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.

Chocolat

Screen Reviews

What’s this? Ink 19’s resident lord of metal, David Lee Beowülf, reviewing the Oscar-nominated film Chocolat? Have we gone mad? Nope, but Beowülf sure has an interesting perspective on this “romantic comedy”…

Pollock

Screen Reviews

Fresh from its surprise Academy Award for Marcia Gay Harden’s performance as Lee Krassner, Ed Harris’ biopic Pollock faces an even tougher test – a review from our own Carl F. Gauze.

State and Main

Screen Reviews

Fleeing the angry lynch mob of cinema hating New Hamsterites, director Walt P…

Battle Bots

Screen Reviews

It’s heavyweight semi-finals week, and Ronim (the spiky cockroach with circul…

The Cars

Screen Reviews

Some groups are best heard and not seen, and Boston’s Cars were one of them. …

Playstation 2

Screen Reviews

After months of hype and release day chaos, Sony’s Playstation 2 finally foun…

Foe

Screen Reviews

It’s the ultimate slacker dream – growing up in Berlin at the end of the Col…

Librock

Screen Reviews

“Kent McNew sues for the right to dye hair.” “Heather Wells fights her school…

Chuck & Buck

Screen Reviews

As homoerotic castration fantasies go, this wasn’t quite as good as last mont…

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Event Reviews

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Sun Ra

Sun Ra

Music Reviews

At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976/1977 (Jazz Detective). Review by Bob Pomeroy.