The Good Times Ain't Over
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"...He winks and adds with a smile, "But I would love to do it again!"..."
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Aug. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
The Dark Knight
The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.
"...splits into a poorly pancaked rictus, a dead-man's razor-blade smile. "Some people just want to watch the world burn,"..."
July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II is the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since his Pan's Labyrinth netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.
"...duet by Hellboy and Sapien, to Barry Manilow's "Can't Smile Without You," no less. Both characters are having disparate..."
July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Six, Three Times
An abridged guide to Boris
"...nearly every point of their career, from Dronevil to Smile's contorted stairway to heaven ("Flower Sun Rain"), with Merzbow's..."
June 27, 2008 Music Feature
The Beautiful Game
The scene at Fado's was a madhouse for the Champions League Final
"...I heard one fan say. I saw a full smile break out across Elena’s face, and I knew she..."
May 23, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond
Don Quixote
In Ballet Austin's take on Cervantes' old knight, youthful vigor and good humor pretty much carried the day
"...flirtatious, frisky Kitri, with flashing eyes and a teasing smile and so much kinetic energy bottled up inside that..."
May 16, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Then She Found Me
Helen Hunt directs and stars in this movie which finds just the right mix of drama, comedy, and the unknown – in other words, life as we live it.
"...one of Midler's pet causes, River Keepers, rates a smile, but when Salman Rushdie shows up in the role..."
May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Meet Bill
Aaron Eckhart stars in this middle-aged wake-up call whose message – trust yourself and find your inner child – is tired but expressed with a whole lot of enthusiasm.
"...closet full of drab suits, and an awkward, ingratiating smile, he’s a man-child lost in the world of adult..."
May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
Night and Day With Maceo
Still blowin'
"...leaves at six o’ clock in the morning, I smile and say, “OK, you decided this a long time..."
Feb. 19, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett
'Counting Water'
Third-Place Winner
"...nice to pass up. Thank you much," and he smiles, putting a host of wrinkles around his black eye...."
Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Carolyn Lindell
Big Time, Small Screen
Local filmmaker Ya'Ke's 'The Second Coming' screens on HBO
"...Blues (Diana Ross' classic portrayal of Billie Holiday). His smile is followed by a reverent pause. "She was awesome..."
Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton
27 Dresses
We predict a happy union between 27 Dresses and cable TV, forever rerunning with commercial breaks tailor-made for laundry-loading and sandwich-making.
"...love with the people onscreen.” Marsden, with his easy smile and architecturally sound cheekbones, might be a wee obvious..."
Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
What Is Life Without Laughter?
"...much fun. I gave the boxer lady a big smile and said I was sorry for my dog’s hello...."
Dec. 9, 2007 Postmarks
Love in the Time of Cholera
Funny when it’s supposed to be serious and awkward when it’s supposed to be romantic, every twist in this Gabriel García Márquez adaptation is a near miss, except for the performance of Javier Bardem.
"...from the original text. But director Newell (Mona Lisa Smile) and writer Ronald Harwood (The Pianist) adapt Márquez’s work..."
Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
Rendition
Intelligent and well-meaning, Rendition is nevertheless an oversimplified and uneven attempt to arouse righteous indignation among its viewers.
"...CIA official, who outsources nefarious torture with a pursed smile. The film systematically jumps locations from the Chicago home..."
Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Mr. Woodcock
Mr. Woodcock is funny for exactly five minutes, with the kind of subversive humor that boosted Billy Bob Thornton, but the rest is just a self-pitying, half-hearted retread.
"...John hasn’t let go of anything; behind that gleaming smile and muscular body, he’s still a fat kid in..."
Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, is truly a spiritual leader for the 21st century.
"...human overpopulation, the Dalai Lama explodes into a crinkly smile and peals of laughter...."
June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Jesus Christ Superstar/Jesucristo Superestrella
Zachary Scott Theatre's Jesus Christ Superstar/Jesuchristo Superestrella transcends the usual ascension into the heavens of rock & roll to become an anthem of Mexican tradition
"...last seven days of Jesus' life, we see him smile and wave at people, yell at his disciples at..."
June 1, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad
Waitress
Despite a storyline that involves an unplanned pregnancy, various affairs, spousal abuse, maternal ambivalence, and food-service employment, Waitress is an optimistic comedy about getting past your mistakes and making the best of life.
"...montage of adulterous Jenna’s daily activities with a ridiculous smile plastered across her face, as if she’s experiencing a..."
May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
A wickedly entertaining postmodern take on the hallowed, Eighties-era slasher flicks.
"...a Cabbage Patch version of the theatre's iconic inverted smile of Tragedy.) With an equally game grad-student journalist (Goethals)..."
March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Kingdom of Heaven
Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now
"...We glance around the room, shake our heads, and smile at one another with knowing glances that each person..."
Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley
Eragon
Dear George Lucas … It's bad enough that you've cloaked your true identity behind that of the 15-year-old bestselling novelist Christopher Paolini, but did you have to remake Episode IV all over again? With friggin' dragons?!
"...to film and sports blond hair and a guileless smile … okay, I get it, but why Carlyle in..."
Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Catch a Fire
Phillip Noyce explores the havoc and repercussions caused by white interlopers toward indigenous peoples in this straightforward account of real-life black South African activist Patrick Chamusso and the white Boer police agent, who hunts him.
"...descends into the role so thoroughly that the lopsided smile becomes less a notation of cockeyed boyishness than a..."
Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Employee of the Month
Assorted workers vie for the coveted title of "Employee of the Month."
"...be cyborgs. Seriously: Have you studied Cook's horrifically unsettling smile lately? It's like William Castle's Mr. Sardonicus crossbred with..."
Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
School for Scoundrels
Although it stars Billy Bob Thornton and Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder and is jam-packed with multitalented comedians and stars, School for Scoundrels is just not funny.
"...second-in-command (Duncan). Some of the supporting players provide a smile as the other class members in search of their..."
Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
What's So Funny About Peace, Love, and Ice Cream?
Matt Allen's free ice cream melts the hearts of rockers everywhere
"...who support Allen's desire to change the world one smile at a time...."
Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Austin Powell
Big, Bright Eyes of Texas
Celebrating the life of the bigger-than-life Ann Richards
"...was big. Big hair, big bright eyes, big blinding smile. She also had a big heart, big dreams, did..."
Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith
Crank
Jason Statham's Crank – despite the fact that its ever-revving mayhem is ultraviolent, sexist, and frequently offensive enough to warrant a look-see by both the ACLU and the DOJ – is pure action-film bliss.
"...motorcycle wearing nothing but some hospital johnnies and a smile while Nilsson's Midnight Cowboy theme, "Everybody's Talkin'," counterpoints the..."
Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
After a Fashion
Stephen dishes on celebrities local (Capitol Kia's wide-mouthed Bill Dickason) and visiting (Quentin and Fiona), and more.
"...you the car – then he gives that smarmiest smile on television. Does that smile imply that giving away..."
Sept. 8, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Cartoon Heritage
Food faces, renegade puppets, rainbow purses, and nicotine washes – it's all part of the art of Matthew Rodriguez
"...Sparks, and making puppet shows. His comical paintings evoke smiles via familiar song lyrics and cheerful imagery. What I..."
