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kimberley jones 2007 19 results

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Nicolas Cage is again on the prowl in this sequel to the 2004 smash success.

Film Review, Dec. 28, 2007

All in the Family

The Agrasánchez Film Archives

Screens Feature, Dec. 28, 2007

Sneak Peek at SXSW Film 2008

The first announcements from SXSW Film 08 are trickling in

Screens Feature, Dec. 28, 2007

The Last Word

The Harry Ransom Center opens Norman Mailer's archives

Books Feature, Dec. 28, 2007

Charlie Wilson's War

Despite a script by Aaron Sorkin, direction by Mike Nichols, and star turns by Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this good-natured geopolitical romp falls flat.

Film Review, Dec. 21, 2007

Juno

This indie comedy is funny, smart, cool, and heartfelt, and features breakout showcases for star Ellen Page and screenwriter Diablo Cody.

Film Review, Dec. 21, 2007

Atonement

Joe Wright has fashioned an epic piece of moviemaking from Ian McEwan’s novel: Starring Keira Knightley, the film is consumed with the nature of storytelling and the moral responsibility of the storyteller.

Film Review, Dec. 14, 2007

Pride and Prejudice: 10th Anniversary limited Collector's edition

Screens Feature, Dec. 14, 2007

The Things He Carried: Tim O'Brien's archives find a home

The Harry Ransom Center announces the acquisition of Vietnam scribe Tim O'Brien's archives

Books Feature, Dec. 14, 2007

Homer for the Holidays

Fox gives away Simpsons Santa hats at just the right price.

Screens Blog, Dec. 12, 2007 9:43 AM

The Golden Compass

The special effects are mostly spectacular in this story of a 12-year-old orphan whose fate is connected to a holy, multiverse war yet to come.

Film Review, Dec. 7, 2007

Romance & Cigarettes

John Turturro directs this oddball musical in which the stars (the eclectic cast of James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Mary-Louise Parker, Christopher Walken, Aida Turturro, and Mandy Moore) lip-sync and dance to popular songs.

Film Review, Nov. 30, 2007

Down From the Mountain

More good news from Sundance

Screens Blog, Nov. 29, 2007 9:08 PM

'Tis the Season ...

Austin sees some Sundance lovin'.

Screens Blog, Nov. 29, 2007 3:45 PM

Gallo Humor

His actions and words toe so close to ludicrous, one hopes that Vincent Gallo as we know him – wildly talented, largely objectionable – is all some kind of performance art piece à la Andy Kaufman.

Screens Blog, Nov. 29, 2007 2:04 PM

I'm Not There

This meditation on Bob Dylan is infused with love – not the slavish kind but a true-eyed tribute to the artist who belongs to nobody and everybody at once.

Film Review, Nov. 23, 2007

The Hypocrisy of Disco: A Memoir

Disco doesn't have much to do with anything in Clane Hayward's memoir of her late Seventies, peripatetic preteens, which were spent shuttling between a hippie mom, redneck dad, and anybody else with an open space – but not necessarily an open heart – in which Hayward could crash

Reviewed by Books Review, Nov. 23, 2007

The Capitol Beat on Books

Texas Book Festival Wrap

Books Feature, Nov. 9, 2007

Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business

Reviewed by Screens Review, Feb. 23, 2007