The Skulls

Thank God, only a small fraction of all the secret societies have any real power, since most of them are "Toby's clubs", filled by people who like to feel important by inventing and practicing stupid rituals, wearing Halloween costumes and... Read more at imdb.com

Someone in the videostore advised me to see this film. Now I understand that this probably was a joke. Skulls is terrible. It is not even funny for it's flaws. The acting is lousy though you must feel sorry for... Read more at imdb.com

This is one of those pretty entertaining-yet-not memorable stories. It's about a "secret society" in an Ivy League school and a subsequent cover-up of a murder. There is a neat little twist about a half hour before the end of... Read more at imdb.com

The Skulls is a thinly veiled allusion to one of the purportedly most secret of all secret societies, Skull and Bones, the Yale group to which George Bush (the former president) belonged. You know all about those secret societies; they... Read more at imdb.com

Though it poses a good moral dilemma, `Skulls' is presented in such an implausible way as to render it crippled at birth. Luke McNamara is a small town boy of modest means attending an Ivy League institution that is never... Read more at imdb.com

The acting was OK, but the story was uninspired. The funniest thing that I noticed was that the entire story was constructed on "pacey's" ability to Row.From the onset, his rowing prowess was eagerly demonstrated on the waters. Throughout the... Read more at imdb.com

First thing that stands out about The Skulls is the acting. Paul Walker is great as Caleb Mandrake, Josh Jackson is good as Luke Macnamara. Leslie Bibb is good too as Chloe.The story line is a bit unbelivable but its... Read more at imdb.com

Mix schlocky but hilarious Hollywood hack dialogue with equally schlocky but hilarious Hollywood hack plotting, and you get a potent 1-2 sucker punch to your intellect...I call it...THE SKULLS. A delightfully silly movie, it moves briskly through semi-serious conflicts and... Read more at imdb.com

i thought this movie was a very good interpretation of the secret societies at colleges, or well as good as i can imagine. i thought joshua jackson did an incredible job as Luke. he is a great actor. I'm upset... Read more at imdb.com

OK the plot is old hat (a secret society that rules the government and covers up a murder or two) but the movie is entertaining. The plot is relatively intelligent and fast-moving; the cast is uniformally good--even Joshua Jackson!; there's... Read more at imdb.com

The Skulls are powerful and wealthy enough not only to pay his way through college, but get him accepted into any law school in the nation, and give him plenty of spending money besides. The acting isn't bad, except for William L. Petersen (who appeared in "Cousins"). ... Full Review

The Skulls" lets audiences soak in the luxe world of tuxedos, champagne and limitless wealth, but then assures us that those nice things are the signs of bottomless corruption. New inductees include pampered BMOC Caleb (Paul Walker), son of the Skulls' chairman, Judge Mandrake (Craig T. Nelson); he's paired with Luke as a "soulmate," the better to enjoy the society's gifts of expensive watches, sports cars, gorgeous young women and $20,000 deposits in their bank accounts. ... Full Review

While Skulls may not be an Oscar hopeful, it was a very enjoyable movie The violence was graphic in at least one spot, but not extreme at all. On the whole, "The Skulls" was clean fun and it was worth the $6.50 too. ... Full Review

The Skulls, a youth-oriented mystery programmer about as deep as a fraternity punchbowl, is a strictly by-the-numbers mystery thriller about some evil doin's at Yale's most infamous secret society. And both Jackson and Walker are great fun to watch. ... Full Review

Middle-class hero Lucas MacNamara (Joshua Jackson) is invited to be a member of The Skulls simply because he's a won the crewing championship two years in a row. Worst yet, there's nothing the least bit thrilling here. ... Full Review

Would you swear your allegiance to some stealth secret society seducing you with insurmountable sums, slick sports cars, sexy slender sisters, scholarships to study law at several esteemed schools essentially securing your prospective professional success? ... Full Article

3.31.2000 Melodramatic script is strictly for numbskulls Movie credits and rating By MICHAEL JANUSONIS Journal Arts Writer The Skulls poses serious questions about how far an outsider should be willing to go to compromise his ideals in order to fit... ... Full Article

There is creative genius behind The Skulls . Someone, somehow, managed to pull together a pretty intriguing trailer for this thriller. And that, to me, deserves high praise, because, in its entirety, the film is decidedly un-thrilling, not to mention... ... Full Article

Jackson essentially recycles his lovable Dawson's Creek persona, essaying a kind-hearted Everyman who has to fight tooth and nail to keep his dreams alive. His chemistry with fresh-faced Bibb is barely lukewarm and their one sex scene is shrouded in... ... Full Article

When the opening titles of a so-called suspense thriller tell you that at least three US presidents are known to have been members of secret societies, youd be forgiven for expecting a political drama in which the clandestine college group... ... Full Article