Disobedience

Rachel Weisz explores the complexities and joys of choice in Britain's Jewish communities.

"...Directed by: Sebastián Lelio. Starring: Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Anton Lesser, Bernice Stegers,..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Game Night

Monopoly was never this brutal before this crime-com.

"...John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Starring: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Jesse Plemons, Kyle Chandler, Billy Magnussen, Sharon Horgan,..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Red Eye

Red Eye’s no classic, but with its smart, twisty little script and those two killer performances, it's a helluva lot of fun.

"...Directed by: Wes Craven. Starring: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox and Jayma Mays. Watching..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Notebook

The love sap flows freely in this movie romance told in retrospect.

"...Directed by: Nick Cassavetes. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden, Sam Shepard..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Time Traveler's Wife

This romance is based on a popular novel in which the comings and goings of a time traveler wreak havoc on his marriage.

"...Directed by: Robert Schwentke. Starring: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Arliss Howard, Ron Livingston, Brooklynn Proulx, Stephen Tobolowsky,..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spotlight

This terrific newspaper movie gets all the elements right

"...Directed by: Tom McCarthy. Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Brian d’Arcy James, John Slattery, Stanley..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aloha

Cameron Crowe parks this rom-com in Hawaii

"...Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Alec Baldwin, Danny McBride..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Vow

A woman awakes from a coma with severe memory loss, forcing her husband to win her love all over again. Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum star.

"...Directed by: Michael Sucsy. Starring: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Scott Speedman, Jessica Lange, Sam Neill..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris just goes to show that if you wait long enough Woody Allen will finally deliver another terrific movie.

"...Directed by: Woody Allen. Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Michael Sheen,..."

June 10, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Morning Glory

Well-acted and ingratiating, this rom-com starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, and Diane Keaton should still be tarter than it is.

"...Directed by: Roger Michell. Starring: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Lucky Ones

Tim Robbins effectively heads an engaging threesome of Iraq war vets as they travel across America on a road to personal growth.

"...Directed by: Neil Burger. Starring: Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Peña, Annie Corley, John Diehl,..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Married Life

This film's wonderful, amoral resignation makes Married Life so deliciously different from other period-set crime stories, and its terrific cast keeps thing percolating.

"...Ira Sachs. Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams, David Richmond-Peck, David Wenham and Timothy Webber. Corruption,..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Mean Girls

Clique comedy about teen groupthink lacks real bite.

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, Lacey Chabert,..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Southpaw

This boxer's story is familiar, but Jake Gyllenhaal is all new

"...Directed by: Antoine Fuqua. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Oona Laurence,..."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

About Time

Love Actually maestro wants to make you cry with this romantic dramedy.

"...Directed by: Richard Curtis. Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson, Lindsay Duncan, Tom Hollander..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

State of Play

Starring Russell Crowe, this American redo of a great BBC miniseries about investigative journalism and nefarious institutions neither embarrasses the original nor is superior to it in any way.

"...Directed by: Kevin Macdonald. Starring: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Helen Mirren, Jason Bateman and..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Watching the Detectives

Austin native Gabriel Luna spills (a little) on season 2 of HBO's True Detective

"...developer. Taylor Kitsch is a semidisgraced highway cop, and Rachel McAdams fills out the primary cast as a county..."

June 19, 2015 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Safe Haven

Director Lasse Hallström can't find the pulse in this Nicholas Sparks sudser starring Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel.

"...Cassavetes, and two-cats-in-a-bag breakout performances by Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams – but artistry is by no means a..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

To the Wonder

Terrence Malick makes a swift return to our screens with this evocative story about the stages of love.

"...Directed by: Terrence Malick. Starring: Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, Tatiana Chiline and Romina Mondello...."

April 12, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sherlock Holmes

This movie reinvents the chilly, brainiac sleuth as a tortured genius and occasional backroom brawler, and Robert Downey Jr. almost makes the character work.

"...by: Guy Ritchie. Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Kelly Reilly, James Fox,..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Family Stone

This likable romantic comedy runs the gamut of emotions – hitting tenderness, rage, remorse, and everything in between – but there are too many characters with too little chemistry to be a real keeper.

"...Diane Keaton, Claire Danes, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Rachel McAdams, Luke Wilson, Tyrone Giordano, Brian J. White, Elizabeth..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wedding Crashers

The film’s sour tone, unremarkable direction, and bewildering characterizations of sexuality and race will probably not not hurt the comedy's charm at the box office.

"...Directed by: David Dobkin. Starring: Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour and Isla Fisher. Much..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hot Chick

"...Directed by: Tom Brady. Starring: Rob Schneider, Anna Faris, Rachel McAdams, Robert Davi, Eric Christian Olsen, Matthew Lawrence, Melora..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place

Tarik Daniels celebrates the release of his first novel and GQB raises cash for SAFE

"...very queer screening of the new lez drama starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams. To get in, email gayplace@austinchronicle.com..."

April 27, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

My Obsession: Time Travel in Movies

Falling down the wormhole of chronophysics in film

"...history. In The Time Traveler's Wife, Eric Bana meets Rachel McAdams who is already in love with him because..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Screens Column by Bears Fonté

Doctor Strange

The Doctor is out, far out

"...Directed by: Scott Derrickson. Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Benjamin Bratt..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cargill Gets Strange

Local author revealed to be Marvel's hidden scripter

"...The cast includes Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Rachel McAdams (Spotlight), Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer), Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal), Michael..."

Dec. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

A Most Wanted Man

This post-9/11 espionage thriller is adapted from John Le Carré’s 2008 novel and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman at the head of a top-notch cast.

"...Directed by: Anton Corbijn. Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Brühl,..."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

Fanning the Fantastic flames of P.T. Anderson's 'The Master'

"...least on the Oklahoma-shot production with the following logline: "Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck and Javier Bardem star in the..."

July 25, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Robert Downey Jr. inhabits the role of Sherlock Holmes to a near-molecular level in this rushing whoosh of a follow-up to 2009's blockbuster.

"...Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Kelly Reilly, Stephen Fry, Paul Anderson, Thierry Neuvic..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov