Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Aug 27, 2019 4/5 Go to Full Review Working Girls (1986) 91% 78%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 24, 2018 3.5/5 Solo shows that Rogue One was not a fluke. There are stories to be told in the Star Wars universe that don't have to advance the main saga. Go to Full Review Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) 69% 63%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Jun 4, 2014 4/5 Go to Full Review Wild in the Streets (1968) 65% 50%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Jun 14, 2009 3/4 ...it will baffle and infuriate some, and enchant and entertain others. Go to Full Review The Brothers Bloom (2008) 69% 64%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Jun 1, 2009 3/4 Best of all are Azaria, a brilliant comic character actor... and Adams as the feisty Earhart, thrilled to be off on a new adventure. Go to Full Review Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) 42% 47%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Jun 1, 2009 3/4 It is a musical comedy/drama set in another time and place that asks you to give yourself over... If you're willing to play along the result is magnifique. Go to Full Review Paris 36 (2008) 63% 57%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Jun 1, 2009 4/4 It works not because the animation is impressive -- and it is -- but because they have a well-thought-out script and compelling characters... Go to Full Review Up (2009) 98% 90%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 29, 2009 3/4 This is a movie that will have you scream, laugh and squirm... Go to Full Review Drag Me to Hell (2009) 92% 62%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 21, 2009 2.5/4 The result... is, ironically, a mostly mechanical film and not very lifelike at all. Maybe the machines have already won. Go to Full Review Terminator Salvation (2009) 33% 53%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 17, 2009 3/4 While this Mexican import is treading familiar territory, first time writer/director Cary Fukunaga comes at it with fresh eyes. Go to Full Review Sin nombre (2009) 88% 89%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 17, 2009 2.5/4 What this is, in fact, is the live-action version of the opening of The Lion King, celebrating the 'circle of life.' Go to Full Review Earth (2007) 87% 82%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 17, 2009 2/4 While slickly done, it is so patently absurd that a more appropriate reaction ought to be not disgust but a shaking of the head and a muttering of, 'Are you kidding?' Go to Full Review Angels & Demons (2009) 36% 57%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 8, 2009 2/4 There doesn't seem to be any real purpose to telling this story. It doesn't enlighten us on the tasks of growing up or of growing old. Go to Full Review Is Anybody There? (2008) 65% 55%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 8, 2009 1.5/4 This is one package that should be returned to sender. Go to Full Review Next Day Air (2009) 21% 31%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 8, 2009 4/4 ...captures the spirit of the original series and makes watching these characters fun again. Go to Full Review Star Trek (2009) 94% 84%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 1, 2009 3.5/4 While there's plenty of great action set pieces, including the climactic showdown at a nuclear power plant, this is a movie in which we actually care about the characters. Go to Full Review X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) 37% 58%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 1, 2009 1.5/4 McConaughey has never really found his niche as a movie star, occasionally scoring in an adventure film, but lumbering through a series of romantic comedies to no good effect. Go to Full Review Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) 27% 40%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 1, 2009 2.5/4 In spite of the good intentions and colorful visuals, there's a flatness to the proceedings. Go to Full Review Battle for Terra (2007) 49% 41%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Apr 24, 2009 2.5/4 ...an interesting, if somewhat confused, look at mental illness. Go to Full Review The Soloist (2009) 56% 56%

Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Apr 24, 2009 1/4 They should have thrown in the towel before it even began. Go to Full Review Fighting (2009) 41% 36%