Love, Simon

Coming-out story remembers the romance.

"...for the first time, no doubt you’ll feel the Earth move, just a little...."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Red Sparrow

Erotic spy thriller is Fifty Shades of Gorky Park.

"...be stylish in its stupidity), Red Sparrow plummets to Earth...."

March 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Justice League

Another ho-hum entry to the DC Extended Universe

"...alien god named Steppenwolf (Hinds) to touch down on Earth to reclaim a set of three “mother boxes,” the..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Transformers: The Last Knight

Stick meet dead horse

"...fusty Oxford scholar whose destiny is to save the Earth, and, oh yeah, Bumblebee regains his true voice. It’s..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Star-Lord and co. return in the popular Marvel series

"...tentpole that is unlikely to be crushed beneath the earth-shattering seriousness of Cap vs. Tony Stark. It’s far too..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Circle

An absurd cautionary tale on technology

"...Eamon Bailey (Hanks), a zillionaire visionary who communicates his down-to-earth accessibility by wearing tennis shoes and carrying a coffee..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Life

Astronauts discover that a wall won't keep out a new alien life form

"...without any narrative foreplay: An international space station orbiting Earth intercepts a space probe carrying a Martian soil sample..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Kedi

The cats of Istanbul shine in this affecting doc

"...work of unconditional love that celebrates a spot on Earth where an odd symbiosis between humanity and a purring..."

March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Monster Calls

A beast helps a boy through tough times

"...circumstances, a monstrous ambulatory tree violently sprung from the earth of an old graveyard, a beast whose branches and..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Desierto

A most dangerous game in the desert

"...the story is very much pulled back down to Earth. Too much so, if truth be known; it’s a..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Eco: A Better Death Through Recomposition

Urban Death Project wants your last act to be giving back to the Earth

"...Humans' healthy survival on this Earth depends, in part, on what happens to our bodies..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Jessi Cape

Ice Age: Collision Course

Latest entry of the series is overstuffed and meandering

"...sign when a film franchise suddenly sends an otherwise earthbound core character into outer space. When Ozploitation legend Brian..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 5th Wave

Chloë Grace Moretz battles Earth's fifth wave of alien attacks

"...Games wrought?), the movie recounts an alien conquest of Earth executed in a series of waves, starting with an..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Room

Emma Donoghue's screen adaptation of her bestseller is a knockout

"...Room (no “the”), which is the only place on Earth the 5-year-old has ever known. Room is a spare..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shaun the Sheep Movie

The latest from Aardman Animations is one baaaaaadass movie

"...there’s a home for every domesticated creature on this earth, a place where someone cares for them in return..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sunshine Superman

BASE-jumping trailblazer Carl Boenish is the subject of this doc tribute

"...BASE jumping (an acronym signifying building, antenna, span, and Earth). Since Boenish always had the camera rolling, Strauch has..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Public Notice: April Is the Coolest Month

Council staffs up, swings into committee action

"...Attacks on Minority Communities and Texas' Students." April Is Earth Month..."

April 10, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Home

Jim Parsons and Rihanna pleasingly voice cartoon characters

"...Martin) has decided that the Boov will next occupy Earth in an effort to sidestep their longtime enemies, the..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The DUFF

Bye-bye bullies and basket cases; enter the DUFF – shorthand for designated ugly fat friend.

"...bullies and basket cases. The geeks now rule the earth (heyyyy, Marvel), so a new pecking order, and a..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jupiter Ascending

The Wachowskis' space opera starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum is a visual dazzler but a narrative splice-and-dice.

"...Tatum send the whole gorgeous mess plummeting back to Earth before even the first 30 minutes have passed. Luc..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Short Films: Program B

The collected films in Program B examine suffering from different angles

"...the program suffer from comparison. J. Christian Jensen’s “White Earth” is a well-intended but unfocused look at the personal..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Love Is Strange

Heartfelt, seriocomic romance about two longtime partners who wed after 40 years, then discover all is not bliss.

"...this film, but one that isn’t is why on Earth it’s garnered an R rating. Love Is Strange is..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Edge of Tomorrow

The sci-fi is a bit fuzzy – and the alien beasties are anything but – in this Tom Cruise action onslaught.

"...first you don’t succeed, die, die again. It’s an Earth-vs.-aliens Groundhog Day in which the critter resembles a flaming..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Field in England

The most enticingly original film to come out of the UK this year is told in crisp, trippy, black and white.

"...Smiley), a catty sorcerer seeking something buried in the Earth. That description pales in comparison with the actual mind-warping..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Walking With Dinosaurs

This visually ambitious animated film looks promising until its corny plot gets going.

"...feel what it was like when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Walking with Dinosaurs is the ultimate immersive, big screen..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Thor: The Dark World

The Marvel cinematic universe opens its gates once again, and The Dark World does not disappoint.

"...around home base Asgard and casting long looks at Earth, where his estranged love Jane Foster (Portman) is still..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Escape From Tomorrow

Shot guerrilla-style at Disneyland and Disney World, this surreal drama about a man's mental disintegration at "the happiest place on Earth" lands a spitball in the Mouse's eye.

"...ordinary family guy, while visiting “the happiest place on Earth,” it’s a prank and a spit in the eye..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Computer Chess

Andrew Bujalski’s Austin-made film is a boldly original, black-and-white portrait of computer culture in the early Eighties.

"...nerds (and the artificial intelligence they created) inherited the earth, these pasty-faced programmers seemed like little more than socially..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Host

Andrew Niccol writes and directs this romantic, science-fiction thriller that's based on a novel by Stephenie Meyer.

"...(Gattaca, In Time), adapts and directs this story of Earth under peaceable siege. After an unseen war in which..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Croods

Animated cave dwellers are stealth charmers.

"...explore the world at large. Soon enough, with the Earth fracturing around them in a continental-drift doomsday scenario, the..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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