Mary Poppins Returns

The perfect nanny returns, the same as last time

"...the spit-spot Miss Poppins (Blunt, filling Julie Andrews’ out-turned shoes nicely), who hasn’t aged a bit in the intervening..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Should you have a bad feeling about this stand-alone Star Wars?

"...friends, like Lando Calrissian (Glover, stepping into the stylish shoes and swirling capes of Billy Dee Williams). Except here..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

The man who would be kingmaker

"...Eshel (Ashkenazi), whom he notices admiring a pair of shoes in a Fifth Avenue store window, Norman buys the..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Circle

An absurd cautionary tale on technology

"...visionary who communicates his down-to-earth accessibility by wearing tennis shoes and carrying a coffee cup everywhere he goes. Eradicating..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Aloft

Jennifer Connelly and Cillian Murphy play an odd and estranged mother and son

"...as if Llosa wants us to walk in their shoes, but neglected to provide a destination...."

June 26, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Descendants

George Clooney teams up with Sideways filmmaker Alexander Payne for this funny but tender story that's a little too smug for its own good.

"...Those constitutionally ill-fitting loud prints, pleated shorts, and boat shoes embody how out of touch Matt has become as..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Monte Carlo

Cute-as-a-button Selena Gomez stars in this tweener mistaken-identity comedy.

"...Ibiza, y'all!), Grace rather seamlessly steps into Cordelia's couture shoes and jet-setting itinerary. Once in Monte Carlo – and..."

July 8, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hairspray

While there’s nothing offensive about the wholesomeness of this new version of John Waters' 1988 cult classic, you wish that it didn’t feel as if every hair were in place.

"...that big was beautiful. Travolta has some pretty large shoes to fill in the role of Tracy’s hefty mother,..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Against the Ropes

Like a lot of sports movies, this biopic about boxing promoter Jackie Kallen is better than it has to be but not as good as it ought to be.

"...sensitive by turns, and she’s not quite her usual goody-two-shoes self. (Her eyeliner is thick, and she uses her..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Kissing Jessica Stein

"...women are so busy squealing over everything -- lipstick, shoes, their relationship -- that their courtship plays more like..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nutty Professor Ii: The Klumps

"...“Comedy isn't pretty,” said Steve Martin during his Cruel Shoes era, and Eddie Murphy proves Martin right -- again..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pokémon: The Movie

"...or maybe not. Only the patter of little Velcro-fastened shoes at the cineplexes will know for sure. In the..."

July 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Strange Days

"...as the cliché goes, you step into someone else's shoes. Sold as “clips” -- CDs for the brain, if..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Cops & Robbersons

"...remains blandly consistent as Norman Robberson, a bumbling, middle-class cardigan-and-deck-shoes suburban dad who is an armchair cop in the..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Johnny Suede

"...is divinely bestowed with the hippest, coolest black suede shoes this side of rockabilly heaven. The next thing Johnny..."

Nov. 6, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

London Kills Me

"...and junkie (Chadwick) who needs an acceptable pair of shoes to secure a job waiting tables (as a hopeful..."

Oct. 23, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Brain Donors

"...a hint of Bud and Lou). These are big shoes to fill and try as it may, Brain Donors..."

April 24, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Golden Boat

"...A young student, Muchnik, follows a path of empty shoes and discovers a sad old man, Kirby, who tells..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Dolly Dearest

"...across the floor in her little black patent leather shoes, she pops up on top of a shelf or..."

Oct. 25, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Luv Doc: A Culinary Mount Everest

You can’t expect starving people in buckle shoes to make smart choices

"...Thanksgiving though. You can’t expect starving people in buckle shoes to make smart choices...."

Nov. 29, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Socking the Newman

Fancy footwear becomes Austin’s talented star of stage and screen

"...one’s suggesting that it’s illegal to wear nothing but shoes on your otherwise naked feet. No one’s suggesting, in..."

May 2, 2017 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'The NFL Beat': Week 7

Fantasy notes for all the lucky people, and their shoes

"...corner reveals a fluctuating pitter-patter of feet wearing nice shoes, productively tapping the adjacent sidewalk as their owners go..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Sales & Bargains: Hit the Racks!

Memorial Day Sales

"...years, and still carry some of the best clothing, shoes, and accessories in town. Tucked away on north Lamar..."

May 20, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Art of Football

Who in the NFL is playing in an artistic manner this season, and who is not

"...when is it porn? Hint: If they are wearing shoes, it is porn. We ask these questions while looking..."

Nov. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Instruments of Science & Technology

Richard Swift teaches the kids how it's done

"...a sore note. Because if you stand in my shoes for a moment, you’ll realize coolness does not outweigh..."

Jan. 24, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar celebrates 10 years of telling you what's what

"...STARRY SHOES My friend Caitlin Smith was telling me about this..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Such Great Heights

The agony and ecstasy of Powell and Pressburger pictures

"...democracy; but now the war was over, The Red Shoes told us to go out and die for art."..."

June 11, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

An Unfit Man

Honorable mention

"...He also needed a new pair of running shoes. Not really for running, but for walking the up..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Martin H. Boozer

After a Fashion

Our Style Avatar discovers J-Rock at Momoko, just in time for their upcoming Summer Fashion Show.

"...July 14, is the opening date for Goody Two Shoes on the glam SoCo strip. Christine Ann, the owner,..."

July 13, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TV Eye

With PBS' Point of View (POV) documentary series, columnist Belinda Acosta has found a place where her ideals about the medium collide with reality.

"...It started with Katie Couric's shoes. The girl has fabulous shoes, shoes that I "ooh"..."

June 16, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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