Volver

No working male director loves the community of women more than Almodóvar, and Volver is his ode of love to women’s congress and fortitude.

"...Almodóvar’s camera) but as a real person with money trouble, husband trouble, sister squabbles, parenting problems, and unresolved issues..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

John Carpenter's Vampires

"...Crow, all black-leather-jacket and Ray-Ban panache and crossbow-packing sinew. Trouble is, the rest of the cast is as disposable..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Touch of Evil

"...in mind. And what he had in mind was trouble, the dislocated, transient trouble-fear of nightmares and dreamscapes, in..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Equinox

"...realities as in Welcome to L.A., Choose Me and Trouble in Mind). Set in a fictional metropolis called Empire,..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Just Another Girl On the I.R.T.

"...the projects. But her smart mouth gets her in trouble with her teachers and, eventually, her fuzzy teenaged understanding..."

April 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Macbeth

Bloody screen adaptation shows what Shakespeare only tells

"...and these aren’t crooked-backed hags cackling about toil and trouble. They are war widows. Their prophecy isn’t born of..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Squeeze

Gamblers, mobsters, and high-stakes golf matches

"...way to get his family out of unspecified financial trouble...."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

I Am Divine

Harris Glenn Milstead, the actor better known as the 300-pound sex symbol named Divine who appeared in those early John Waters' movies, is remembered in this doc.

"...recite the dialogue in mondo trasho classics like Female Trouble and Pink Flamingos – she spewed it like verbal..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gimme the Loot

This prize-winning indie debut follows two wannabe graffiti artists on one long night.

"...apple at the Mets’ Citi Field (née Shea Stadium). Trouble is, they need to come up with $500 to..."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Monica Riese

How I Got Hitched

Marjorie Baumgarten on the trouble with Hitchcock

"...The trouble with Hitchcock is nearly identical to the one that..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Miss Potter

This Renée Zelweger movie about the life of Peter Rabbit author Beatrix Potter lacks dramatic tension and a sense of purpose.

"...real. (That she actually thinks they are seems to trouble no one in her life.) Her representative at Warne..."

March 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Event Horizon

A spaceship returns to Earth after seven years in limbo.

"...year 2047 spaceship crews would be able to recognize trouble in their midst, but apparently that's not the case,..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sean Dorsey Dance Unpacks Masculinity Onstage

Trailblazing choreographer’s latest dance theatre piece hits Austin

"...dancer and choreographer Sean Dorsey’s newest work Boys in Trouble is simple: What is the current state of masculinity?..."

Sept. 26, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mac Irvine

Playback – Lords of the Dance: TC Superstar

TC Superstar promotes body movement, Dallas Acid get blissed with Laraaji, a black metal binge, and Trouble in the Streets breaks rules

"...striking a bass made from a cow spine. Double Trouble (in the Streets)..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Live Shot: The Skull

Troublemakers – the mighty and mystical made metal

"...but unbowed. Former members of seminal Chicago metal act Trouble, the pair keep the fire burning in the Skull,..."

March 21, 2015 Music Post by Michael Toland

Hyde & Shriek

When Trouble Puppet Theatre tackles Dr. Jekyll's dark tale, the villain may not be who you think

"...Now, the Trouble Puppet Theatre Company artistic director has turned his unorthodox..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Head

This intensely personal look at depression and personal demons provides a showcase for Trouble Puppet's builders and puppeteers

"...The HeadSalvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd. www.troublepuppet.com Through Oct. 12 Running time: 1 hr...."

Oct. 11, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Lemon Twigs, Trouble in the Streets, Enslaved, and more local shows worth the decibels

"...blackened NYC thrashers Black Anvil support.  – Raoul Hernandez Trouble in the Streets Album ReleaseParish, Thursday 27..."

April 21, 2023 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Elvis

If you're looking for trouble, you came to the right place

"...timeline a few times, such as having Presley perform “Trouble,” written in 1958 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

F3: Fun and Frustration

Part two of the Fun and Frustration series

"...with Venky (Venkatesh) and Varun (Tej) deep in financial trouble...."

May 27, 2022 Movie Review

Dual

Karen Gillan is in double trouble in Riley Stearns’ latest

"...some corporate organ-harvesting warehouse, clones are going to cause trouble. Science has this bright idea that our inner struggles..."

April 15, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Like a Boss

Unpleasant workplace comedy didn't get the memo about jokes

"...from the committee-written script with no coherent perspective, the trouble with Like a Boss is that it never crudely..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ant-Man and the Wasp

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

"...Of course, this is when trouble comes knocking, direct from the Quantum Realm. Hank Pym..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pacific Rim Uprising

Robots vs. monsters sequel is pure scrap.

"...mega-machine, coyly dubbed “Scrapper,” in an abandoned warehouse. There’s trouble afoot at Jaeger HQ, however. A rogue ‘bot is..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Wrinkle in Time

Ava DuVernay's adaptation of the children's classic rarely soars.

"...its contemplation of the space-time continuum, I sometimes had trouble parsing verifiable fact from wild invention (let’s just say..."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lloyd Doggett Talks ACA, Tax Plan

The congressman took a few minutes from "Trouble in Toyland"

"...at Escuelita del Alma, devoted to the TexPIRG's annual "Trouble in Toyland" report on dangerous toys (www.uspirg.org). Afterward, we..."

Dec. 1, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Despicable Me 3

Animated franchise confirms the law of diminishing returns

"...three admittedly adorable kiddies, visit Dru’s supercool villa, but trouble keeps raising it’s mulleted head in the form of..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Tom Cruise isn't having any fun in this boilerplate actioner

"...vagrant vigilante. He’s off the grid until he smells trouble and pops up like a jack-in-the-box to investigate and..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Land

Teen skaters get caught up in the drug world

"...saying that their decision leads to all kinds of trouble of the worst sort. The story, penned by Caple..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Light Between Oceans

Gorgeous period melodrama fails to connect

"...their married life and start a family. The couple’s trouble begins after two miscarriages occur, followed by a dinghy..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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