The Letters

Mother Teresa biopic delivers no miracles

"...along, tirelessly making its rounds, just like its holy sister walking impoverished streets with grim purpose. Indeed, the film..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Bold coming-of-age story is told from the girl's POV

"...film like Lolita is not told from the title character’s point of view...."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Age of Adaline

Romantic hokum, well done

"...apparent that Adaline’s daughter could pass for her own sister, the conflicted matriarch opts to become a career fugitive,..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Squeeze

Gamblers, mobsters, and high-stakes golf matches

"...high-stakes golf matches? Well, let’s start with our main character, Augustus Maximus Baccas (Sumpter), but let’s just call him..."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

News Roundup: Pressley, Jackson, CapMetro, and more

How do you solve a problem like Laura?

"...planted in the buildings that collapsed on 9/11.” In fact, in the recorded 2012 public forum on the subject,..."

Nov. 17, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Gone Girl

When a lady vanishes, David Fincher holds the moral compass.

"...as Suspect No. 1, and no one but his sister Margo (Coon) going by the woefully out-of-date “innocent until..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anna Karenina

Joe Wright's bold but empty imagining of Tolstoy's classic is set mostly within the walls of a theatre.

"...director Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice) sets the action mostly within the walls of a theatre, swooshing his..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What's Your Number?

Anna Faris does more nose-scrunching than acting in this abrasive comedy about people acting stupidly.

"...blockbuster spoof series no one went to for the acting (the Scary Movie trilogy). But What's Your Number?, which..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

'I am Not a Problem That Must be Handled'

The speech that reveals the agony of the sanctuary city bill

"...dream I might have. My parents along with my sister and I came on a visitor's visa and overstayed..."

May 10, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

'Mojo' Recommends

The best British music at SXSW as selected by Mojo Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander

"...on the voices of twentysomething Rachel and her younger sister Becky, the Unthanks have been immersed in the Northeast..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Phil Alexander

A Talent for Deception

When Joey Hood is onstage, you want to buy whatever he's selling

"...at Hyde Park Theatre, doing those last-minute things that actors do before a performance, preparing to submerge himself in..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

House of Several Stories

Imagine That's inaugural Equity production is a House united by brilliance

"...A. John Boulanger play is "a tragedy in two acts of nonsense," but it's been called a lot of..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Romance & Cigarettes

John Turturro directs this oddball musical in which the stars (the eclectic cast of James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Mary-Louise Parker, Christopher Walken, Aida Turturro, and Mandy Moore) lip-sync and dance to popular songs.

"...transparent way to announce what’s going on in any character’s head at any given moment – which means Nick,..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Joshua

The privileged nuclear family becomes a hellish dystopia as a result of a 9-year-old child's subtle, nuanced, unspoken manipulations.

"...crucified-puppy eyes (or anything as freakishly apropos as her third-act Vidal Sassoon hairdo), Joshua succeeds on its own terms,..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two Trips to Costco

A mother and a private chef share their notes

"...As part of a two-member household, there wasn't much attraction to such an operation...."

Dec. 22, 2006 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

'The Fall of the House of Usher': When Debussy was a Poe boy

With UT's hosting of the Debussy International Congress comes a Halloween treat: an operatic adaptation based on Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher'

"...Claude Debussy's La Chute de la Maison Usher, a one-act opera based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story, orchestrated..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Idlewild

OutKast has been operating as two separate and distinct musical personas for at least three years now, and Idlewild unwisely continues this trend into the cinematic realm.

"...whisky flask) come alive, talk, dance, die, possibly to distract you from the fact that, really, not all that..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Rumbo de Austin abruptly ceased publication last week. Its sister papers in Houston, San Antonio, and the Valley will..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature

Aquamarine

Based on a young adult novel by Alice Hoffman, the film is about two best girlfriends who meet up with … a mermaid!

"...is really nice, and she’s like a cool big sister, only she has a tail in the water, but..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Undiscovered

A musician and an actress circle and sniff, and generally run through every cliché in the why-can’t-we-be-together playbook.

"...watching Undiscovered, in which she costars as a struggling actress. Simpson, better known as a pop singer (and best..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Run for Your Wife

In Onstage Theatre Company's production of the farce Run For Your Wife, you get engaging performances, split-second timing, and a lot of laughs

"...Describing a farce is like kissing your sister, unless your sister is Marilyn Monroe or Raquel Welch..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the City Council has OK'd a study of the impact of big-box retail on Austin (with Mayor Will Wynn..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Not Another Teen Movie

UT grad Catherine Hardwicke and Thirteen

"...but that's really rather the point: the unglamorization of activities relentlessly, ruthlessly glamorized by the media...."

Aug. 29, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

8 Mile

Eminen's semi-autobiographical story of a young, white rapper on the rise in Detroit has a soft-focus Hollywood tint.

"...any of his hip-hop cohorts' previous efforts in the acting biz, but when you're up against the Bad Hip-Hop..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beijing Bicycle

A newcomer to Beijing has his bicycle (and livelihood) stolen by a teen desperate to impress his pals in this Chinese variation on The Bicycle Thieves.

"...Bin) is a teenage vocational schooler with a smarty-pants sister, a cash-strapped dad, and thuggish friends and a pretty..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

L.I.E.

"...a paradox, balancing the contradictions and ambiguities of its characters and setting with a careful hand that rarely falters,..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dancing About Architecture

Willie Nelson, not burnt down

"...the fire, shall we? Yes, there was one. In fact, there were two fires in two days at Pedernales..."

May 25, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Split Decision

"...live nor box in the United States without an act of clemency. Never mind that Chavez -- a super-featherweight..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Young, Loud, and Cheap

The Skunks were a band. A loud one.

"...Maybe you were actually there to see the Skunks at Raul's. Maybe you..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Poetry in Emotion

Katherine Catmull never intended to pursue a career in acting. In fact, she seriously avoided it for as long as she could, choosing instead to earn her degree in English literature. Why is revealed in this profile of one of Austin's most sophisticated and literate performers.

"...her life, was made powerful and real by an actress who has undergone her own transformation into one of..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

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