Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary

"...have any chance of outrunning or outwitting history, we must first stare it in the face. And for 90..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Disconnect

This mawkish, preachy picture about technophobia has already dated itself.

"...form of criticism, but this movie deserves it, whacking us upside the head for two hours with the perils..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

We P.2ed

Art that surprises, delights, disturbs and, yes, bores.

"...You have been following us, right? Where else can you learn about why we’re..."

Jan. 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Johnny English Reborn

Rowan Atkinson brings his particular brand of physical comedy to this James Bond spy spoof.

"...2003 James Bond spoof Johnny English, but this is another one of those times for us to accept the..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stoops Ready to Helmet Tackle Longhorns

A VM from OU coach

"...My mysterious voice-mail message from Bob Stoops*: Joe! How’s my favorite..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Blue Valentine

Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play a pair of lovers from first meet to last fight.

"...Faith Wladyka and John Doman. Remember the San Francisco Steakhouse? For mid-dinner entertainment, they’d put fishnetted entertainers in Gold..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Due Date

Road comedy hits the sweet spot with Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.

"...workout seen so far in any of this suddenly ubiquitous actor’s films. The film pairs Galifianakis with Downey Jr...."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zombie Girl: The Movie

This is a "making of" documentary about the 2005 filming of the zombie film Pathogen, made by then-12-year-old Austinite Emily Hagins.

"...Directed by: Aaron Marshall, Justin Johnson and Erik Mauck. Ostensibly, we already know the..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Disaster Movie

We're running out of genres to spoof: This time it's disaster movies.

"...There’s no nice way to say this, so I’ll just say it: Writer/directors Friedberg and Seltzer are a scourge...."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Macbeth

This Australian film puts a modern, hyperstylized spin on an old tale: Should it be, "Out, damned spot" or "Off, damned Ray-Bans"?

"...of blood, despair, and madness … or that your husband refuses to take off his colored sunglasses in the..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...   I must destroy Happy Jack.    I am a sporting man, a..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Fahrenheit 9/11

Michael Moore's agitprop is a political scorcher.

"...week amidst a veritable sandstorm of anticipation tempered by cautious optimism (from the left), scorn tempered by mounting dread..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Charlotte Sometimes

A sophisticated relationship drama about young Asian-Americans.

"...American indies involving twentysomething romantic conundrums, Charlotte Sometimes hits just the right note. More a mood piece than a..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rust and Bone

The unlikely relationship between two damaged souls is made deeply palpable by the stunning performances of Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard and rising star Matthias Schoenaerts.

"...The unpredictable love story Rust and Bone is not the first thing you might..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hyde Park on Hudson

The film gets big points for casting Bill Murray as FDR but its vision gets muddy after that.

"...lost their power to shock or even mildly surprise us. So common are the disclosures and so omnipresent are..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...Dogs, and it wasn’t the low budget – he’s used to that. Not the famous ear-slicing scene, improvised in..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Neil Young Journeys

Jonathan Demme hooks up with Neil Young for a road trip through Ontario, Canada, in their third documentary together.

"...Jonathan Demme now has a trilogy of Neil Young music documentaries to his credit and, as rapturous as it..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Five and a Half Things About Sheryl Cole's Re-Election Kick-Off

SMDs to education, the Capitol Complex to … lipstick?

"...get around to saying it, but Sheryl Cole is not running for mayor. That fact wasn’t mentioned in a..."

Nov. 30, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Towelhead

Alan Ball's film is guaranteed to discomfit and dismay with its dangerous plunge into an adolescent girl's discovery of sexuality and self-identity.

"...Maria Bello, Matt Letscher and Eugene Jones. “You’re beautiful just the way you are,” says her mother’s boyfriend as..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Love Guru

Is it redundant to mock self-help culture? Not if you're Mike Myers and have a new sketch-comedy character to introduce.

"...Directed by: Marco Schnabel. Starring: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Romany Malco, Meagan Good, Omid Djalili and Ben..."

June 20, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Bobcats, Bears, and Boko

"...fan pulls out two tickets and hands them to us gratis. So we stalk the perimeter and find the..."

Sept. 17, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Last Holiday

After being diagnosed with an incurable brain disease, a woman (who is played delightfully by Queen Latifah) discovers her moxie.

"...chick flicks (yes, we can call them that) while not helming more venturesome fare (2001’s The Center of the..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Look at Me

An acute observation of the ways in which we fail to communicate marks this French film, which won the screenwriting award at last year's Cannes Film Festival.

"...Grégoire Oestermann. Woe to the girl whose father, a famous author, names her Lolita. It tells us that he..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Super Size Me

In his cheeky but incendiary documentary about our fast food nation, Morgan Spurlock chronicles the deterioration of his body after a 30-day "McDiet."

"...Obesity is poised to overtake smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in our nation. Children are better..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Drive Angry

Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.

"...Directed by: Patrick Lussier. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke,..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tropic Thunder

Instead of entering the jungle to find the heart of darkness, Ben Stiller goes in to take aim at the Achilles' heel of Hollywood: its utter pomposity and self-importance.

"...Hollywood: its utter pomposity and self-importance. Stiller’s barbs have not been this sharply pointed since his early-Nineties TV show,..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

When Did You Last See Your Father?

Based on British poet Blake Morrison’s written memoir, this film is a very particular yet universal story about the eternal knot between fathers and sons.

"...a very particular yet universal story about the eternal knot between fathers and sons. Told from the son’s perspective,..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Humble Suggestions

"...D-Fenders (perhaps the worst-named team in the D-League — seriously, it sounds like a low-grade comic book series). Then,..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Sports Post by Dave Mann

Match Point

Unoriginal but pleasantly prosaic, Woody Allen's latest is a diverting story of crime, love, and luck that conducts itself with a refreshing absence of moral judgment and omniscience.

"...in England, far from his beloved Manhattan, and does not feature the multihyphenate in an acting role (sparing us..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sleepover

Spy Kids' Alexa Vega graduates to tween hijinks.

"...Directed by: Joe Nussbaum. Starring: Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Scout Taylor-Compton, Sam Huntington,..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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