Mia Madre

A filmmaker says goodbye to a mother

"...Nope, it’s not 1963 again. But Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre does have the same bones, if a different..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

The paternity mystery is solved, but the ABBA hits keep coming

"...ran through my head more than once watching Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, an earworm of a movie..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sophie's Choice: You Were Expecting Mamet Mia!?

The gayest portrayal of heterosexuality. EVER?

"...Mamma Mia! is the gayest portrayal of heterosexuality this side of..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Mamma Mia!

This film adaptation of the Broadway adaptation of a catalog of Swedish disco hits retains all the fun but remains astonishingly silly.

"...nerves of any purists in the house: Yes, Mamma Mia! stays faithful to its source material. By source material,..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Faster Than Sound: City Funding for Music Venues Still MIA

Live Music Capital flagships await aid as costs pile up.

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Mamma Mia! Sing-Along

Karaoke for dancing queens everywhere.

Aug. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fish Tank

In this raw and award-winning film, a prickly British teenager hurls herself into scenarios fraught with danger.

"...Nash. The first words we hear out of 15-year-old Mia (Jarvis) are, characteristically, four-lettered and snarling. “Ring me back,..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mama Mia's Ristorante Italiano

Chronicle food writer Rachel Feit went to Mama Mia’s looking for her Big Night, but found instead the sort of place that put the little restaurant in Big Night out of business.

"...Mama Mia's Ristorante Italiano8015 Shoal Creek Boulevard, 451-0177..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Annabelle

The doll from hell is back.

"...turns by Horton and Wallis as doctor-and-wife John and Mia Gordon, a believably bland Californian couple with a bun..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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.

"...further, hamfistedly equating the romantic woes of cello prodigy Mia (Moretz) with a post-mortal limbo from which her stranded..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Like a Boss

Unpleasant workplace comedy didn't get the memo about jokes

"...beauty company owned by longtime besties Mel (Byrne) and Mia (Haddish). Coiffed in spitfire-red curls and decked out in..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Princess Diaries

It's the movie that turned Anne Hathaway into a star, and the ordinary girl she plays into a princess.

"...role as a good-humored fairy godfather. Goofy, frizzy-haired prep-schooler Mia (Hathaway) pines for the cheeseball Big Man on Campus..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Whipped

"...They all like the same girl -- the beguiling Mia (Peet). Mia can't choose which one she likes best,..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Diabolique

"...Directed by: Jeremiah Chechik. Starring: Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Basic Instincts

While one of the characteristics of umami is subtlety, Umami Mia Pizzeria is anything but

"...Umami Mia Pizzeria1500 Barton Springs Rd., 512/428-5175 Sun.-Thu., 11am-10pm; Fri.-Sat., 11am-11pm..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Food Review by Melanie Haupt

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

All sugar, no spice in this modern-day fairy tale

"...come, assuming the box office numbers concur – Princess Mia (Hathaway) has just graduated from college and returned to..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pearl

Mia Goth shines madly in the delicious period prequel to X

"...Directed by: Ti West. Starring: Mia Goth, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, David Corenswet and Emma..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

The Best Man Holiday

Fourteen years after the first film, this sequel finds our likable characters experiencing the pitfalls and promise of middle age.

"...bachelordom. That leaves NFL star Lance (Chestnut) and wife Mia (Calhoun), who survived the revelation of Mia’s tiny lapse..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Restless

Gus Van Sant hits a rare discordant note with this story about two death-obsessed teens that is twee and precious instead of genuine and candid.

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryo Kase, Schuyler Fisk and Jane..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Talk to Me

Séance chiller saves the best for first and last

"...On the two-year anniversary of her mother’s death, Mia (Sophie Wilde) would like her attention to be anywhere..."

March 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

The Fast and the Furious

"...course, and here it's Jordana Brewster as Dominic's sister Mia. Brian and Mia make googly eyes over the Hooker..."

June 22, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bring the Zilker Summer Musical Home This Year

You can dance, you can jive to the Summer Musical and Mamma Mia! even if you can't get to the Zilker Hillside

"...the winner takes it all: The show is Mamma Mia! And knowing me, knowing you, you're pumped, but what..."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Omen

Julia Stiles is miscast, although Mia Farrow delights in this unnecessary remake of a perfectly good child-as-Antichrist movie.

"...Directed by: John Moore. Starring: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Gambon and Seamus..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Miami Rhapsody

"...Frankel. Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Antonio Banderas, Gil Bellows, Mia Farrow, Carla Gugino, Paul Mazursky and Kevin Pollak. Miami..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Iron Lady

Meryl Streep reunites with her Mama Mia! director to play Margaret Thatcher.

"...sure, but The Iron Lady, as directed by Mamma Mia!'s Phyllida Lloyd, has all the heft of a fictionalized..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fast Five

Those renegade street racers reassemble for the fifth installment in the franchise, this time in scenic Rio de Janeiro.

"...for the very bumpy ride are O'Conner's true love Mia (Brewster), who in case you've forgotten is also Dominic's..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters to Juliet

There's a lovely little arthouse movie buried in this romance starring Amanda Seyfried, although the film's commercial aspirations get in its way.

"...but it’s been dimmed by Winick’s commercial instincts. Mamma Mia!’s Seyfried, radiating a quick cleverness, plays Sophie, an aspiring..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jennifer's Body

There are few laughs and even fewer scares in Diablo Cody's followup to her smash hit Juno.

"...machinery. As Jen’s mousy best friend, Needy, Seyfried (Mamma Mia!) creates a strong performance in a role that is..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

This first feature from Bosnian director/writer Jasmila Zbanic offers up a slice of life after hell in which a widowed mother and daughter still veer perilously between fear and hope.

"...a forthcoming class trip forces her to reveal her MIA father as a shaheed – a martyr of the..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Invisible

This thriller directed by David S. Goyer serves up teen angst with its supernatural thrills.

"...Teen angst is teen angst whether it's DOA or MIA, and c'mon, if you really want to go all..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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