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My Boyfriend’s Meds
Manic episodes on vacation make for romance and laughs (apparently)
"...medications for his panoply of disorders. Because mental health issues are clearly hi-la-ri-ous...."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review

Richard Jewell
Eastwood's latest assault on the establishment mangles its own history
"...Clint Eastwood has authority issues. As squinting cop "Dirty" Harry Callahan, he brandished a..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ad Astra
Brad Pitt deals with a case of the space ... madness!
"...in a functionally lifeless cosmos, Gray is grasping at issues that need tackling in popular culture before it's too..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Cate Blanchett steals away with what’s left of her dreams in Linklater’s coming-of-middle-age comedy
"...to see Linklater’s last couple of films looking at issues related to middle age. Vietnam vets reuniting for a..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Fall of the American Empire
Oscar winner Denys Arcand mixes crime, political commentary
"...to hang many discourses on a variety of contemporary issues, such as the indigenous homeless population of Quebec, wage..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Penguins
Chilly nature documentary has a cuddly heart that's perfect for young animal lovers
"...that reveal how their amazing shots were obtained. Despite issues with the Penguins narrative, its cinematography is unsurpassed...."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pet Sematary
Latest Stephen King adaptation is a pretty good horror film, but nothing more
"...less stress – that is, until a dying student issues a cryptic warning about the decades-old pet cemetery on..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Mustang
Two wild spirits, man and horse, find peace in the microepic
"...man and horse have anger management and conflict resolution issues – but Schoenaerts’ gradual transformation from a taciturn yet..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rep. Eddie Rodriguez on the 86th Texas Legislature
“I’ll be working against issues that will unfairly treat Latinos in the state”
"...As the MALC policy chair, I’ll be working against issues that will unfairly treat Latinos in the state. Already..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Mary Queen of Scots
Period drama has no sense of history
"...weak pastiche of the Virgin Queen, with added daddy issues. It's a performance that is striking in spite of..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mirai
Delightful anime explores growing up from a kid's viewpoint
"...his team at Studio Chizu match the weighty narrative issues – parents in the audience would be well advised..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Assassination Nation
Dark satire lets social media tear us apart
"...the male gaze, objectification: Successfully taking on all these issues as parts of the same hideous whole, Assassination Nation..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pick of the Litter
Five adorable puppies on the path to changing lives
"...conundrums that has plagued the human-canine relationship, but such issues do not bother this latest collaboration between Dana Nachman..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Measure of a Man
Even Donald Sutherland reciting fortune cookie wisdom doesn't save this YA snore.
"...from our main character Bobby (Cooper), who has body issues, an emotionally unavailable father (Wilson, looking weary and out..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Kings
Interracial tensions boil over in 1990s L.A.
"...it shares many attributes with Mustang – attention to issues of social repression, strong image-making (cinematographer David Chizallet worked..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Flower
Sardonic coming-of-age comedy never really matures.
"...jail. Before you have time to blurt out “daddy issues,” Erica’s mom Laurie announces that her uncool boyfriend Bob..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fifty Shades Freed
Mr. and Mrs. Grey break out the whips one last time
"...a topless beach. As we know, he has control issues (where’s Armie Hammer when you need him?) but the..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Dina
"...but especially so when the individuals have clinical boundary issues. Because of this, it seems all the more astonishing..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Band Aid
A couple works out their problems through song
"...points of conflict are merely manifestations of much deeper issues. And so it goes for Band Aid’s longtime couple..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Lovers
Breaking the doldrums of marriage
"...careers. It’s a tour de farce, except that the issues at the heart of The Lovers are deadly serious...."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Star-Lord and co. return in the popular Marvel series
"...Everybody’s got family issues galore in this slightly less invigorating but still welcome..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Visually arresting tale of a high school gone to sea
"...roof for rescue, they have to work out their issues (they’ve been suffering creative differences as co-authors of the..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Ashley Moreno

Power Rangers
A new generation of teens with superpowers must save the world
"...Red Ranger Jason (Montgomery) is a quarterback with authority issues; Kimberly, a reforming mean girl, is the Pink Ranger;..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The LEGO Batman Movie
The Dark Knight returns to Legoland
"...gravel-voiced bro-child (Arnett, brilliantly channeling Christian Bale) with relationship issues of every kind. (To quote the Man in Black,..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Almost Christmas
Home for the holidays (again)
"...to know the characters and feel for their individual issues. Sparks fly, genuine laughs ensue, standard-issue dance sequences and..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Christine
Rebecca Hall dazzles in this story of Christine Chubbock
"...final weeks and the personal, professional, romantic, and familial issues that roiled above and below the surface. Although we..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Denial
Holocaust courtroom drama parallels contemporary issues
"...Denial brings with it so many parallels to contemporary issues of huge lies and great truths that its message..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deepwater Horizon
Mark Wahlberg stars in this throwback to Seventies disaster films
"...opportunity, but the lack of any resonance to larger issues is troubling (the end-credit coda is woefully thin)...."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Ms. Veteran America's Mission to End Female Veteran Homelessness
Molly Potter raises awareness for mental health issues
"...would have been another female veteran with mental health issues that had left the military that couldn't find a..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Playback: 35 Years of Chronicle Music Covers
We wade through the roughly 300 issues stamped with the mug of a musician
"...That's one of roughly 300 Chronicle issues stamped with the mug of a musician. In honor..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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