Casino Royale

This is the James Bond origin story wherein we get to discover, along with incoming blond Bond Daniel Craig, where 007 got his suave daredeviltry and love of fast cars, vodka martinis, and highest-stakes cardsharpery.

"...Directed by: Martin Campbell. Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Time to Die

Daniel Craig's last Bond adventure is a misfire

"...Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga. Starring: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Christoph Waltz, Ana..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Finest Hours

Perfect effects and performances made this sea-rescue movie a dandy

"...Directed by: Craig Gillespie. Starring: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Holliday Grainger, Ben..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Quantum of Solace

It's grim, dark, and relentlessly violent – James Bond as Terminator rather than Templar – but it delivers the goods in bloody high style.

"...Directed by: Marc Forster. Starring: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Still Mine

James Cromwell and Geneviève Bujold star in this octogenarian love story.

"...Directed by: Michael McGowan. Starring: James Cromwell, Geneviève Bujold, Campbell Scott, Jonathan Potts, George R...."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Getting to the Truth of Teen Life in The Edge of Seventeen

Producer James L. Brooks and director Kelly Fremon Craig talk about their acclaimed teen dramedy

"...James L. Brooks sure can pick 'em – newbie filmmakers,..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Defiance

In this true story, Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber play two Jewish brothers who escape into the forest to elude capture by the Nazis and wind up birthing a small village of escapees.

"...Directed by: Edward Zwick. Starring: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner, Mark..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

This Is the End

Be mindful when partying at James Franco's house: You could get stuck there for the apocalypse with Seth Rogen and Co.

"...by: Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen. Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride,..."

June 14, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Transporter 3

Jason Statham returns for the third venture in this action series, which is surprisingly better than you might expect.

"...Atrakchi. Statham has become something of a poor man's James Bond via this international action smorgasbord franchise, and frankly,..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Infamous

It's another Truman Capote picture about how the author wrote In Cold Blood – and it stands solidly on its own merits.

"...by: Douglas McGrath. Starring: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Daniels, Peter Bogdanovich, Juliet Stevenson, Hope..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Superbadass Web Sites for Everyone!

With the help of Knowbility's AIR-Interactive for the Arts and a team of professional designers, I am going to help reinvent the Internet

"...But the team – Tim Thomas, Elli Swift, James "www.redsite.com" Fenelon, and Michael Coker – smiled unflinchingly, arranging..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Spike Gillespie

The AggreGAYtor: November 9

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...up, Ron Johnson snarks on Tammy Baldwin, and Daniel Craig insists Bond is all about Pussy Galore. Our asylums..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey

The leaden acting, tablecloth wardrobe, and Sixties-era Star Trek set design are more likely to leave nonbelievers stupefied than awestruck.

"...more likely to leave nonbelievers stupefied than awestruck, while Craig Clyde’s rambling script, which annoyingly employs both Biblical thou-isms..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High Tech Hijinks

SXSW Interactive features two contests to determine the geekiest of them all: The Iron Webmaster Showdown and the Sexiest Geek Alive.

"...animation application that won a 2000 SXSW Web Award. James Craig leads Team Red, which has already thrown down..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Kingsman: The Secret Service

This comic-book riff on James Bond films finds fun amid the ultraviolence.

"...A broad takeoff on the James Bond films of yore, Kingsman: The Secret Service gets..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tyler Perry Presents Peeples

This likable comedy is equal parts silly and sweet.

"...Directed by: Tina Gordon Chism. Starring: Craig Robinson, Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier, S. Epatha Merkerson,..."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Rooney Mara completely nails the role of Lisbeth Salander, and director David Fincher is no slouch either in this perhaps unnecessary remake of the Swedish thriller.

"...Directed by: David Fincher. Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shooting the 'Hard Time Killing Floor Blues'

Craig Brewer on Black Snake Moan

"...I'm thinking it's well-nigh impossible to summarize Memphis filmmaker Craig Brewer's wild and passionate follow-up to Hustle & Flow..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Get on Up

As James Brown, Chadwick Boseman captures the performer's voice, moves, sweat, and swagger, but this biopic, as a whole, needs a stronger compass.

"...Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Craig Robinson, Lennie James, Jill Scott, Josh Hopkins, Fred Melamed,..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Animal Kingdom

An Australian family that commits crimes together avoids time together in this brutal look at the human survival instinct.

"...David Michôd. Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, James Frecheville, Jacki Weaver, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton and Laura..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Death at a Funeral

A remake of a 3-year-old British comedy, Death at a Funeral transfers its farce from a predominantly white cast to predominantly black.

"...Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Luke Wilson, James Marsden, Danny Glover, Columbus Short, Peter Dinklage, Loretta Devine,..."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...an absolute gem of a country album. Its author, James Hand, surfaces occasionally to play the Broken Spoke ("He's..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Seismic Dance Event, Jazz at St. James', Feels So Good Fest, Susannah Joffe, Amigo the Devil, and more

"...stage for essential eruptions from Detroit icon (seriously) Carl Craig, Sweden's Ida Engberg, and Brazil's Anna. Stage Tsunami becomes..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Music Column by Christina Garcia

Austin Film Festival Showcases Linklater, Cumberbatch

First round of films announced mixes world and Texas premieres

"...with new movies starring Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, James Franco, and (calm yourselves) Benedict Cumberbatch. Plus, Austin's most..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Get Hard

Send this one directly to comedy jail

"...Etan Cohen. Starring: Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie, Craig T. Nelson, Edwina Findley Dickerson, Ariana Neal and T.I....."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Company Men

Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Kevin Costner star in this drama about what happens to company men after they part company with the company.

"...Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt, Maria Bello, Craig T. Nelson, Kevin Costner and Eammon Walker. This drama..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

"...Directed by: Simon West. Starring: Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Iain Glen, Chris Barrie, Mark Collie, Leslie Phillips, Noah..."

June 15, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Don't Fear the Interface

Web designers are wielding the coolest new tools for the greater good

"...James Craig Wild Web Wrestling: Standardzilla vs Tabelella..."

March 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Filming the Detectives

Bill would protect cop watchers

"...who don't like being filmed or photographed," state Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, told members of the Senate State..."

May 1, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Devil & Daniel Webster

Numbers 215 and 218 of the Criterion Collection DVD series were more celebrated recently, Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge, yet the unheralded No. 214 was the true devil in the woodpile.

"...Scratch, however. Seems that New Hampshire farmer Jabez Stone (James Craig) has fallen on hard times, the mid-1800s, so..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

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