The Last Witch Hunter

The Last Witch Hunter? Promises, promises.

"...Starring: Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie, Julie Engelbrecht, Michael Caine, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Rena Owen, Isaach De Bankolé,..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Titles

Lineup drops the latest from Todd Haynes and a Hank Williams biopic

"...Sorrentino (This Must Be the Place), Youth, which sees Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel looking back on their lives..."

Aug. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Kingsman: The Secret Service

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

"...Egerton, Mark Strong, Sophie Cookson, Sofia Boutella, Mark Hamill, Michael Caine, Geoff Bell and Samantha Womack...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Interstellar

Majesty and mawkishness combine in Christopher Nolan's film about humans' last-ditch attempt to find a habitable planet in another galaxy.

"...Christopher Nolan. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Mackenzie Foy, Casey Affleck, John Lithgow, Wes Bentley..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Trip to Italy

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon continues their journeys as a couple of guys attached at the funny bone.

"...Directed by: Michael Winterbottom. Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner, Claire..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dom Hemingway

Jude Law, all piss-and-vinegar as the titular safe-cracker, can't light the fuse of this dud.

"...film, from Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday, Michael Caine in Get Carter, to Tom Hardy in Bronson...."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

DVDanger: 'Lifeforce'

Like a comet, Tobe Hooper's long-forgotten sci-fi oddity returns

"...thing the US theatrical cut gets right, bringing in Michael Kamen and Pink Floyd's go-to sound engineer James Guthrie..."

June 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now You See Me

This magicians' caper film has a good cast but very little else hidden up its sleeve.

"...Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Common...."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVD Watch

Olive Films collects three of Otto Preminger's last films

"...story about land grabs, white supremacy, and Southern traditions. Michael Caine sports a Southern accent as the avaricious climber..."

Nov. 13, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Juno Temple, Matthew Modine..."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Michael Caine zips around on a giant bumblebee and Dwayne Johnson is a pectoral spectacle in this family-friendly, fantasy-island adventure tale.

"...Directed by: Brad Peyton. Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luiz Guzmán and Kristin..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harry Brown

Michael Caine gets his Charles Bronson on in this British vigilante drama.

"...Directed by: Daniel Barber. Starring: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Charlie Creed-Miles, David Bradley, Iain Glen,..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...girl bands. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Shannon, Alia Shawkat, Tatum O'Neal...."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Is Anybody There?

Michael Caine stars as a magician who's come to live in a retirement home when his mental faculties start to fail.

"...Directed by: John Crowley. Starring: Michael Caine, Bill Milner, David Morrissey, Charli Janeway, Anne-Marie Duff,..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dark Knight

The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.

"...Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Eric Roberts, Monique Curnen..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sneak Peek at SXSW Film 2008

The first announcements from SXSW Film 08 are trickling in

"...Fuzz's Simon Pegg (who co-wrote the script with Stella's Michael Ian Black); Flawless, a heist picture with Demi Moore..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Sleuth

Surprisingly, this powerhouse combination of writer Harold Pinter, director Kenneth Branagh, and co-stars Michael Caine and Jude Law adds up to a load of nonsense.

"...Directed by: Kenneth Branagh. Starring: Michael Caine, Jude Law and Harold Pinter. It takes something..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

AFS Essential's Blokes 'n' Birds: British Realist Cinema

Sept. 4-Oct. 9

"...of British theatre and cinema in the process, including Michael Caine, Peter Finch, Albert Finney, and Richard Harris); it's..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

So, What'd You Shoot On?

"...Theatre premiere of Manufacturing Dissent (the unflattering documentary about Michael Moore and some of his more disingenuous doc-making techniques)..."

March 11, 2007 SXSW Post by Nora Ankrum

Michael Moore's Minions

"...takes a close look at the fimmaking methodology of Michael Moore, is making its world premiere at SXSW. Made..."

March 10, 2007 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Michael & Us

Canadian filmmakers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to celebrate a lion of the left. They ended up with something a little different.

"...Michael Moore is a lightning rod for American political controversy...."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Children of Men

Children of Men brims with cinematic gusto, but the plot raises more questions than it answers.

"...Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón. Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Pam Ferris, Danny Huston..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Prestige

Two rival magicians are locked in a lifelong quest for supremacy, which leads them down a slippery slope of hairpin twists and triple-turns in this Christopher Nolan movie.

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Samantha Mahurin,..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Extra Special

Gift guide

"...releases, though, it's the ambitious Muppet Christmas Carol, with Michael Caine as Scrooge and Kermit the Frog as Bob..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News

Word from the Independent Spirit Awards and Sundance fronts; plus, 'No Pain, No Gain,' Bobby Cannavale, and 'Light From the East'

"...Lamar to help fund post-production on bridges. Congrats to Michael Cain (no, not the actor) of Dallas, whose TV..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Weather Man

In this heartfelt comic drama, a wonderfully controlled Nicolas Cage plays a man who, despite the appearance of success, is despondent over his superficiality.

"...Directed by: Gore Verbinski. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Gemmenne de la Peña, Nicholas Hoult,..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDnds

DVDnds

"...the disc is padded with interviews of Mick Jagger, Michael Caine, and Julie Christie… More than 21Ú2 hours of..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Constant Gardener

City of God director Fernando Meirelles makes his English-language debut with this bracing, heartbreaking conspiracy thriller set in AIDS-ravaged Kenya.

"...suddenly landed in this movie, Meirelles and writer Jeffrey Caine could find a way to make sense of it.)..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bewitched

Again Kidman goes for another nose-centric role, yet Nora Ephron's very meta remake of the old TV show still misfires.

"...Nora Ephron. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Jason Schwartzman, Kristin Chenoweth, Heather Burns, Jim Turner,..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Batman Begins

Batman Begins … and it's about time. The movie is great fun, and also a terrific relief.

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy,..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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