Men & Chicken

Danish black comedy is a nimble tone-shifter

"...the eschewing of special effects and technology and a big “Hey, look at me!” bolster for the Danish film..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Max

After sufferiong trauma in Afghanistan, a heroic dog is sent stateside

"...heist curio Now You See Me. He had a big commercial success with the Denzel Washington football integration film..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

In Secret

Émile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin gets another film adaptation, this time in English.

"...the sickly cousin, Camille (Felton), she’s always considered a brother, never a lover. Enter Laurent (Isaac), a wannabe painter..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Endless Love

New era, same old story: young passions, forbidden love, and parents who just don't understand.

"...and the emotional consequences resulting from losing her older brother to cancer two years earlier. On graduation day, a..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Red Dawn

This remake's inspiration comes more from Call of Duty and other first-person-shooter games, rather than the 1984 original.

"...Red Dawn, was yet to become famous as a big action star in Thor and The Avengers – films..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Muppets

This Muppet reboot is an absolute delight and puts an end to the great Muppet diaspora.

"...a Muppet. He believes he's the shorter, fuzzier, younger brother of Jason Segel's human Gary. Through events too circuitous..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stoops Ready to Helmet Tackle Longhorns

A VM from OU coach

"...read that piece you wrote pretending to be my brother. A laugh riot, compadre...."

Oct. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Shaolin

In this rousing film, a compassionate Buddhist philosophy underpins what might have been just another Hong Kong period piece about power-mad warlords and their blood-spattered brinkmanship.

"...Qing Dynasty and the opportunistic entrance of Westerners with big guns and small hearts, Shaolin portrays scheming, allied warmongers..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crazy Heart

At the crazy heart of the 2009-10 Austin Music Awards sits Stephen Bruton

"...Sheiks' tent in the 78704 to integrate his ailing brother-in-ancient-muse into the project, even importing his onetime bandleader in..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Faces of Homelessness

Another Downtown attempt to find answers

"...– heavy emphasis on the dignity – to our brothers and sisters in need. The foundation of that [is]..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

Drag Me to Hell

Sam Raimi makes a triumphant return to the "splatstick" horror genre he more or less invented with The Evil Dead and its two sequels.

"...entering the theatre. Raimi co-wrote the script with his brother Ivan in the downtime between Spider-Man films, and the..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Wolverine is a noisy mess, full of Hugh Jackman's seriously killer snarl but utterly devoid of the borderline-subversive smarts that made Bryan Singer's X-Men films so resonant.

"...crusaders, caped or otherwise, could make it to the big screen with their dark integrity relatively intact. (Spawn, on..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Broken Bridges

At first glance, Toby Keith drama Broken Bridges is about reconciliations; really, though, the movie is about the cross-marketing potential of contemporary country music full of cliché and contrived music performances.

"...during an exercise, killing all aboard, including his younger brother. Meanwhile, Angela Delton (Preston), Bo's jilted and bitter ex-high..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

First Descent

This vertiginous documentary about snowboarding talks with the sport's greats and shows them in action, rocketing down crag-encrusted, virgin slopes like buckshot fired from God’s own 20-gauge.

"...smaller version of myself being trounced by a Snurfing big kid on some snowbound, upstate New York hillock ages..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Down and Dirty

Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!

"...of subject" went to Rodney Evans, whose haunting film Brother to Brother merges the concerns of a gay, black..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Joy Ride

"...your best girl on one side and your hooligan brother on the other when you accidentally incur the wrath..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

"...All of us are strands of noodles in one big bowl of pho. That's a bit simplistic, but it..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Groove

"...primary set needed to be little more than a big, empty warehouse is not to be underestimated. Much of..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Out of Sight

Soderbergh adapts Elmore Leonard in this caper movie that features great performances, gritty milieus, and clever creative flourishes.

"...author's seedy, South Floridian love of small-time hoods and big-time losers. Granted, Jackie Brown mined similar territory some months..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kull the Conqueror

"...nobleman's sword, only to find that everybody and their brother wants to usurp his throne. Set in the mythical..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Portrait of the Artist as an Old Crank

Sketches of R. Crumb

"...his oft-copied 1968 album cover for Cheap Thrills by Big Brother and the Holding Co.; in sly, smooth-talking Fritz..."

June 30, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Other Side of Hope

Searching for a better tomorrow in Aki Kaurismäki's droll tale of immigrants and restaurants

"...Two men abandon their former lives and take big gambles on attaining different futures. Neither man in this..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Our Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2015

The summer movie season has begun, and we've got opinions

"...Sleeper: Big Game: When Air Force One crash-lands in the Finnish..."

May 1, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Akeelah and the Bee

This story about a girl from the ghetto who wins the national spelling bee has lofty if sometimes unfulfilled goals, but is a rewarding tale nevertheless.

"...intellectual athlete, her coach, and her challenges with a big third-act showdown and an uplifting message. It is significant..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bittersweet Spotlight

Round Rock's Ellen Marlow is on Broadway (at the age of 10)

"...on the thought that behind those very doors, her biggest dream could come true...."

Feb. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Clay Swartz

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Saturday Sleepers..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Oasis Knebworth 1996

Brilliant documentary on the gigs that defined Britpop

"...was a bunch of other bands, and the Gallagher brothers' unstoppable, sinewy, arrogant, brilliant summation of British pop culture...."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ready or Not

Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy

"...Adam Brody brings a silver-hearted cynicism to Daniel, the big brother who drinks his way through the family's sins;..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Everyone's favorite web-slinger returns for a new era of Marvel

"...of lore. What he is here is the kind big brother, the only one Peter can turn to who..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1

Three short films from Japan's newest major animation studio

"...keeps the original Japanese voice track, with Kimura as big brother Kanini and Suzuki as sibling Kanino. When their..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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