Brahms: The Boy II

The well-dressed, porcelain, miniature killer is back. Um … how?

"...Bell’s original story of a weirdly lifelike mannequin child-thing and the nanny hired to care for..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lars and the Real Girl

This movie's high-concept premise would be easy to dismiss were it not so flawlessly executed.

"...blue, he introduces them to the wheelchair-bound Bianca, a lifelike sex doll with whom he forges a chaste romantic..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mutual Appreciation

Writer/director/actor Bujalski has been branded the “emo Cassavetes”: His movies have an astoundingly lifelike rhythm full of small moments that only add up to something bigger later on.

"...branded the “emo Cassavetes”: His movies have an astoundingly lifelike rhythm. Conversations sometimes drag on too long, as they..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Animal Magnetism

'Lifelike'

"...he became a perfectionistic and competitive taxidermist. Tally Abecassis' Lifelike follows the group as it gears up for the..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

MirrorMask

The work of fantasist Neil Gaiman finally makes it to the screen with its innate sense of wonder intact, despite this sporadically overstuffed package of magic, mystery, and masked madwomen.

"...waking world, all of whom wear outlandish, often unnervingly lifelike masks or, in lieu of that, sport human faces..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stuart Little 2

"...endearingly earnest (but never twee) Stuart, just as remarkably lifelike as he was in the first film, which was..."

July 19, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

"...(voiced by Sutherland, giving it his all) are shockingly lifelike, so much so that you respond to them not..."

July 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

East of Hope Street

"...like a social tract that uses human stand-ins as lifelike representations of dry numbers and statistics. East of Hope..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Love Trouble

"...heard a thousand times before sound alarmingly fresh and lifelike; Nolte and Roberts make for a surprisingly believable couple...."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lifelike

Shit gets real at the Blanton's new exhibit

"...'Lifelike'Blanton Museum of Art, 200 E. Martin Luther King Jr...."

July 5, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Coded Bias

How computers are absorbing racial and gender bias ... and what we can do about it

"...Code is supposed to be neutral. It’s not that lifelike, non-human, and binary codes and algorithms can’t be racist..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Toy Story 4

Fourth verse, first as the first, second, third as the adventures of Woody and Buzz continue

"...and zeroes are harnessed to produce something so utterly lifelike...."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Isle of Dogs

Wes Anderson's stop motion wonder is a tail-wagger

"...far enough from photorealistic that Anderson can push from almost-lifelike (Atari and his distant uncle Mayor Kobayashi) to Anderson-esque..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Boy and the Beast

Japanese anime film is a fully immersive experience

"...employs brief moments of CGI to render Shibuya startlingly lifelike, but it’s Kumatetsu and Kyuta’s unlikely bonding that’s at..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Stunningly beautiful, Studio Ghibli's latest animated film is a real work of art.

"...its greatest glory when capturing motion. The motions appear lifelike and emotionally charged, and the pastels present a stark..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Noah

Partly allegorical, partly spectacular, and wholly sincere, Darren Aronofsky gives us another memorable movie about a driven individual.

"...but Crowe and Aronofsky manage to make him appear lifelike. Yet, in the end, the best enhancement to all..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lee Daniels' The Butler

The stars shine bright in this broad yet moving overview of the last 90 years of African-American history.

"...It’s in their home that the film feels most lifelike, and where Cecil can speak his mind, and he..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pacific Rim

When monsters and robots engage in epic battle, puny humans huddle in movie theatres to pay respect.

"...and del Toro makes a stab at injecting some lifelike traits into the human characters, but little of it..."

July 12, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zodiac

The director of Fight Club and Se7en switches gears here from psychological thrillers to something that more closely resembles a police procedural.

"...although the re-creation of the Zodiac’s assaults are disturbingly lifelike nevertheless. As the case spans four jurisdictions, it becomes..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crónicas

John Leguizamo plays a TV reporter in Ecuador in a film that examines the ethics of tabloid journalism.

"...tutor to help render his dialogue transitions more fluidly lifelike. It worked. As Manolo Bonilla, the star field reporter..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Sea

More "Splish" than "Splash," this biopic about the life of pop crooner Bobby Darin is practically a one-man Kevin Spacey show.

"...sale. (Like Cate Blanchett has already demonstrated with her lifelike impersonation of Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator this season,..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Simone

"...In our current age of digitized media where truly lifelike images of dinosaurs routinely trundle across the silver screen..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Son of the Bride

In this Argentinean film, a single dad and businessman struggles to keep his personal life afloat while undergoing a midlife crisis.

"...old man. Taken together they're one of the most lifelike father-and-son teams in memory, and Nino's occasional spoutings of..."

May 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Waking Life

This animated journey through one character's dreams is a stirring, motivational, and metaphysical head trip.

"...to essentially paint over frames. The result is startlingly lifelike in its ability to mimic the realness of motion,..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Inspector Gadget

"...(Fisher) who, with her father, Artemis, is working on lifelike robotics that respond, not to brain waves, but to..."

July 30, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Do You Really Know Your Parents if You Don’t Go Through Their Record Collection?

Who we are is what we listen to

"...three circles inside one another: the innermost features the lifelike head of a brown bear, the middle ring has..."

June 19, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Five Things That Make Perfect Luggage-Sized Gifts From the Austin Studio Tour

Cool stuff that's small enough to wrap

"...This woman sculpts creatures – unnervingly lifelike, but unnaturally large creatures – out of recycled cardboard,..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Things to Enjoy on the East Austin Studio Tour

From trees to tour buses, the highlights of weekend two of the celebration of tactile creativity

"...if via quantum miracle, have interacted to render stunningly lifelike portraits, capturing the spirit and image of human models..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Meet Accomplice, the Austin Startup Paving the Way Toward an Immersive Future

Striving for a world with no more boring experiences

"...over the course of a journey. Leave out the lifelike robotics, and Accomplice is the practical precursor to the..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

"Lone Star Wild" at Davis Gallery

In this Tex-centric group show, so many creatures great and small, perfectly captured on every wall

"...and lizards and so on, and all finished in lifelike colors via several layers of oil paint...."

Nov. 1, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

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