A Dog's Journey

Bailey the dog is back, and this time he has a new purpose

"...of her other best friend, Trent (Lau), car crashes, cancer, and her attempts to get a music career off..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Firefighter's Legal Standoff With City Continues

Carrie Stewart battles city after cancer diagnosis

"...therefore employer) should be held responsible for giving her cancer was covered by KXAN last week. The Austin Firefighters..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Hostiles

The closing days of the old West, and the legacy of the Indian Wars, bloodily examined

"...seems like a stab in the gut: to escort cancer-riddled Cheyenne chief Yellow Hawk (Studi) and his family from..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Midwife

Two screen legends deliver in a mildly sappy drama

"...near the end of her own. She has brain cancer and is both trying to reconnect with the past..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hero

Sam Elliott plays a cowboy actor dying of cancer

"...a biopsy reveals the presence of virtually inoperable pancreatic cancer, Hayden declines to share his bad news with anyone,..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Dinner

Family ties come undone in this dark drama

"...whose wife Claire (Linney) is a survivor of lung cancer. Paul resents what he sees as Stan’s vulgar superficiality,..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Playback – Dead Man Walking: Jimmy LaFave

As terminal cancer ticks down Jimmy LaFave’s life, he says the show must go on

"...emotive voice and unflinchingly passionate modern folk songs, has cancer – an aggressive type of sarcoma that doctors can't..."

April 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Winter Rose

A star is born (again)

"...biggest pay-for-view event in history, but discovers she has cancer and decides to launch a worldwide search for an..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Hollars

Domestic dramedy has flashes of magic

"...learning of his mother Sally’s (Martindale) diagnosis of brain cancer. His father (Jenkins) is a mess because of his..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Other People

A writer returns home to care for his sick mother

"...least, until his mother (Shannon) is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he moves back home to nurse her through her..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Doc doesn't quite capture the spirit of the brilliant iconoclast

"...(particularly when he knew he was dying of prostate cancer) that bushy eyebrow uncocks and he demystifies the enigma,..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Shallows

Blake Lively is trapped by a shark on her own bikini island

"...student grieving over the loss of her mother from cancer. An avid surfer (she hails from Galveston), Nancy bails..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Once I Was a Beehive

Pleasant summer-camp film checks its religious ideology at the tent

"...when he is diagnosed with and eventually succumbs to cancer. Flash-forward to a year later, when Lane’s mom Audrey..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Short Films: Program A

Program A consists of the two longest doc shorts, and they’re among the best of the batch.

"...a Polish blogger, wife, and mother who has terminal cancer – and her inquisitive young son John. Kopacz doesn’t..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wish I Was Here

Zach Braff explores life in one's late 30s: troubles with unruly kids, ailing parents, and creative aspirations complicated by financial realities.

"...plays his observant daughter, and Mandy Patinkin, as his cancer-riddled, Orthodox Jewish dad. A theatre-trained actor with enough film..."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Endless Love

New era, same old story: young passions, forbidden love, and parents who just don't understand.

"...emotional consequences resulting from losing her older brother to cancer two years earlier. On graduation day, a blue-collar classmate..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Friends with Benefits

Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, Eve McArthur, Michael Point

"...a fundraiser for another friend with Stage IV liver cancer. DEAD-line, get it? Thanks, Mr. Reaper. As if I..."

Oct. 8, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Drink Your Veggies

A cancer survivor preaches the gospel of Daily Greens

"...alternative in Daily Greens (www.drinkdailygreens.com). Shauna Martin, a breast cancer survivor of eight years who attributes her recovery to..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Thanks for Sharing

This story about sex addicts is top-heavy with healing bromides and romantic-comedy beats.

"...but unsteady in his first post-treatment relationship with a cancer survivor (Paltrow); his sponsor, Mike (Robbins), is still married..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Unfinished Song

Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp bring vitality to their roles in film otherwise filled with cliches about aging and the curative power of singing your heart out.

"...is never in question. Yet Marion is dying of cancer, and Arthur finds the enthusiastic hours she spends rehearsing..."

July 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Is All You Need

Danish Oscar-winner Susanne Bier lightens her tone with this grown-up romantic comedy that stars Pierce Brosnan.

"...her subcompact into his luxury vehicle. Ida is a cancer survivor who has recently completed breast surgery and chemotherapy,..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cafe Mundi Founder Jessica Nieri Celebrates Birthday with Benefit Bash

Food, drinks, live music, and a silent auction at Rain Lily Farm

"...money for her next round of holistic and alternative cancer treatments not covered by insurance...."

April 25, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Marley

Stir it Up: Finally, there's an authoritative film biography of Bob Marley.

"...Bob Marley’s short life that was cut down by cancer at the age of 36...."

April 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Born Traveler

Traci Lamar Hancock accepts hospice care

"...me through close connections. “Since her diagnosis of ovarian cancer and, also, with four other doctors in Houston, Traci..."

April 2, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Bad Teacher

Cameron Diaz productively sidesteps her good-times-gal image to play this human cancer who lays waste to everyone who gets in her way.

"...embody a human-sized callus that’s impervious to emotion, a cancer who lays waste to everything that gets in her..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family

Madea is tasked once again with fixing a broken family.

"...needing to tell her grown children about her terminal cancer is purely tangential. Madea’s family is a fractious bunch,..."

April 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Unstoppable

Denzel Washington stops a runaway train loaded with toxic cargo.

"...a heroic motorman who recently lost his wife to cancer! And that new Captain Kirk guy's the rookie conductor..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scarin' And Carin'

Cancer charity Halloween attraction rises again!

"...being eaten by zombies, you'll also be helping fight cancer, courtesy of Scare for a Cure...."

Oct. 20, 2010 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Dry Land

Home from Iraq, a soldier suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and has trouble reintegrating into small-town Texas life in this scorching film.

"...this job was a good idea?) and his mother’s cancer (Leo, hacking up her lungs through her dialogue), James..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters to God

A young boy with cancer writes letters to God, an action that affects the lives of others around him.

"...of this Christian-themed movie uses a kid with brain cancer as a proselytizing tool to bring people to God...."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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