Waves

A bracing dive into a Floridian family set adrift

"...Krisha and It Comes at Night, Waves focuses its highly stylized gaze on a family in conflict from forces..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Charlie's Angels

Gen Z get their wings in Elizabeth Banks' Angels continuation

"...For all the moments the Angels fly high, there are some real lows. The plot and pacing..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Beth Sullivan

John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection

The genius of the original bad boy of tennis, deconstructed

"...is part deconstruction and part psychoanalysis. It is at times a beguiling and compelling piece of cinema, but it’s..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Searching

Innovative thriller keeps the tension on the small screen

"...so on are shown via the tech of the times, moving from Microsoft Windows heavily pixelated Internet Explorer footage..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Here We Go Yet Again

Michael Ventura revisits his "Letters at 3am" Columbine column

"...published a "Letters at 3am" column concerning the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colorado. Two boys murdered 13..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Chronolog Post by Michael Ventura

Wonder

Treacly feel-good drama nevertheless has helpful life lessons

"...all adds up to one of the most disconcerting times in a young person’s life. In the case of..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Murder on the Orient Express

You may want to cancel your ticket to this latest Christie adaptation

"...so deeply embedded in the popular imagination that the Times saw fit to print a front-page obituary when his..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Texas Teen Book Festival Announces Lineup

YA authors Adam Silvera, E. Lockhart, and more scheduled to attend

"...adult literature. This year's lineup? Thirty-eight authors ranging from "high fantasy to high tech to high drama,” says the..."

Aug. 2, 2017 Arts Post by Jennifer Murphy

Free Fire

A delirious shoot'em-up comedy

"...wayward ballistics to ricochet off of and puncture countless times, once the deal goes awry. (There’s a certain Reservoir..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Colossal

Toxic masculinity melds with a monster movie

"...might have looked something like this, and that’s very high praise indeed...."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All Nighter

A father searches for his daughter with the help of her ex-boyfriend

"...the record, Liam Neeson is referenced by name several times.) It’s engaging enough fare for Simmons fans – and..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Miss Hokusai

The life of an artist through the eyes of his daughter

"...Director Hara and his team have set the bar high here. Some of the imagery is remarkably sensual: the..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Demon

This astute Polish ghost movie is an instant genre classic

"...something is very much off with the husband-to-be. Several times he catches sight of a spectral young woman, ominously..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Central Intelligence

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart make for passable action buddies

"...anyway: Hart plays Calvin, an accountant who peaked in high school and is now living a boring existence until..."

June 17, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The mash-up title just about says it all

"...put Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 mash-up on The New York Times Best Seller list for a year. It’s called having..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Split Council Approves Incentives

5-2 Vote on Websense and Dropbox suggests shifting perspectives

"...Feb. 20, City Council approved incentive deals with two high-tech companies – Websense and Dropbox – planning to move..."

Feb. 24, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Closed Circuit

Paranoia strikes deep in this Brit courtroom suspenser.

"...but finally meh foray into the shadowy landscape of high-echelon statecraft gone haywire. Throughout Closed Circuit, it repeatedly struck..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Great Gatsby

A great American novel does not always a great movie make, but Baz Lurhmann, a director of delirious excess, certainly seems an apt fit for the Roaring Twenties.

"...floating-head feel). Intellectually, one anticipates a twinned euphoria and end-times despair during the many party scenes, but for all..."

May 10, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Way

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

"...Korean rickshaw driver and Tatsuo Hasegawa (Odagiri) is a high-born Japanese socialite. After a number of competitions that cement..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Machine Gun Preacher

Gerard Butler and Michael Shannon star in this drama about a reformed bruiser and drug addict who now rescues children from the conflict in Sudan.

"...With its combustible mix of high-octane action and Christian faith, and an overall vibe that..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Take Me Home Tonight

In this Eighties-set romance, a guy spends an unforgettable evening chasing the woman of his high school dreams.

"...dialogue simply rehash material seen elsewhere and heard many times before. Grace, an actor who has a tendency to..."

March 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...(Tee Pee). Crowning them all are Action! PR overlords High on Fire, whose title track to their own E1..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

The Baader Meinhof Complex

This gripping lesson in the recent history of terrorism is an electrifying, morally complex story of the evil that true believers do in the name of the greater good.

"...the Red Army Faction, and does so in grim high style and with precious little agitprop. (Note to al..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DeBeauvoir Recognized Nationally by Peers

Travis County clerk wins Public Official of the Year Award

"...our ever-changing world. Delivering top quality service during good times is easy; only those with long-term vision are able..."

Aug. 5, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

American Teen

A princess, jock, rebel, heartthrob, and geek: It could be The Breakfast Club, but American Teen is instead a documentary that ducks the consequences of its own making.

"...long before she came on the scene. The five high school seniors she chooses as her main subjects could..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Bucket List

Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play characters who have only a short time to live. Promises, promises.

"...at all. Cole is a corporate millionaire and three times divorced. Chambers is a car mechanic with a wife..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Spider-Man 3

When cascading through the cityscape, Spider-Man 3 still makes us gasp with delight, but on Earth those gasps come solely in reaction to the cynical dreariness of the script.

"...of narrative originality and visual audacity, expectations have run high for this third entry in the series. Having defied..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wah-Wah

The death throes of an empire are are practically nothing when compared with the twitch of the marital death nerve in Richard E. Grant's semiautobiographical directorial debut.

"...isn't a thriller; it's an emotional train wreck, piled high with the final flailings of Old Blighty's independence-minded colony..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mountain Patrol: Kekexili

A self-appointed game warden and his ragtag band of volunteers cross some treacherous Chinese landscape in search of poachers who are decimating the Tibetan antelope.

"...sold abroad. Kekexili is a treacherous plain four miles high, beautifully desolate but at best indifferent to humanity: Travelers..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Saving Face

In this breezy Chinese-American coming-out comedy, ethnic, generational, and family identities collide with the anything-goes ethos of modern love.

"...city to bunk with her daughter Wil (Krusiec), a high-strung surgeon who’s in the process of alienating herself as..."

July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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