Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
54%
3/4
“The farther I was from the movie the better I liked it. Now I want to go back if only for goofy Jar Jar Binks. He's the best caricature yet of an adolescent male – curious, clumsy, maddening and sweet.” –
Dallas Morning News
Apr 16, 2025
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The Learning Curve (1999)
13%
“Oh, that script by Mr. Schwab! As Cajun comic Justin Wilson says, 'He doesn't miss one damn inch of that road.'” –
Dallas Morning News
May 29, 2024
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My All American (2015)
32%
B+
“No car chases. No guns. No fire-breathing monsters. Just a thrilling, inspirational film about a legendary coach and a determined undersized player.” –
Austin American-Statesman
Nov 12, 2015
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Bridge of Spies (2015)
91%
B+
“It's classic Spielberg with the help of master editor Michael Kahn turning up the heat in a Cold War thriller that intrigues and entertains while reminding us that more than 50 years later the Doomsday Clock is ticking louder than ever.” –
Austin American-Statesman
Oct 15, 2015
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Ricki and the Flash (2015)
65%
B-
“Jonathan Demme still owns the groove that 31 years ago made the Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense one of the great, nearly perfect concert films.” –
Austin American-Statesman
Aug 6, 2015
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The Wolfpack (2015)
87%
B+
“An eye-popping portrait of six brothers virtually imprisoned for most of their lives inside a 16th-floor flat in a New York housing project.” –
Austin American-Statesman
Jun 18, 2015
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
67%
B
“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was such a worldwide sleeper hit, and its British-Indian cast so beloved, that it's no surprise that three years later they're back in Rajasthan.” –
Austin American-Statesman
Mar 6, 2015
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Mr. Turner (2014)
97%
A
“Mr. Turner is an absolutely luminous film.” –
Austin American-Statesman
Feb 2, 2015
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Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
95%
A-
“Slickly shot and edited by Aaron Wickenden, its more than 40 amazingly forthcoming interview subjects include acclaimed photographers Joel Meyerwitz and Mary Ellen Mark.” –
Austin American-Statesman
May 1, 2014
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The Wind Rises (2013)
88%
A-
“[A] spellbinding, dreamy paean to imagination.” –
Austin American-Statesman
Feb 27, 2014
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Philomena (2013)
91%
B+
“At last, a holiday film for intelligent life.” –
Austin American-Statesman
Nov 26, 2013
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All Is Lost (2013)
95%
B+
“It's supremely skillful acting reminiscent of his memorable turn more than 40 years ago as the mountain man of few words fighting to survive in Jeremiah Johnson.” –
Austin American-Statesman
Nov 7, 2013
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Pandora's Promise (2013)
64%
B-
“With glaciers melting, seas rising and superstorms in the wings, Pandora's Promise, despite its one-sided polemics, revives a desperately needed conversation.” –
Austin American-Statesman
Jun 20, 2013
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The Conspirator (2010)
56%
B+
“Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel paints a world lit by candles, gaslights and torches, and costume designer Louise Frogley makes the cast look like people of the period, not actors wearing rented clothes.” –
Austin American-Statesman
Apr 20, 2011
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Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)
84%
B+
“An amazing, worthy journey.” –
Dallas Morning News
Oct 28, 2004
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The Last Shot (2004)
62%
B-
“The Last Shot doesn't crackle and pop, but the send-up of Hollywood and the government gets off some good lines and generally endears itself with a kind of earnest scattershot loopiness.” –
Dallas Morning News
Oct 14, 2004
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Friday Night Lights (2004)
82%
B+
“A hard-hitting, fast-paced, stirring film.” –
Dallas Morning News
Oct 7, 2004
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Raise Your Voice (2004)
16%
C+
“It's a sweet and touching West Coast Fame, though it lacks that 1980 musical's manic energy and excitement.” –
Dallas Morning News
Oct 7, 2004
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Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)
90%
B
“A partisan film but ultimately a powerful one.” –
Dallas Morning News
Oct 6, 2004
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The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
83%
A-
“Credit Mr. Salles with making all the right artistic decisions and turning what could have been a routine polemical film into a fresh mind-changing experience.” –
Dallas Morning News
Sep 30, 2004
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Silver City (2004)
48%
C+
“If Silver City isn't in the same class as [Sayles'] Texas-shot Lone Star, it's still worth a look.” –
Dallas Morning News
Sep 16, 2004
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Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (2003)
71%
C+
“A slight but winsome, affirmative film.” –
Dallas Morning News
Sep 9, 2004
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The Hunting of the President (2004)
74%
B-
“There's wit, revelation and mercifully, more about Whitewater than Monica Lewinsky.” –
Dallas Morning News
Sep 2, 2004
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Riding Giants (2004)
93%
B+
“It's a big wet kiss to the heroes and history of an ancient water sport.” –
Dallas Morning News
Aug 5, 2004
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A Home at the End of the World (2004)
50%
B
“The best reasons [to see it] have to be the subtle, nuanced performances of Mr. Farrell, newcomer Dallas Roberts, a never-better Robin Wright Penn and the endearing evergreen Pride of Quitman, Texas, Sissy Spacek.” –
Dallas Morning News
Jul 29, 2004
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