Last Vegas

Did the Social Security set finally get their The Hangover?

"...life within his house after having suffered a stroke; Sam (Kline), who has grown bored with his life of..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shepard & Dark

The turbulent but creative connection between theatre legend Sam Shepard and writer and collector Johnny Dark is explored in this documentary. The film also features the work of a couple of Austin film mavericks: editor Sandra Adair and musician Graham Reynolds.

"...since 1963. That one-half of the pair is playwright-actor-director Sam Shepard while the other, Johnny Dark, is a “hermetic”..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Baggage Claim

Paul Patton stars in this rom-com about a desperate-to-wed flight attendant that never achieves liftoff.

"...Her flight-attendant pals – cleavage-baring Gail (Scott) and limp-wristed Sam (Brody) – concoct a harebrained plan to track the..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: 'Crimewave'

Sam Raimi's weirdest, plus nunsploitation and swinging sleazy London

"...There are two Sam Raimis: There's the one that does considered, heartfelt adult..."

May 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Evil Dead

Fans of the original horror trilogy have nothing to fear from this gory new reworking.

"...of the new Evil Dead are the original’s director Sam Raimi, producer Robert G. Tapert, and star Bruce Campbell...."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2013: Live Action

Childhood, aging, and geographic diversity are common themes in these dramas from around the world.

"...to its fetishization of old-fangled steampunk doohickeys. Better is Sam French’s "Buzkashi Boys," shot on location in Kabul, the..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

The Collection

This follow-up to the horror/torture film The Collector seeks to mold a new franchise.

"...a chance against her master trapper. The cinematography by Sam McCurdy is emotively rich, although some of the deaths..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'A Conga Line of Incongruous Celebrities'

Sam Staggs chronicles the extraordinary life of a Hollywood gadabout in 'Inventing Elsa Maxwell'

"...Dallas-based author Sam Staggs has made a career out of turning the..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

This film adaptation of the bestselling, much-loved YA novel about young social outcasts finding their way is marred by its its sunny optimism.

"...loner to fledgling writer, among whom are damaged beauty Sam (Harry Potter’s Watson) and her stepbrother Patrick (We Need..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Meh might be a better name for this dullish retread.

"...Spider-Meh is a better-suited title for Marvel's reboot of Sam Raimi's original, far superior trilogy. Brit Garfield, taking over..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

People Like Us

More Ordinary People Like Us than anything terribly original, this drama starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, and Michelle Pfeiffer still scores some good points along the way.

"...In People Like Us, he's also very good as Sam Harper, the reasonably successful son of a minor Los..."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Machine Gun Preacher

Gerard Butler and Michael Shannon star in this drama about a reformed bruiser and drug addict who now rescues children from the conflict in Sudan.

"...playing to his muscles, is well-cast as real-life zealot Sam Childers, who is fresh out of jail when we..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Straw Dogs

Rod Lurie remakes Sam Peckinpah's 1971 bloodbath-classic about a home invasion and tapping into man's inner rage monster.

"...Holland. Forty years after the original film version by Sam Peckinpah burst into theatres and shocked audiences with its..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tron: Legacy

After touting this reboot for the past year, Disney has finally unleashed this immersive spectacle about man and machine.

"...to save the world, Legacy finds Flynn's Ducati-riding offspring, Sam (Hedlund), sucked into the game this time around. The..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hausu (House)

This 1977 Japanese film is a surreal, indefinable piece of horror/comedy, a must-see film for lovers of the inscrutable, the grotesque, the funky, and the eccentric.

"...I forget, with enough severed body parts to do Sam Raimi proud. It's something of a lone masterpiece in..."

May 21, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Square

A satchel full of ill-gotten cash looms over the characters like the iconic root of all evil in this fantastic Australian suspenser.

"...evil, The Square initially feels like a riff on Sam Raimi's early gem A Simple Plan, but, remarkably, it's..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Through the Past Brightly

San Antonio's Teen Canteen scene, revisited

"...The real allure of rock & roll is that it’s the fabled fountain of youth...."

Aug. 17, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr.'s sly take on Marvel Comics' cold warrior elevates everything about this film.

"...own just fine against Bryan Singer's convoluted X-Men and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, and there are moments of both stunning..."

May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

F*ck

Like the very word this documentary examines, F*ck can be found all over the place.

"...varied as Hunter S. Thompson, Miss Manners, Steven Bochco, Sam Donaldson, Bill Maher, Alan Keyes, Kevin Smith, Pat Boone,..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Proposition

The Western is alive and well in the Australian outback, as this gritty film with a screenplay and score by musician Nick Cave demonstrates.

"...gloom Nick Cave, follows in the gritty tradition of Sam Peckinpah, John Huston, and Robert Aldrich – American filmmakers..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Devil's Rejects

A viciously entertaining psycho-road-movie-revenge-‘n’-wreckage-romance.

"...until the film’s final moments, well calculated to make Sam Peckinpah grin in his grave. You can already hear..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unleashed

Jet Li, in his first Western role of any depth, convincingly plays both man and beast, although a sentimental script by producer Luc Besson hampers the story.

"...own, Danny is taken in by blind piano tuner Sam (Freeman) and his daughter Victoria (Condon), who recognize the..."

May 20, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

First-time director Niels Mueller tells "the mad story of a true man" in this tragic portrait of Sam Bicke, who tried to fly an airplane into the White House in 1974.

"...tagline gets it about right: An out-of-work salesman named Sam Bicke did in fact exist, and the story of..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Garden State

A mash note to love that speaks to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boomers.

"...calmative. When he meets and begins to fall for Sam (the luminous, twig-thin Portman), he finds himself slowly awaking..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Versus

"...somewhere in Japan. We first witness a scene of samurai-era men fighting with swords before the movie cuts to..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Final Destination 2

"...a splatterpunk lens, it has the philosophical underpinnings of Sam Raimi on crack, but you can tell – oh,..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Resident Evil

Wild, senseless, sexy adaptation of the popular zombie shoot-'em-up video game

"...manages to reference both Hitchcock and Argento in the same shot! (I don't have room to go into the..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Confounded Constable

County Judge Sam Biscoe Wins a Bureaucratic & Political Battle With Constable Bruce Elfant.

"...wanted to be a lot of things," County Judge Sam Biscoe mused one day last summer, "but never a..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Bread and Roses

"...focused on the characters and their situations. Bread and Roses is Loach's first movie set in the United States,..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Monkeybone

"...Esposito, Megan Mullally, Dave Foley, Chris Kattan, Whoopi Goldberg, Rose Mcgowan, Bridget Fonda and Brendan Fraser. Monkeybone's premise --..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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