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This Austin author didn't set out to make her first novel a thriller, but now that it's out, she's good with that

“Conversations About America’s Future” collab with Texas Tribune

A tepid romantic comedy with a side order of vitriol.

Smart Growth wouldn't be dead if it had stayed in touch with reality

High school drama becomes an indictment of “either/or” culture

Ashton Kutcher lays to waste a promising script involving time travel and unforeseeable consequences.

Amy Schumer looks for laughs in body image comedy.

Tape is a confined microcosm: three characters, one room, and a whole lot of head-trippery. Old high school friends reunite years later in a dingy Michigan motel room for a night of tricky revelations.

Seventies TV shows live on through Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Snoop Dog.

Kevin Smith manages to makes a film that both pokes fun at the Catholic Church and upholds the faith.

Amy Gentry's page-turning thriller is set apart by its realistic and empathetic portrayal of abuse victims and their families

If Takashi Miike happened to be possessed by the spirit of Chuck Jones, the result might turn out something like this sequel.

We're running out of genres to spoof: This time it's disaster movies.

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

Who really wrote Shakespeare's plays? Writer Amy Freed plays the question for laughs.

Jason Statham's Crank – despite the fact that its ever-revving mayhem is ultraviolent, sexist, and frequently offensive enough to warrant a look-see by both the ACLU and the DOJ – is pure action-film bliss.

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It's all about the hair, the performances, and the grift and graft in this unpredictable new offering from David O. Russell.

Spooky stuff crosses over from the mirror world to the real world, and it places Kiefer Sutherland in a world of hurt.

It's mostly hoo-hah, but there are moments in this New Agey, feel-semi-good crowd-pleaser that rise above and beyond the gymnastics and psychobabble.

Albert Brooks again sallies forth where others fear to tread, although his comic results are more mildly amusing than riotously funny.

Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut is smart, funny, and wild at heart

Feel-good high school sports drama