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Boy meets monster, adventure ensues

A beast helps a boy through tough times

These animated birds never quite achieve liftoff

The magic of Disney unlocks a boy's mind

This animated video-game spin-off fails on every level

John Doe claims he was victim of sexual abuse in the Seventies

Filmed-in-Austin relationship drama captures local culture

Cutting through the bullshit on STRs

Indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski enlists Guy Pearce and others for his new movie

This Japanese mind-twister from Shion Sono screams with madness and mayhem.

Q&A with Beach Boys mainstay prior to Sunday’s Moody show

After 21 years, reunited with Fran outside county jail

The Austin Teen Book Festival is coming of age

Young Maisie’s divorced parents are negligent, not cruel, in this contemporary take on the novel by Henry James from the co-directors of the Deep End.

There's no need to put a stake in the heart of this animated film full of familiar monsters; it's already deadly dull.

Old-school "Gosh, wow!" sense-of-wonder filmmaking is in short supply these days, but now John Carter has arrived to fill the void.

Be ready for your office Oscar pool when it rolls around later this month.

Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski star in this fact-based story that shows us that whales are mammals too.

Turns out that the third time is the charm: This one delivers the jolts with subtlety and brio.

Lions and cheetahs in the African savanna look lovely onscreen but are imbued with human emotions.

Your drug war news for the week

Get a leg up on your Oscar pool by checking out all the nominees in this category.

Highlights and observations from the fest

Lars von Trier lives to affront again. Chaos, indeed, reigns.

This American-bred Astro Boy remains true to the heart and soul of the Japanese original but lacks its raw animation and emotions.

The full text to the Obama back-to-school speech

A magic wishing rock becomes the undoing of an entire community in this appealing new kids romp from Robert Rodriguez.

Quintessentially French in its preoccupation with the vagaries of l’amour, Shall We Kiss? is painfully dunderheaded about the proclivities of the human heart.

The slapstick humor remains, as does the slack plotting, in this animated sequel that's nevertheless fun for all.

A sweet, old-fashioned kind of picture content to burrow into the quiet spaces, where boring, ordinary adults live and fitfully try to love again. Oh, and occasionally talk to dead people.