The Founder

Michael Keaton supersizes McDonald's

"...he spies his next entrepreneurial opportunity at a burger stand run by the McDonald brothers. Kind-eyed Mac (Lynch) welcomes..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Denial

Holocaust courtroom drama parallels contemporary issues

"...stake is not to call actual survivors to the stand, but to give Irving just enough rope to hang..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Demon

This astute Polish ghost movie is an instant genre classic

"...Polish import Demon is, hands down, not only an instant genre classic but also an..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sisters

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler wistfully party like there's no tomorrow

"...untouched monuments to the Eighties, and stage a last stand to sabotage the home’s imminent sale: They’ll throw a..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ron White's "Tater Salad" Days

Ron White on why stand-up is the field for him and his "Tater Salad" days in Austin

"...so the first time I walked onstage and did stand-up, I'm like, "Oh, that's it: I'm a comedian. I'll..."

April 17, 2015 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Bye-Bye, Bearden – Hello, Mac & Joe!

Cap City Comedy's PUNCH! showcase goes ALL'S WELL as of … now.

"...has been running the Tuesday night PUNCH! showcase of stand-up comedy at Cap City Comedy Club for years. But..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sleepwalk With Me

In his directorial debut, Mike Birbiglia plays a struggling comic who begins sleepwalking shortly after he moves in with his longtime girlfriend.

"...marriage, Matt retreats to a hectic road schedule, doing stand-up in empty bars and hosting air-karaoke contests at college..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kill List

This British crime film is very dark, funny, and violent – and thoroughly unpredictable.

"...Writer/director Ben Wheatley followed up Down Terrace, his impressive feature filmmaking debut, with this second,..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Jim Carrey plays a man who inherits six penguins in this family film that finds the actor neither too manic nor mawkish.

"...there are going to be a half-dozen penguins sliding down the structure’s circular hallways, but the fun of seeing..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'A Tickle In Your Soul'

Chely Wright talks about Atticus Circle, allies, and more

"...the Austin-based, national agency that encourages straight people to stand up for gay rights, hosts their first annual Awards..."

Jan. 25, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis

Flipped

Rob Reiner's best film in a decade is another coming-of-age story set in small-town America.

"...the same elements that defined his 1986 legacy work Stand by Me: a coming-of-age story steeped in small-town, midcentury..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Youth in Revolt

Teen angst is on the docket in this Michael Cera vehicle that's pleasant but never delivers on the revolt promised in the title.

"...imagine Cera, ever baby-faced and halting, jamming his tongue down a girl’s throat. Cera is fine here, and his..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Che: Part Two

Steven Soderbergh concludes his two-part biopic with Che's Bolivian endgame.

"...talking to bushes: still a true believer but beaten down by circumstance and cruel reality. In the second half..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Perfect Holiday

In this lightweight yuletide fluffery, a young girl turns to a shopping-mall Santa to find a husband for her divorced mother.

"...sequence of protagonist Benjamin (Chestnut) chasing a buck, literally, down a street swarming with holiday crowds. Having very nearly..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Golden Compass

The special effects are mostly spectacular in this story of a 12-year-old orphan whose fate is connected to a holy, multiverse war yet to come.

"...novels' evil Magisterium – a society-controlling organization meant to stand in for the church (any church, really) – as..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Open Season

The animated Open Season is long on manic energy and bathroom humor but short on real storytelling, emotion, and characters.

"...was carved onto stone tablets by Disney and brought down from the Verdugo Mountains above Burbank to the studios..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

BloodRayne

This video-game-to-movie adaptation of BloodRayne poses no threat to German filmmaker Uwe Boll's reputation as the modern-day Ed Wood.

"...defiled her mother, is no different. However, BloodRayne does stand out for its collection of acting "names" who appear..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Perfect Man

Less a feature film than 90 minutes of tweenage feminine wish fulfillment, The Perfect Man is like Teen People come to life.

"...suggesting that a hot New York restaurateur can sit down during Saturday’s dinner rush to counsel his teenage niece..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Veering from moments of breathtakingly visualized valor to outright stupidity, Sith is a vast improvement over the previous two outings, but still and all, it’s no Star Wars.

"...(of Shaun of the Dead) as Tim Bisley, a down-on-his-luck twentysomething film and comic-book geek whose life is continually..."

May 20, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shaun of the Dead

This "romantic comedy … with zombies" has a note-perfect mix of humor, horror, love, and death.

"...of the Dead) and is one of the best stand-alone horror films of the past 10 years. It’s also,..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hunted

"...however, Friedkin’s film is a wash (and, frankly, could stand with one), one long, gritty, grimy, stanktastic chase sequence..."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Company

"...so much bad as bland. The story borrows a standard-issue “twin brother whom you never knew you had” plot..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Black Knight

"...lifts from that film, which, when you come right down to it, provided a much more realistic depiction of..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wedding Singer

"...taste and even bigger, badder hair, she leaves him standing at the altar, which sends him into a vicious..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Twilight of the Golds

"...knew in advance that your unborn male child would stand a strong chance of turning out homosexual, would you..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's '97 Festival of Animation

"...Peach), though it's much more challenging. The Devil Went Down to Georgia is actually a music video for one..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

"...recalls Sunset Blvd.: a fully dressed man floating face down in a swimming pool as the voiceover begins to..."

April 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Free Willy

"...something to care about and a reason to put down roots, and the boy spearheads the midnight guerrilla action..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Public Notice: Trade-Offs and Throughput

Oak Hill tree removal halted; Project Connect “15%” done

"...in diameter, and when plaintiffs produced photos of numerous downed trees that were much larger, and appeared to range..."

Aug. 6, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The River and the Wall

More than a nature hike, this border wall documentary replaces rhetoric with reality

"...in the United States, beginning in Colorado and running down to South Texas where, as you may have heard,..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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