Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Harleen makes her own way without Mr. J.

"...head with giant wooden mallets; they also peel off faces with a carving knife and cut tally marks into..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Fahrenheit 11/9

Michael Moore takes on the Trump years

"...of American democracy and the increased peril the ideal faces from the Trump administration. Furthermore, he hustled to get..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Every Day

Body-changing teen drama is more metaphysical than hormonal.

"...as a girl chasing after a spirit who changes faces every day...."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Final Year

Behind the scenes with the Obama foreign policy team

"...to portray the massive scale of everything the team faces and how they are interlinked, but instead jumps from..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Wave Three

Multiple monsters, sequels, and regulars (and RZA)

"...wave of films includes the return of some familiar faces from behind the camera and on the screen...."

Sept. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Game of Aces

World War I thriller gets lost in the desert

"...wittier. The camerawork by Mark Christian keeps all the faces and action foregrounded, and sometimes inexplicably pushes the images..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Form an opinion instead of guessing what will win this category

"...military translator on her first day on the job faces a life-and-death situation for which she’s not prepared in..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Letters

Mother Teresa biopic delivers no miracles

"...battle (Joan of Arc), among others? Heavenly choirs, upturned faces, diffused light streaming from above: Hollywood fashioned a Roman..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Spotlight

This terrific newspaper movie gets all the elements right

"...paint its newspaper people as heroic crusaders with beautiful faces. Spotlight is a story about people doing their jobs,..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brooklyn

When looking homeward do we glance toward the past or the future?

"...seductively tugging at her heart. The bittersweet question she faces is one without a seemingly easy answer: If home..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Get Hard

Send this one directly to comedy jail

"...rape jokes, and Will Ferrell making the same goofy faces he first introduced on SNL ages ago. This is..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Optimus Prime finds a new pal in franchise addition Mark Wahlberg.

"...long as Bay keeps throwing his junk in our faces, plenty of people will keep throwing their money right..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Wolverine

With perma-snarl intact, Hugh Jackman is back as the Wolverine hunts new prey in Japan.

"...ruinous losses of 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand. Familiar faces are few and far between, save for brief appearances..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

At Any Price

This family drama puts a human face on corporate agribusiness.

"...in Queens. His latest, At Any Price, puts human faces to the phrase “corporate agribusiness” with a family drama..."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Amour

Death is part of love’s bargain, a fact filmmaker Michael Haneke lays bare.

"...and Anne, they haven’t the nubile bodies and uncreased faces we’re accustomed to seeing magnified on the big, silver..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sessions

A sex therapist helps a man living in an iron lung experience human intimacy; John Hawkes and Helen Hunt keep things from becoming prurient.

"...about sex and the disabled person, O’Brien (John Hawkes) faces the fact that he has had no sexual experiences..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Compliance

When authority is ceded to a disembodied voice on the other end of a phone line, all bounds of human propriety are lost in this story's fast-food joint.

"...of the greater social ills that our fast-food nation faces as a whole. As such, it's a small gem..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action

Good things come in small packages.

"...The German contender, “Raju,” presents the moral quandary that faces couples wanting to adopt children. Especially when traveling to..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beneath the Darkness

This thriller starring Dennis Quaid was filmed in Smithville and Bastrop.

"...a wonderfully outrageous assortment of tics, grimaces, and outright faces of death (other people's, that is)...."

Jan. 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Melancholia

Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier brings his vision of human annihilation to the screen in this visually stunning and thematically rich film.

"...as many of von Trier’s detractors might claim). Earth faces destruction from collision with a planet named Melancholia, which..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hoodwinked Too!: Hood vs. Evil

Back for another installment is this rude animated riff on Red Riding Hood and other fairy tales.

"...rudimentary and unengaging, featuring largely motionless characters with expression-free faces. Hoodwinked Too! is one Hoodwinked Too Many!..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gnomeo & Juliet

Animated garden gnomes do Shakespeare while the Bard requests an Alan Smithee credit.

"...rather dismally, like watching a child mash two doll faces together and use silly voices for commentary. I should..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mid-August Lunch

The director of this Italian film, Gianni Di Gregorio, also stars as a middle-aged bachelor who lives with his mother and cooks for her friends.

"...these women! These women are marvelous, with ancient, creased faces and the kind of admirable fuck-all attitude that comes..."

June 4, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Clouds Over Campus

With less funding, more competition, and a wavering vision, UT-Austin faces an uncertain future

"...academic priorities mean the Univer­sity of Texas at Austin faces new competition for research dollars, while state contributions decrease...."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?

Reuniting the same couples from his 2007 film, Perry explores the next chapter in the lives of these old friends.

"...played by Tyson and Gossett Jr., two veterans whose faces always light up the screen. Little is ultimately learned,..."

April 9, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red Riding: 1980

This second installment in a three-part dramatization of dirty dealings in Yorkshire is concerned with the notorious corruption mill that powers the region’s law enforcement.

"...understood: “How big is your shovel?” There are familiar faces from the first film – including the shell-shocked john..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pandorum

Two crew members wake up aboard a spaceship with no knowledge of their identities or their mission in this horror/science-fiction amalgam.

"...(Traue and Le, who bear ill tidings and grave faces) arrive to flesh out a plot that until this..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Repo! The Genetic Opera

This cyber-gothic opera set in an unsavory world of the near-future stars Sarah Brightman, Paul Sorvino, and Paris Hilton, among others.

"...their internal combustion but to engineer new bodies and faces (if not always minds). As a commentary on human..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Jihad for Love

What it's like to identify as both gay and Muslim is the topic of this brave documentary, which looks at the seemingly irreconcilable conflict.

"...film's dramatic value. Moreover, a great many of the faces are blurred to protect the speakers' identities, a tactic..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Big Man Japan

Midnight madness doesn't begin to categorize this bizarre Japanese superhero/monster movie.

"...underpants and a Don King-style haircut. The baddies he faces are bizarre inventions that seem like they're somebody's hallucinogenic..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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