Safe Haven

Director Lasse Hallström can't find the pulse in this Nicholas Sparks sudser starring Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel.

"...Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, David Lyons, Mimi Kirkland and Noah Lomax...."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

UT Volleyball Hits Its Stride at the Perfect Time

And how it corresponds to season four of 'Mad Men'

"...big football victory over their revenge-obsessed “rivals” to the north, Nebraska, but there’s more cause for celebration thanks to..."

Oct. 19, 2010 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2007

The boys are back with their hyper-filthy animation show.

"...compilation of hyper-filthy animations may have finally met their match. Virtually all of the 20 or so films listed..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kinky Boots

One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.

"...planned, plotted, and lived. A world without John Fluevog? Manolo Blahnik? Dr. Martens? Chuck, for God's sake, Taylor? A..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alien Vs. Predator

An asinine grudge match between two of the most memorable Eighties-era screen bugaboos

"...icky meets shiny nappy people in this asinine grudge match between two of the most memorable Eighties-era screen bugaboos...."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

"...the original offered deliriously silly grrrl-power fun that had enough smarts to not present anything any more serious than..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shanghai Noon

"...than 70 films, Jackie Chan has finally met his match, and wouldn't you know, it's Owen Wilson (UT acting..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

La Vie De Bohème

This film honors the romantic notion of the starving artist while simultaneously mocking its illusions and pretensions.

"...good, equally broke, artist friends. La Vie de Bohème honors this romantic notion to the hilt, while simultaneously mocking..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Nanny

"...Sherman Hemsley, Austin Pendleton, Robert Gorman, Madeline Zima, Raymond O'Connor, Mother Love and David Johansen. Word got out, I..."

Oct. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Best of the Best Two

"...1989 film Best of the Best? Chances are that no one does -- or cares -- to recall that..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Police Story Iii: Supercop

"...Cheung. Forget Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris (especially Chuck Norris). Hong Kong's Jackie Chan is now..."

Jan. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Stranger Among Us

"...acting talents of her mother, Tippi Hedren. Which is not to say that Griffith can't be good, given the..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin FC Makes SoCal Statement, Goes Top of the League with LAFC Win

ATXFC notches most impressive victory to date

"...pitch at Banc of California Stadium for its first match ever as a Major League Soccer franchise. Wednesday night,..."

May 19, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Can we all finally just be excellent to each other?

"...mindset? The last time we saw that kind of Norman Rockwell earnestness was when SoCal rock dudes Ted ‘'Theodore’’..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Father Figures

On a road to nowhere with Ed Helms and Owen Wilson

"...Figures. Clearly, this was written sometime around 1998, when anodyne family comedies were all the rage, and it was..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Green sewer-dwellers battle purple ooze. Big, dumb fun

"...way back in 1984 thinks that this slick, colorful, nonstop action and pizza extravaganza is, to put it mildly,..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Our Brand Is Crisis

Sandra Bullock shines in David Gordon Green's political comedy

"...”Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Grandmaster

Visual master Wong Kar-Wai tells the story of the legendary martial-arts practitioner and teacher Ip Man.

"...tale of two masters that can’t be told without footnotes or what-might-have-been frustration, and the book hasn’t closed on..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fill the Void

In this fascinating Israeli film set within a community of ultra-Orthodox Jews, a young woman grapples with whether to marry her dead sister's husband.

"...at a remove from contemporary attitudes. Yet this is not a story about a collision between religious and secular..."

July 19, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

For Colored Girls

Tyler Perry tackles Ntozake Shange's beloved play.

"...Kimberly Elise, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Whoopi Goldberg,..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Everyone Else

A German couple teeters on the jagged peaks of passive aggression and self-doubt.

"...Nicole Marischka and Carina N. Wiese. At first glance, not much appears to be going on with the German..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Yogurt Shop DNA Saga Continues, Pt. 3

Is there enough evidence to set Robert Springsteen free?

"...Travis Co. District Judge Mike Lynch said Thursday afternoon that he would decide by Monday (June 23) whether..."

June 19, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Frost/Nixon

Ron Howard presents us with Richard M. Nixon – the Christmas gift that keeps on giving.

"...definition, Frost/Nixon is a two-handed work, a psychological boxing match between the two protagonists, and Langella and Sheen, the..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cassandra's Dream

Woody Allen is still making movies at the rate of at least one a year. The problem is that he doesn’t make good movies at the rate of one a year.

"...latest plunge into irrelevance. Like 1989’s brilliant Crimes and Misdemeanors and 2005’s considerably less brilliant Match Point, Dream is..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Paprika

The multilayered Paprika, the newest animated film from Satoshi Kon (Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers) captures the childlike, helter-skelter chaos and curiosity of the human mind better than any other animated film.

"...animated film like Paprika ever being produced in America. Not to knock the fine work of Pixar and the..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Longest Yard

Sandler and Rock keep the ball in play for this old prison football gem, although they fail to score any new points.

"...by: Peter Segal. Starring: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Nelly, James Cromwell, William Fichtner, Michael Irvin, Bill Goldberg,..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scarlet Diva

"...which begs the question: Why? Fans and family already know of the ripe, curvy Argento's penchant for theatrical insanity...."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Happy, Texas

"...Directed by: Mark Illsley. Starring: Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, Ally Walker, William H. Macy, Illeana Douglas..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

An Ideal Husband

The Oscar Wilde drama about deceit and honor is presented by a solid cast.

"...Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam, John Wood and Peter Vaughan. It would seem, given..."

July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

He Got Game

"...up at the three-point line and takes a big, no-conscience shot for all the marbles. The result? Well, neither..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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