Nancy

Andrea Riseborough spellbinds in this drama of self-delusion and second chances.

"...tolerate the way she drifts through life. When her mom dies, suddenly if not unexpectedly, Nancy becomes quickly convinced..."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Life of the Party

Melissa McCarthy goes back to school

"...to me as I sat in agonized silence, fingers sporadically jammed into my eyes, while audience members laughed at..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Measure of a Man

Even Donald Sutherland reciting fortune cookie wisdom doesn't save this YA snore.

"...come correct and discover a unique take on a perennially trite formula, or my cold, cold heart will remain..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Flower

Sardonic coming-of-age comedy never really matures.

"...you have time to blurt out “daddy issues,” Erica’s mom Laurie announces that her uncool boyfriend Bob (Heidecker) is..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Glass Castle

Jeanette Walls' beloved memoir hits the big screen

"...The studios have made a habit of calling promising indie filmmakers up to the majors in a..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Review: Chris Fleming

Queer comedian behind YouTube's Gayle admits to being a show pig

"...If you’ve been on YouTube at all in your adult life, you are probably familiar with..."

July 17, 2017 Arts Post by Courtney Naquin

Smurfs: The Lost Village

The little blue critters are back

"...movies aimed at this particular demographic tend to throw mom and dad a bone in the form of a..."

April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Santa 2

A tired sequel that's more offensive than transgressive

"...Willie’s sins include alcoholism and indiscriminate sexual intercourse with all willing orifices. Bates is cast as Willie’s wretched mom,..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trolls

Banal plot mars this toy marketing scheme

"...utterly tame although vibrantly animated feature from DreamWorks Animation. Target-demographically precise gags, songs, and the often downright psychedelic visuals..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Daddy's Home

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg vie for the love of their shared family

"...two tykes, Megan (Estevez) and Dylan (Vaccaro), and their mom Sarah (Cardellini) in this tired but serviceable family comedy...."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sisters

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler wistfully party like there's no tomorrow

"...Maura the yin to Fey’s salty yang, unemployed single mom Kate. Peppiness, positivity, sunny-side-up sloganeering – we’ve seen all..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

In this final film in the series, found footage causes more trouble

"...Taylor Dudley, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, Michael Krawic, Hallie Foote, Don McManus, Aiden Lovekamp and Mark Steger...."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captive

Ripped-from-the-headlines movie about a hostage crisis defused by a devotional book

"...an actual event in March 2005 that made headlines all over the world, Captive is ostensibly a two-person hostage..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Learning to Drive

Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley drive a tale of unlikely friendship

"...Katha Pollitt and adapted by Sarah Kernochan (I fondly recall testing a VHS tape’s durability with overplay of her..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sinister 2

Round 2 for this supernatural horror franchise

"...for the next Norwegian black metal band? Yes, it’s actually the name of an alleged ancient Babylonian demon and..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Art and Motherhood on the West Austin Studio Tour

Four WEST exhibitors reveal how their work is informed by being a mom

"..."I'm not officially parenting anymore," says Fleck, "because my daughter is 22,..."

May 8, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Maps to the Stars

David Cronenberg's film, with a script by Bruce Wagner, is a darkly humorous moral fable aimed at Hollywood.

"...Maps to the Stars is also supremely creepy and really funny...."

Feb. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Before I Go to Sleep

Nicole Kidman stars as a woman who has amnesia and fights to uncover a big mystery from her past.

"...unexpected twists in plot and character is impossibly hard, especially given that much of the audience for such fare..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

St. Vincent

Bill Murray plays a hard-hearted grouch who warms to his new neighbors – Melissa McCarthy and her young son.

"...has to the role of Vincent MacKenna. In fact, all the actors in St. Vincent are at their best..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Best of Me

It's getting hard to tell one Nicholas Sparks adaptation from another amid all the dross.

"...apart, because as grownups they’ve become, respectively, a sweater-set mom with a high ponytail (Monaghan) and a lonely oil..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Guest

With their follow-up to You're Next, filmmakers Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett prove the new kings of indie horror movies.

"...own soldier boy Caleb, one of the “Some gave all” in the KIA mantra: “All gave some, some gave..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Good Deed

Idris Elba plays a home invader hell-bent on terrorizing Taraji P. Henson’s suburban mom.

"...posturing to the “malignant narcissist” (Erich Fromm represent!) he really is. Colin then tracks down his (now ex-) fiancée,..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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.

"...her in a coma while claiming the lives of Mom (Enos), Dad (Leonard), and her younger brother (Davies)...."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Fluffy Movie

Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias performs in this comedy concert film.

"...Jay Lavender) has the very young Iglesias fooling his mom into allowing him to rent Eddie Murphy’s Raw. When..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Think Like a Man Too

Whatever happens in Vegas will happen in just about every movie set in Vegas.

"...by: Tim Story. Starring: Kevin Hart, Terrence J, Regina Hall, Taraji P. Henson, Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Gabrielle Union,..."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

RoboCop

The überviolent 1987 action film gets a pointless reboot.

"...to make big-budget Hollywood movies, his RoboCop and other equally provocative Hollywood films bite the hand that feeds them...."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Family

The family that slays together, stays together – even in witness protection.

"...of a clerk at the local market. It’s a baseball bat to the head here or a gas canister..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Girl Most Likely

Kristen Wiig plays the darker side of the girl who hasn't fulfilled her potential and Annette Bening co-stars as her Atlantic City mom.

"...Tiny and well-intentioned but dramatically inert and sham-kooky, Girl Most Likely is for Kristen..."

July 19, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What Maisie Knew

Young Maisie’s divorced parents are negligent, not cruel, in this contemporary take on the novel by Henry James from the co-directors of the Deep End.

"...to squint to see themselves in young Maisie, the ball batted back and forth between brawling exes. It’s no..."

July 12, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Big Wedding

In this wedding comedy, a bridegroom’s bitterly divorced parents (De Niro and Keaton) must pretend they’re still married to appease his Catholic birth mother.

"...this pale wisp of a film, which puts a generically dysfunctional family through the wringer during one long weekend...."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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