Mothering Sunday

Literary adaptation charts doomed romance between classes

"...Directed by: Eva Husson. Starring: Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Olivia Colman, Patsy Ferran, Glenda Jackson, Sope Dirisu,..."

April 8, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

1917

World War I drama shows heroism in saving, not taking, lives

"...MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott, Colin Firth, Claire Duburcq and Nabhaan Rizwan...."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mamma Mia!

This film adaptation of the Broadway adaptation of a catalog of Swedish disco hits retains all the fun but remains astonishingly silly.

"...Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd. Starring: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Then She Found Me

Helen Hunt directs and stars in this movie which finds just the right mix of drama, comedy, and the unknown – in other words, life as we live it.

"...Directed by: Helen Hunt. Starring: Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick and Ben Shenkman. Hunt's debut as..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Legion

Although this story of ancient Rome offers guilty-pleasure fun, the film is not very inspired or well-conceived.

"...Directed by: Doug Lefler. Starring: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai, Thomas Sangster, Peter Mullan,..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee is something of a rarity: a movie for children that is about children and their world.

"...Directed by: Kirk Jones. Starring: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Celia Imrie, Angela Lansbury, Derek Jacobi..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

A Thousand Acres

"...Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jason Robards, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Colin Firth. Jane Smiley's Pulitzer Prize-winning, Lear-on-a-John Deere novel has..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Happy Prince

Tragic Oscar Wilde biopic flies sporadically

"...Directed by: Rupert Everett. Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas and Tom..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFF Announces Film Lineup

Black Swan! Meek's Cutoff! Blue Valentine!

"...Loves Raymond, while Main Street, starring Orlando Bloom and Colin Firth, was written by the late Horton Foote...."

Sept. 21, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Erick Zonca; with Elodie Bouchez, Natacha Regnier, Gregoire Colin, Jo Prestia, Patrick Mercado...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Doomed. Bourgeois. In Austin: The Films of Whit Stillman

Indie legend on Austin, Austen, and his landmark trilogy

"...admires Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility, and called the Colin Firth/Jennifer Ehle TV version of Pride & Prejudice "fun..."

Oct. 11, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis’s Top 10 Films of 2021

"...Colin Firth (Supernova), Andrew Garfield (tick, tick…Boom!), Ciaran Hinds (Belfast)..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Mary Poppins Returns

The perfect nanny returns, the same as last time

"...Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep and David Warner...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Pride and Prejudice

Austin Shakespeare turns Jane Austen's rich novel into a fine evening of smart theatre

"...the book and memorized the BBC film adaptation with Colin Firth and so can be seriously critical. For another,..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman is John le Carré's unflappable spy, George Smiley, in this dandy espionage tale.

"...Directed by: Tomas Alfredson. Starring: Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy, Toby Jones, John Hurt,..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul

When movies go looking for Christmas redemption

"...seems like every actor in England (including Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Alan Rickman, and Emma Thompson) and..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The King's Speech

This PG-13 remix (of a film we liked considerably upon its initial release) does nothing more or less than mute and/or modify the king's utterance of the four-letter vulgarity that earned the film its initial R rating.

"...Directed by: Tom Hooper. Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. Not reviewed..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2010 Screens Top 10s

"...Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Colin Firth (The King's Speech), Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech),..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

AFCA Backs 'Black Swan'

Local film critics pick year's best

"...Best Actor: Colin Firth, The King's Speech..."

Dec. 22, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFF: 'Main Street' Comes to Downtown Austin

The world premiere of the film based on Horton Foote's final screenplay

"...an identifiably Foote work. The cast includes Ellen Burstyn, Colin Firth, Patricia Clarkson, Orlando Bloom, and Amber Tamblyn...."

Oct. 23, 2010 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Announces Honorees, Opening Night Films

Robert Rodriguez to receive Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award

"...forms the basis for Main Street, starring Orlando Bloom, Colin Firth, and Patricia Clarkson...."

Oct. 8, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Movie Bug

Touching down at the Toronto International Film Festival

"...At the film's heart are the terrific performances of Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, who respectively play King George..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFCA Announces 2009 Awards

The Austin Film Critics Association hands 'Hurt Locker' top honors

"...Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Best Actor: Colin Firth, A Single Man Best Actress: Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious..."

Dec. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Disney's A Christmas Carol

The novelty of this motion-capture rendition of Dickens classic eventually gives way to emotionally bland storytelling.

"...Directed by: Robert Zemeckis. Starring: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins and..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Congratulations, Tracy Claros!

Local Food Product to be featured in an upcoming issue of O Magazine

"...Winfrey's O Magazine as the "Sexiest English Creation Since Colin Firth!" We couldn't agree more. Bravo, Tracy!..."

Sept. 17, 2008 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Mamma Mia! Sing-Along

Karaoke for dancing queens everywhere.

"...Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd. Starring: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Despair Deferred, and an Odd Couple

"...get if Hoffman had cast, say, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. Skip ahead to the 6 minute and 40..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Girl With a Pearl Earring

Bona fide "art" movie starring this season's It Girl, Scarlett Johansson, is as flat and enigmatic as the titular portrait by Vermeer.

"...Directed by: Peter Webber. Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis,..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Actually

This merry skein of loves lost and found in holiday-season London is written and directed by the Four Weddings and a Funeral scribe.

"...Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Billy Bob Thornton, Joanna..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Speaking With the Angel: Original Stories

"...the stories are narrated by children, like British actor Colin Firth's "The Department of Nothing," about a boy enraptured..."

March 9, 2001 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

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