Coach Josh Wolff Candidly Assesses Austin FC’s First Season

“It doesn’t come easy and it doesn’t come cheaply”

"...for the 44-year-old Austin FC head coach, detail is everything. Spend part of an afternoon with him at the..."

Nov. 3, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Fantasy Island

Our advice? Get back on the plane

"...However, everything that made the original series so memorable and successful..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Lighthouse

The latest from The Witch director finds madness in isolation

"...it’s the performances that make it a good one. Everything starts with Robert Pattinson. He is hardly the first..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part

Everything is still pretty awesome as this sequel builds on the first film

"...Everything is still pretty dang awesome in this waggishly entertaining..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mary Queen of Scots

Period drama has no sense of history

"...of two royal relatives, with the simplistic underpinning that everything would be fine if they could get along like..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town

Mackenzie Davis is a great traveling companion for this dull roadtrip

"...a few hours. "Better rush over there and ruin everything!" Izzy thinks...."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Wish Upon

A music box leads to deadly wish fulfillment

"...mysterious powers, Clare wastes no time obsessively asking for everything but the moon, seemingly oblivious to the deaths (both..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Florence Foster Jenkins

Meryl Streep plays the doyenne called “the worst singer in the world”

"...has thawed to exude a human warmth in almost everything she does, whether she’s playing Julia Child, Miranda Priestly,..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

My Golden Days

Teenage first love – as only the French can depict it

"...Christmas Tale, attached to an unrelated character. Then again, everything is related in Desplechin’s cinematic universe, which recycles names..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

San Andreas

This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a guffaw

"...to say it’s front-loaded with spectacular CGI scenes of everything west of the titular tectonic fault line either crumbling..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Batten down the hatches! The plagues are here!

"...of the legendarily miraculous. Thus, the burning bush and everything that follows can be attributed to Moses (Bale, well-cast..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pain & Gain

One of the dirty secrets of modern American filmmaking is what a skilled director Michael Bay really is.

"...Kershaw sign over all his holdings to them. Although everything goes almost exactly the opposite as planned, eventually that’s..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Red Hook Summer

Spike Lee returns to Brooklyn for this summer in the life of a 13-year-old.

"...his iPad 2 in front of him and recording everything he sees. Flik also makes friends with Chazz (Lysaith),..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Way

This South Korean epic is a gory and realistic portrait of the horrors of war.

"...melees clotted with ghastly moments of breathtaking violence consume everything around them – is one of the linchpins of..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ides of March

George Clooney's modern morality tale about the ongoing battle between idealism and corruption in the political realm is perfectly cast.

"...press secretary. The film’s well-thought-out opening scene tell us everything we need to know about the fusion of politics..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Am Love

Tilda Swinton brings a haunting mix of ethereality and carnal gravitas to this fearlessly melodramatic Italian movie, which she also co-produced.

"...swirling and gorgeous film. "There was too much of everything," she continues, "in the shops, in the streets. I..."

July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gamer

Gerard Butler stars in this futuristic thriller set in a multiplayer online gaming universe.

"...of a thrillgasm than playing Frogger blindfolded. That has everything to do with Neveldine and Taylor's script, which strenuously..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Let the Right One In

This multi-award-winning Swedish film might be summarized as a vampire tween romance, but that cheap and tawdry sum-up does zero justice to the magnificent emotional resonance of this gem. A discussion of the adaptation follows the film.

"...elders – when strange attractors come into play and everything seems frighteningly freighted with the surreal, the mysterious, the..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hell Ride

This grindhousey biker film, executive-produced by Quentin Tarantino, is a convoluted, overly snazzy-looking tale of bad blood between even worse people.

"...directly from heart to heart, and while it references everything from the classic American International Pictures biker outings to..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Ben Stein uncovers the worldwide plot to unseat scientists, educators, and philosophers who are being fired, ridiculed, and ostracized for supporting the theory of intelligent design.

"...predetermined answer (Darwin bad, intelligent design good) hovering over everything. Director Frankowski goes archival-clip-happy, inserting images of everything from..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Snake Moan

Like a steady 12-bar blues progression, Black Snake Moan lays down a groove and works the chords over and over 'til they're all spent.

"...then watches as she gets continuously drunker while screwing everything that isn’t already nailed down. Rae’s path of self-destruction..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Curious George

It’s not perfect, but this big-screen debut of H.A. Rey’s lovable monkey is faithful to George’s gentle spirit while fully exploiting the possibilities of old-school, two-dimensional animation.

"...old-school, two-dimensional animation. Movies are magical, it suggests, and everything is beautiful and fascinating to children: the sheen of..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The White Countess

The final collaboration between director Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant is a gorgeous slice of Merchant Ivoryisms (thanks in large part to the lushly vertiginous cinematography of DP Christopher Doyle) that nevertheless fails to equal the team’s greatest works.

"...heady, debauched days before the Japanese invasion would spoil everything for everyone, and Jackson, who lost both his little..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Asylum

In this adaptation of Patrick McGrath's novel, Natasha Richardson and Ian McKellan wonder if the patients have taken over the asylum.

"...Dr. Cleave, he’s the sinister shadow that hangs over everything in the film, blotting out hope with a cool,..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Tree of Palme

It's the Pinocchio story filtered through the prism of cyberpunk animé.

"...Tree of Palme is a heady, dense metaphor for everything from the struggle for self-knowledge and personal growth to..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

This CGI adventure yarn is a loving tribute to all things retro-futuristic.

"..., Flash Gordon, and The Rocketeer. Conran’s film encompasses everything that made Forest J Ackerman and Ray Bradbury giddy..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Return

A long-absent father returns to his family in this prize-winning Russian drama, and for his two young sons the unexplained reason for his return is as mysterious as his absence.

"...body of water. The sky above is overcast – everything in the film is overcast – and the boys,..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Profile of L.A. radio deejay Rodney Bingenheimer, perpetual handmaiden to rock & roll royalty.

"...Directed by: George Hickenlooper. Everything I know about rock & roll, I learned from..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

50 First Dates

Drew and the Sandman team up once more to make Valentine's weekend box-office dollars.

"...has an element of emotional authenticity, and it owes everything to Barrymore. As Lucy, a lovely amnesiac who forgets..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Disney's Teacher's Pet

Animated film about a dog who wants to be a boy – unusual fare from Disney that will please kids and alterna-adults.

"...Disney TV show, is on board to make sure everything goes, um, odd, and so, as in the television..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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