The Cable Guise

Carrey, Quaid, and the IFC

"...Add to the long list of 20-year overnight successes in show business..."

June 14, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...Oaxaca, Mexico -- Those of us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Hero

If Douglas Sirk had made martial arts movies they probably would have looked something like Zhang Yimou's stunning new opus.

"...Douglas Sirk made Chinese martial arts movies instead of the fabulous Fifties melodramas that he did, they most probably..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Fret the Technique

'Guitar Hero' goes mobile

"...friend's house or visits relatives with kids and spends the majority of the next day talking about this revolutionary..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Big Hero 6

Witty charm, lively animation, and a swift pace help this animated superhero story rise a cut above.

"...Another friggin’ superhero story that acknowledges comic-book tropes while rarely..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Get ready for anime superhero action!

"...Over the last year, the three big modern anime franchises that..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

Latest anime outing for the heroes-in-training is loud but not much fun

"...you can still make your work feel original. In the case of the latest adaptation of Kōhei Horikoshi's massively..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Common Law

Big Night Out? Try Deferred Disposition

"...Our hero goes out with friends for a Cinco de Mayo..."

May 30, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis

My Father is a Hero

"...Corey Yuen-kwai and martial arts icon Jet Li Lien-jie, the team who brought you the dynamite The Legend of..."

June 30, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Children of Huang Shi

This would-be epic tells the story of George Hogg, an English adventurer who saved the lives of Chinese orphans during the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s and Forties.

"...If you had told me six months ago that the sad story of little-known World War II hero George..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Into the Wild

Sean Penn adapts Jon Krakauer's bestselling mystery adventure to the screen with frequently stunning but ultimately unsatisfactory results.

"...Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Brian Dierker, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Stewart and Hal Holbrook. On..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Enemy at the Gates

"...Hoskins, Gabriel Marshall-Thomson, Eva Mattes and Matthias Habich. In the opening of Enemy at the Gates, as the boats..."

March 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playing the Field

The lowdown on the season's new games

Nov. 20, 2009 Screens Feature

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Marvel gets tiny, weird, and wonderful again

"...It's a worry that has plagued the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Iron Man: When would the..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Marvel's crime caper comedy sequel gets bigger, smaller, but still fun

"...Infinity War? Audiences are still a little tenderized after the mass whittling of Marvel’s superhero ranks (and for those..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Leisure Seeker

Mirren and Sutherland reunite for a painful road trip.

"...Directed by: Paolo Virzì. Starring: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Kirsty Mitchell, Joshua Mikel, Christian McKay and Janel Moloney...."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The LEGO Batman Movie

The Dark Knight returns to Legoland

"...Everything is Batman in this boisterously entertaining cousin of the awesome The LEGO Movie, which snuck under the radar..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Film Review: I Am a Hero

Japanese zombie flick takes Midnighters prize

"...That's a core joke in I Am a Hero, Shinsuke Sato's adaptation of Kengo Hanazawa's epic zombie manga,..."

March 23, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

Maz Jobrani strikes a rich vein of comedy

"...When most Americans think of nouns that might follow the descriptor “Iranian-American,” the word “comedy” does not readily spring..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Legend of Hercules

Kellan Lutz muscles his way into classical mythology.

"...The end of this film was truly shocking. Not the..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Sea Inside

Moving chronicle of the real-life 30-year battle waged by paraplegic Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem) to end his life.

"...Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Clara Segura and Joan Dalmau. Among the obvious list of things that make moviegoers feel good..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kull the Conqueror

"...Griffith, Litefoot, Harvey Fierstein, Karina Lombard and Edward Tudor-Pole. The large-screen debut of Kevin Sorbo (television's Hercules) is a..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Phantom

"...Directed by: Simon Wincer. Starring: Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta Jones, Treat Williams, James Remar, Jon Tenney, Samantha..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

The directing debut of acclaimed kung fy choreographer Yuen also helped popularize the burgeoning “kung fu comedy” genre and it primary star, Jackie Chan.

"...Roy Horan. Here's a silly bit of business that nevertheless holds a very important place in the history of..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Last of the Mohicans

"...Jodhi May, Russell Means, Wes Studi and Eric Schweig. The breakneck pace of The Last of the Mohicans affords..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Fan

"...D'Arbanville-Quinn and Chris Mulkey. Try though he might, all the dreamy angles and soft-focus rain spatter in Tony Scott's..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Great Wall

Matt Damon protects the Chinese from lizards

"...A giant barrier constructed for the purpose of fortifying a border to keep out foreigners..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin Author Ed Ward Revisits Rock’s First Guitar Hero, Michael Bloomfield

“When you heard Mike Bloomfield play, you got the sense this was the real shit."

"...sonics to his beat verse. He's as befuddled as the seasoned session musicians about manifesting the sound in his..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Shaun the Sheep Movie

The latest from Aardman Animations is one baaaaaadass movie

"...The stop-motion animation may be retro and the storyline sentimental,..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

The Assassination of Jesse James may be the world’s first epic of misguided hero worship.

"...and Nick Cave. At two hours and 40 minutes, The Assassination of Jesse James may be the world’s first..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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