2 Days in the Valley

"...Marsha Mason, Paul Mazursky, James Spader, Eric Stoltz and Charlize Theron. A fine ensemble cast compensates for the narrative..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

The story is lacking but the spectacle is stupendous

"...to answering two questions: How did Furiosa (played by Charlize Theron in the original) become the lieutenant to monstrous..."

May 24, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mulan

Forget the cartoon, Disney goes back to the source for the Chinese warrior legend

"...might have tapped some of the camp deliciousness of Charlize Theron’s similar figure in Snow White and the Huntsman,..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

American Woman

Sienna Miller pulls pages from a journal of loss in small town

"...Ever since Charlize Theron's transformation into serial killer Aileen Wuornos for 2003's..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Destroyer

Nicole Kidman's grimy noir mistakes grit for intrigue

"...she brings to the role is conspicuous. Unlike, say, Charlize Theron in Monster, it’s an ugly-duckling turn in which..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Playback: Gone Unsane

Unsane bassist just left Austin for Italy, while SXSW eschews Sonicbids to bring their submissions process in-house

"...Charlize Theron wore a Uranium Savages T-shirt on the Bravo..."

July 28, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film: Atomic Blonde Red Carpet

"...James McAvoy, Charlize Theron, David Leitch..."

March 13, 2017 Photo Gallery

Cake

In a rare dramatic role, Jennifer Aniston plays a woman grappling with chronic pain, painkiller addiction, and personal tragedy.

"...realm of calculation falls the un-vanity project, in which Charlize Theron (Monster), Reese Witherspoon (Wild), and other proven talents..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

When Hollywood Met Steve Collins

... and other Austin stories from the L.A. Film Festival

"...later at the swanky awards ceremony (which also honored Charlize Theron with the Spirit of Independence Award), Collins would..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

Executed serial killer Aileen Wuornos leaves little doubt as to her sanity in this second Nick Broomfield documentary on the subject.

"...is garnering so much attention for its deglamorized star Charlize Theron. Surprisingly, although Broomfield and co-director Joan Churchill’s interviewing..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mighty Peking Man

This 1977 Shaw Brothers production from Hong Kong is a gleefully silly riff on everything monster movies and was re-released under the auspices of Quentin Tarantino in 1999.

"...creature's blonde bimbette gal Friday (think Mighty Joe Young's Charlize Theron in a creatively nonexistent bikini). It's love at..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wrapped and Ready

"...Griffith, Famke Janssen, Joe Mantegna, Gretchen Mol, Winona Ryder, Charlize Theron...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Long Shot

Rogen and Theron are charming in charmless political rom-com

"...rom-coms, and back into his life wanders Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron), his old babysitter and now U.S. Secretary of..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top Chef Texas, Week 11: Who's The Fairest Of Them All?

Charlize Theron is such a queen.

"...see what you did there, you scamp. In walks Charlize Theron, who (as I posited last week) is promoting..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

In the Valley of Elah

Paul Haggis and Tommy Lee Jones deliver a scorching film that's part police procedural, part family melodrama, and all about our national failures in Iraq.

"...Directed by: Paul Haggis. Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco, Barry Corbin,..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Aeon Flux

Its heart is in the right place, but Aeon Flux's head is just a little too high to make much sense.

"...Directed by: Karyn Kusama. Starring: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo, Frances..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men of Honor

"...Keith, Powers Boothe, Michael Rapaport, Hal Holbrook, Aunjanue Ellis, Charlize Theron, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robert De Niro. As..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Legend of Bagger Vance

"...Directed by: Robert Redford. Starring: Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Bruce Mcgill, Joel Gretsch, J. Michael Moncrief, Peter..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Yards

"...Directed by: James Gray. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan, Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway and Steve..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cider House Rules

"...Directed by: Lasse Hallström. Starring: Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Jane Alexander,..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Devil's Advocate

"...Directed by: Taylor Hackford. Starring: Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey and Craig T. Nelson...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trial and Error

"...Directed by: Jonathan Lynn. Starring: Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Charlize Theron, Rip Torn and Austin Pendleton. There's a very..."

May 30, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Top Chef Texas, Week 10: Restaurant Wars

This restaurant war needs more spies and razor wire.

"...Next week: Charlize Theron is the guesty guesterson, and I’m guessing that..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

FF2011: 'Two Eyes Staring' ('Zwart Water')

Kids doing the craziest things (like murder, haunting etc)

"...So what was so entrancing about this that Charlize Theron picked up the rights last year?..."

Sept. 26, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

That's a Wrap

Notes From the Austin Film Festival and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference

"...Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, James Caan, Faye Dunaway, Ellen Burstyn, Charlize Theron...."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature by Barry Johnson

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE D: Rand Ravich; with Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, Donna Murphy...."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Fast X

The Fast franchise gets bigger and a little closer to the end of the track

"...Cena, Jason Statham, Sung Kang, Scott Eastwood, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron and Brie Larson...."

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

F9: The Fast Saga

Script? We don't need no stinking script in the Toretto crew's latest

"...Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Nathalie Emmanuel, Charlize Theron, John Cena, Finn Cole, Sung Kang, Anna Sawai,..."

June 25, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ATX Film News: Zellweger, Linklater, Bujalski, Oh My!

Plus AFF gets an NEA grant and ... Cats 2?

"...ahead of Scarlett Johansson at +600 for Marriage Story, Charlize Theron (Bombshell) and Cynthia Erivo (Harriet), both at +1400,..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Kimberley Jones’ Top 10 Films of 2019

"...This slyly feminist Charlize Theron/Seth Rogen rom-com was just so dang likable. 8)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

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