Game Night

Monopoly was never this brutal before this crime-com.

"...a bit like someone wanted to make a Coen brothers movie for the Clue crowd: Let’s call it kitschy..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Small Town Crime

John Hawkes hits the bottle and the case as a modern day detective on the trail for redemption

"...(Collins Jr.) about re-enforcing stereotypes through musical choices. Writer/director brothers Eshom and Ian Nelms have a deft knack for..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Seen / Soon: Jan. 12

Stepping into the richly crafted cartoon world of the Haas Brothers and honoring Dr. King on his day with a Poetry Open Mic

"...The Haas Brothers – Austin-born but now based in L.A. – have..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Column

LBJ

Harrelson dons prosthetics for this complicated biopic

"...in the shadow of the handsome and charismatic Kennedy brothers. (Here, the legendary friction between LBJ and Robert Kennedy..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

ACL Review: Lemon Twigs

New school Sixties/Seventies pomp and circumstance

"...Brothers Brian D’Addario and Michael D’Addario – the Lemon Twigs..."

Oct. 7, 2017 Music Post by Michael Toland

Logan Lucky

A different kind of heist film from the Ocean's 11 director

"...Mellie (Keough), safecracker Joe Bang (Craig), and Joe’s dimwitted brothers (Quaid and Gleeson) in the perfect score – knocking..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Dinner

Family ties come undone in this dark drama

"...Paul (Coogan) and Stan (Gere) are brothers who have gathered at a posh restaurant for the..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Transpecos

Border-patrol officers get in way over their heads

"...a film that hearkens back to Blood Simple-era Coen brothers...."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Ben-Hur

We're (unfortunately) off to the chariot races again

"...tease of that centerpiece chariot contest, in which adopted brothers-turned-foes Judah Ben-Hur (Huston), a Jewish prince, and Roman soldier..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hell or High Water

Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, and Ben Foster shine in West Texas crime film

"...We’ve seen all the tropes before: the bank-robbing brothers (Foster and Pine), the bloated Texas Ranger (Bridges) who’s..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Zac Efron and Adam Devine are a bratty fraternity of two

"...movie pairs Zac Efron and Adam Devine as bad-boy brothers who habitually wreck family get-togethers with their own specialized..."

July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hardcore Henry

Inventive spectacle and pop-culture tease finally arrives onscreen

"...last 10 years look as obsolete as the Lumière brothers running that train at you back in 1896...."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Goodnight Mommy

Nine-year-old twins suspect that someone is impersonating their mother

"...The Schwarz brothers give a pair of astoundingly mature debut performances as..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

War Room

Christian melodrama likens prayer to war against the devil

"...and plainly the argument of filmmaker duo the Kendrick Brothers, too – isn’t for marriage counseling, or that Elizabeth..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

New Graphic Novel The Divine from Asaf & Tomer Hanuka

Note: Never fuck with spooky child-soldiers in Southeast Asia

"...If we weren’t going to give the Hanuka Brothers’ The Divine the description it deserves, we’d go all..."

July 15, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Monkey Kingdom

Disneynature doc profiles Sri Lanka's famed Temple Troop of toque macaques

"...latest foray into the real-wild world puts the Marx Brothers’ Monkey Business to shame in terms of endearingly comic..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Water Diviner

Russell Crowe stars in and directs this historical drama

"...17 million dead, the Battle of Gallipoli, forbidden love, brothers (literally) in arms, and Turkish nationalists vs. Greek invaders...."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Animated Short Films

Five Oscar nominees, plus some extra treats.

"...Bigger Picture,” Daisy Jacobs’ bittersweet portrait of two English brothers caring for their elderly mother. Over the course of..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Foxcatcher

The performances by Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo anchor this drama, which nearly sinks from its weightiness.

"...enthusiast du Pont and the Olympic gold medal-winning Schultz brothers, one that ends in cold-blooded murder in a driveway..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Land Ho!

This buddy comedy travels all the way to Reykjavik – but does it actually go anywhere?

"...Mitch (Nelson) and Colin (Eenhoorn) are ex-brothers-in-law, whose wives were sisters. Mitch’s wife died a while..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

As Above/So Below

There are things in the catacombs beneath Paris that should remain underground.

"...dud Catacombs already squandered such promise, but the Dowdle brothers (Devil, The Poughkeepsie Tapes) have decided to give it..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Lone Survivor

A SEAL team mission in Afghanistan goes very wrong in this intense combat film with a bang-up cast.

"...its subjects, Lone Survivor depicts a real band of brothers who put their bodies on the line even as..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

A contrarian view

"...I am such a lone voice on the Coen Brothers' new film, Inside Llewyn Davis...."

Dec. 27, 2013 Screens Post by Louis Black

Inside Llewyn Davis

The latest from the Coen Brothers nails the Sixties folk-music scene, and delivers another of their memorably flawed heroes.

"...The Coen brothers nail the folk personas, all shiny-eyed and turtlenecked (beware..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Man of Tai Chi

Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut sizzles with mandible-cracking action, political intrigue, and electrifying martial physicality.

"...of the chopsocky morality plays produced by the Shaw Brothers Studios, there’s a vengeance/redemption heartbeat at the crimson core..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cockneys vs. Zombies

This bloody good zom-com stands out from the crowd of zombies recently invading our screens.

"...and Treadaway are Terry and Andy, a pair of brothers who hatch a bound-to-be-botched bank job in order to..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blancanieves

A period piece about two generations of matadors is fused with the Snow White fairy tale in this black-and-white Spanish charmer.

"...piece about two generations of matadors with the Grimm Brothers' Snow White fairy tale. Blancanieves was honored as the..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Escape From Planet Earth

In this 3-D animated movie, a famous astronaut from another planet becomes trapped on Earth – aka the Dark Planet. Interplanetary shenanigans ensue.

"...returned from their visits to planet Earth. The two brothers argue, and Gary quits only to have Scorch fire..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

The titular siblings turn bounty hunters after a traumatic childhood incident with an oven.

"...and Pihla Viitala. In this retooling of the original Brothers Grimm tale, the candy-loving kid sibs survive a witch..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Broken City

Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe mix it up in this mystery thriller directed by Allen Hughes.

"...the sociological breadth and gallows humor of the Hughes Brothers’ early movies, Menace II Society (1993), Dead Presidents (1995)..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

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