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Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Movies
Category: Reviews
2011-03-27 21:56:54
SUCKER PUNCH
In their eternal wisdom, the members of the Motion Picture Association of America’s ratings board have bestowed upon Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch a PG-13 rating, meaning that while parental supervision for viewers age 13 and under is suggested, it’s certainly not mandatory. I, for one, applaud the board’s decision, and think it’s marvelous that kids finally have violent fetish porn to call their own.
Read More About "Punch" And Juvie: "Sucker Punch" And "Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules"...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Movies
Category: Reviews
2008-04-09 08:00:44
THE RUINS
I caught The Ruins during a minimally populated Saturday-afternoon screening, so I pray that a larger, rowdier audience laughed like mad when our surgeon-to-be hero (the hilariously stalwart Jonathan Tucker) surmised the deadly situation he and his friends were in and barked, with absolute earnestness, "Four Americans on vacation don't just disappear!"
That poor, dumb kid. Never saw a horror movie.
Read More About Gross Anatomy: "The Ruins," "Leatherheads," "Nim's Island," And "Shine A Light"...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Movies
Category: Feature Stories
2005-12-28 00:00:00
My annual challenge in composing a list of the year’s best movies almost never lies in deciding what to list. It lies in deciding when to list. As every movie fan knows, film studios – both majors and independents – generally unleash their most prominent Academy Award hopefuls (and, oftentimes, most interesting works) at the end of December, giving these films their best chance at being remembered, and potentially embraced, by the notoriously forgetful Academy.
Read More About Mike Schulz Toasts 2005's Great Movies...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Movies
Category: Feature Stories
2004-10-27 00:00:00
My first article for the River Cities’ Reader appeared in Issue 18, way back in March of 1995. (You know how long ago that was? Tom Hanks had only one Oscar.) Serving as the Reader’s film critic was, and still is, a terrific gig – for an avowed movie fanatic who loves to write, the chance to expound on the state of cinema has always been about more than giving a particular work a “yay” or “nay” vote; it’s given me, in a minor way, the opportunity to analyze an entire culture, to try to understand what’s in the heads of those who make films, and those who distribute films, and the millions of us who view them.
Read More About A Hundred-Plus Reasons To Go To The Movies...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Movies
Category: Reviews
2004-09-29 00:00:00
DONNIE DARKO: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT
After I first saw Donnie Darko on DVD some 16 months back, I did something I’d done only once or twice before, and never again since: I returned to the main menu, hit “Play,” and watched the movie again.
Read More About "Donnie Darko: The Director’S Cut" Unnecessary But Still Stunning: Also, "The Forgotten" And "Wimbledon"...
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