Bill Gallo

Bill Gallo Dallas Observer Jul 13, 2023 The Wachowskis seem to be saying that while state-of-the-art effects speak for themselves, loud and clear, there's still room amid all the kicking and shooting and shouting for the carefully observed human emotion. Go to Full Review The Matrix (1999) 83% 85%

Bill Gallo Houston Press Aug 7, 2019 [The Original Kings of Comedy] is a fresh, intimate, gloriously unpolished performance film that measures up to the classics of the genre: Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip and the notorious Eddie Murphy Raw. Go to Full Review The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) 82% 79%

Bill Gallo New Times Mar 30, 2019 As witch movies go -- even lighthearted, supposedly comic witch movies -- Practical Magic is conspicuously lacking in supernatural phenomena. Go to Full Review Practical Magic (1998) 31% 67%

Bill Gallo New Times Mar 21, 2019 Suffice to say that the real pleasures of Analyze This lie in the easy confidence with which De Niro savages himself. Go to Full Review Analyze This (1999) 70% 62%

Bill Gallo New Times Feb 22, 2015 This seriocomic autopsy of middle-class virtue has the capacity to startle and surprise, and a gift for finding grim humor at the heart of tragedy. Go to Full Review American Beauty (1999) 87% 93%

Bill Gallo New Times Oct 7, 2014 Beyond these startling apparitions, there's a surplus of mumbo-jumbo in here -- and some ludicrously false notes. Go to Full Review The Sixth Sense (1999) 86% 90%

Bill Gallo New Times Jul 27, 2014 If you love Kawasakis, Hondas, and Yamahas, and don't mind tin-eared writing, get down to the multiplex. Go to Full Review Supercross: The Movie (2005) 5% 62%

Bill Gallo New Times May 12, 2014 Michael Wranovics' well-meant documentary about the absurd legal battle over the ownership of the baseball Barry Bonds hit for his season-record 73rd home run, back in 2001, is instantly overshadowed by subsequent events. Go to Full Review Up for Grabs (2004) 93% 88%

Bill Gallo Dallas Observer Oct 18, 2008 As the show has always taught us, the public is fickle and fame is fleeting. But some things turn out to be timeless. Chicago looks like one of them. Go to Full Review Chicago (2002) 87% 83%

Bill Gallo Village Voice Sep 19, 2006 Among these combatants, you won't find much All Quiet on the Western Front-style despair, and the paths of glory are unsullied by doubt or disillusionment. Go to Full Review Flyboys (2006) 34% 66%

Bill Gallo Village Voice Aug 15, 2006 These resolutely old-fashioned elements might not work at all in a less well-crafted movie. But this entertaining tale of wizardry and lost love vaporizes even our most serious doubts. Go to Full Review The Illusionist (2006) 74% 83%

Bill Gallo Village Voice Aug 15, 2006 Fletcher ably blends ballet and hip-hop, but the filming itself is often clumsy, and Tatum's relentless African American impersonation quickly wears out its welcome. Go to Full Review Step Up (2006) 21% 83%

Bill Gallo L.A. Weekly Jul 27, 2006 [The filmmakers'] access is far broader than any TV network's, and in the end, they transcended the body counts and bland abstractions that characterize most Western reporting on the war. Go to Full Review The Blood of My Brother (2005) 70% 59%

Bill Gallo City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul Jul 25, 2006 It not only lacks the verve and energy of Allen's best New York-based work, it feels culturally adrift, like some bewildered tourist trying to read a city map held upside down. Go to Full Review Scoop (2006) 42% 55%

Bill Gallo Village Voice Jul 5, 2006 Thus does Beowulf collide with postmodern punk sensibility. Go to Full Review Beowulf & Grendel (2005) 50% 40%

Bill Gallo Village Voice Jul 5, 2006 This intermittently fascinating documentary chronicles the rise and fall of the Cosmos--which is also the rise and fall of U.S. soccer. Go to Full Review Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) 83% 80%

Bill Gallo Village Voice Jun 27, 2006 For its ever shifting attitudes toward men, women, and murder, Waist Deep is one of the sloppiest movies ever to reach the screen. Go to Full Review Waist Deep (2006) 28% 76%

Bill Gallo L.A. Weekly Jun 9, 2006 Be aware that RevoLOUtion is a remarkably well-made 75-minute inspiromercial. Go to Full Review Revoloution (2006) 27% - -

Bill Gallo L.A. Weekly May 11, 2006 Aside from a flirtation with the hot-button immigration issue, this inspirational movie about an underdog soccer player from tough East Los Angeles is pretty standard stuff. Go to Full Review Goal! The Dream Begins (2005) 43% 51%

Bill Gallo Village Voice May 9, 2006 Those who loved the original Auberge will likely be eager to book rooms once again. Go to Full Review Russian Dolls (2005) 72% 78%