In Praise of Eyebrows

The brow beat

"...windows to the soul, one might reasonably extrapolate that eyebrows are its draped window treatments – decorative, but fulfilling..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

The Good Eye: In Praise of Eyebrows

January 16, 2014. 9 photos.

"...In this week's The Good Eye, Amy Gentry celebrates..."

Jan. 16, 2014 Photo Gallery

U.S. Senate Candidate Tzintzún Ramirez's Campaign "Joke" Raises Eyebrows

An endorsement from Susan Sarandon didn't help matters

Jan. 6, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Mind Your Eyebrows, It's the WWE

The WWE to hold first live TV broadcast in Austin in four years

Jan. 29, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

From Rick Perry to Don Rickles: A Hot Cup of Talk With Kathy Griffin

Lez get real with the D-Lister about that Law & Order kiss

"...yeah, this is fine, I was just plucking my eyebrows...."

Jan. 11, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Smith

Nacho Libre

This sophomore outing from the director of Napoleon Dynamite is full of cheesy goodness, courtesy of Jack Black, but a little goes a long way.

"...basking in Black's ability to so skillfully manipulate his eyebrows you might think he'd been temporarily possessed by the..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

White Noise

That droning sound you hear is White Noise.

"...than exactly one well-done shock moment and Michael Keaton’s eyebrows, but, to be fair, Keaton’s brows have carried three..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Intimacy

"...raft of awards already, not to mention some raised eyebrows thanks to Chéreau's insistence on turning the camera on..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

"...role, is clearly having a ball, mugging wildly beneath eyebrows apparently nicked from Rufus T. Firefly, while Williams performs..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Too Outrageous Animation

"...itself with such blaring hyperbole will automatically raise cynics' eyebrows (“Can it really be that bad?”) and it should..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Once Upon a Time in China IV

"...done before (and better, at that), from the evil eyebrows of the foreign dignitaries, to the exhilarating fight scenes..."

March 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Chinese Ghost Story III

"...predecessors, this third installment features bravura special effects: fingernails, eyebrows, tongues, and even earlobes transform into wild, thrashing weaponry..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Our Style Avatar arches his well-coifed eyebrow at local eyebrows, wonders why Britney can get drunk and married and he can't, and solicits … errrrrrr … polls local teens

"...Few things in life are more important than the eyebrows. They speak for us, they frame us, they accentuate..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Good Eye Looks Back

All the best glimpses caught by the Good Eye in 2014

"...You may remember Mo Daviau ("In Praise of Eyebrows," Jan. 17) as the poster-child for those hirsute heroes..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Father Stu

Wahlberg, Gibson add swearing to bland faith-based drama

"...the top-billed cast and crew only causes more raised eyebrows: Mark Wahlberg, who serves as a producer and in..."

April 15, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Queenpins

Extreme-couponing caper offers laughs but little personality

"...for the part – all frizzy hair and washed-out eyebrows – but the characterization is just as limp. A..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Werewolves Within

Howlingly hilarious lycanthrope comedy is a shaggy whodunnit

"...cinematic lycanthropes aren't just an actor with some big eyebrows and fake fangs, nor are they just a wolf...."

June 25, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Chained for Life

Metanarrative about beauty and deformity is a layered surprise

"...at every bump and lump, the scars, how his eyebrows grow, his ears droop. And once that curiosity is..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Star Is Born

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga headline this remake of a remake of a remake

"...but once she peels off the makeup and false eyebrows, she emerges as Ally, an ordinary brunette who thinks..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cured

The zombie apocalypse is over. So now what?

"...been through – a bond that raises even more eyebrows. But Senan's worst tragedy is that he still remembers..."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Annette Bening soars in the last days of starlet Gloria Grahame

"...signaled in a hungry look, a wag of the eyebrows. Fittingly, the film’s best scene needs no words. Still..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

A stellar entry into the beloved franchise

"...Johnson’s selection as writer/director raised eyebrows, since his signature was neo-noir films like Brick and..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Breathe

Andrew Garfield stars in this biopic of a British responaut and advocate for the disabled

"...his face; he maintains a charming persona via frisky eyebrows and a “say cheese” grin. He conveys despair once..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back (again)

"...the role as much as he can – those eyebrows and ultra-intense gaze continue to serve him well –..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Keeping Up With the Joneses

Silly cul-de-sac action comedy is a knockoff Mr. and Mrs. Smith

"...neighbors with cheekbones to spare, Hamm and Gadot (those eyebrows!) are respectable but somewhat inferior stand-ins for Brad Pitt..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Danish Girl

Biopic about the first person to undergo sexual reassignment surgery

"...which the future drag queen Holly Woodlawn “plucked his eyebrows on the way, shaved his legs, and then he..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ACL Live Shot: MØ

Meet Danish electro-pop princess Karen Marie Ørsted

"...Watching the minute shifts in the crinkle of her eyebrows – that’s half the show right there. After their..."

Oct. 13, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Nebraska

Woody is a man of few words who might not be all there, but Bruce Dern is all there and that's more than good enough for us.

"...and genuine feeling out of his lead actors. His eyebrows slanted like two sides of a teepee into an..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thor: The Dark World

The Marvel cinematic universe opens its gates once again, and The Dark World does not disappoint.

"...Freed from the first film’s regrettable mandate for peroxide-blond eyebrows and cheek moss, Hemsworth now wields Thor’s mighty hammer..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Disconnect

This mawkish, preachy picture about technophobia has already dated itself.

"...media dinosaur with the mid-Nineties anchor-lady hairdo and tattooed-on eyebrows to prove it. A modernized Ace in the Hole..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

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