Love & Mercy

Paul Dano anchors an ambitious vision of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson

"...the Eighties. While he loses his way in his younger years, Wilson is portrayed by Paul Dano; as he..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Song of the Sea

From the director of The Secret of Kells comes this lovely work of animation about the Celtic selkies.

"...10. Two children, the restless Ben and his mute younger sister, Saoirse, live atop a hill in a remote..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Project Almanac

Teens discover plans for a time machine within found footage, but things go awry when they begin to construct it.

"...basement-stowed belongings of his late father (Weeks), David and younger sis Christina (Gardner) uncover government-contracted blueprints for the aforementioned..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Duke of Burgundy

This character study of mistress-and-servant lesbian role-playing is gratifying without being sexually explicit.

"...is Cynthia, the stern and headmistress-like employer of the younger “maidservant” Evelyn (D’Anna). Dominant Cynthia and submissive Evelyn while..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me

Touching documentary captures Campbell's final tour, which is made more poignant and brave because of the musician's worsening Alzheimer's.

"...day find a reliable cure. No one’s getting any younger, after all...."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Venus in Fur

The play’s the thing in Roman Polanski's erotic screen version of the Tony Award-winner.

"...classic Western Stagecoach has recently closed. Frustrated by the younger “idiot” actresses who earlier read for the female lead..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

If I Stay

A mixture of hollow heartache and honest feelings mark this teen drama that stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a cello prodigy caught in medical limbo between life and death.

"...the lives of Mom (Enos), Dad (Leonard), and her younger brother (Davies)...."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Expendables 3

As action stars of yesteryear and tomorrow pop in and out, they demonstrate what expendable really means.

"...as Barney breaks up the old band and drafts younger substitutes, with the aid of Bonaparte (Grammer). Yet, the..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hellion

Austin filmmaker Kat Candler explores the sins of the father in this dark drama starring Aaron Paul.

"...superb sophomore performance in last year’s Mud) and the younger, impressionable Wes (Garner). To his great shame, Hollis has..."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Nothing Bad Can Happen

The title is grimly ironic: In fact, a whole lot of bad things happen in this German horror film.

"...wife Astrid (Kuhl), her teenage daughter Sanny (Kohlhof), and younger son Dennis (Theinert). However, as Benno’s overly forceful personality..."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Dance of Reality

Cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first feature in 23 years is a labor of mad, passionate love

"...Jeremias Herskovits makes a fine stand-in as Jodo the younger. He’s both a wildly imaginative child and the victim..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Baggage Claim

Paul Patton stars in this rom-com about a desperate-to-wed flight attendant that never achieves liftoff.

"...flight attendant who goes into a panic when her younger sister (London) announces her engagement. Because of this and..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lore

A German girl at the end of World War II leads her four siblings to safety while also confronting a world more complex than her Nazi upbringing equipped her for.

"...Lore’s hand, instructs the girl to take her four younger siblings by train to their grandmother’s house some 500..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amour

Death is part of love’s bargain, a fact filmmaker Michael Haneke lays bare.

"...but only confronted and managed with compassion and grace. Younger viewers nearer to voicing their vows of “’til death..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Our Nature

Writer/director Brian Savelson’s feature debut is a study in fine gradations of resentment in the great outdoors.

"...persnickety lawyer, Gil (Mad Men’s silver fox, Slattery); his younger girlfriend, Vicky (Union, Bring It On); Gil’s son Seth..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Red Dawn

This remake's inspiration comes more from Call of Duty and other first-person-shooter games, rather than the 1984 original.

"...reliable action star, yet his scenes here with his younger brother (Josh Peck) are emotionally overwrought. Aside from some..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Looper

Crackerjack thrills, time travel, violence, humor, and action: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis are characters who share the same morally conflicted core.

"...Who hasn’t thought much the same when contemplating one’s younger self, so full of bluster and imprudence? The clever..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Joyful Noise

Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton duke it out in the homespun world of gospel-music competition.

"...the grande dames are largely upstaged by the movie’s younger generation. Joyful Noise has a little something for all..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shame

Exquisite control and spasmed anguish mark the performances of Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in this dark, NC-17-rated story about a sex addict.

"...a previously unseen bravura, Sissy is Brandon's needy, chancy younger sister, a cabaret chanteuse who tunes her heart-knifing alto..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tomboy

In this French film a 10-year-old girl moves into a new neighborhood and pretends to be a boy because, well, it seems like boys just have more fun.

"...as the young girl, and her scenes with her younger sister (Malonn Lévana), especially, exude an honesty and uncommonly..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Muppets

This Muppet reboot is an absolute delight and puts an end to the great Muppet diaspora.

"...he's a Muppet. He believes he's the shorter, fuzzier, younger brother of Jason Segel's human Gary. Through events too..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shaolin

In this rousing film, a compassionate Buddhist philosophy underpins what might have been just another Hong Kong period piece about power-mad warlords and their blood-spattered brinkmanship.

"...only a wooden staff and elementary physics. When Hou's younger brother-in-arms Lt. Tsao (Tse) arrives at the monastery with..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saving Private Perez

This Mexican black comedy about a drug lord who gathers a posse to rescue his captured brother in Iraq is a huge hit in its homeland.

"...rounds up some badass compadres to rescue his estranged younger brother who has been captured by Iraqi armed forces...."

Sept. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Prom

Friday Night Lights' Aimee Teegarden stars in this tween wish-fulfillment movie.

"...18-year-olds, but this Prom is pitched at a much younger audience – the tween set that wants only to..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Fighter

Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, and Amy Adams combine forces with director David O. Russell to make one of 2010's most exciting movies.

"...the “Pride of Lowell” and now he’s training his younger half-brother Micky Ward (Wahlberg) to be a champion. The..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Charlie St. Cloud

Zac Efron breaks free of his High School Musical routine with this unusual drama about a young man overcoming grief.

"...man of 23. The sudden accidental death of his younger brother has sent Charlie into an emotional tailspin. He..."

July 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Kids Are All Right

A grin-cracking great portrait of a modern American family in minor and major crises.

"...who will soon be leaving for college, and her younger, less academically focused brother, Laser (Hutcherson), who, as the..."

July 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Winter's Bone

Set in the Ozark Mountain backwoods of Missouri, this tense drama is an exceptionally good film.

"...to be offered,” 17-year-old Ree Dolly (Lawrence) admonishes her younger brother and sister. Despite their hunger and destitution, the..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Yellow Handkerchief

Based on an 800-word story by Pete Hamill, this small-scale relationship drama stars William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Maria Bello, and Eddie Redmayne.

"...work, but Prasad either underdirects or willfully misdirects the younger actors. In this kind of small-scale relationship drama, the..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Flame & Citron

In this Danish film, two men track down and kill Nazi collaborators in the waning days of the German occupation.

"...brutal acts he is committing. Flame, the cockier and younger of the pair, begins a dalliance with Resistance courier..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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