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Review: Real Steel

Boxing robots. Enough said.
Charlie Kenton is America.
By ANN LEWINSON | October 05, 2011

Balls, pucks and monster trucks
First the good news: in 2008, when I first wrote about the last two high schools in Maine still using the racist mascot name "Redskins," Wiscasset and Sanford, I predicted that Sanford, my hometown, would be the last holdout.
By RICK WORMWOOD | June 15, 2011

Review: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

Marvel's "Secret War" comes to consoles
Comic-book games are all about wish-fulfillment: What comic book fan hasn't dreamed of laying the telekinetic smack down Dark Phoenix-style, or flinging a few of Gambit's explosive cards?
By MADDY MYERS | September 30, 2009

Not so great X-pectations

Wolverine 's shaggy-dog backstory
It doesn't bode well when one of a movie's supervillains has a Roman numeral for a name.
By PETER KEOUGH | May 07, 2009

59. Hugh Jackman

HUGE ASSMAN
You gave Barbara Walters a lap dance. We’ll say it again: YOU GAVE BARBA — no, y’know what? Let’s just roll the tape.
By Boston Phoenix Staff | March 25, 2009

Hope springs infernal

Brimstone and buddy movies are on the Hollywood agenda
Given the current economic climate, spring this year is a season more of dread than of hope for change.
By PETER KEOUGH | March 16, 2009

Vampires want more than just blood

Sensitivity
In these trying times, we've shunned wizards for vampires
By DEIRDRE FULTON | December 31, 2008

Review: Australia

Baz Luhrmann's Oz and ends
Baz Luhrmann's incontinent Australia
By PETER KEOUGH | November 25, 2008

Autumn peeves

Films with a full agenda
With pundits already reading political significance into summer blockbusters like The Dark Knight (“Is Batman a stand-in for George Bush? Discuss.”), the meatier movies of fall arrive not a moment too soon.
By PETER KEOUGH | September 11, 2008

Deception

Unimaginative erotic thriller
Director Marcel Langenegger has a way with a nocturnal urban landscape, but his feature debut goes splat on the pavement.
By BETSY SHERMAN | April 30, 2008

BBC America?

The networks put some English on the fall TV season
The British are coming! And they have American accents!
By JOYCE MILLMAN | September 12, 2007

America Blows

Since George W. Bush took office, the United States has sunk to unprecedented lows in sports and pop-culture domination
The United States of America is a nation with a proud history.
By MIKE MILIARD | June 29, 2007

Happy Feet

Equals sappy feet
Taking up where March of the Penguins left off, George Miller’s animated film imagines penguins who find love based on their heart songs — songs from the soul that speak to the penguin they’re meant to be with. Watch the trailer for Happy Feet (QuickTime)
By BROOKE HOLGERSON | February 20, 2007

The Prestige

A movie with a few tricks of it own
Postmodern turns out to have been the wrong word, and world, for the Nolan brothers (director Christopher and screenwriter Jonathan) of Memento fame. Watch the trailer for The Prestige (QuickTime)
By JUSTINE ELIAS | February 20, 2007

The Fountain

Overflowing
Darren Aronofsky ( Pi, Requiem for a Dream ) took a big risk in proceeding with this project after original leads Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett left the film. Watch the trailer for The Fountain (QuickTime)
By BRETT MICHEL | November 21, 2006

Flushed Away

Not just a title
In its first foray into computer animation, Aardman ( Wallace & Gromit ) retains its lovably lumpy, Claymation look. Watch the trailer for Flushed Away (QuickTime)
By ALICIA POTTER | November 01, 2006

Fall back

This season, Hollywood lives in the past
If you cannot remember the past, so Santayana said, you’re condemned to repeat it. Watch trailers for this fall's new releases.
By PETER KEOUGH | September 13, 2006

No scoop

Just another entertaining Woody Allen film
Prolific as he is, Woody Allen doesn’t really make new movies anymore, he just recombines parts of his previous brainchildren. Watch the trailer for Scoop (QuickTime) Very civilized: The director everyone loves to act for. By Gary Susman
By GARY SUSMAN | July 28, 2006