Holiday Viewing: The Best Man Holiday

Bust a gut laughing, or cry your guts out: You get it both ways

"...your Christmas movie? Raunchy comedy, or wracking-sob melodrama? With The Best Man Holiday, you don’t have to choose...."

Dec. 10, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Best Man Holiday

Fourteen years after the first film, this sequel finds our likable characters experiencing the pitfalls and promise of middle age.

"...If you were paying close enough attention to the Roots’ track that opened 1999’s twentysomethings comedy The Best..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Best Man

Malcolm D. Lee, cousin of Spike, hits emotional pay dirt in this men's-eye-view of marriage, fidelity, and love. ? Marc Savlov.

"...love. It's far less abrasive and casually caddish than the few other films of this stripe, and Lee's script..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'The Best Man'/'44 Plays for 44 Presidents'

Just in time for the election, presidents take the stage

"...I expected to see presidents and presidential contenders crowding the small screen through the months ahead, but I hardly..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Best of Enemies

Unlikely alliances grow as conversation finds common ground in this historical true-life drama

"...Not to be confused with the 2015 documentary Best of Enemies on William F. Buckley..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Gingerbread Man

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Daryl..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Leading Man

"...Patricia Hodge. A backstage drama brimming with hothouse menace, The Leading Man by John Duigan (Flirting, Sirens) is a..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Marrying Man

"...Paul Reiser, Elisabeth Shue, Fisher Stevens, Peter Dobson and Armand Assante. The Marrying Man is really an anti-romantic comedy...."

April 12, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Ladies Man

"...Will Ferrell, Lee Evans, Tiffani Thiessen, Eugene Levy, John Witherspoon and Julianne Moore. Leon Phelps (Meadows) has never met..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Invisible Man

Rains made his screen debut in the H.G. Wells mad-scientist classic.

"...William Harrigan. Claude Rains made his screen debut in the H.G. Wells mad-scientist classic. A pre-Titanic Gloria Stuart plays..."

Aug. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Best Intentions

"...Max Von Sydow and Ghita Norby. Working from Ingmar Bergman's highly personal script, director Bille August (Pelle the Conqueror)..."

Sept. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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.

"...Directed by: Mark Rosman. Starring: Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Chris Noth, Mike O’Malley,..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Best of the Best (With Qualifications)

"...So Charlie Kaufman is the best screenwriter of the 21st century, eh?..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Ask the Best Straight Girlfriend

Warning: ALTRFW! (A little too racy to open at work)

"...straight girl has a fantasy. It centers around a man with deep soulful eyes. He is funny, he is..."

May 21, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Claire Harrison

The Q&A Hole: What's the Best Thing They Got for Christmas?

And what's the best thing they gave? Nine citizens answer.

"...Because, sure, it's all about "the reason for the season," whichever holiday you celebrate. Whether..."

Jan. 1, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Best Imitation of Myself

Chatting with Ben Folds about his new box set

"...little early for a Ben Folds box set. But the North Carolina-born pianist has always been one for doing..."

Oct. 27, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Face Off Recap: Boys, Girls and the Drowned Man

Catch up on Austin's Matt Valentine on the SyFy show

"...Austin's own Matt Valentine is looking like one of the top contenders...."

Jan. 25, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best of Chris Isaak

Stylish, Orbison-esque crooner hits the Moody

"...is enough to make even a seasoned writer giddy. The native Californian shot to fame in 1990 with his..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Prayer for the Common Man

In the religious right's new democracy, principles prescribed by man have no value in the war between heaven and hell

"...There is a new prayer to God above, howling up..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Tallest Man on Earth

Kristian Matsson sells out the Paramount Theatre

"...and a tank top soon soaked through with sweat, the Tallest Man on Earth only stood five-foot-seven. The Swede..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Tom Upthegrove Still One of the Best

Even with new bartenders in every corner of town

"...in every corner of town. Curly mustachioed, tatted to the shoulder blades, pierced to the point of perforating and..."

June 6, 2012 Food Post by Wes Marshall

The One-Man Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Park Conspiracy

“Do you see it? Cuz if you don’t, then I’m crazy.”

"...The illustration came into my possession last Monday morning...."

Dec. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Interacting With the Best of the Web

The 2011 SXSW Interactive Awards finalists

"...of refreshing your browser on business-as-usual? Why not use the SXSW Interactive Awards finalists as a jumping-off point to..."

Feb. 11, 2011 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

The Invisible Man

Universal Monsters update thrills as a high-octane Gaslight

"...landmark month for genre movies about gaslighting. Hot on the heels of the outstanding winter horror The Lodge comes..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Overthinking Man's Fighter

Floyd Patterson biographer W.K. Stratton explains the appeal of boxing's gentleman eccentric

"...In late September 1962, Floyd Patterson, the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history, boarded a plane..."

July 6, 2012 Books Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Stephen, You Are the Best

"...Dear Editor, Stephen, you are the best of the best guests ever. You are a..."

Feb. 12, 2009 Postmarks

The Meteor Man

"...Gibbs, Eddie Griggin, Sinbad and Bill Cosby. Aaaiiieee! What the hell was Townsend thinking? From the director of the..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Iron Man

Longtime local stage phenom Ken Webster has a record to rival that of a Baseball Hall of Famer

"...The lights come up, and there he is, like a..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Third Man

Based on a story by Graham Greene, the movie is a noir classic set in a shadowy postwar Vienna. It’s one of Orson Welles’ best-remembered roles, and the film’s now-familiar zither music sets the story’s ambiguous tone perfectly.

"...Welles, Trevor Howard and Alida Valli. A true classic, The Third Man was ranked 57 on the AFI’s list..."

Oct. 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Best of Michael Scott

A tribute to Steve Carell airs on TBS

"...After six seasons playing the lovable but clueless Michael Scott on The Office, Steve..."

April 19, 2011 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

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