Wildlife

Gyllenhaal and Mulligan burn in this period marriage drama

"...or other married relatives and wondered what their life together was really like? Maybe you’ve heard stories, but it’s..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Ya Veremos

Mexican rom-com puts family first

"...Adorable moppet tries to bring his separated parents back together by one last family trip before he must undergo..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review

Good Manners

A Brazilian werewolf tale that takes a while to bite

"...the best explanation for why Clara and Ana are together – a bonding that never seems fully explained, beyond..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Puzzle

The pretty pieces don't all fit in this jigsaw-solving drama

"...how to make the process of fitting puzzle pieces together interesting for the viewer. These shots are kept to..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alpha

The first-ever boy and his dog story

"...series of survival vignettes, the action is often stitched together through a mixture of landscape shots and time-lapse photography...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Custody

A disturbingly honest portrayal of abuse and divorce

"...Oscar-nominated short "Just Before Losing Everything," Legrand delicately pieces together a portrait of a family fractured beyond repair, and..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blindspotting

Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal astound in this perfect state of the union story

"...narrative that is still crystal elegant, it binds them together, demanding that we look at them all as a..."

July 27, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Joaquin Phoenix creates a charming warts-and-all portrait of cartoonist John Callahan

"...Yet it's really Phoenix that binds the whole piece together. In him, Callahan is self-piteous and sardonic, wildly inappropriate..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

America's favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, revealed as even kinder than you hoped

"...Stardom and a lock for another nomination here, pulls together biography, psychology, and cultural history to probe Rogers’ mission..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

To a More Perfect Union: U.S. v. Windsor

A deeply personal examination of 2013's landmark Supreme Court gay marriage case.

"...Union is understandably brief in its history lessons, pulling together journalists and academics to provide a rough outline of..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

David X. Cohen Brings Futurama Back to the Future

ATX Television Festival brings some of the cult show's voice actors together for a table read

"...it's a nice reunion when we can get back together."..."

June 8, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Book Club

Life, love, laughter, and literature for a classic quartet of actresses

"...For decades, four friends have come together to read books and trade insights into each others’..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

RBG

Loving look at the Supreme Court member, and unlikely pop culture icon

"...the familiar pacings of a biographical survey. By threading together the audio from past speeches, testimony from her 1993..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Leisure Seeker

Mirren and Sutherland reunite for a painful road trip.

"...Oh, but Mirren and Sutherland are dynamos. Acting together for the first time since 1990’s Bethune: The Making..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pacific Rim Uprising

Robots vs. monsters sequel is pure scrap.

"...with 15-year-old tech genius-orphan Amara (Spaeny), who has cobbled together her own small mega-machine, coyly dubbed “Scrapper,” in an..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Winchester

Helen Mirren fights off ghosts with construction tools.

"...cuts, creaky passageways, and a terribly underused Mirren plastered together over only the thinnest of frameworks. You’d think the..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Forever My Girl

Nashville corporate country goes home in this sudsy snoozefest

"...and Rothe are nice enough to look at, but together, there’s no spark, and separate, little evidence of an..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Commuter

Liam Neeson still has a very particular set of skills

"...director Collet-Serra for this, as the pair last worked together on 2011’s equally implausible identity switch thriller Unknown: Fortunately,..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pitch Perfect 3

Third time really isn't the charm for the Bellas

"...series requires the Bellas to get the band back together, not for a Barden reunion but to perform as..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Just Getting Started

Grumpy old men on the golf course

"...The plot, cobbled together from a seemingly endless collection of other, better films,..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Justice League

Another ho-hum entry to the DC Extended Universe

"...beef up Wonder Woman’s role). Their two sensibilities fuse together fine – the swarming hordes of villainy and slo-mo..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Daddy's Home 2

The daddy's daddy crash Christmas in this unneeded sequel

"...alleviate stress on the children, they decide to have “together Christmas,” which unexpectedly includes both dads’ dads (played by..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Home Again

a lifestyle comedy with a soupçon of pain

"...movie that sentimentalizes the idea of getting your act together and starting over (with a little help from an..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

All Saints

Planting seeds to save a church

"...predictable course. The church community must learn to come together, Spurlock’s wife and son must adapt, crops must be..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Trip to Spain

Exquisite food with a side of comedy and pathos

"...premise stays the same – Steve and Rob travel together to some scenic vista and sample the country’s cuisine..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Journey

Settling peace in Northern Ireland?

"...warring factions arrived at a peace accord while traveling together across the Scottish countryside over the matter of a..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wonder Woman

The origin story of Diana, princess of the Amazons

"...pagan, obviously). The various heroes, immortal or otherwise, band together to defeat not only Kaiser Wilhelm et cetera, but..."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Truman

Spanish film deals with serious issues in subtle ways

"...to Spain. It’s a delicate situation that brings them together, one that makes every minute of the four days..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo

Doc on the men behind the astronauts

"...and austere slow pans across photographs), Fairhead expertly pieces together the history of the men (and they were all..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Texas VegFest Returns to Austin

Any time a bunch of vegans get together, you can bet it will be a party

"...Any time a bunch of vegans get together, you can bet it will be a party. There's..."

March 31, 2017 Food Feature by Alisha McDarris

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