release date: 8/29/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) In the end, Meadows' film lacks the bite it needs to make us care about this oddball trio, endear... 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jeepers Creepers 2 Release date: 8/29/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A complete snooze -- it doesn't even qualify as a nightmare. 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stoked Release date: 8/22/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Packed to the rafters with fine old competition footage and clips from Vision's wildly popular sk... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Splendor Release date: 8/15/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) American Splendor, if not entirely new in every single respect, at the very least feels remarkabl... 133 other reviews of this movie Movie: Princess Blade, The Release date: 8/8/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Action directors take note: This is how it�s done. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Wedding Release date: 8/1/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) While it's hardly the train wreck that is so often the case with third acts, American Wedding cle... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Release date: 7/25/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Bombastic it may be, but it's rarely boring, as was the first Tomb Raider. Keep your expectations... 132 other reviews of this movie Movie: Swimming Pool Release date: 7/2/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Rampling is at the top of her game here. 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hulk, The Release date: 6/20/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A comic-book movie for adults, that, while it finally flies wide of its intended 'classic' mark, ... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rugrats Go Wild Release date: 6/13/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's a message movie, as are all kids films these days, but these environmentally-aware messages ... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Release date: 6/13/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Even with its scant running time, this nightmarish travesty barrels along with all the whipcord s... 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Whale Rider Release date: 6/6/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A pitch-perfect example of how to craft a personally resonant film that speaks to all cultures at... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: 2 Fast 2 Furious Release date: 6/6/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's all very nice to look at, sure, but pretty colors and molten intercoolers aside, 2 Fast 2 Fu... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: 2 Fast 2 Furious Release date: 6/6/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's all very nice to look at, sure, but pretty colors and molten intercoolers aside, 2 Fast 2 Fu... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finding Nemo Release date: 5/30/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Continually floods the viewer with more extraordinary sensory input than anything previously. 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: In-Laws, The Release date: 5/23/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Both Fleming ... and the writers are smart enough to know when to leave a classic alone and when ... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix Reloaded, The Release date: 5/15/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There's only so much Rubik's Cubism a film can handle, and Reloaded is awash in sci-fi and religi... 228 other reviews of this movie Movie: X2: X-Men United Release date: 5/2/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Just plain smart, rip-roaring summertime cinematic fun. 179 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of 1,000 Corpses Release date: 4/11/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The film is a mess, going all over the graveyard but never finding the grave. 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Better Luck Tomorrow Release date: 4/11/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Feels nearly as hollow and unknowable as its characters' hearts. 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hunted, The Release date: 3/14/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Jones just looks ready to keel over, and Del Toro as though he might need to take a breather. 100 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bend It Like Beckham Release date: 3/12/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Its sleek, easygoing, utterly un-remarkable charm has precious little to recommend it outside of ... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tears of the Sun Release date: 3/7/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) By closing credits, I still wasn�t sure why this utterly inconsequential and thoroughly depressin... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not Release date: 2/14/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) This delightfully deranged love story should be required viewing for the smitten among us, not to... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Guru, The Release date: 1/31/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There's not a whole lot of heft to von Scherler Mayer's romantic comedy with ethnic Indian entang... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Darkness Falls Release date: 1/24/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Lackluster thriller. 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Powerpuff Girls Movie, The Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:41 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Retro fun that contains a serious self-empowerment message for little girls and little boys alike... 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harrison's Flowers Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:33 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) MacDowell ... gives give a solid, anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she'... 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happiness of the Katakuris Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:33 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's freakishly interesting and even outright hilarious at times, but, then again, so are most fu... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Thief, The Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:32 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's a sticky-suave erotic portrait of a man swaggering his way to the bottom of the proverbial b... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pianist, The Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A wonderful, ghastly film. 126 other reviews of this movie Movie: Max Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Meyjes focuses too much on Max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured, dull arti... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch Me If You Can Release date: 12/25/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's Spielberg with the message turned off, a jaunty two hours and 20 minutes that returns the di... 169 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek: Nemesis Release date: 12/13/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's all very convoluted this time out, and awfully silly to boot. 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Release date: 12/12/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) An engaging, emotionally supercharged epic adventure that will doubtless take pride of place alon... 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: Analyze That Release date: 12/6/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) About as original as a gangster sweating bullets while worrying about a contract on his life. 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Treasure Planet Release date: 11/27/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The overall tone of this rocket-paced updating is exhilaratingly giddy, making it by far Disney's... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Friday After Next Release date: 11/22/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Neither as good as its direct ancestor nor as clever as the original Friday, this is, to put it b... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times Release date: 11/22/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Chomsky and his arguments are brilliant stuff, but this film is just a boring, trite mess. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Die Another Day Release date: 11/22/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Many aspects of Die Another Day seem cribbed from previous Bond films. 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: 8 Mile Release date: 11/8/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Even a rapper needs to punch things up a bit, and 8 Mile, for all its hip-hop braggadocio, is a p... 143 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Spy Release date: 11/1/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's a buddy movie with zero chemistry between its leads, and even the action set-pieces seem dat... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Dragon Release date: 10/4/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) [Fiennes] manages to distill the Tooth Fairy's mangled narcissistic psyche to a mere thimbleful o... 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie Release date: 10/4/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Strictly for kids suffering from rescinded television privileges or adults seeking a nap in a coo... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tuxedo, The Release date: 9/27/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Dull, witless, and exhaustingly incomprehensible affair. 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spirited Away Release date: 9/20/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Genius and nothing but -- that's what Miyazaki means. 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: In Praise of Love Release date: 9/6/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The 70-year-old Godard has become, to judge from In Praise of Love, the sort of bitter old crank ... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Swimfan Release date: 9/6/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Like its script, which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire Olympic swim team throu... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: feardotcom Release date: 8/30/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) This is rote spookiness, with nary an original idea (or role, or edit, or score, or anything, rea... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: XXX Release date: 8/9/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There's no legitimate reason to confuse 'bad ass' filmmaking with just plain bad. 126 other reviews of this movie Movie: Signs Release date: 8/2/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Shyamalan manufactures real, honest-to-goodness, nail-gnawing suspense like cows make methane. 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Country Bears, The Release date: 7/26/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) By turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy. 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: K-19: The Widowmaker Release date: 7/19/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) An above-average and affecting descent into both heretofore unknown Soviet naval history and the ... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eight Legged Freaks Release date: 7/17/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Silly, yes, but oddly fun in a light-hearted, end-of-the-world way. 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men in Black II Release date: 7/3/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A welcome and nicely goofy bit of sci-fi froth with the occasional hint of genuine comic smarts. 153 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pumpkin Release date: 6/28/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A dark-as-pitch comedy that frequently veers into corny sentimentality, probably would not improv... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Minority Report Release date: 6/21/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's not the crowning achievement in Steven Spielberg's oeuvre, but Minority Report stands on its... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Emperor's New Clothes, The Release date: 6/14/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Fails to ignite in the way a film -- even a comedy -- revolving around Napoleon should. 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Identity, The Release date: 6/14/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Like its protagonist, it never hands you explanations on a silver platter, and it makes you think... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sum of All Fears, The Release date: 5/31/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) You want excitement, panic, and governmental foul-ups that result in tragic loss of life? Watch C... 134 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Release date: 5/24/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A slight and obvious effort, even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single ... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: About a Boy Release date: 5/17/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It wants to make you smile, and grin, and then laugh with recognition, and it manages all three, ... 107 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spider-Man Release date: 5/3/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) This is perhaps the most spot-on film adaptation of a comic book superhero yet. 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Salton Sea, The Release date: 4/26/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A solid piece of dirty work. 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Big Fat Greek Wedding Release date: 4/19/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) My Big Fat Greek Wedding is not only the best date movie of the year, it's also a -- dare I say i... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scorpion King, The Release date: 4/19/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of cheese, indeed. 107 other reviews of this movie Movie: Changing Lanes Release date: 4/12/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Rarely have I seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart. 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cat's Meow, The Release date: 4/12/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A solid, engaging period mystery. 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: New Best Friend Release date: 4/12/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The trashy teen-sleaze equivalent of Showgirls. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Lampoon's Van Wilder Release date: 4/5/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Bluto Blutarsky, we miss you. 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Death to Smoochy Release date: 3/29/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The result comes out loud, brash, vulgar, and considerably entertaining. 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Resident Evil Release date: 3/15/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Is this the future of horror or just some bizarre fluke? Don't ask me, I'm having too much fun to... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Time Machine, The Release date: 3/8/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects, hoary dialogue, fluxing accents, and -- worst of ... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: We Were Soldiers Release date: 3/1/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Fails to bring as much to the table. 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Queen of the Damned Release date: 2/22/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black... 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: Collateral Damage Release date: 2/8/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Plays like a bad adolescent revenge fantasy on Ritalin, all jagged editorial edges and silly, pum... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Birthday Girl Release date: 2/1/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's worth checking out if only to see Kidman immolate everything else on screen through sheer se... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Count of Monte Cristo, The Release date: 1/25/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) This is middling Dumas all the way. 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mothman Prophecies, The Release date: 1/25/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Decidedly snail-paced and ultimately dull creepy-crawl. 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Snow Dogs Release date: 1/18/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Pre-packaged dog crap, a dumb movie made by dull-witted adults who clearly believe that just beca... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Release date: 1/11/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A deeply ambitious picture, one of the most expensive and original to come out of France in many ... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Others , The Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:40 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's that most rare of spookshows: a literate and mature ghost story that works on multiple level... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ali Release date: 12/25/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's not a TKO per se -- where did this will to power come from, anyway? -- but it is a helluva f... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Release date: 12/19/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) If you've managed to elude Tolkien's siren call over the years, this is your chance to catch up a... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Behind Enemy Lines Release date: 11/30/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) You get the feeling the filmmakers didn't want to make anyone think too hard about what's going o... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spy Game Release date: 11/21/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Ponderous and bulky, swaddled in an aura of flimsy import. 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tape Release date: 11/2/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Smart, playful, disturbing, and most of all alive. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monsters, Inc. Release date: 11/2/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's almost beyond the point to say that this new collaboration between animation behemoths Disne... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: K-Pax Release date: 10/26/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Seems somehow unfocused and meandering. 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Burnt Money Release date: 10/19/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Well worth seeing if you have even the slightest interest in guns and sex and the interplay betwe... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Castle, The Release date: 10/19/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Some films just leave you puzzled, and The Last Castle is one of them. 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: From Hell Release date: 10/19/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There's not much else to sink your teeth into once the pretty colors fade from view. 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mulholland Dr. Release date: 10/12/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) As gorgeous a piece of work as any of the director's films to date. 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Training Day Release date: 10/5/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A razor-wire-taut (and extremely violent) exploration of what happens when good guys go bad, badd... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hearts in Atlantis Release date: 9/28/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Falls squarely into the near miss category. 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Soul Survivors Release date: 9/7/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A toothless, fright-free journey into dullsville. 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Summer Catch Release date: 8/24/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) So cloyingly heartfelt that it's all you can do not to giggle every time someone makes a propheti... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars Release date: 8/24/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's like watching a John Carpenter greatest-hits reel done by a rank amateur. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thomas in Love Release date: 8/3/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) For a film that takes place entirely within the confines of the main character's computer screen,... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Planet of the Apes Release date: 7/27/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Burton's film isn't the effects-driven barrage I had worried it might be, but neither does it pac... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: America's Sweethearts Release date: 7/20/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The script ... is crisp and fresh, the gags well-aimed and nastily barbed. 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within Release date: 7/11/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) One for the history books, and tremendous fun to boot. 99 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kiss of the Dragon Release date: 7/6/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Loaded with explosive set-piece after set-piece, each and every one designed to give Li the oppor... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: A.I. Artificial Intelligence Release date: 6/29/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A muddled, messy disaster of a film ... cut down to incomprehensible levels with whole sections m... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lumumba Release date: 6/27/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) As fluid and intellectually stimulating as the man himself. 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fast and the Furious, The Release date: 6/22/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Pure, unadulterated teen exploitation filmmaking at its best. 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Dolittle 2 Release date: 6/22/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Tepid fare that suffers from a majority of the problems that plague so many sequels these days. 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Princess and the Warrior, The Release date: 6/22/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's just over two hours long but feels like much more. 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Animal, The Release date: 6/1/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) About the best you can say regarding this inoffensive Schneider vehicle is, hey, it could have be... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pearl Harbor Release date: 5/25/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Arrive late, leave early, go home satisfied. 107 other reviews of this movie Movie: Moulin Rouge Release date: 5/18/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) So enamored with the very idea of Love that only the rockiest heart could fail to crack under wha... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shrek Release date: 5/16/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A sly comic gem, combining a genuinely clever, very well-written story with definitive computer a... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mummy Returns, The Release date: 5/4/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) So gleefully abandons any semblance of sanity that it's virtually impossible not to enjoy the she... 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Forsaken, The Release date: 4/27/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The time may finally be ripe to leave the bloodsuckers to their coffins and move on to less famil... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Driven Release date: 4/27/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Feels desperately overscripted and straight out of an early Seventies TV movie of the week. 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Freddy Got Fingered Release date: 4/20/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Witless, dull, and oh-so-predictably offensive. 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amores Perros Release date: 3/30/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) For those willing to submit to its terrible charms, it may be the single most important debut to ... 69 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tailor of Panama, The Release date: 3/30/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) An adult film in the classic sense of the phrase -- no sophomoric comedy allowed, and a dry Brit ... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Say It Isn't So Release date: 3/23/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) In the end it's a dull, unremarkable comedy of errata. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dish, The Release date: 3/14/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Utterly charming. 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Company Man Release date: 3/9/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) I'm astonished that even at 81 minutes the film contained not even one little chuckle. 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: When Brendan Met Trudy Release date: 3/9/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The type of film that begs to be called 'charming' and by doing so instead ends up grating. 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monkeybone Release date: 2/23/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Feels like a movie lost in a tide of brilliant, unrealized ideas. 69 other reviews of this movie Movie: Down to Earth Release date: 2/16/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Rarely has a pair of leather pants been so sorely abused in the service of low comedy. 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scarlet Diva Release date: 1/24/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of pos... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dogtown and Z-Boys Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) This engrossing, definitive documentary on the birth of Southern California's outlaw skateboardin... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chopper Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) You wonder why anyone even bothered. 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Antitrust Release date: 1/12/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Throws in everything and the desktop computer, and then chucks it all out the Windows 2000 with a... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shadow of the Vampire Release date: 12/29/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Any film that has not just Dafoe but also Malkovich, Kier (late of Paul Morrissey's Warhol-produc... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Malena Release date: 12/25/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Tornatore has two near-perfect films working within the body of one mediocre one. 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Unbreakable Release date: 11/22/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) If you can manage that precious, tentative suspension of disbelief, you'll find Unbreakable a rew... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bounce Release date: 11/17/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Roos' film is a misfire, but only just. 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlie's Angels Release date: 11/3/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Amazingly, it all hangs together in a lightweight, sexy confection. 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lost Souls Release date: 10/13/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A shamelessly dull, difficult-to-grasp foray into not the dark but the dim. 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Remember the Titans Release date: 9/29/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Once kicked, the ball deflates midway through the goal posts, and then lies there sagging for ano... 89 other reviews of this movie Movie: Urban Legends: Final Cut Release date: 9/22/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The horror film as a genre has but one caveat -- never bore the audience -- and this sequel to th... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dancer in the Dark Release date: 9/22/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A bitter confection chock-full of rusty barbs and a woeful, inexorable slide into doom and worse. 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bless the Child Release date: 8/11/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A pox on the house of all involved. 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Battlefield Earth Release date: 5/12/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Simply put, Battlefield Earth is the worst film I've seen in over 10 years, and believe me, that'... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gladiator Release date: 5/5/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Loud, obnoxious, and pleasant-enough entertainment, but hardly the soaring tale of one man's stru... 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Psycho Release date: 4/14/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Bale's cool, clinically detached freak show is fun to watch, and disturbing too. 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Whatever It Takes Release date: 3/24/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) With a running time of 92 minutes, Whatever It Takes is too long by an hour and a half. 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mission to Mars Release date: 3/10/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) De Palma has reached out to embrace a larger audience and seemingly sacrificed those traits that ... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pitch Black Release date: 2/18/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A very streamlined exercise in interplanetary mayhem and the logistics of the body count. 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Down to You Release date: 1/21/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) This, then, is the death of the teen comedy. 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Holy Smoke Release date: 1/14/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Confused and lacking a tangible emotional center, Campion's tale of a sleazy cult deprogrammer an... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Galaxy Quest Release date: 12/25/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Frequently riotously funny stuff, playful, silly, and fun. And all without Styrofoam boulders, to... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Any Given Sunday Release date: 12/22/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) I'm selling my shares in Dell and socking it all into Tylenol as soon as possible. 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Magnolia Release date: 12/17/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Make no mistake, Magnolia is unlike any other film released this past year, be it from the aspect... 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Green Mile, The Release date: 12/10/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Hanks is in fine form, as is Sam Rockwell, as 'Wild Bill' Wharton, a new inmate so repulsively ev... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: End of Days Release date: 11/24/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) We're treated to such a broad panoply of godawful dialogue, righteously shoddy acting, and, worst... 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Toy Story 2 Release date: 11/24/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A warm charmer of a kid film, and though it falls just shy of the original in terms of, well, ori... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Insider, The Release date: 11/5/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd just sat through an awfully long, awfully big movie that hi... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Show Me Love Release date: 10/15/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A breath of fresh air in a genre too often controlled by Hollywood teen-pap. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fight Club Release date: 10/15/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) An incendiary, psychotic film surely guaranteed to polarize both critics and audiences alike 69 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Beauty Release date: 9/15/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) What American Beauty has to say isn't pretty, at least not in the conventional fashion, but it is... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: In Too Deep Release date: 8/25/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Comes off as a simplistic morality tale rife with moments requiring forehead-slapping suspension ... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dick Release date: 8/4/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Plodding, occasionally sanctimonious, run-of-the-mill comedy. 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deep Blue Sea Release date: 7/28/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A goofy roller-coaster ride into the spiky jaws of funhouse horror. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eyes Wide Shut Release date: 7/16/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's grandly surreal stuff, counterweighted with Kubrick's unerring sense of chiaroscuro. 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Pie Release date: 7/9/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Weitz is a director with a terrifically silly script and not too much to say. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Release date: 5/19/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) [Lucas] ought to spend more time on story and less time crunching binaries. 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dreamlife of Angels, The Release date: 4/2/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Bouchez and R�gnier manage to make every scene ... crackle with a static charge. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix, The Release date: 3/31/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Rarely have so many startlingly original images been thrown into a single storyline. 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Comedian Harmonists Release date: 3/12/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Mildly engrossing but, ultimately, the sort of film that demands more attention than it should, T... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wing Commander Release date: 3/12/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Against all odds it succeeds. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Release date: 3/5/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Johnny Rotten circa 1977 couldn't have directed a more joyously obnoxious bit of tomfoolery. 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Release date: 3/5/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) ...turbo-charged... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Payback Release date: 2/5/1999 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's kicky, nasty urban sangfroid with pointy little teeth and a serious case of the angries, an ... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek: Insurrection Release date: 12/11/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A muddled, gimpy mess, filled with the worst sort of Trek cliches and ill-timed humorous outburst... 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rushmore Release date: 12/11/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Rushmore as a film exists out of time and place, locked into a vaguely Sixties-ish groove that's ... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Very Bad Things Release date: 11/25/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There is a line between gallows humor and tastelessness, but Very Bad Things apparently doesn't h... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Release date: 11/13/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) You want real terror? If this second outing proves profitable, we'll be looking at Yet Again I Re... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: American History X Release date: 10/28/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A violent, sober cautionary tale, strictly middle-of-the-road when it comes to its much-ballyhooe... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Urban Legend Release date: 9/25/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Spottily directed and lacking the dubious merits of even the Friday the 13th franchise. 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saving Private Ryan Release date: 7/24/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A bitter, bloody masterpiece with adrenalized emotions and hyper-realized images. 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lethal Weapon 4 Release date: 7/10/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Not only is the franchise growing hoary, by now it's become downright laughable, leaving Lethal W... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Hit, The Release date: 4/24/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) More aptly titled The Big Miss, this grade-Z action parody looks like a second-rate John Woo cast... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wild Things Release date: 3/20/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Brainless and trashy in the extreme, it's also the most canny fun to be had in a while, if you're... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Forgotten Silver Release date: 12/31/1997 11:01:31 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Jackson is a gleefully, deliciously deranged filmmaker. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman & Robin Release date: 12/31/1997 11:01:27 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A limp, excruciatingly shallow knockoff that leaves viewers cringing at the unavoidable one-liner... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jackie Brown Release date: 12/25/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Both Grier and especially Forster are spot-on in their roles. 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Titanic Release date: 12/19/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's still by far and away a grand, gorgeous, breathtaking spectacle. 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Will Hunting Release date: 12/5/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Part character study, part redemptive drama, and all cheesy heart, it's Boston-baked melodrama, a... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Office Killer Release date: 12/3/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's more disturbing than finding half a cockroach in a Fluffernutter sandwich. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien Resurrection Release date: 11/26/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A minor triumph of style over substance 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gattaca Release date: 10/24/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's firmly rooted in Hawke's masterful humanity, making this less a sci-fi epic than a simple (a... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Know What You Did Last Summer Release date: 10/17/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) ...head-and-shoulders above most so-called suspense films out there today. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: L.A. Confidential Release date: 9/19/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Kudos to director Curtis Hanson and co-screenwriter Brian Helgeland for whipping James Ellroy's s... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men in Black Release date: 7/2/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Like the inky void of space, there's really not much here, but what there is, is certainly entert... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Face/Off Release date: 6/27/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Face/Off works like a charm right on down the line thanks to brilliant, exhilarating performances... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Release date: 5/23/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The Lost World feels like less of a movie than it does a carnival ride -- all precipitous highs a... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Private Parts Release date: 3/7/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It may just be grand Stern propaganda, but it's impossible to deny the film's deft comic charm, i... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Donnie Brasco Release date: 2/28/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) At 34, Depp has finally scored a film that doesn't ask him to play down his intelligence. 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mary Reilly Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:38 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's a slight, moribund bugaboo, a bump in the night, and then nothing. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:35 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Loud, rollicking, alternately ultra-violent and hilarious, Escape from L.A. is Snake redux, and w... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghost and the Darkness, The Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:32 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) For all its noble intent, Hopkins' film falls flat halfway through, mired in bad philosophizing a... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Barb Wire Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:27 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Buxom babes, big explosions, and black leather. Hey, pal, what more do you want? 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek: First Contact Release date: 11/22/1996 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The film feels soulless and hollow, despite best intentions to the contrary. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: English Patient, The Release date: 11/15/1996 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Despite its lengthy running time and occasionally languid pace, The English Patient feels brief a... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crow: City of Angels, The Release date: 9/6/1996 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Suffice to say, when people think of the moribund, brooding Eric Draven, they think of Brandon Le... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nutty Professor, The Release date: 6/28/1996 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Arguably better than the last five Eddie Murphy films taken together, The Nutty Professor still s... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rock, The Release date: 6/7/1996 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The Rock is the Guy Movie to end all Guy Movies, a ridiculously overblown summer testosterone blo... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fargo Release date: 3/8/1996 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Rockets along without a dull moment. 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: From Dusk Till Dawn Release date: 1/19/1996 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) This is horror with a wink and a nod to drive-in theatres and sweaty back seats. This is how it's... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: While You Were Sleeping Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:48 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Romantic, sweet without being cloying, and light on its feet. 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Waterworld Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:48 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Waterworld is a near-model summer fantasy: two hours and 21 minutes of loud, expansive fun. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vampire in Brooklyn Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:47 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Neither all that scary nor all that hilarious, Vampire in Brooklyn falls directly between the two... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Village of the Damned Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:47 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Carpenter's updating of the classic 1960 chiller is mediocre at best, and at times plummets into ... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seven Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:44 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Positively dripping with a soggy, oppressive atmosphere, the film is blanketed with a miasma of m... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shallow Grave Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:44 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Grabs hold of you in the first few minutes and then refuses to let you go until the bitter, shock... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Murder in the First Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:38 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Unsalvageable and inadvertently silly. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mortal Kombat Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:38 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's silly, of course, but more importantly, it's a hell of a lot of fun, with plenty of above-av... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Four Rooms Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:31 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Results in a wildly uneven, temperamental, and ultimately disappointing mish-mash of cameos, in-j... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crimson Tide Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:28 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's noisy and fun, but that's all it is. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bad Boys Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:27 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Plays less like the gritty action-comedy picture it aspires to be and more like a disingenuous 12... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: 12 Monkeys Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:10 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It often seems as though Gilliam is the least prolific of fantastic directors working today (with... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Clueless Release date: 7/21/1995 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Rarely do you find a film so aptly titled as this one. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Apollo 13 Release date: 6/30/1995 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Apollo 13 succeeds on its own merits and may be the only summer adventure blockbuster without bul... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman Forever Release date: 6/16/1995 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Batman forever� and ever� and -- yawn -- ever. 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wes Craven's New Nightmare Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:48 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The self-reflexive nature of New Nightmare is a twist we haven't seen before, and it works well, ... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Specialist, The Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:44 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Llosa relies on stock action shots and tedious exposition to get from scene to scene. You keep wa... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Serial Mom Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:44 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Waters is holding back here, sticking to thematic ground that's been covered before and better. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shawshank Redemption, The Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:44 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) At times poignant, joyful, and terrifying, Shawshank Redemption is an altogether brilliant movie ... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hoop Dreams Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:33 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) More of an extended, rousing sociology lesson than anything else, it's also the single most remar... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cobb Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:28 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's not enough, and you end up feeling -- despite Jones' dead-on performance -- like you've been... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ed Wood Release date: 9/28/1994 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The strangest biographical film ever made is also one of the most charming, melancholy and quirki... 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crow, The Release date: 1/1/1994 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Bursting with startling images, eclectic staging, and gorgeous neo-gothic set design...it looks a... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:48 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) All tics, flailings, and full-open, drooling laughter, DiCaprio seems to have captured the damage... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: True Romance Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:45 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Nothing if not consistently entertaining. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Action Hero, The Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:37 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The film tries so very hard to be The Movie of Summer '93 that it almost makes you sick for what ... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pelican Brief, The Release date: 12/17/1993 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Grisham's novel was no landmark of literary originality to begin with, but Pakula streamlines the... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fugitive, The Release date: 8/6/1993 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) ...as far as the chase genre goes, there have been worse films (better ones, too). 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jurassic Park Release date: 6/11/1993 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The biggest, grandest dinosaur movie ever. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Remains of the Day, The Release date: 1/1/1993 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Gorgeously lensed and delightfully structured, however, this is, in a word, wonderful. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Reservoir Dogs Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:43 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Tarantino has created a movie with all the gritty punch of a .44 in the belly. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Midnight Clear, A Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:38 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) There are whole segments in A Midnight Clear that have little or no use here and scream of paddin... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien3 Release date: 5/22/1992 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Beautifully shot and utterly uninteresting. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hard Boiled Release date: 1/1/1992 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's nirvana for seekers of action, and it rarely gets any better than this. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terminator 2: Judgment Day Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:45 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's an ambitious film that sometimes gets ahead of itself action-wise, but Cameron is a relentle... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Once Upon A Time In China Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:40 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A tumultuous riot of inspired filmmaking. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: High Heels Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:33 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) The director knows what he wants to say, but isn't too sure how to go about saying it. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country Release date: 12/6/1991 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) One of the dullest films of the sextet thus far. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ran Release date: 8/1/1985 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Kurosawa spent 10 years trying to bring his epic masterpiece to the screen. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Heavy Metal Release date: 7/29/1981 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) A genuinely outrageous and occasionally brilliant coupling of American animation and classic earl... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Castle of Cagliostro, The Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:28 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Sure, it's no great triumph of moviemaking, but it is entertaining, and a more or less plausible ... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Apocalypse Now Release date: 1/1/1979 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) 196 minutes of some of the finest filmmaking. 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars Release date: 5/25/1977 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) Those of us who were old enough to catch the film as kids the first time around may even find an ... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Contempt Release date: 12/31/1964 11:01:28 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) It's not Godard's best film, but it is one of cinema's most interesting looks at itself, masquera... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Touch of Evil Release date: 5/21/1958 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (7/0) masterpiece of bad juju 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: M Release date: 1/1/1931 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (6/0) Arguably Fritz Lang's greatest cinematic achievement, this unnerving tale of deranged child-kille... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three...Extremes Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference An instantly memorable, at times squirm-inducing, assemblage as likely to take your breath away a... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paperclips Release date: 9/8/2004 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference The events depicted in Paper Clips are by turns heartwarming, horrifying, amazing, and exactly th... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: And Now Ladies and Gentlemen Release date: 8/1/2003 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference It's two-plus hours of trinkets and baubles and clever repart�e beneath a perfect summer sun and ... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pokemon 4Ever Release date: 10/11/2002 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference This is rote drivel aimed at Mom and Dad's wallet. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Baise Moi Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:27 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference I've seen 15-minute porno loops that display more tenderness toward the human condition than this... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Traffic Release date: 12/27/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference A thrilling, powerful movie. 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference It's a sprawling film and the comic tone matches Joel and Ethan's broad, comic brushstrokes to a ... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Abre Los Ojos Release date: 12/31/1999 11:01:26 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference This sophomore feature by Amen�bar is a deeply complex psychological mind warp of a film that beg... 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rushmore Release date: 12/11/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (4/3) No reference There's something about Jason Schwartzman's face in Rushmore that makes you want to punch him... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Enemy of the State Release date: 11/20/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...a kicky, knockout thriller... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Release date: 11/13/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...a muddled mess from start to finish... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Meet Joe Black Release date: 11/13/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference It's an elegiac love story from beyond the grave, as appealingly simple as it is emotionally comp... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: American History X Release date: 10/28/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...a violent, sober cautionary tale... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Orgazmo Release date: 10/23/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...a sly little work of subversive comedy... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bride of Chucky Release date: 10/16/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...this fourth entry in the killer doll franchise is by far and away the best... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deep Impact Release date: 5/8/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference So weighty, so serious, so very deadly dull... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Man in the Iron Mask, The Release date: 3/13/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference The film itself is a jumble of period images that swirl by with little meaning or resonance... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dangerous Beauty Release date: 2/20/1998 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...insulting... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman & Robin Release date: 12/31/1997 11:01:27 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...leaves viewers cringing at the unavoidable one-liners that make up the better part of the scri... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jackie Brown Release date: 12/25/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...one cool ride. 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scream 2 Release date: 12/12/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...it's still head and shoulders (and punctured eyeballs) above most of what's out there. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Will Hunting Release date: 12/5/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference Part character study, part redemptive drama, and all cheesy heart... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Know What You Did Last Summer Release date: 10/17/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...head-and-shoulders above most so-called suspense films out there today. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men in Black Release date: 7/2/1997 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...witty-but-slight... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tales from the Crypt - Bordello of Blood Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:45 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ... never quite reaches the breathlessly mediocre heights of its predecessor, Demon Knight. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Barb Wire Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:27 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...Barb Wire still manages to get you going, Anderson Lee fan or not. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scream Release date: 12/20/1996 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference A triumphant return to form for (director) Wes Craven... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: English Patient, The Release date: 11/15/1996 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference Despite its lengthy running time and occasionally languid pace, The English Patient feels bri... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bad Boys Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:27 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...a cobbled-together series of flashy explosions and none-too-witty banter. 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: True Romance Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:45 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...nothing if not consistently entertaining. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fugitive, The Release date: 8/6/1993 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference Director (Andrew) Davis valiantly tries to keep the breakneck, harried pace of an actual flight g... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jurassic Park Release date: 6/11/1993 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...the dinosaurs rule the show. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Reservoir Dogs Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:43 PM Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (3/4) No reference ...Tarantino has created a movie with all the gritty punch of a .44 in the belly. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Extreme Days Release date: 9/28/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (6/1) Not Reachable Extreme sports ... have rarely been as markedly unexciting as they are in this road trip through ... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: 3,000 Miles to Graceland Release date: 2/23/2001 Review by Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle: (6/1) Not Reachable There is such a thing as too much. And 3KMTG is much too much. 37 other reviews of this movie Served turbo style