Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm

Making a Mess of 'Babylon A.D.'new

Babylon A.D. is bad, but not as bad as other critics are making it out to be.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 09-04-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Babylon A.D., Mathieu Kassovitz

Ways of Dealingnew

As far as indie films go, The Wackness is competent entertainment--but nothing special.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 08-29-2008 | Reviews

Tags: The Wackness, Jonathan Levine

'Hamlet 2' is a Funny, Inspired Riff on Uptight Middle Americanew

A high school drama teacher mounts a sequel to Hamlet in yet another hilarious summer comedy.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 08-21-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Andrew Fleming, Hamlet 2

Cinematic Slaughternew

Tropic Thunder delightfully features big stars giving the middle finger to their Hollywood bosses.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 08-15-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder

Sound and Texturenew

Austin's Octopus Project use whatever they can to make their unique instrumental music.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 08-07-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Hello, Avalanche, Octopus Project

Reefer Madnessnew

Pineapple Express takes its place as one of history's great stoner pics.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 08-07-2008 | Reviews

Tags: David Gordon Green, Pineapple Express

Boys Among Mennew

Step Brothers is funny enough--but the duo of Ferrell and Reilly can do better.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 07-31-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Adam McKay, Step Brothers

No Thank You for the Musicnew

Pierce Brosnan's crooning in Mamma Mia! will have you desperately sending out an S.O.S.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 07-24-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Phyllida Lloyd, Mamma Mia!

Elevated by Effectsnew

In 3-D, Center of the Earth is great fun; in 2-D, it's stupid and silly.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 07-18-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Eric Brevig, Journey to the Center of the Earth

Looking Back at the First Half of '08 in Filmnew

For this midyear report card, I had a hard time making a list of the best films thus far, because we've only had a few great ones. As for stinkers, the problem I had was figuring out what to cut from an ever-growing list of garbage.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 07-10-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, In Bruges, The Visitor, 88 Minutes, 10, Speed Racer, The Happening, The Love Guru, WALL-E, 000 B.C.

'Hancock' Shows Dark Heroicsnew

While some people won't like it, Hancock made our critic happy.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 07-03-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Peter Berg, Hancock

'The Love Guru' Proves Mike Myers is Unenlightenednew

Myers' latest is a bomb -- both as a laugh generator and a revenue generator.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 06-26-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Marco Schnabel, The Love Guru

'The Incredible Hulk' is Brainless Fun -- and Little Elsenew

The movie is pretty much a take-it-or-leave-it affair: It's not bad for a summer no-brainer, but it's definitely not the vast improvement on the prior film its producers would like you to believe it is. It's pretty good, yet unremarkable.

Tucson Weekly | Bob Grimm | 06-19-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Louis Leterrier, The Incredible Hulk