Patriots Day

The hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, J.K...."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deepwater Horizon

Mark Wahlberg stars in this throwback to Seventies disaster films

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, Douglas..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Very Bad Things

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Carla Scott, Leland Orser, Jeremy Piven, Jon..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mile 22

Wahlberg and company get bloody as a CIA black ops team

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, Ronda..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Lone Survivor

A SEAL team mission in Afghanistan goes very wrong in this intense combat film with a bang-up cast.

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Taylor..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Battleship

Crass and hugely dumb aliens vs. multiple earthling navies: Must mean the start of summer movies has arrived.

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgård,..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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.

"...and Reynolds), the bail bondsmen (Affleck, Ryan Reynolds, and Peter Berg), the hookers, the entourage, the attorneys (Bateman and..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Kingdom

Initially, The Kingdom seems like it might be another of this season's politically charged movies, but it actually plays more like an explosive episode of CSI: Riyadh.

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hancock

Will Smith is the titular Hancock, a character as befuddling as the odd movie that surrounds him.

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Jae..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Candidate Sack

Friday Night Lights' Peter Berg bites back at Romney campaign

"...Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose," and now FNL creator Peter Berg says he is "not thrilled" with the campaign's..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Friday Night Lights

H.G. Bissinger’s classic book about the secular religion of high school football was lovingly adapted for film prior to becoming a TV show.

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez,..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Rundown

The man-mountain known as the Rock is diminished by all the action clichés in his new picture.

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: the Rock, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson,..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Corky Romano

"...Directed by: Rob Pritts. Starring: Vincent Pastore, Peter Berg, Richard Roundtree, Fred Ward, Chris Penn, Vinessa Shaw,..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Catching Up With Jerry Ferrara

The 'Entourage' co-star has a host of new projects on his plate

"...AC: In Lone Survivor, the movie you’re doing with Peter Berg, you’re playing a soldier, which is a pretty..."

Nov. 2, 2013 Screens Post by Patrick Courtney

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...mindlock of summer escapism: Warren Beatty's political satire Bulworth, Peter Weir and Jim Carrey's provocative meditation on media totalitarianism..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Fall Film Previews

September

"...Erik Skjoldjaerg; with Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Bjorn Floberg...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Film News

Big 'Lights,' small screen; the Pod squad; and congrats and condolences

"...Take Me to the Pilot Peter Berg's TV pilot Friday Night Lights is set to..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

'Friday Night Lights' on the small screen – and in Idaho? Plus, the several recent successes of Tommy Lee Jones, 'Roller Girls,' Mike Judge, and more.

"...Friday Night Idaho Lights? Peter Berg, director of Friday Night Lights, the big-screen version..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Westlake High and 'Friday Night Lights'

Though it's really about Odessa's Permian High School, Westlake figures prominently in 'Friday Night Lights,' which opens in Austin on Friday, Oct. 8

"...Permian's Ratliff Stadium until a last-minute reversal allowed director Peter Berg's crew to film game scenes at Ratliff, and..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Screens Feature by Christopher Gray

Letters at 3AM

ABC's short-lived TV show Wonderland failed to depict mental illness and its treatment in a realistic light.

"...fanfare. Reviewers loved it. ABC bragged that Wonderland's creator, Peter Berg, spent seven months researching at the infamous Bellevue..."

May 12, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

The Sound of an Enigma in Sonarius: The Mysteries of M

Austin-based TV creator Peter Mattei turns to audio drama for his new Audible series

"...of M, the new six-part series from Austin storyteller Peter Mattei who, after decades of writing for the screen,..."

April 28, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Losers

In this action movie, a U.S. Special Forces unit on a mission in the jungles of Bolivia becomes the target for assassination and must figure out who is double-crossing them.

"...Jason Patric, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Óscar Jaenada and Peter Macdissi. It's easy to peg The Losers as The..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Further Reflections

"...Dir/scr: Desmond Hall; Prod: Jon Gold; DP: Peter Konczal; Ed: Colby Parker; Music: Loris Holland; Cast: Harold..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Wrapped and Ready

"...Spacey, David Hyde Pierce, Denis Leary, Madeline Kahn, John Ratzenberger, Bonnie Hunt, Phyllis Diller, Edie McClurg, Alex Rocco, Roddy..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Under the Stadium Lights

True-life high school football drama uses a worn-out playbook

"...the Stadium Lights is pee wee by comparison to Peter Berg's All-American...."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Small Screen, Big News

'Friday Night Lights,' Radiolab, and more

"...your Panthers cleats. According to Collider's recent interview with Peter Berg, there won't ever be a Friday Night Lights..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Whether this is a real film or a priceless stunt, Morgan Spurlock has the goods on product placement.

"...and filmmakers such as Brett Ratner, Quentin Tarantino, and Peter Berg is educational if not terribly illuminating. Product placement,..."

April 22, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cram Session

Catching up on the first three seasons of Friday Night Lights

"...Written and directed by Peter Berg..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Wages of Agreement Is Death (for Film Fight)

"...a potential billion-dollar franchise. Every time I expected director Peter Berg to give into his most commercial instincts and..."

July 10, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Film News

It's Texas vs. Arizona in the 'Friday Night Lights' Bowl, but we might have a secret weapon: the new TXMPA

"...is having to fight for the project despite director/producer Peter Berg's obvious preference – he shot much of both..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

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