The Luv Doc: Testing Your Loyalty

Nobody's eating Pujols, not even if he parks a hundo this year.

"...My friend suggested that maybe he's just testing my loyalty, but it really doesn't feel like that's what's going..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Lawsuits Challenge Pro-Israel Loyalty Oaths

Pflugerville speech therapist challenges anti-boycott requirement in Texas law

"...district in September that she could not sign the loyalty oath, and they were forced to let her go...."

Dec. 21, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

What About Businesses' Loyalty to Musicians?

"...city’s musicians. And it raises the question of whether loyalty between venues and musicians has any place in live..."

June 23, 2008 Postmarks

Shadow

Zhang Yimou's period martial arts drama probes the moral grays of life in a royal court

"...their deceit is Ziyu's wife, Xiao Ai (Sun), whose loyalty to her husband is never in question; however, with..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Wild Bunch

"...and defining world, where honor is the center and loyalty the moral rule, makes for a controversial masterpiece. The..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

Black Robe

"...Algonquian guide (Shellenberg) and his extended family. The tribe's loyalty has been purchased at bargain basement rates, a fact..."

Nov. 22, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Aquaman

The underwater superhero brings long-awaited color to DC's films

"...to conquer humanity, Arthur finds himself torn between his loyalty to the surface world and the noble birthright he..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Isle of Dogs

Wes Anderson's stop motion wonder is a tail-wagger

"...him to convey deeper, warmer, simpler emotional truths about loyalty and love...."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The Force is strong with this one

"...out into a 133-minute meditation on (a new) hope, loyalty, and freedom from tyranny that’s now more contemporary than..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transpecos

Border-patrol officers get in way over their heads

"...unraveled in a day that tests trust, friendship, and loyalty in a film that hearkens back to Blood Simple-era..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Hell or High Water

Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, and Ben Foster shine in West Texas crime film

"...of his superior’s casual racism, the Indian casinos, the loyalty to family, and signs everywhere of widespread poverty, underemployment,..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A War

Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film is a complex morality tale

"...men and saving foreign noncombatants? Does Claus owe greater loyalty to his family or his country? These and many..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

We're the Millers

This Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis comedy shows some sweetly crude family values.

"...faux Miller clan – while depicting the affection and loyalty that develops from the same intimacy. In its own..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Band Called Death

A black proto-punk band from Detroit that wouldn't compromise on its name is unearthed in this music doc 35 years after recording their original demo tracks.

"...The documentary, additionally, is a captivating story about family loyalty and little explored dimensions of black American culture. It’s..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ides of March

George Clooney's modern morality tale about the ongoing battle between idealism and corruption in the political realm is perfectly cast.

"...This story about the erosion of idealism and loyalty is told from the perspective of Stephen Meyers (Ryan..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Wars

Charming anime about families, social media, and summer love

"...narrative tropes that underlie Summer Wars’ the-future-is-now story. Family loyalty, friendship, self-sacrifice, and puppy love are all at the..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Conviction

Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell star in this real-life legal drama in which a woman goes to law school in an attempt to exonerate her brother.

"...recurring flashbacks that help explain the uncommon bonds of loyalty between the two that were forged during their harsh..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Brothers Bloom

Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo are cast as the best con men in the world whose current swindle involves an eccentric heiress (Rachel Weisz) in this sophomore effort by the writer/director of Brick.

"...(by cousin Nathan Johnson), and capital-letter sentiments such as loyalty, fraternity, and an old-fashioned swoon (watch Brody’s thumb on..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Who Did He Serve?

Scott McClellan on Bush, bipartisanship, loyalty, and duty

"...was lost. "It was almost a strengthening of this loyalty to the administration. Colin Powell left; Condi Rice was..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Married Life

This film's wonderful, amoral resignation makes Married Life so deliciously different from other period-set crime stories, and its terrific cast keeps thing percolating.

"...David Wenham and Timothy Webber. Corruption, immorality, decadence, secrecy, loyalty, selfishness, selflessness, murder, love, sex, and indigestion are all..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation

See the five animated shorts in competition for the Oscar, and judge for yourself.

"...tale is a triumph of emotional ambiguity and shifting loyalty and a rebirth for the full-bodied animated animal sidekick..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

This Is England

Set in Thatcherite England, this semi-autobiographical story tells of a descent from mischievous schoolboy to junior skinhead.

"...rap polarizes the gang, but Shaun remains, spit-swearing adolescent loyalty to a violent neo-Nazi. The film slows down and..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

On the Lege

Rose, Dukes rewarded for standing with Craddick

"...of Craddick may have riled local Dems, but her loyalty made her the only Travis Co. delegate to win..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Open Season

The animated Open Season is long on manic energy and bathroom humor but short on real storytelling, emotion, and characters.

"...and stand back as bumper-sticker lessons about friendship and loyalty crowd the screen. Open Season follows this formula to..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Separate Lies

Julian Fellowes is two for two: The English actor’s first big screenwriting credit, Gosford Park, netted him an Oscar, and with this directorial debut, he again demonstrates a mastery of British uppercrust dramas.

"...an clear-eyed accounting of the emotional price paid for loyalty among lovers. Like the best UK drawing room dilemmas,..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Good Night, and Good Luck

Director and co-screenwriter George Clooney strikes just the right tone of gripping entertainment and understated cautionary tale in this thoughtful portrait of newsman Edward R. Murrow's confrontation with Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

"...ran rampant because of the Communist witch hunts and loyalty oaths that were de rigueur in the workplace. If..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Serenity

Joss Whedon’s Western/sci-fi hybrid (which was canceled from TV but greenlighted for the movies) evinces the kind of swashbuckling bonhomie that made so many of us fall in love with the original Star Wars films.

"...and a salty ensemble cast of characters bound by loyalty and tough love. But if it ain’t broke, don’t..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shaun of the Dead

This "romantic comedy … with zombies" has a note-perfect mix of humor, horror, love, and death.

"...found here – the power of friendship, love, and loyalty in the face of overwhelming odds – are not..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two Brothers

Two tiger cubs separated during infancy are cast to the winds of fate in French-occupied Indochina.

"...touch – questions about the affairs of nations, about loyalty, about responsibility, about the balance between human welfare and..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Pokémon Heroes

"...dollops out sage kidhood advice on such topics as loyalty, respect, and good old-fashioned micromonstermanaging but isn’t all that..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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