Dark Waters

Todd Haynes' courtroom drama is a true-life environmental horror

"...Directed by: Todd Haynes. Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Camp, Victor Garber,..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Time to Google Mark Strama

Retiring rep heads to Google Fiber, will not run for mayor

"...time the current Travis County Democratic delegation, featuring Rep. Mark Strama, would be assembled. Strama announced in February that..."

June 26, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...a keynote appearance at the subsequently canceled SXSW, Roger Waters should analyze global news on prime time. Televisions would..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Mark the Calendar for A John Waters Christmas

The filmmaker and raconteur takes on COVID arguments, sloppy airplane dressing, and how to be rich with class

"...That's sort of what John Waters is leaving under the tree with his annual show,..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Head Over Heels

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Monica Potter, Freddie Prinze Jr., Ivana Milicevic,..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Just Like Heaven

This romantic comedy about a winsome, charming ghost and the man who loves her sidesteps abundant potential clichés through sheer dint of the acting skills on display.

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, Dina..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mean Girls

Clique comedy about teen groupthink lacks real bite.

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The House of Yes

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vampire Academy

This month's flavor in the teen vampire continuum.

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Danila Kozlovsky, Dominic..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Santa 2

A tired sequel that's more offensive than transgressive

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Tony Cox,..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Matthew McConaughey stars as an oily womanizer who does an about-face in this purported romantic comedy.

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Spiderwick Chronicles

This children's fantasy holds a lot of emotional promise but get waylaid by an overabundance of CGI effects.

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Simply Irresistible

"...Directed by: Mark Tarlov. Starring: Larry Gilliard Jr, Betty Buckley, Dylan Baker,..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Jim Carrey plays a man who inherits six penguins in this family film that finds the actor neither too manic nor mawkish.

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Jim Carrey, Carla Gugin, Angela Lansbury, Ophelia..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Northfork

"...Starring: James Woods, Nick Nolte, Claire Forlani, Duel Farnes, Mark Polish, Daryl Hannah, Robin Sachs, Ben Foster, Anthony Edwards,..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Freaky Friday

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Harold Gould,..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Dirty Shame

John Waters, America's king of trash, is back with this tale of sex addiction, fetishes, and mad, bad, lascivious squirrel sexin’.

"...Directed by: John Waters. Starring: Tracey Ullman, Johnny Knoxville, Selma Blair, Chris Isaak,..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Die Mommie Die!

Charles Busch's campy send-up of Fifties melodrama falls flat.

"...Directed by: Mark Rucker. Starring: Charles Busch, Frances Conroy, Natasha Lyonne, Philip..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grief

"...something like what Soapdish might have been if John Waters had scripted the movie. It's a behind-the-scenes look at..."

June 3, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rock Star

"...Dominic West, Jason Flemyng, Timothy Olyphant, Jennifer Aniston and Mark Wahlberg. Coming of age during the Eighties, kids had..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pecker

"...Directed by: John Waters. Starring: Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Bess Armstrong, Mark Joy,..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Common Ground

Alice Waters and Carla Marshall Promote Vegucation

"...school teacher Carla Marshall and well-known California restaurateur Alice Waters are both women with a desire to reconnect Americans..."

June 28, 1996 Food Feature

Seed of Chucky

Over-the-top gore is the rule when Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their anatomically incorrect offspring.

"...Directed by: Don Mancini. Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Redman, John Waters and Hannah Spearritt. You know you’re watching some sort..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tears of the Sun

"...Great Stone Face department. As Navy SEAL Lt. A.K. Waters, who’s on a mission to rescue aid worker Monica..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...Mark Rubin gives good interviews. He's unafraid to speak his..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Filthy and Respectable!

Legendary transgressive film director and author John Waters comes to Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...the proudly self-defined "Pope of Trash (or Filth)" John Waters, it helps to prepare oneself for: 1) a brief..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

The Holiday Spirit, Lightly Warped

John Waters tackles holly and jolly live at the Paramount

"...Filmmaker John Waters is not exactly the kind of guy one pictures..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trapped

"...and closer to an anxiety attack, owing to the choppy-waters camerawork and the innately nail-biting premise of a child..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mood Indigo

Michel Gondry's latest presents us with an elaborate yet handmade artifice that's thoroughly charming until its color drains away.

"...wherein Colin drains his bathtub and, in the process, waters his downstairs neighbor’s plants, and a celebrity chef talks..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Orphan

A married couple adopts a child who turns their lives into a horror show in this atmospheric, above-average but overlong addition to the "cuddly hellspawn" genre.

"...grief has sent recovering alcoholic Kate into treacherous mental waters and John spinning back toward his prior adulterous ways...."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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