Double Edged Sword

"...Dear Editor, The CARES Act and the double edged sword: I am 66 and was on unemployment. I..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Postmarks

Roxy Music Airs Out Its Deep Cuts At Ragged-Edged Austin Show

Even with weakened chops, the HoFers enjoy each other's company

Sept. 22, 2022 Music Post by Mike Clark-Madison

AE Rate Proposal Double-Edged

Ratepayers expense also city income

Feb. 6, 2012 News Post by Michael King

Revenge Is a Dish Best Served With Edged Weaponry

Some Guy Who Kills People

Oct. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animated

This year's Academy-loved cartoons push the boundaries of the medium

"...Yet, personally, it's just edged out by "Kitbull." Stylistically similar (it could be set..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

Cartoon creations from Kobe to Goldilocks

"...Peach, etc). Directors Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer use soft-edged CGI in a Dahlian mash-up of "Cinderella," "Jack and..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Foreigner

Jackie Chan takes a page from Liam Neeson

"...and more of the mysterious Mr. Quan, but this dark-edged little razor blade of a film is ultimately a..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

The wimpy kid returns for a reboot

"...pre-adolescence for miserable Greg. What’s missing here? The satirically edged animated illustrations by series creator Jeff Kinney, which would..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Founder

Michael Keaton supersizes McDonald's

"...account of how Kroc savvily expanded the brand and edged the original McDonald brothers out of the business. It’s..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Five Years

Anna Kendrick shines in Richard LaGravenese's loving adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's stage musical.

"...affair that ends badly but starts beautifully. That’s the double-edged structure this movie inherits from its musical-theatre roots as..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Drop

Based on a Dennis Lehane story, this disappointing crime drama costars James Gandolfini in his last role.

"...For all its scabby-edged brio and canine existentialism – everyone is in a..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Guardians of the Galaxy

These lesser-known, misfit, comic-book characters are a grand addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

"...I prefer the Guardians’ garage band – rowdy and rough-edged and a real family...."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dallas Buyers Club

Matthew McConaughey gives a searing performance in this true-life story set in the early years of the AIDS epidemic.

"...transformation from goner to survivor, and from homophobe to rough-edged humanist. Soon he is smuggling the Mexican drugs across..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Machete Kills

Robert Rodriguez once again unleashes manic, over-the-top mayhem.

"...Trejo returns as the scowly, deadpan, musclebound master of edged weapons in this unruly, occasionally silly, but ultimately grindhouse-fun..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Angels' Share

Scottish social-realist director Ken Loach is back with a new movie about young delinquents and a whisky-distillery heist.

"...familiar tale. Despite its racy language, the film feels soft-edged and flabby for a UK comedy import...."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Pitch Perfect

Despite the cookie-cutter dysfunction seen in this college girls' a cappella group, this film film can be a lot of fun.

"...One wishes the filmmakers had found room for more rough-edged oddities as this and spent less time borrowing goodwill..."

Sept. 28, 2012 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.

"...Omega not going straight to DVD, but it's a double-edged sword: While DreamWorks' team of animators produces quite painterly..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Soloist

Although Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. are terrific in the leads, this drama plays its tune with a heavy hand.

"...aspect of the movie’s progression. The film exposes the dual-edged sword of good intentions as it shows the obstacles..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Bloody Valentine 3D

This horror film is a full-on, old-school, gore-hound heaven – a supersaturated arterial goregasm with zero socially redeeming values for anyone other than first-year med students.

"...two – slooowly, oh so slooowly – by a razor-edged shovel or, alternately, if you find the idea of..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Out of Time

Denzel does a Southern-fried potboiler.

"...whom he’s been having an affair (Lathan) and her violent-edged husband (Cain, late of Superman) turn up dead, the..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Max

"...never quite imagining that art could conceive such a double-edged blade...."

Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sex and Lucía

Medem's film is a bleached-out beauty, hitting our most commanding human emotions – lust to love to grief to rage and back again – while only occasionally striking a wrong chord. – Kimberley Jones

"...almost surfeit of narrative detail. That richness is a double-edged sword: Every character in the half-dozen-member or so ensemble..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Showtime

"...Russo, Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro. It's a double-edged sword: The collective charisma of Robert De Niro, Eddie..."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gabriela

"...bottomless barrel o' sap. Either way, it's a gooey, soft-edged clunker that never quite manages to rise above its..."

May 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fantasticks

Deep in your heart, you should "follow." Released just a few years ago, this film version of the Off Broadway workhorse captures the feeling of the innocent and bygone era of movie musicals. But it differs from the original work's romantic minimalism as it opens up the play cinematically.

"...-- whose career has been built on satire and hard-edged looks at life in America -- shows us love:..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Beefcake

"...-- Beefcake drops its camp trappings and becomes a harder-edged examination of institutionalized bigotry once again claiming the right..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Rock Opera

Locally filmed micro-budget feature tells a picaresque story about a punk guitarist who is trying to sell enough pot to finance a low-rent tour for his band. His journey instead takes him on a tour through the college-town underground.

"...out of Austin, but he's already turning out exuberantly rough-edged films that are a blast to watch. And for..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Holy Man

"...sales. The set-up offers what seems to be potentially sharp-edged opportunities for satire of our modern mercenary media and..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fear

Stock characters and unintentionally funny dialogue doom this film about a beleaguered father who tries to protect his smitten daughter from a drug-dealing, trash-talking, randomly violent psychopath.

"...to helm Fear as if it were a straight-faced, hard-edged thriller, but the final result is entertaining only as..."

April 19, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Sister My Sister

"...distance generated by the film's narrative structure is a double-edged sword: It gives the story a sharp tension but..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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