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France's AIDS community battles big pharma in the 1990s

"...a sign of complicity. It was a time that saw the birth of ACT UP, a direct-action movement devoted..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Denzel Washington is a lawyer who goes rogue

"...his crisis of conscience? I’ll only say that I saw the ending and the sappy denouement coming a mile..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

Another installment of Madea's spooky stories

"...the gullible young folk are a couple of chain saw-waving maniacs and pasty twin girls resembling that spectral chick..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Loving Vincent

A lushly painted but boring story of the life of the famous artist

"...to the brushstrokes and the colors that van Gogh saw, that he created on canvas. That is where the..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

DVDanger: Last Girl Standing

Austin horror goes beyond the slasher

"...Standing makes a subtle nod to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. But that's far from the only influence, or..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bridget Jones's Baby

Third time's a charm, if a bit forgettable

"...shakes – it’s only been 12 hours since I saw it and I’ve already forgotten almost everything about it...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Now You See Me 2

Now you can't un-see the second installment of Jon M. Chu's magical trilogy

"...When we last saw the Four Horsemen magicians from 2013’s Now You See..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Dangerous Men

Instant midnight classic marries inspiration with sub-par technique

"...it made quite an impression on the few who saw it for its outrageous ineptitude and passionate singularity. The..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Walk in the Woods

Robert Redford and Nick Nolte walk the Appalachian Trail in Bill Bryson's memoir

"...Katz (a fictionalized name) reminds us of the old saw: What matters most is the journey, not the destination...."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Winedale's Lauds and Losses?

Shakespeare program earns honors as historic buildings fade

"...Birthplace Trust – a gift during a summer that saw Shakespeare at Winedale's prestige rise even as concerns grew..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

One Direction: This Is Us

This big, fat kiss to the band's young, female fans is directed by that advocate for good nutrition: Super Size Me's Morgan Spurlock.

"...on the show, but Cowell, demonstrating his industry acumen, saw fit to merge the five singers into a group...."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A New Life for 'A Band Called Death'

Detroit rock & rollers resurrected through Drafthouse Films

"...formed the roaring outfit, and the one who never saw its rebirth...."

June 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

UPDATED: Officer on Stand in Civil Rights Case

APD Officer Nathan Wagner testifies about police shooting

"...UPDATE: When Officer Shana Howell saw her friend and colleague Officer Jeffrey Rodriguez sitting on..."

June 4, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Kon-Tiki

Real-life adventurer Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 trip across the Pacific on a raft is re-created in this beautifully lensed film.

"...gets. In setting sail on his famed raft, Heyerdahl saw the Pacific Ocean as a pathway rather than a..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2013: Animation

A dog in Eden, Maggie Simpson in an Ayn Rand daycare center, and creative guacamole making are some of the ideas conjured in this collection.

"...Best Animated Short category take to heart the old saw that a picture is worth a thousand words: Save..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

This cult comedy duo from TV demonstrate with this feature-length film that more, quite frequently, equals less.

"...new converts, and their stretched-out routines demonstrate the old saw about less sometimes being more...."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Tree

Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in this uneven and overly metaphorical Australian drama that is nevertheless strange and moving.

"...only an act of God or a heavy-duty chain saw can impede this tree’s influence over their lives. Sometimes..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kickin’ the Mud Off My Sneakers

A pretty good weekend in Geezerville

"...the Austin City Limits Music Festival. A t-shirt I saw last weekend pretty much sums it up: “I’m here..."

Oct. 7, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Is Anybody There?

Michael Caine stars as a magician who's come to live in a retirement home when his mental faculties start to fail.

"...the roses, have no regrets, and don't attempt to saw anybody in half while in the throes of dementia...."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Academy Award-Nominated Animated Shorts 2009

The Academy gets animated.

"...lot of superfluous preaching to the choir. Anyone who saw this summer’s WALL-E will be familiar with one of..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Girl Cut in Two

French master Claude Chabrol's latest film is the tale of the downfall of a cheery, open-faced weathergirl in Lyons who falls in love with two different men.

"...seduction and spiritual ruin, capped by a crime everyone saw coming (and an eye-dazzling coda that twists the title..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Express

The story of Ernie Davis, the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner, is full of heart-pumping stadium heroics and quiet acts of dignity.

"...University from 1949 to '73. These were years that saw the team go from a garden-variety great-white-hope manufacturer to..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Traitor

This Don Cheadle movie is a rare Hollywood creature: an action picture with ambiguity, a blockbuster with more questions than answers, a shoot-’em-up thriller with a sense of moral and geopolitical ambivalence.

"...film’s protagonist, Samir Horn (Cheadle), a Sudanese national who saw his father die in a car-bomb explosion when he..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Back to Babs

Barbara Lynn at Antone's tonight

"...I did that for maybe a year but then saw other instruments I wanted to play. I told my..."

July 29, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Rambo

In his fourth cinematic outing, Rambo's tasked with saving Christian missionaries in Burma.

"...the Eighties. In the 20 years since we last saw him fighting alongside Afghan rebels against the Soviets, John..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Untraceable

This tepid, borderline-offensive cyber-serial-killer thriller rehashes both better and worse examples of the current, vapid clamor for so-called "torture porn."

"...narrative cheat sheet (stolen from the still-warm bodies of Saw, Se7en, and Feardotcom, among others) with an outraged tone,..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chris, This Bud's for You

"...was upset by Chris' death but destroyed when I saw the casket. I knew that his family was in..."

Nov. 17, 2007 Design Post by Andy Campbell

Death Sentence

Vigilantism is alive and flourishing in this revenge thriller from James Wan, the so-called Splat Pack director of the original Saw movie.

"...Wan, the so-called Splat Pack director of the original Saw movie. The story is loosely based on a 1975..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cute Band Alert!

W-S Burn creeps through the woods.

"...The first time I saw W-S Burn was last summer and I couldn't decide..."

July 24, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Captivity

Captivity, wherein 24's Elisha Cuthbert is abducted and tortured, is the kind of film that gives torture porn a bad name; it's just soulless, hateful, and freakishly monotonous.

"...Adventures of Tintin. It ups the ante on the Saw franchise, which at the very least has its own..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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