Toros Weekend Preview

"...this weekend. Friday Night The Exquisite Details: Fort Wayne Mad Ants at Austin Toros 7pm Austin Convention Center Minor..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Sports Post by Matt Moore

The Libertine

Johnny Depp runs away with the show in this murkily filmed picture, cackling all the while and defiling beauty in all its forms as the exceedingly decadent Earl of Rochester.

"...and figuratively) film is a scheming ne’er-do-well in the mad, bad, and dangerous-to-know mold. Wilmot is an anti-romantic poet..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Desert Blue

"...a barren New Mexico township, searching presumably for life, love, and answers, and finding very little of any substance...."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Major Payne

"...students. A trained killing machine who seems to truly love his work, Major Payne (Wayans) is let go by..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

Legend

Tom Hardy pulls double duty playing both the criminal Kray twins

"...again and again (Bronson, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max: Fury Road) and plays both here, pulling double..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

So a mammoth, a sloth, and a saber-toothed tiger walk into a Mesozoic Age ….

"...Ice Age: The Meltdown, are young woolly mammoths in love Manny (Romano) and Ellie (Latifah) and their extended, multispecies..."

July 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

2008 was the year of the woman on AMC's Mad Men

"...1) Mad Men (AMC): This meditation on the American dream set..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Eating Out

Crude comedy of sexual errors falls flat.

"...of the kitty, since straight girls are apparently all mad about the gayboys. As fate and director/screenwriter Brocka would..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Intermission

Irish ensemble interweaves a dozen characters and their affairs of the heart.

"...footsteps with its brash, literally knockout opening, in which mad-dog criminal Lehiff (Farrell) rips off a convenience store armed..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Daytrippers

"...or not. When Eliza D'Amico (Davis) finds a mysterious love note in her husband's trousers (with whom she had..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Bride With White Hair II

"...of the first film, Lian (Lin) has gone completely mad this time around, rampaging through the province and slaughtering..."

Jan. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Silent Tongue

"...late River Phoenix stars as Talbot Roe, a griev-ing, half-mad prairie farmer who keeps watch over the corpse of..."

June 17, 1994 Movie Review by Alvaro Rodriguez

Until the End of the World

Chopped to ribbons by the American distributor upon its initial release, Wenders’ sprawling Odyssean epic is only now seen in its true form, in a positively Homeric 295 minute version.

"...even given more than a few good moments and lovely visions. For us, it's neither love nor money, but..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Turbo Kid

This irreverent throwback is a loving homage to kids' adventure pictures

"...feature debut Turbo Kid, into which they stuff Eighties Mad Max rip-offs and youth-driven B-movies (Solarbabies, BMX Bandits) in..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Let the Madness Begin

Where ‘Mad Men’ left off – and where it might go next

"...As the sixth season of Mad Men drew to a close last June, it appeared..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Hello I Must Be Going

The marvelous Melanie Lynskey, for once, gets the starring role in this movie about a woman who gets blindsided by divorce.

"...Jeremy (Abbott, currently in the cast of Girls). A mad kiss turns into secret rendezvous, and despite her protestations..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bend It Like Beckham

"...which, despite the fact that Werner Herzog professes a love for the dramatics of professional wrestling, still seems to..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mighty Peking Man

This 1977 Shaw Brothers production from Hong Kong is a gleefully silly riff on everything monster movies and was re-released under the auspices of Quentin Tarantino in 1999.

"...a film that answers the burning question: “Can a lovelorn Hong Kong explorer find happiness in a romantic triangle..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dance of Reality

Cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first feature in 23 years is a labor of mad, passionate love

"...director’s halcyon era, but it’s clearly a labor of mad, passionate love on the part of everyone involved...."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Whip It

Drew Barrymore makes her directing debut with this Austin-set story about the modern age of roller girls.

"...slipping away from her sleepy Texas town and her beauty-pageant-mad mother (Harden) for the attraction of the rink contains..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Marley & Me

Sweet and wise and often laugh-out-loud funny (just like Grogan's book), Marley & Me, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, isn't just for dog people.

"...adaptation of journalist John Grogan's bestselling account of life, love, deadlines, and death with the "world's worst dog," a..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Demonlover

French mind-warper has a puzzle-box narrative and a soundtrack by Sonic Youth.

"...Gershon and Charles Berling. The only proper response to Demonlover, a film that sounds like it ought to be..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scarlet Diva

"...possible when Argento's not onscreen (which is virtually never). Love or hate her directorial debut, you can't help but..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

"...crazed situations, including cross-dressing, broken alliances, suicide attempts, and love triangles. Hardcore fans will remember Lau as the director..."

March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Freaked

A young Hollywood pitchman (Winter – also the film's co-writer and co-director) finds himself at the mercy of a backwoods mad scientist (Randy Quaid).

"...Brooke Shields. Originally titled Hideous Mutant Freekz (!), this horror/comedy/environmental/love story tells the tale of young Hollywood pitchman Ricky..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Full Contact

"...it in its unabashedly frenzied pacing and its obvious love for a well-placed exit wound. China's answer to Steve..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oscar and Lucinda

"...Oscar and Lucinda. An eccentric, idiosyncratic story about glass, love, gambling, and Christian faith, Oscar and Lucinda is a..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Avengers: Endgame

The end is the beginning is the end as Marvel's Infinity Saga reaches a satisfying, tearful end

"...of this arc of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Mad Titan (played through motion capture as the living, breathing..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Last Vegas

Did the Social Security set finally get their The Hangover?

"...coaxed into the Vegas trip because he is still mad at Billy for not attending his beloved wife’s funeral..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Holy Motors

Holy Motors; hot damn. This French firecracker is set to detonate.

"...Those who love this anarchic new movie from France’s enfant terrible of..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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