More Ice Cube charm Sep 3, 2008
Starring Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Dash Mihok, Jill Marie Jones and Matt Craven. Rated PG.. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
'Longshots' overcomes odds to deliver strong message Aug 23, 2008
Starring: Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones, and Matt Craven. At: Boston Common, Fenway, suburbs. (Boston Globe)
Breaking gender barriers in `Longshots' Aug 23, 2008
Afterwards, with Claire's reluctant approval, Curtis makes Jasmine try out for the Minden Browns, a team that should consider itself lucky if it wins one game this season, according to the coach (Matt Craven, ``Disturbia''). At first, the boys don't respect Jasmine. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
LONGSHOTS-FILM Aug 23, 2008
At the same time, the local Pop Warner team coached by Fisher (Matt Craven) and Cyrus (Dash Mihok) has a terrible quarterback and no hope of a winning season. A light bulb goes off in Curtis' head. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Movie Review: 'The Longshots' Aug 22, 2008
He teaches her all he knows about quarterbacking, and more or less forces the coach (Matt Craven) to put her in a game. She's small, but smart and quick, and soon the press picks up her story, and she quarterbacks the team into Pop Warner history. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Review: 'The Longshots' Aug 22, 2008
After helping hone her skills, Curtis persuades the local Minden Browns' coaches (Matt Craven, Dash Mihok) to make the unlikely phenom a backup quarterback on their all-boys team. Jasmine, who initially has no interest in sports -- she wants to be the next Tyra Banks -- eventually gets with the program, wowing her dubious teammates with her dynamite arm. (Los Angeles Times)
Crimson Tide - The Movie Mar 2, 2008
Crimson Tide, which also featured James Gandolfini, Matt Craven, Viggo Mortensen and Rick Schroder, garnered three Oscar nominations: Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Effects/Sound Effects Editing. Placing #11 on the list of Hollywood's top moneymaking films of 1995, Crimson Tide -- reminiscent of a previous nuclear nightmare thriller, 1964's -- grossed $91. (Suite101.com)
Click for Full Story Nov 10, 2007
Actor Matt Craven is 51. Actor-comedian Sinbad is 51. (KWTX.com, TX)
American Venus *½ Oct 13, 2007
Jenna's dad (Matt Craven) secretly helps her, but finally confesses to Celia where their daughter is and Celia tracks her down. Celia drives her SUV to the border and brings her favourite revolver along. (Globe and Mail)
Writer suggests a 'Raines' check Apr 21, 2007
The writing is warm but not sappy; the supporting cast is packed with mellowed pros (including the twinkly Matt Craven as Raines' irreverent boss); and the guest list is studded with such invaluable back-up performers as Laurie Metcalf, who was last seen holding grocery-store customers hostage on Desperate Housewives. All in all, Raines is a crackerjack show, and the prize is Jeff Goldblum. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Reel Time "Disturbia" Apr 20, 2007
Especially remarkable were the opening scenes, where in short time he established a believable and touching rapport with his dad (Matt Craven). While predictable, "Disturbia" provides enough action and suspense plus sympathetic characters to merit a trip to the cineplex. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
If Alfred Hitchcock had used YouTube Apr 14, 2007
LaBeouf (Bobby, The Greatest Game Ever Played) stars as Kale, whose father (Matt Craven) dies in a car crash. A year later he punches his high-school Spanish teacher for an insensitive remark and is sentenced to three months of house arrest. (National Post)
Thrill a minute 'Disturbia' Apr 13, 2007
LaBeouf) and his pop (Matt Craven) are fishing in when the film opens. "You think he sees us?" the son asks his father of an appealing specimen lurking in the waters. (Washington Times, DC)
Goldblum only gold in NBC's 'Raines' Mar 16, 2007
Goldblum is nicely matched by the charismatic Malik Yoba ( Thief ) as his philosophical ex-partner and the appealing Matt Craven ( ER ) as his empathetic boss. Things may improve when Madeline Stowe shows up as Raines' therapist (she isn't in the pilot), but unless she is also doctoring the scripts, there's only so much fixing she can do. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Predictable And Unwatchable Mar 15, 2007
REVIEW / 2 new dramas mine the same old territory. " There's a fictional college town in Massachusetts called Knights Ridge. Nick Garrett (Bryan Greenberg) lives there with his buddies, who love to play air band to moldy oldies. When he's 18, Nick has sex with his girlfriend, Hannah (Laura Prepon), and goes for a six-week tour of Europe. Hannah worries that he won't come home. Naturally, he doesn't. Ten years go by, and now Nick is an allegedly famous novelist whose one book essentially mocked... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Does NBC have a clue with 2 detective shows? Mar 11, 2007
CAST: Jeff Goldblum, Matt Craven, Nicole Sullivan, Malik Yoba ... He also converses with a concerned boss (Matt Craven), a former partner (Malik Yoba), a sassy colleague (Nicole Sullivan) and numerous suspects. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
