Risen

A Roman soldier is sent to track a rumor about the Christ's resurrection

"...Kevin Reynolds. Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis, María Botto, Luis Callejo, Stephen Hagan and Joe..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Desperate Remedies

"...Peter Wells. Starring: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff Curtis, Michael Hurst and Kiri Mills. Overripe like a..."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Virus

"...Directed by: John Bruno. Starring: Cliff Curtis, Sheman Augustus, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Marshall Bell, Joanna..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Colombiana

A professional assassin by day, a vigilante by night: Zoe Saldana is Luc Besson's latest femme fatale.

"...Jordi Mollà, Lennie James, Amandla Stenberg, Michael Vartan and Cliff Curtis...."

Sept. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Margaret's Museum

"...Breton, Nova Scotia, Margaret's Museum begins on a windswept cliff overlooking the ocean, which acts as a beautiful foil..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Collateral Damage

"...Directed by: Andrew Davis. Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Cliff Curtis, Francesca Neri, John Leguizamo and John Turturro. If..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Avatar: The Way of Water

James Cameron goes deep, emotionally and aquatically, in his sci-fi epic

"...Britain Dalton, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Stephen Lang, Jack Champion, Cliff Curtis and Giovanni Ribisi...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Thousand Words

Eddie Murphy plays a truth-challenged literary agent who learns his lesson when a bizarre set of circumstances allow him to utter only 1,000 words before dying.

"...Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Allison Janney, Clark Duke and Cliff Curtis. If A Thousand Words’ formula seems familiar, that’s..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Crossing Over

Various characters who are ensnared within the dogged machinery of the American immigration system become the subjects of this multistrand narrative.

"...Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Jim Sturgess, Alice Eve, Cliff Curtis, Alice Braga, Summer Bishil and Justin Chon. Characters..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blow

"...Depp, Penelope Cruz, Franka Potente, Miguel Sandoval, Max Perlich, Cliff Curtis, Jordi Molla, Paul Reubens, Rachel Griffiths, Ethan Suplee,..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Meg 2: The Trench

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

"...Wu Jing, Shuya Sophia Cai, Sienna Guillory, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Cliff Curtis and Page Kennedy...."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Murina

Sun-bleached Adriatic noir is a scorching game of power and deceit

"...Kusijanović. Starring: Gracija Filipović, Danica Curcic, Leon Lučev and Cliff Curtis...."

July 15, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Reminiscence

The past is the only place to go in this future Miami

"...Lisa Joy. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandie Newton, Cliff Curtis and Marina de Tavira...."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review

Doctor Sleep

Back to the cinematic hallowed ground of the Overlook Hotel

"...Mike Flanagan. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis, Roger Dale Floyd, Carl Lumbly, Zahn McClarnon, Emily..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Meg

This giant shark tale simply lacks bite

"...Rose, Rainn Wilson, Li Bingbing, Jessica McNamee, Robert Taylor, Cliff Curtis, Masi Oka, Shuya Sophia Cai, Winston Chao and..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Airbender

M. Night Shyamalan's live-action film is based on a popular animated series on Nickelodeon, and although the movie retains the series' mythology, it loses all its humor and suspense.

"...Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Toub, Aasif Mandvi, Cliff Curtis and Seychelle Gabriel. There’s a new Avatar at..."

July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

10,000 B.C.

After all those cataclysmic movies like Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, it seems right that Roland Emmerich has now turned his focus to the beginnings of civilization.

"...Directed by: Roland Emmerich. Starring: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis and Mona Hammond. Willis O'Brien did it first;..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sunshine

The sci-fi reunion of Danny Boyle and Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) is never less than beautiful but has a profoundly implausible plot turn that cheapens the sentiment.

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Cliff Curtis, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Rose Byrne, Hiroyuki Sanada,..."

July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Live Free or Die Hard

As John McClane, Bruce Willis once more brings the noise and blows the bejesus out of the bad guys.

"...Len Wiseman. Starring: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Long, Cliff Curtis, Maggie Q, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Kevin Smith...."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fracture

This legal thriller pits two brilliant actors against each other in a sustained battle of wills that has enough sizzle to keep us rapt even when the storyline sags.

"...Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis and Fiona Shaw. Anthony Hopkins can convey more..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Whale Rider

This quietly powerful tale of youthful female empowerment in New Zealand is based on a cornerstone Maori myth.

"...Niki Caro. Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu and Rachel House. Based..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Training Day

"...Glenn, Eva Mendes, Charlotte Ayanna, Tom Berenger, Snoop Dogg, Cliff Curtis and Macy Gray. “This is important. Don't blow..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bringing Out the Dead

"...Tom Sizemore, Ving Rhames, John Goodman, Marc Anthony and Cliff Curtis. Even a miscue from Martin Scorsese is generally..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Three Kings

This modern classic is a war movie with a conscience, an action movie with a funny bone, a caper movie with a shifting agenda.

"...Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Cliff Curtis and Said Taghmaoui. Few are the ways that..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Phantom Lady

"...Phantom LadyD: Robert Siodmak (1944); with Alan Curtis, Ella Raines, Thomas Gomez, Franchot Tone, Elisha Cook Jr.,..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"...years with the magazine, took the helm from Gregory Curtis last year -- is only its third editor. He..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Screamlines

"...Tony Scott (1983) w/Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, David Bowie, Cliff DeYoung, Dan Hedaya..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Curtis Responds..."

May 3, 2002 Column

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...STARZ’S “Power” Universe Collides: Join STARZ’S Power Universe co-creator, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson; Power Book II: Ghost cast: Michael..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Birth of Western Swing, Death of Milton Brown

Chapter excerpt from the new book by ATX music historians Michael Corcoran and Tim Kerr spotlights the debt that the kings of country swing, Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, owed to Texan Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies

"...subjects include Roky Erickson, Camilo Cantu, Sippie Wallace, Sonny Curtis, Jimmy Bowen, the D.O.C., Moon Mullican, Rupert Neve, and..."

March 27, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

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