George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead

Romero revivifies even more zombies with this new picture, but now the filmmaker depicts humankind as hardly worth saving.

"...which the cigarette-jonesing security cop tells the heroes he's "got an idea – maybe we can make it to..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

We're still wild about Harry, even though this new adventure prefers to flush pink with its lovesick teens than forward-thrust toward the mammoth battle of good vs. evil.

"...the Potterverse, the films are all we have to go on, which is why we want so very much..."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Down to Two

Runoff candidates offer views on city's future.

"...one of the main questions is, how is it going to be paid for? As I understand it, there..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Sex and the Senate

What will it take to curb sexual harassment at the Texas State Capitol?

"...take a formal vote as the House did. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, never as engaged on the issue as..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

The wimpy kid returns for a reboot

"...the perennially put-upon middle-schooler, Greg Heffley, presumably because Zachary Gordon, who originated the character back in 2010, turned the..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Ottoman Lieutenant

Corny romance set during the Armenian Genocide

"...Soon, she defies her parents’ wishes by choosing to go to Turkey’s Eastern Anatolia to deliver a truck and..."

March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

If I Stay

A mixture of hollow heartache and honest feelings mark this teen drama that stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a cello prodigy caught in medical limbo between life and death.

"...Gayle Forman’s YA novel takes that pretense one step further, hamfistedly equating the romantic woes of cello prodigy Mia..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...a stint as a championship Irish dancer, being the go-to kid in his hometown's theatre community, his family's move..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection

No luck: Madea doesn't assume a new identity and disappear. Instead the old gal takes in Eugene Levy, playing an investor implicated in a Ponzi scheme.

"...the fraud, this money manager and his dysfunctional family go into witness protection in the home of the Atlanta..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Developing Stories

Thinking big on transportation and land-use planning

"...office to learn more about his underlying thinking and goals...."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Funny Games U.S.

Michael Haneke comes to the U.S. to remake his tortuous German film about psychological terrorism with Naomi Watts and Tim Roth.

"...an (arguably) nonexploitive, nightmarish vision of random violence that goes exactly where you don't want it to go and..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

King Corn

The film’s light hand, appealing style, and simple exposition make it an eminently watchable inquiry into the politics of food, public health, and the reasons why corn has become an ingredient in virtually everything we eat.

"...about the corn that’s being used as a material going into the foods we use ubiquitously.” This mystery corn..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Chinese film by veteran Zhang Yimou is a tale about good intentions and missed opportunities.

"...for his journey come the helpful but ineffective guide Lingo (Qui) and the reluctant but instrumental translator Jasmine (Jiang)...."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals

Yet another computer-animated film about talking animals offers a fine message for the kids, but little originality.

"...on the tradition by casting this character as the protagonist. Voiced by Kevin James (King of Queens), Otis the..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Monsieur Ibrahim

Omar Sharif makes a welcome return to the screen in this gentle French film about a Jewish adolescent and an elderly Muslim shopkeeper.

"...stuff that made him a star so many years ago – he exudes a charismatic appeal that is apparently..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Shape of Things

"...his attention-grabbing debut with the vitriolic (but in a good way) Your Friends and Neighbors; from there, it’s been..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Best Fiend

"...made five films together -- Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, and Nosferatu are the best remembered of them..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saint Clara

"...and Joseph El Dror. Dateline: 1999, Haifa, Israel. At Golda Meir Junior High School, recent Russian émigré Clara Chabov..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rhythm Thief

"...the street -- is in keeping with Rhythm Thief's go-for-broke narrative strategies. At the heart of all this is..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Junior

"...he could master comedy in the one-joke (but a good joke) story that outrageously mismatched him with Danny DeVito..."

Nov. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Best of the Best Two

"...(Moeller), before drooling, bloodthirsty crowds in tuxedos and evening gowns. Of course, this challenge is too good to pass..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Laws of Gravity

"...Directed by: Nick Gomez. Starring: Peter Greene, Edie Falco, Adam Trese, Arabella Field,..."

Dec. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life Is Sweet

"...to everyone's dislike, he purchases a broken-down old lunch wagon that speaks revealingly of his dreams. Mom Wendy (Steadman..."

March 13, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cape Fear

"...the original are more disturbingly overt in the current go-around. Also using three actors (Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck and..."

Nov. 22, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dark Obsession

"...flair and a steadfast conviction. The story begins with Hugo Buckton (Byrne), an ex-guards officer and landed aristocrat, who..."

Aug. 16, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco

Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town

"...jobs in Texas – Taco Editor of Texas Monthly. Further bolstering his credentials as the foremost expert on our..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

Texas-set comedy riffs on Lysistrata

"...success) to address the rampant gun violence in today’s Chicago. Is That a Gun, however, resorts to smutty humor..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place

A year of Marriage Equality symbolizes how far we've come, while Orlando shows us how much further we have to go

"...been a hellish couple of weeks, but if one good thing has come from the tragedy in Orlando it's..."

June 24, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Live From New York!

Forty years of a landmark show should yield more than an 82-minute doc

"...Size matters. For proof, look no further than the cinematic graveyard of Saturday Night Live skits,..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Chasing Ice

Time-lapse photography of various glaciers melting over the years provides undeniable evidence that they are disappearing faster than ever before.

"...Over the last 10 years, the glaciers have retreated further than they had in the previous 100 years...."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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