Ant-Man and the Wasp

Marvel's crime caper comedy sequel gets bigger, smaller, but still fun

"...(Goggins, as irrepressibly sleazy as ever) wants all that delicious tech, and the mysterious Ghost (John-Kamen), who can slip..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Final Portrait

High art in Paris with Armie Hammer and Geoffrey Rush.

"...the delightful 1996 film Big Night, a celebration of delicious cuisine, but also a poignant treatise on art vs...."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

All the Money in the World

Christopher Plummer mesmerizes as the greediest man alive

"...former Captain Von Trapp, but really this is a delicious Christopher Plummer movie in all but top-billing (Williams gets..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Suburbicon

The dark side of Fifties middle America

"...of the Coens, who might have also exercised their delicious precision with period details as seen in something like..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

X-Men: Apocalypse

Another bloated spectacle that serves neither the fans nor the story

"...Past. The film flirts with the substance of a delicious main course, but ends up being an annoying succession..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The First Monday in May

The Met's annual ball thrown by its Costume Institute gets its close-up

"...he done lately? Nothing.”) The whole film is a delicious excuse to gawk – at the magnificent costumes, at..."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Krisha

This exceptionally well-done drama ushers in a striking new talent

"...home for a reckoning, and the results are a delicious powder keg, should you go for that type of..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Burnt

Bradley Cooper is a "bad boy" chef; Sienna Miller and others are garnish

"...which made his comeuppance (a truly inspired one) more delicious, and his rock-bottoming out more revelatory – it’s like..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fresh Off the Tempeh Truck

A roundup of Austin's best food trailers for plant-based dining

"...a sampling of some of the most creative and delicious offerings from Austin's dedicated vegetarian and vegan trailers...."

March 8, 2013 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Artist

It's a silent, black-and-white film for the 21st century, full of coy delights.

"...Artist is a slight confection, really, but it's so delicious and knowing that it may well end up on..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

The most famous restaurant in the world is profiled in this documentary.

"...Yes, it looks terrific, but is it really A) delicious, B) edible, C) art? The answer appears to be..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bridesmaids

The "wedding industrial complex" is under siege in this funny new comedy written by Kristen Wiig.

"...at him. To extend the metaphor to Bridesmaids, a delicious confection that artfully swirls vulgarity with sincerity, comic actress..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Alpha and Omega

This 3-D animated film is about two wolves trying to find their way back to their pack.

"...he the court-jester omega – talk big about how delicious caribou tartare would taste but snack onscreen only on..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

Surprisingly, Zhang Yimou's Chinese remake of the Coen brothers' debut film, Blood Simple, winds up something of a limp noodle.

"...Mao. What sounds as though it ought to be delicious – this Chinese remake of Joel and Ethan Coen’s..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

A kidnapping caper with only three characters and one basic location, this masterful British film ratchets up the suspense to mind-frying proportions.

"...dissimilar to Bryan Singer’s breakthrough film. The film is delicious, welcome, and entirely satisfying and, as an added bonus,..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lakeview Terrace

By-the-book domestic thriller about the consequences of moving into a neighborhood lorded over by a rules-happy sociopath with a gun and a badge.

"...LaBute film should be a no-brainer: two hours of delicious psychosexual terror and verbal brutality posing as a movie...."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Smart People

Smart people, dumb choices: It's true for both the characters and the filmmakers in this acerbic comedy that stars Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, and Ellen Page.

"...if not entirely successful debut. Poirier's language is often delicious, highlighted by barbs and dialogue that are as well-aimed..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Over Her Dead Body

In this DOA romantic comedy, Eva Longoria Parker plays a ghost who haunts her former fiancé-to-be when it's time for him to move on.

"...bad premise for a movie – rich with the delicious possibilities of transmortal combat between an embittered, but deceased,..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I is back for seconds in this melodramatic sequel that emphasizes how the Virgin Queen lusted in her heart.

"...and the costumes and decor add to the film's delicious production design. Despite good performances all around, particularly the..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Idiocracy

Mike Judge's underrated comedy Idiocracy is the story of a man who awakes 500 years in the future to find a society so dumbed-down that he instantly becomes the smartest person alive.

"...than the scenes that contain them. The humor is delicious from the get-go as an offscreen narrator (Earl Mann)..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Notorious Bettie Page

Gretchen Mol dazzles as the titular pinup girl, but the film raises many more questions about the enigmatic icon than it answers.

"...soul. It's less cheesecake than angel-food: frothy, light, and delicious, sure, but two hours later you're ready for something..."

April 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Criminal

Solid but uninventive American remake of a sly Argentinean movie about a couple of con men who should have left well enough alone.

"...pair of con men, and Gyllenhaal, as always, is delicious icing on the cake. The story is a delightfully..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Swimming Pool

Ozon’s film is like Eric Rohmer meets Brian DePalma – questions of identity and perception come to the fore, but slowly.

"...to the fore, but slowly. Swimming Pool unfolds with delicious slowness, revealing itself subtley like one of those strange..."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Willard

"...queer beauty. Director Morgan’s debut is one of those delicious cinematic moments where everything clicks into place – he..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chicago

This film adaptation doesn't so much recall the glory days of movie musicals as give it a new, era-specific reason to wake up and shake its tail feather.

"...right back to the film's kicky, giddy, chargrilled heart. Delicious...."

Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Resident Evil

Wild, senseless, sexy adaptation of the popular zombie shoot-'em-up video game

"...bursting with dazzlingly sordid cinematography that screams “Eurotrash!” and delicious, ridiculous dialogue like this showstopper, spouted in the heat..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gosford Park

The servants know all in this Altman mystery set in a British countryside estate in the Thirties.

"...an insane asylum, but it all makes for such delicious fun. Much of the pleasure derives from the upstairs/downstairs..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

"...given time, but the images bombarding you are so delicious, so finally “out there,” that it's well-nigh impossible to..."

July 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

With a Friend Like Harry ...

Tasty psychological thriller from France (by way of Hitchcock).

"...quivering violins or perfectly timed thunderclaps -- and what delicious creepy-crawlies they are. One suspects Hitch would be proud...."

May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cecil B. Demented

"...through the underground is a brilliant stroke. Even more delicious is the casting of Waters regular Patty Hearst, whose..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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