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June 30, 2023 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Worst Tour Stories Ever: Ben Kweller

July 8, 2016 Music Feature by Ben Kweller

Ben

Sept. 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The One I Wrote for You

This filmed-in-San Antonio indie tells a familiar tale about the soul-sucking music industry, but does so with an engaging cast and contemporary spin.

"...Ben Cantor (Jackson) is a singer-songwriter with a trunkful of..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Argo

Ben Affleck directs this entertaining thriller about an unbelievable-but-true mission to extricate American hostages from Iran in 1980.

"...Directed by: Ben Affleck. Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zoolander

"...Directed by: Ben Stiller. Starring: Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Will..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Band Aid

A couple works out their problems through song

"...Band Aid’s longtime couple Anna (Lister-Jones, Lola Versus) and Ben (Pally, Night Owls), whose relationship has hit a rough..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Live by Night

Ben Affleck directs and stars in this period gangster drama

"...Directed by: Ben Affleck. Starring: Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana, Sienna..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ride Along

Ice Cube and Kevin Hart partner up in this rote buddy-cop action comedy that's instantly forgettable.

"...– his only living relative – wants to marry Ben (Hart), a video-game-playing joker of whom he disapproves. Ben..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Free Fire

A delirious shoot'em-up comedy

"...Directed by: Ben Wheatley. Starring: Sharlto Copley, Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Enzo..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain Fantastic

Viggo Mortensen and family go off the grid

"...some unspoken possibility in the future. At times a benevolent papa, other times a dictatorial cultist, an unbending Ben..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Zoolander 2

Are Derek and Hansel still in fashion?

"...Directed by: Ben Stiller. Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Will..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Boiler Room

"...Directed by: Ben Younger. Starring: Ben Affleck, Bill Sage, Taylor Nichols, Jamie..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Boss

This Melissa McCarthy comedy is funny, but should be even funnier

"...Directed by: Ben Falcone. Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage, Ella..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sons of Austin

Murph and Ben Willcott develop a new paradigm for the next generation of a beloved family business

"...Paul Willcott and is now run by their father, Ben, 40, and their uncle Murph, 48. Children of a..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Humpday

Shelton’s winner of Sundance’s Special Jury Prize starts an interesting conversation about sexuality, but ultimately doesn't add much to the dialogue.

"...Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Shelton and Trina Willard. Ben (Duplass), a Seattle newlywed, seems to be contentedly motoring..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Leaving Las Vegas

"...addiction -- in this case, alcoholism. Nicolas Cage plays Ben Sanderson, a hopeless drunk with no desire to quit..."

Nov. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Meg 2: The Trench

It's Jason Statham versus a giant, ancient shark again

"...Directed by: Ben Wheatley. Starring: Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Shuya Sophia Cai,..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mirrors

Spooky stuff crosses over from the mirror world to the real world, and it places Kiefer Sutherland in a world of hurt.

"...burned-out hulk of a department store where former detective Ben Carson (Sutherland) works as a night security guard. The..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reality Bites

Stiller's first feature film as a director captured the zeitgeist and is imbued with an honest and sarcastic wit.

"...Directed by: Ben Stiller. Starring: Ben Stiller, Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: I Wish You All the Best

Nonbinary teen leads coming-of-age family drama

"...the stuff of adulthood, postponed by bigotry and hate. Ben De Backer, a nonbinary teen, feels like they will..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Burning

Extraordinary Korean drama adds emotion to the thriller equation

"...when Hae-mi returns from a trip to Africa with Ben (The Walking Dead's Yeun), a mysteriously rich boy who..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Hounds of Love

A deft reimagination of the serial-killer genre

"...Directed by: Ben Young. Starring: Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry, Susie..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Apparition

A supernatural presence is released during a college experiment.

"...(of the Twilight zone) and Stan play Kelly and Ben, a pair of twentysomething enigmas babysitting Kelly's parents' desert..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Solitary Man

In this small-scale drama, Michael Douglas plays a disgraced businessman and inveterate skirt-chaser who makes one bad decision after another.

"...DeVito, Mary-Louise Parker, Jenna Fischer, Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Ben Shenkman, Richard Schiff and Olivia Thirlby. Ben Kalmen (Douglas)..."

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Driving Lessons

A 17-year-old boy's dull summer turns more eventful when he gets a job assisting an unconventional retired actress who leads him into a series of character-defining adventures.

"...coming-of-age British dramedy about a shy, repressed teenager named Ben who takes a job as the personal assistant to..."

Nov. 7, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Liberty Heights

"...Directed by: Barry Levinson. Starring: Adrien Brody, Ben Foster, Orlando Jones, Bebe Neuwirth, David Krumholz, Rebekah Johnson,..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sessions

A sex therapist helps a man living in an iron lung experience human intimacy; John Hawkes and Helen Hunt keep things from becoming prurient.

"...Directed by: Ben Lewin. Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy,..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wonderstruck

Two lives intertwine across time in the latest from Todd Haynes

"...and enrich each other. In Minnesota in 1977, young Ben (Fegley, of Pete’s Dragon) goes to live with relatives..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Infinity Baby

Babies (young and old) who can't grow up

"...week, and they mostly just sleep and coo). Enter Ben (Culkin), the nephew of Infinity Baby’s CEO Neo (Offerman),..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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