Dark Phoenix

The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told

"...writes and directs another take on the seminal "Dark Phoenix" plot, where psychic Jean Grey (Turner) becomes possessed of..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Phoenix Forgotten

Missing teens and mysterious lights in this found-footage sci-fi film

"...can be a bitch that way: zero Sasquatch and Phoenix Forgotten add up to me siding with Dana Scully..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Phoenix

In postwar Germany, a woman with a reconfigured face reclaims her identity

"...the heart of German director Christian Petzold’s remarkable neo-noir Phoenix. There are others, such as betrayal and survival, but..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Phoenix Keeps Austin Weird

French quartet wows ‘Austin City Limits’

"...I first saw Phoenix on the Friday of ACL Fest 2009. The Parisian..."

May 8, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Beck and Phoenix Make Every Moment Count at Breathless Moody Center Co-Headline

Dancing through three decades of songs from the two indie pop giants

"...With 21 albums between them, Beck and Phoenix had a lot of ground to cover at the..."

Aug. 23, 2023 Music Post by Abby Johnston

UPDATED: Lil Wayne, Phoenix Added to ACL Fest Lineup

French quartet and rapper to take sting off Childish Gambino departure

"...for weekend two of the ACL Festival. He joins Phoenix (see previous update below) as a last minute addition..."

Sept. 27, 2018 Music Post by Kimberley Jones

Phoenix ‘Live from the Artists Den’ – At Anderson High!

French rockers during ACL Fest 2013: ‘Find us a high school’

"...transforms non-traditional spaces into temporary venues, French pop stars Phoenix swooped into the Anderson gymnasium in between weekends of..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Phoenix Farms Rising

Kickstarter campaign raises funds for local farm

"...Phoenix Farms, a family-owned and operated farm in Bastrop, Texas,..."

April 11, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

ACL Live Shot: Phoenix

Phoenix has come a l-o-n-g way since ACL 2009

"...were here four years ago,” he announced midway through Phoenix’s Sunday set. “That was the first large crowd that..."

Oct. 7, 2013 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Dragon Gate by Phoenix

"...Dragon Gate by Phoenix..."

July 7, 2006 Food Review by Wes Marshall

By the Time I Get to Phoenix

SXSW Grace Note: Glen Campbell at the Austin Rodeo.

"...interpretive gifts, but “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and “Wichita Linemen,” two of the headliner’s greatest hits..."

April 4, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Yes, it's true: Harry Potter manages his first kiss, in between all manner of expository storytelling, and never was a young man's wand more ever-ready.

"...begun. Timely metaphors abound in The Order of the Phoenix, but the story (of which there is much) stands..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spotlight: Phoenix

12:30am, Antone's

"...Phoenix may well be the most misunderstood band in France...."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Flight of the Phoenix

Sticking closely to the tone of its predecessor, this remake of Robert Aldrich’s 1965 adventure film lacks the tang of the original, and trades the late-vintage Jimmy Stewart for the shirtless Dennis Quaid.

"...Padalecki, Tony Curran and Jacob Vargas. Flight of the Phoenix begins with the kind of explosive, nail-gnawing cinematic airplane..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hey, Dark Phoenix, Who's Your Daddy?

Why, that'd be Chris Claremont, wouldn't it?

"...and Kitty Pryde and Mystique and the abovereferenced Dark Phoenix and so on … yes, that same Claremont is..."

July 4, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

I'm Still Here

Is Joaquin Phoenix having a meltdown, or is he putting us on? Only his brother-in-the-law, the film's director, knows for sure.

"...directing debut, actor Affleck films his Oscar-winning brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix during the period of time Phoenix announced his retirement..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Joaquin Phoenix creates a charming warts-and-all portrait of cartoonist John Callahan

"...Directed by: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Carrie Brownstein, Beth..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Joker

This joke isn't funny anymore (and wasn't to begin with)

"...Directed by: Todd Phillips. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Shea Whigham..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Irrational Man

Joaquin Phoenix plots the perfect crime in Woody Allen's new charmer

"...Directed by: Woody Allen. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey, Jamie Blackley, Betsy Aidem and..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Silent Tongue

"...Directed by: Sam Shepard. Starring: River Phoenix, Alan Bates, Richard Harris, Dermot Mulroney, Sheila Tousey, Jeri..."

June 17, 1994 Movie Review by Alvaro Rodriguez

We Own the Night

Joaquin Phoenix is dynamic, Mark Wahlberg subdued, and Robert Duvall trusty in this otherwise redundant story about brothers on opposite sides of the law.

"...Directed by: James Gray. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Eva Mendes, Antoni Corone, Moni..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Clay Pigeons

"...by: David Dobkin. Starring: Vince Vaughn, Janeane Garofalo, Joaquin Phoenix and Georgina Cates. In a perfect world, Janeane Garofalo..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Master

Philip S. Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix act out the internal (and eternal) war between the analytical and implusive that is the principal inquiry of P.T. Anderson's film.

"...Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons,..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Two Lovers

Joaquin Phoenix (in what he claims is his last film role) stars as a nebbishy New Yorker caught between two very different women.

"...Directed by: James Gray. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini, Moni Moshonov, John..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Walk the Line

Joaquin Phoenix is terrific as the musician Johnny Cash, whose rise, fall, and resurrection we watch as he does the Benzedrine 12-step in order to earn the love of country-and-gospel sasspot June Carter.

"...Directed by: James Mangold. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick, Shelby Lynne, Ginnifer Goodwin, Larry..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

We're still wild about Harry, even though this new adventure prefers to flush pink with its lovesick teens than forward-thrust toward the mammoth battle of good vs. evil.

"...his superlative Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (besting, in my book, even Alfonso Cuarón’s artful, toil-and-trouble..."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Reservation Road

Crime and Punishment comes to New England in this story about the aftermath of a child's death.

"...Directed by: Terry George. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, Mira Sorvino, Elle Fanning, Eddie..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Gladiator

These Coliseum slavery capers earned a Best Picture Oscar.

"...Directed by: Ridley Scott. Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Richard Harris, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, Oliver..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Thing Called Love

"...Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich. Starring: River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock, K.T. Oslin, Webb..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Beau Is Afraid

Joaquin Phoenix is the understated fool in this bloated Oedipal epic

"...Directed by: Ari Aster. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Armen Nahapetian, Julia Antonelli, Zoe Lister-Jones, Parker..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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