The Wife

Glenn Close is icily brilliant as a woman who refuses to be diminished

"...gender expectations into their very foundation – her sacrifices start to make more sense. (The couple is played in..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...summer is everyone demanding that you go outside. Fortunately, here comes the Paramount to save all you indoor-loving film..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Transportation Guide

How to get around Austin, with or without your own wheels

"...city get in your way of a good time. Here's a breakdown of the best transportation options whether you’re..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post by Katie Walsh

Allied

WWII espionage thriller can't hold a candle to Casablanca

"...itself it forgets to entertain most of the time. Here’s to not looking at you, kid...."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Desierto

A most dangerous game in the desert

"...story populated with a handful of semi-anonymous archetypal characters. There’s tension aplenty and a last-minute sneak attack that recalls..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Now You See Me 2

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

"...magical carousel in Central Park (you had to be there). That film turned out to be a surprise hit,..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter

Everything you wanted to know about riding and racing motorcycles is revealed in this encyclopedic doc.

"...sorts to the similarly named Oscar-nominated 1971 film that kick-started America’s love of two wheels and an engine, it..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Nic Cage delivers one of his best and most outrageous performances in Werner Herzog's cops-and-iguanas drama.

"...singular talents of director Herzog and star Cage coalesce here into something mercurial, creating a movie that is mutable,..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adventureland

Adventureland is a confident return to the kind of teen comedy that’s funny without being raunchy and youthful without being juvenile.

"...delivering assured punch lines, the filmmaker sustains the lighthearted atmosphere through steady character development, studious period detail, and narrative..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Name of the Game

The Hives

"...slicker “Won’t Be Long,” plus clop rocker “Square One Here I Come,” and hard-banking closer “Bigger Hole to Fill”..."

Sept. 15, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

NFL Preview

"...Are You, grabbed a bottle of white liquor, and started to write. Let’s start with the NFC. In golf,..."

Sept. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

North Country

Charlize Theron stars in this fictionalized, rousing, but nevertheless predictable account of the first class-action sexual discrimination suit.

"...Theron as one of the first women ever to start working there in the mines in the Seventies. A..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Girls Will Be Girls

Valley of the Dolls meets Female Trouble in this all-male semimusical romp.

"...at this year’s aGLIFF) is delightful, wicked fun from start to finish. I mention not as criticism but as..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Serving Sara

"...the beat of their own misguided drummers. And then there are movies that are blandly bad, movies that leave..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mortal Thoughts

"...Pankow, Harvey Keitel and Billie Neal. What went wrong here? There's so much fascinating potential lurking in this movie..."

April 26, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Holiday Viewing: TV Christmas Episodes

Celebrate the season in Sunnydale, the Oval Office, and more

"...inspiring a sharp comedy to even more razoring barbs. Here are some of our favorites, all currently streaming...."

Dec. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Extreme Ops

"...Pallaske and Klaus Lowitsch. Hey dude, 'sup? Just chillin' here with a brew and surfing the Net after seeing..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Double Team

"...wild ideas and set-pieces, so many of them that there's no way to keep them straight -- after a..."

April 11, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

101 Dalmatians

"...Directed by: Stephen Herek. Starring: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Mother!

Jennifer Lawrence on the brink of madness

"...our stressed and apocalyptic modern mindset. It is, from start to finish, a wholly unnerving exercise in distress, realized..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Intern

Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro star in savvy but irksome film

"...seeking renewed purpose as an intern at an Internet start-up, Robert De Niro is gentle as a kitten. Is..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Nicolas Cage rides again.

"...turns as hell's two-wheeling bounty hunter, Johnny Blaze (both here and in 2007's Ghost Rider), have been duds. Cage..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New Year's Eve

Did you see Garry Marshall's last all-star movie Valentine's Day? This is the same silly claptrap, just a different holiday.

"...Marshall has corralled a considerable share of Oscar-caliber talent here, only to coax frankly embarrassing work from them; Swank,..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bill Cunningham New York

The film provides an intimate portrait of Cunningham, whose two weekly New York Times photo columns document the city's fashion trends.

"...Directed by: Richard Press. The title's punctuation, or lack thereof, is a curiosity. Many might argue for the possessive:..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Everyone Else

A German couple teeters on the jagged peaks of passive aggression and self-doubt.

"...sun-drenched days and balmy nights at a family villa where they're both free to make doe eyes at each..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fame

Fame: Some stories live forever. It's more or less the same story as before, just a different generation.

"...Perez, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle and Asher Book. There’s a terrific story from an episode of This American..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Annapolis

Annapolis is a thick but hardly meaty slice of old-school Hollywood hokum.

"...(Wahlberg), and the Fat Guy Who’s Doomed From the Start (Shannon). Much of this could be forgiven were it..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joe Somebody

"...challenging the bully who punched him to a rematch. There's something faintly Capra-esque about this underdog scenario that might..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bless the Child

"...the Christian Family Council as movie of the year. There are so very few details, so very little story,..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Six-String Samurai

"...plenty impressed by what Mungia and company have accomplished here. Not many artists could conceive a blend of Sergio..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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