Jumanji: The Next Level

Back in the game for a fun if flimsier sequel

"...to be a terrible idea, but you end up falling in love with anyway. Remember when everyone wondered why..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Tomorrow Man

Lithgow and Danner give a charming edge to this predictable doomsday prepper meet-cute

"...and Blythe Danner, who play a couple of seniors falling in love, are The Tomorrow Man’s main attraction. The..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Souvenir

Joanna Hogg's dreamlike memoir of love and loss in 1980s London

"...You never know you're falling until it's too late. In Joanna Hogg's tender, terrible,..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Penguins

Chilly nature documentary has a cuddly heart that's perfect for young animal lovers

"...his colony to be the star of Disneynature’s Penguins, this year’s entry in the company’s annual theatrical release of..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Oath

Promise you'll see this hilarious and timely political satire

"...socially relevant Oscar winner Get Out were involved in this production.) In short, this is exactly the right movie..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gringo

Long-delayed stoner comedy is a little stale.

"...apparently has no workplace dating policy), they’re screwing someone like the trusting Harold Soyinka (Oyelowo), a mild-mannered middle manager..."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Geostorm

It's not just a storm, it's a ...

"...would enjoy more than having a chance to watch this latest apocalyptic take on the hazards of massive climate..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Salesman

Gripping drama from the director of A Separation

"...his latest film, The Salesman. He won’t be attending this year’s ceremony, following Donald Trump’s recent executive order barring..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Vin Diesel returns to kickstart this action series

"...even when skiing down a lush jungle mountainside or free-falling without a parachute. He’s one super cool dude. In..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

aGLIFF Announces Lineup

Austin's favorite LGBTQ fest drops next month

"...The fall festival season kicks off this September with an eclectic program of films...."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Seth MacFarlane furthers his Hollywood onslaught with this Western spoof in which he's no longer strictly a voice talent but is now playing the onscreen lead.

"...notch to his belt as the leading man of this new, live-action feature, A Million Ways to Die in..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A 'Prince' Among Men

David Gordon Green makes himself at home in Bastrop for 'Prince Avalanche'

"...Deschanel to the world), to his high-profile studio comedies like Pineapple Express and The Sitter, the director's career arc..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

A Good Day to Die Hard

Bruce Willis' John McClane is like Wile E. Coyote – always in the wrong place when things blow up but always persevering.

"...in 2007’s Live Free or Die Hard, but in this fifth entry in the Die Hard series we meet..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!

"...Latest LP Welcome New Machine (Dirtnap) checks in with this Austin/Denton New Wave whirlwind, featuring Riverboat Gambler Mike Wiebe,..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...Falling between this year's crossfire PR hurricane for 1972 Rolling..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Ugly Truth

In this formulaic battle of the sexes, no one will be mistaking Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler for Hepburn and Tracy.

"...Butler prove to be no Hepburn and Tracy in this regard. The characters they play never spring genuinely to..."

July 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

13 (Tzameti)

This first feature by Georgian-born French immigrant, Gela Babluani, marks a memorable debut: It's a taut and stylish thriller despite its brutal psychological duress.

"...Aurélien Recoing, Fred Ulysse, Nicolas Pignon and Vania Vilers. This first feature by Georgian-born French immigrant, Gela Babluani, marks..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

World Trade Center

This is not the 9/11 film we expected from Stone, who tells the fact-based story of two individuals who somehow survived the collapse of the World Trade Center and with a remarkable economy of expressionistic detail and bombast.

"...Jay Hernandez, Armando Riesco, Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhaal. This is not the movie we might have expected from..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

The pirate genre will always be buoyed aloft on the swells of outrageous action, ridiculous couture, and the derringest of do – and this sequel is no different.

"...all the talk about the lengthy running time of this sequel to 2003's surprise pirate hit, by the time..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Weather Man

In this heartfelt comic drama, a wonderfully controlled Nicolas Cage plays a man who, despite the appearance of success, is despondent over his superficiality.

"...Fight Club, or Michael Douglas in Wonder Boys or Falling Down. Ostensibly a success story, Spritz is a top..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Girls Will Be Girls

Valley of the Dolls meets Female Trouble in this all-male semimusical romp.

"...Roberson, Ron Mathews, Hamilton von Watts and Dana Gould. This all-male, semimusical romp invites no end of comparisons. It’s..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Freaky Friday

"...Gould, Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon and Ryan Malgarini. This remake of the 1977 Disney movie about a mother..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Down With Love

"...staircase in a swishy negligee and robe, arms aloft like a butterfly sprung from the cocoon. Accompanying each is..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gerry

"...of "basics" leads him to another kind of wilderness this time, one far removed from the experimental folly of..."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Far From Heaven

"...Clarkson and Viola Davis. Far From Heaven begins just like Douglas Sirk's 1952 Hollywood melodrama All That Heaven Allows:..."

Nov. 21, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mummy Returns

"...success. Sommers, who helmed the summer '99 prequel to this franchise-in-the-making (itself an updating of the great old Universal..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Theatrical Fuse

Writer and performer Zell Miller III is an incendiary device waiting for a match, and once he flicks an ember into the hidden dry undergrowth of text, there is nowhere to hide. And the good news is that he has only begun to explode.

"...the Chicago House, and Patricia Fiske is sitting at this table by herself. I had my on my black..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Haranguing the Hugos

"...the name of Mr. Big Smarty, would still suck like a well-tuned Hoover. It's Hugo time again, old chums...."

July 30, 1999 Books Feature by Adrienne Martini

Madeline

"...…” With those familiar storybook words, the viewer (well, this viewer) must, by pure Pavlovian response, nestle down into..."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Godzilla

"...summer, another giant lizard. Whoops, what am I saying?! This is Godzilla's made-in-America debut, and nothing to sniff at..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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