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'The Time Traveler's Wife' Keeps a Light Onnew
This romance is based on a popular novel in which the comings and goings of a time traveler wreak havoc on his marriage.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
'Tetro' Aspires to Opera but Plays Like a Power Balladnew
Francis Ford Coppola's latest is by no means as tragically ambitious as Youth Without Youth, thus it makes much less of a mess when it collapses under its own weight as Youth Without Youth does. In fact, what hampers Tetro is not its surfeit of ideas and narrative impenetrability but, rather, its insufficiency of thematic hooks and dramatic content.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
'Shorts' Offers Postmodern Fun for the Kidsnew
A magic wishing rock becomes the undoing of an entire community in this appealing new kids romp from Robert Rodriguez.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
'Post Grad' Doesn't Make the Gradenew
Bland to the point of pointlessness, Post Grad follows the inane highs and lows of a perky young optimist.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Post Grad, Vicky Jenson
'Ponyo' Is a Fabulous Fish Storynew
In this animated adventure by the Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki, a 5-year-old boy forms a friendship with a goldfish princess who longs to be human.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
'Paper Heart' Is No Candy Valentinenew
Ultra-introverted mumblenerd comedian Charlene Yi shines in this faux documentary that problematically blurs the line between staged, improvised, and "real" events.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
Rewriting the War in 'Inglourious Basterds'new
In this World War II movie, Quentin Tarantino weaves together multiple storylines that coalesce into a literally explosive finale that daringly rewrites history.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
'Thirst': Vampire Lovenew
The new film from the South Korean director of Oldboy is a stunning feast for the senses but veers off-track with its overlong meditation on vampirism.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-14-2009 |
Reviews
'The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard': Buyer, Bewarenew
Jeremy Piven stars in this swift-moving, cynical, equal-opportunity offender about a team of used-car liquidators.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-14-2009 |
Reviews
The Alien Nation of 'District 9'new
District 9 is a wrenching, riveting, occasionally violent, often heartbreaking, socially conscious science fiction film, and, best of all, a love story.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-14-2009 |
Reviews
'Bandslam': Surviving High Schoolnew
A citywide battle of the bands provides the grist for this endearing youth film.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-14-2009 |
Reviews
'Adam': Star-Crossed Loversnew
Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne co-star in this love story about a guy with Asperger's Syndrome and the girl who lives next door.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-14-2009 |
Reviews
'Little Ashes': Once Upon a Time in Madridnew
Robert Pattinson costars as Salvador Dalí in this sexually speculative history of the artist's student years spent with friends, Federico García Lorca and Luis Buñuel.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-06-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Little Ashes, Paul Morrison
'The Cove': What Hath 'Flipper' Wrought?new
This marvelously made agitprop documentary exposes the dark secrets that underpin the world’s dolphin mania.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-06-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Louie Psihoyos, The Cove
'Julie & Julia': Kiss the Cooknew
Meryl Streep is irresistible as Julia Child as is Nora Ephron's direction, but Amy Adams' Julie Powell is a dud – a mousy, grouchy irritant.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-06-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Julie & Julia, Nora Ephron
