Due Date

Road comedy hits the sweet spot with Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.

"...Danny McBride, RZA and Matt Walsh. Due Date is the comedy delivered by director Phillips in between his breakout..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hereafter

Clint Eastwood looks into the great beyond and sees dead people – lots of them, and chatty souls they are, too.

"...Jay Mohr, Bryce Dallas Howard, Thierry Neuvic, Derek Jacobi, Marthe Keller and Richard Kind. Hereafter is a consistently identifiable..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Please Don't Kill Me

Longtime Austin favorites the Fleshtones return

"...Shows, 1,000 Blue Whales, No Hits, No Sleep,” brags the cover of Sweat, Joe Bonomo’s unflinching 2007 biography of..."

July 12, 2010 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Anomaly

Kiss at the Frank Erwin Center tonight ain't Kiss with Ace Frehley (and Peter Criss).

"...Kiss gums up the Frank Erwin Center tonight, but without Ace Frehley and..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

AFF Knows We Like to Watch

Local film Harmony and Me tops sneak peek at festival lineup

"...Is it just us, or is the Austin Film Festival doing some kind of an elaborate..."

Aug. 26, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

District 9

Aliens-on-earth tale is wrenching, riveting, violent and best of all, a love story

"...of all, it's a love story. In short, it's the most original and entertaining sci-fi film in ages. Produced..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Love You, Man

Paul Rudd stars in this "bromance" comedy in which sweet scenes of male camaraderie contrast with moments of gross-out humor.

"...is ready for its decline and fall. Gone are the salad days of Wedding Crashers, The 40 Year Old..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Frost/Nixon

Ron Howard presents us with Richard M. Nixon – the Christmas gift that keeps on giving.

"...Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Oliver Platt, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Macfadyen and Rebecca Hall. Just when it seems the..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Superhero Movie

Superhero Movie is a tonally confused spoof, which, for once, doesn't go far enough comedically.

"...of questions. Why wasn't this green-lit and out in theatres a month after Sam Raimi's Spider-Man? Did all the..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation

See the five animated shorts in competition for the Oscar, and judge for yourself.

"...Directed by: Various. I’ve given up predicting the Academy Awards. Most years the wrong films are nominated,..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Awake

The phenomenon of "anesthetic awareness," in which the patient is fully conscious yet physically paralyzed during surgery, is grist for this psychological thriller.

"...Olin, Sam Robards, Fisher Stevens and Georgina Chapman. Given the choice between seeing Christensen's Tin Mannish performance as the..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Darjeeling Limited

Wes Anderson boards another train of ironic whimsy, although this time the train is quite literal and not just the train of thought in his head.

"...Irfan Khan. With his fifth feature film, Anderson boards another train of ironic whimsy, although this time the train..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trade

This drama about international sex trafficking is tremendously sincere but also brutal.

"...two hurdles. First, Kreuzpaintner (Summer Storm) must make real the horrors of kidnapping, enslavement, and rape without exploiting his..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Ocean's Thirteen

This heist franchise has settled into a kind of hipster equanimity.

"...seamlessly with cool. 2001’s great Ocean’s Eleven single-handedly revived the moribund “guy-ensemble film,” which had its glorious renaissance in..."

June 15, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Miss Potter

This Renée Zelweger movie about the life of Peter Rabbit author Beatrix Potter lacks dramatic tension and a sense of purpose.

"...greeting cards and botanical diagrams named Beatrix Potter published The Tale of Peter Rabbit, a modest, delicately illustrated children's..."

March 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Academy Award-Nominated Live Action Shorts 2006

And the Oscar goes to … see the five nominees and judge for yourself.

"...Directed by: Various. Few surveys of the 2006 feature filmmaking world have failed to notice the..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Smokin' Aces

A person could have a reasonably good time with this confusing, Tarantinoid actioner starring Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven, and Alicia Keys, but there’s not actually much tension in the movie.

"...marked for death after striking a prosecution deal. Enter the stalwart federal agents (Garcia, Liotta, and Reynolds), the bail..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Queen

This Helen Mirren starrer provides a glimpse of the British monarchy at a contemporary crossroads between supreme dominance and utter irrelevancy.

"...Alex Jennings, Helen McCrory, Roger Allam and Paul Barrett. The Queen provides a glimpse of the British monarchy at..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A/k/a Tommy Chong

Chong cuts a hugely sympathetic figure in the story of his legal troubles after Operation Pipe Dreams, an anti-paraphernalia sweep that specifically targeted his bong business.

"..."It's not a great doc. But it's Tommy Chong." The movie itself gets a little muzzy at times –..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Word and the Image

The Pop Films of Peter Whitehead

"...have cause to rejoice this month, as a long-overdue Peter Whitehead retrospective arrives at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown. During..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Stay Alive

Contrary to the hopes of geeks everywhere, Stay Alive is not an all-zombie musical remake of Sly Stallone's 1983 Saturday Night Fever sequel, but instead a fatuous and dull horror film about gamers.

"...Milo Ventimiglia. Remember when Atari’s Pong first arrived on the scene but your parents wouldn’t buy you one because..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pink Panther

In this pointless rehash of the 1964 Blake Edwards film that introduced Inspector Clouseau to the world, Steve Martin inhabits the role of the bumbling French detective without a trace of the comic genius of Peter Sellers.

"...and sequels of remakes. In this pointless rehash of the 1964 Blake Edwards film that introduced Inspector Clouseau to..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Aeon Flux

Its heart is in the right place, but Aeon Flux's head is just a little too high to make much sense.

"...Directed by: Karyn Kusama. Starring: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo, Frances McDormand,..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Oscar winner documents the collapse of Enron in vivid detail and with cinematic flourish.

"...knew that approach applied to failures as well successes? The Enron debacle – the bankruptcy scandal that demolished the..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Be Cool

The follow-up to Elmore Leanard's Get Shorty is rife with star talent but short on inspiration.

"...Gray. Starring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, Cedric the Entertainer, André Benjamin, Steven Tyler, Robert Pastorelli, Harvey Keitel..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ocean's Twelve

Like Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven and 1960’s Rat-Packing original, Ocean's Twelve is an elaborate and delightful excuse to get the screen’s biggest and most gorgeous stars in the same film.

"...Steven Soderbergh. Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mac, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia,..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Seagull's Laughter

Set in 1950s Iceland, this film is equal parts noirish mystery and coming-of-age tale.

"...salts, gossipy spinsters, and groaning, windswept volcanic shorelines. But then, that's Iceland for you, a country whose most famous..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two Men Went to War

A WWII comedy of errors begins when two British military dentists swap their drills for grenades.

"...derring-do is like a breath of fresh air – there are bullets and bombs galore here, but the lingering..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Down and Dirty

Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!

"...Paris Hilton was there. So was Ashton Kutcher. Ditto DMZ, Al Gore, Ray..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eight Legged Freaks

Giant spiders invade a small town in this fun B-movie throwback.

"...Wuhrer and Leon Rippy. An intentional attempt to recapture the goofy, goopy B-movie magic of those great Fifties giant-bug..."

July 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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