Emma.

Anya Taylor-Joy gives Austen’s priggish heroine the spark she deserves

"...the perpetual annoyance of her neighbor and best frenemy, George Knightley (Flynn). At 21, Emma is convinced that she..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The saga ends … in fan service

"...he’s right. His latest shuffle through the toy box George Lucas created manages a sin previously unknown in the..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Current War - Director's Cut

The birth of the modern age in a battle of industrialists

"...personal train for a planned dinner with fellow innovator George Westinghouse (Shannon, bluff and cunning). It's one of the..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hunter Killer

Cold War flashbacks as Gerard Butler takes on the Russkies

"...and submarine historian Don Keith and former sub commander George Wallace, at its best Hunter Killer feels exactly like..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Unsane

Steven Soderbergh's big-budget iPhone thrill ride.

"...real or imagined lengths to which the seemingly benign George/David (Leonard) will go to eliminate any obstacles blocking his..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Land Commissioner

Who can beat George P. Bush?

"...former land commissioner is out to oust his successor, George P. Bush, who's held the post since 2015. Patterson..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin Film Festival Teases Lineup

AFF releases first titles scheduled for 2017 fest

"...of HBO’s The Deuce, created by David Simon and George Pelecanos, who will be in attendance...."

Aug. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

Why is George Orwell’s 1984 a bestseller again?

"...accept the perverse notion of capricious truth. It was George Orwell's 1984, which depicted a dystopia he named Oceania...."

April 28, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The Force is strong with this one

"...bad feeling about this, the first stand-alone spinoff of George Lucas’ revered Star Wars saga, but it turned out..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mad Max: Fury Road Tops Austin Film Critics Association Awards

Full list of winners, plus who made the best Austin film?

"...a day, what a lovely, lovely day for director George Miller. The Austin Film Critics Association has selected his..."

Dec. 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Heart of the Sea

Ron Howard sets sails with that famous Nantucket whale story

"...Chase (Hemsworth), and his captain, the highborn but unproven George Pollard (Walker)...."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

UT Theatre & Dance's The Wild Party

In this Michael John LaChiusa & George C. Wolfe musical, gin, sin, and skin collide in a debaucherous 1920s requiem to the ego

"...Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe based their musical The Wild Party on..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Review by Stephanie Carll

Our Brand Is Crisis

Sandra Bullock shines in David Gordon Green's political comedy

"...Playing a role that was originally intended for George Clooney, Bullock nails the maniacally creative, win-at-all-costs nefariousness of..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Truth

Drama about how Dan Rather and his producer Mary Mapes got fired from CBS

"...is embarking on her next project: a look into George W. Bush’s military record and the widespread suspicion that..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Meru

Doc recounts efforts of American mountain climbers to ascend Meru Peak

"...dangerous combination.) Undoubtedly, the reason is as plain as George Mallory’s comment: Because it’s there, because it’s there...."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)

Did anyone really ask for a third helping of this stomach-turning provocation?

"...here: Laser plays Bill, the sadistic, maniacal warden of George H.W. Bush State Penitentiary who discovers a novel solution..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Next Bush in Line

Split opinions on George P. Bush as “Latino Leader”

"...you have an opinion on General Land Office Commissioner George Prescott Bush – in particular his status as a..."

March 30, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Strange Magic

Woodland goblins, elves, and fairies go to war in this animated movie from LucasFilm Animation.

"...Based on a story sprung from the mind of George Lucas himself, Strange Magic is strange indeed, an often..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

From Westeros to College Station

George R. R. Martin to give milestone book to Texas A&M

"...Cormac McCarthy's The Road? How about Game of Thrones' George R. R. Martin and The Hobbit?..."

Jan. 29, 2015 Books Post by Robert Faires

The Homesman

Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones point their wagon east while confronting the myths of the Old West.

"...Mary Bee seizes on opportunity when she encounters scoundrel George Briggs (Jones) stuck in a life-threatening position, and exacts..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The AggreGAYtor: June 6

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...lay down planks, Longview takes the long view, and George Takei goes East, as your AggreGAYtor flutters back to..."

June 6, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Black Nativity

Kasi Lemmons’ adaptation of this Langston Hughes work is a muddled church-time reverie.

"...according to the holiday mythos – just look at George Bailey, Ebenezer Scrooge, and the Grinch, for starters. In..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

After Tiller

After the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, what's life like for the 4 remaining doctors who perform late-term abortions in this country?

"...After several previous attempts on his life, Dr. George Tiller was assassinated in 2009. He was one of..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

From the Vaults: David Gordon Green

Highlights of our coverage of the filmmaker since 2001

"...in America. Since the release of his first feature, George Washington, in 2001, Green has directed eight more films,..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

News Ticker: July 31

All the news that's fit to blog

"...George Zimmerman heads nowhere fast, Beto O'Rourke makes love to..."

July 31, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Killing Them Softly

Some great performances punctuate the odd pacing in this adapatation of George V. Higgins' Cogan's Trade, set within the criminal underworld.

"...Based on the novel Cogan’s Trade by George V. Higgins (The Friends of Eddie Coyle), Killing Them..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wanderlust

A downsized Manhattan couple played by Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd stumble into a modern hippie commune and begin to reassess their goals in life.

"...episodic comedy about a Manhattan couple, Linda (Aniston) and George (Rudd), whose careers dead-end on the same day. Unable..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action

Good things come in small packages.

"...shares with another Irish nominee: “The Shore” by Terry George, director of Hotel Rwanda and Reservation Road. At a..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red Tails

George Lucas exec produced – and bankrolled – this action/drama about the historic Tuskegee Airmen.

"...George Lucas' longtime pet project about the pioneering Tuskegee airmen..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Albert Nobbs

This melancholy picture is distinguished by Glenn Close's vanishing act in the titular role.

"...Banville, and Gabriella Prekop from a short story by George Moore, this highly closeted (in every way) film is..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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