Screen Reviews

Our writers scour the globe, rewind endless tapes, and press pause as many times as it takes to bring you the ultimate collection of film, broadcast, and streaming visual content to feed your endless appetite for movies.

Johnny English

Screen Reviews

Blackadder, Bean…Bond? Rowan Atkinson tries his hand at the spy game, with mixed results. Our man in the Service, Steve Stav, examines Johnny English with a trained eye.

Seabiscuit

Screen Reviews

One of the most heavily-hyped movies of the summer finally hits the big screen. But does this story of three men and a little horse deserve the Oscar buzz? Our man at the track, Steve Stav, places his wager.

Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

Screen Reviews

Angelina Jolie returns as Lara Croft, but someone forgot to give her a script. Cradle of Life…or Kiss of Death? Lip-reader Steve Stav has the answer.

Terminator 3

Screen Reviews

Our favorite Austrian cyborg, Schwarzenegger, is back. Does the long-awaited Rise of the Machines live up to the hype, or is it terminally ill? Resident robot expert Steve Stav weighs in with his opinion…

Lisa Loeb and Spider-Man

Screen Reviews

Who’s behind that wise-cracking mask? More importantly, who’s that voicing his girlfriend? Longtime comics fan Steve Stav catches up with Lisa Loeb and talks MTV’s Spider-Man and the obligatory Hello Kitty.

Trilogy

Screen Reviews

The Cure perform their three darkest albums for the people of Germany on this 2 DVD set, and longtime fan Daniel Mitchell gives us perspective.

Mission: Organization

Screen Reviews

Using highly paid consultants instead of a traditional “mom,” America picks up its bedroom and cleans out its closet. Carl F Gauze witnesses this trend with the aid of HGTV.

The Hulk

Screen Reviews

Hulk finally has movie. Hulk becomes Ang Lee’s cinematic plaything. Hulk smash – or does he? Steve Stav, resident Marvel Comics afficionado, explores the effects of gamma radiation in his green-tinted review.

X2: X-Men United

Screen Reviews

In reviewing the second installment of the X-Men series, Steve Stav reveals his secret alter-ego of “comic-book geek.” Guilty pleasures (and spoilers) await…

Bruce Almighty

Screen Reviews

Jim Carrey returns to what he does best – making moviegoers pee their pants – in Bruce Almighty. Steve Stav rediscovers his Creator in this enlightening review.

Distorted Morality

Screen Reviews

Noam Chomsky’s name is bound to raise hackles on the right and tears of joy on the left. His actual views aren’t as easy to pigeonhole, as James Mann attests.

Bulletproof Monk

Screen Reviews

Bulletproof, but not foolproof, this Chow Yun-Fat vehicle insults its audience and its star. Steve Stav lashes out with deadly martial accuracy – spoilers ahead!

VH1 Classic

Screen Reviews

Do you feel alienated from the buy-everything teen demographic of MTV? Guest writer Jane Cora returns with a solution we would have all laughed at 20 years ago.

Flying Metal

Screen Reviews

Forty-five minutes of motocross jumps crashes, and other mayhem, backed with a metal sound track. Carl F Gauze wipes off the grit and squints into the camera.

About Schmidt

Screen Reviews

What is it About Schmidt that has critics raving? Chad Perman gives us the insight on this film from Election director Alexander Payne.

Adaptation

Screen Reviews

It’s a movie about a movie! It’s a movie about orchids! It’s a movie about nothing really at all! James Mann evolves with Adaptation.

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Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

Screen Reviews

John Badham’s 1983 future-tech helicopter thriller, Blue Thunder, with its cautionary tale of militarized police and a surveillance state, still resonates decades later.

The Eye

The Eye

Screen Reviews

What if the miracle of sight came with a curse? The Eye builds its horror from that chilling premise.

Chapterhouse

Chapterhouse

Interviews

With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.