Once Upon a Time in China III

Jet Li is back as the legendary physician and martial arts master in this third outing in Hark's "historical" epics.

"...once again these foreign devils are portrayed by talent-impaired actors with beady eyes and twitchy limbs. Caucasian actors are..."

Nov. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where the Day Takes You

"...to day. Blessed with an ensemble cast of young actors without Brat Pack pretensions, Where the Day Takes You..."

Nov. 6, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Glengarry Glen Ross

David Mamet's story of salesmen caught in their unique form of hell also offers a cornucopia of fine performances.

"...the pacing. Foley is sometimes too literal, cutting between actors as they deliver their lines in Mamet's patented call..."

Oct. 9, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Man Trouble

"...them arguments between Eastman and Rafelson and between the actors and Rafelson. If so, the problems seem to show..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Commitments

"...is an engaging film replete with delightful new young actors and music that can't be improved upon. The Commitments..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Trip to Greece

Coogan and Brydon's latest culinary comedy is a dish too far

"...is the fourth outing in 10 years pairing UK actors and entertainers Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, who are..."

May 22, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ground Floor Theatre and Deaf Austin Theatre's Next to Normal

In this collaboration between the two companies, having signing actors and speaking actors perform side by side provides a uniquely engaging experience

"...with a dual cast of both hearing and deaf actors. Unlike other ASL-inclusive performances, which usually relegate interpreters to..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

The Equalizer 2

Denzel Washington action sequel is a total misfire

"...vehicle, surround him with an intriguing mix of character actors and rising stars, and top the whole thing off..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Uncle Drew

Kyrie Irving's soda campaign gets a movie spin-off

"...for professional basketball players looking to establish themselves as actors. From Shaquille O’Neal (Kazaam) to Michael Jordan (Space Jam)..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Adrift

True-life survival adventure stays afloat because of Shailene Woodley

"...Hunger Games), co-star here as Oldham and Sharp. Both actors have subsequently honed their dramatic skills in such works..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Book Club

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

"...type of ensemble romantic comedy roles typically reserved for actors decades their junior. Some will love it. Others? Well,..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Permission

Polyamory and commitment weigh heavy in this New York rom-com

"...camera goes upside-down, placing the focal point on the actors’ chins, a disorienting experience I can’t say that I..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Table 19

"...The Grand Budapest Hotel). It’s a strong complement of actors, but Blitz does little to help them distinguish their..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Office Christmas Party

Workplace comedy lacks the laughs

"...the title and the film’s expert cast of comic actors...."

Dec. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Manchester by the Sea

Casey Affleck shines in this heartfelt drama

"...essential to the film’s excellence. All the film’s key actors deliver matchless performances (one of the ingredients that makes..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Transpecos

Border-patrol officers get in way over their heads

"...the landscape is as much a character as the actors moving within it (Malick, Leone, and Antonioni quickly come..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Intern

Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro star in savvy but irksome film

"...save-to-shopping-cart vision of aspirational living. (Come for the A-list actors, but leave mulling a farmhouse sink.) The Intern’s main..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Learning to Drive

Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley drive a tale of unlikely friendship

"...one thing happening at once, for the same reason actors so often like to have something to do with..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Roar

Drafthouse Films reissues this truly trippy oddity from 1981

"...Hank’s pride and joy. The film is a Screen Actors Guild nightmare. The performers don’t so much act in..."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

To Join Or Not to Join

Austin actors tell how they negotiate the Actors Equity choice

"...When local actors talk about pay – which is often – you..."

Jan. 22, 2015 Arts Post by Katherine Catmull

St. Vincent

Bill Murray plays a hard-hearted grouch who warms to his new neighbors – Melissa McCarthy and her young son.

"...the role of Vincent MacKenna. In fact, all the actors in St. Vincent are at their best here, and..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cantinflas

Mexico's most beloved comedy film star gets the biopic treatment.

"...biggest stars but one of the world's great comic actors, Cantinflas is perhaps less famous in the States than..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

A Drink to 'Blood Punch'

Strap in for a bloody good time

"...on many Disney cartoon TV series. The three principle actors acted on 'The Power Rangers RPM' in New Zealand...."

Oct. 28, 2013 Events Post by Josette Chen

Texas Stars Twinkle on the Small Screen

Television used to be where actors were put out to pasture; for these Texas Film Hall of Fame honorees, it's tall cotton.

"...call it a compelling coincidence that of the four actors being honored at this year's Texas Film Hall of..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Atlas Shrugged: Part II

Atlas isn't the only one to shrug off this tiresome load of Ayn Rand – but with poor production values.

"...seems to encompass the same scraggly dozen or so actors who get trotted out whenever a mob scene is..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Your Sister's Sister

Director Lynn Shelton and her spry and compelling ensemble of three explore a curious tangle of sexual secrets and honesty.

"...greatly abetted by the comfortable interplay among the three actors, who make the story’s evolution thoroughly engrossing and convincing...."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kill the Irishman

The life of Danny Greene, an Irish mobster in Cleveland during the Sixties and Seventies, is recounted in this film.

"...the filmmakers rounded up the right cast of tough-guy actors for this story of mob activity, but their presence..."

April 15, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Best Worst Movie

Premiering in Austin, this documentary is about the purportedly "best worst movie" ever made, Troll 2, and its enthusiastic fans.

"...ultimately up against. In addition to visiting with the actors (one of whom admits to performing his role while..."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brothers

This drama is inferior in practically every way to Danish director Susanne Bier’s original – but now with more U2!

"...In America, Sheridan pulls terrific performances from his young actors). Gyllenhaal is the younger brother, Tommy, the black sheep..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Sister's Keeper

Nick Cassavetes' reign as the go-to waterworks man remains uncontested.

"...without a doubt is pull terrific performances from his actors: He corralled a cast of pretty, milky young things..."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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