Benson Boone, La Sécurité, Ken Pomeroy, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW

Plus: Lars Ulrich pumps up new Apple Vision Pro experience

"...Rolling Stone’s recurring Future of Music showcase launched on Tuesday, which..."

March 12, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Zombieland: Double Tap

Zomcom sequel doesn't have the splattering charm of the original

"...Fleischer. Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, Emma Stone, Rosario Dawson, Zoey Deutch, Luke Wilson, Thomas Middleditch and..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moana

Set sail for Disney's gorgeous new adventure

"...in the megalomania department – has stolen a magical stone from the gods and is living out his days..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Aloha

Cameron Crowe parks this rom-com in Hawaii

"...Directed by: Cameron Crowe. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Alec Baldwin, Danny..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Vamp of Constant Sorrow? Lana Del Rey

I admire a press-shy rich kid that calls the shots

"...diva in rock” lands on the cover of Rolling Stone hitting stands tomorrow. Lana Del Rey, photographed by Theo..."

July 17, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Pandora's Promise

Bringing a fresh voice to an old controversy, this documentary argues that nuclear power is the true green energy.

"...Directed by: Robert Stone...."

June 21, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Help

Based on a bestseller, this Southern civil-rights era story about white women and their black maids is saved by the film's deeply moving cast.

"...Directed by: Tate Taylor. Starring: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney,..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Warner Bros.: Avada Kedavra, Healy

'Wizard People, Dear Readers,' Brad Neely's wonderfully wacked-out homage to 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,' is no more

"...People basically consists of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone played in its entirety with the original sound muted..."

April 1, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Out of Print and Onto Film

The Austin Film Society Texas Documentary Tour: Mark Moskowitz's 'Stone Reader'

"...An unread copy of The Stones of Summer, Dow Mossman's 1972 debut coming-of-age novel, sat..."

April 9, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Mighty

"...Directed by: Peter Chelsom. Starring: Sharon Stone, Kieran Culkin, Elden Henson, Gena Rowlands, Harry Dean Stanton,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gordy

"...Manson, Deborah Hobart, Michael Roescher, Kristy Young and Doug Stone. Gordy is a fast-paced comedy about a young talking..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

SXSW Interview: Anycia’s Got Vibes and Some Shit to Talk

ATL songstress on standing out, pressure, and next project

"...to Austin on Friday as a part of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase...."

March 15, 2025 Music Post by Miranda Garza

Out of Darkness

Stone Age survival horror echoes through history

"...the whole world was once so. Andrew Cumming's remarkable stone age survival horror Out of Darkness dwells in such..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Who’ll Shop the Grain?

When it’s the array of heirlooms ground by stone at Barton Springs Mill, more and more people will

"...foundations," explains Brown. "The first thing is that we're stone milling, and there's a big difference between that and..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Family

Outsider comedy has a lot less Insane Clown Posse than you might expect

"...Schilling (Orange Is the New Black) plays Kate Stone, a virulently workaholic, Merlot-swigging top-notcher at a big bucks..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Peter Bogdanovich sketches the outlines of the life of Buster Keaton

"...the facade of the man known as the Great Stone Face; wives come and go, children are born, alcoholism..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beautiful Boy

Steve Carell soars above this overly-earnest addiction biography

"...true-life addiction drama Beautiful Boy is. Adapted from Rolling Stone writer David Sheff's autobiography of the same name, and..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The New Romantic

Love reconsidered in the age of swiping and sugar daddies

"...Although probably not a Taylor Swift reference, Carly Stone’s debut indie comedy The New Romantic is a charming..."

March 13, 2018 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

Early Man

Aardman's prehistoric animation has some evolving to do.

"...less prehistoric time, set at the seam of the Stone and Bronze ages. A peaceful tribe, including the blandly..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

God's Own Country

Love and lambing on the cruel, cold hills of England

"...miserable buggers who value a hard day building dry stone walls, and would rather stare into their pint than..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Work

Doc on a powerful Folsom Prison therapy group

"...It’s a remarkable documentary that takes viewers inside the stone walls and past the guard towers of Folsom Prison...."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

The Once and Future King gets a reboot

"...Arthur fairly quickly pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, but it takes a lot longer for him to..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Elle

Riveting yet perplexing, this psychological thriller is a stunner

"...who set tongues (and other protuberances) wagging with Sharon Stone’s crossed-leg display in Basic Instinct and Elizabeth Berkley and..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Edina and Patsy hit the big screen with mixed results

"...unchic Edina Monsoon (Saunders) and the haplessly chic Patsy Stone (Lumley) seemed larger than life (no fat jokes, please!),..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Captive

Ripped-from-the-headlines movie about a hostage crisis defused by a devotional book

"...meth-addicted, widowed mom-cum-kidnappee Ashley Smith, and Oyelowo, playing the stone-cold killer turned cornered kidnapper Brian Nichols, help this spiritual..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where Hope Grows

A sinner finds redemption with the help of a a young man with Down syndrome

"...and vegetables, and the tenets of Christianity melt the stone that was once the heart and soul of Calvin...."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

As Above/So Below

There are things in the catacombs beneath Paris that should remain underground.

"...for cinematic nightmares, combining death and darkness in lengthy limestone tunnels lined with the remains of some 6 million..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Company You Keep

Members of the Weather Underground resurface in this contemporary thriller directed by Robert Redford.

"...procedural to create a contemporary saga about political idealism, stone-cold realities, and the repercussions of past deeds on future..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Croods

Animated cave dwellers are stealth charmers.

"...for things!” he wails at his oldest daughter, Eep (Stone, reliably feisty), who itches to explore the world at..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Trollhunter

Wayward trolls threaten human life in this delightfully bizarre Norwegian film.

"...a physiological anomaly that causes them to turn to stone – or explode – when they encounter ultraviolet light...."

June 17, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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