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Spring in the Air?
Austin Aztex announce three home games against top MLS opponents
"...apply online: Jan. 19. www.austinaztex.com. Below: the Dynamo, Marta, Women's Professional Soccer, and Stoke for breakfast...."

Jan. 14, 2009 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Doubt
Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams star in the film version of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play.
"...well as the period’s secular strife between men and women. There are many small, telling moments in Doubt as..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cadillac Records
The story of the birth of Chicago blues is well-told through this ensemble portrait of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James, Little Walter, and their label, Chess Records.
"...and Sixties. The actors cast as the bluesmen and -women are spectacular – again, not so much for their..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Role Models
In this comedy, two cranky men, played by Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott, are forced by court order to take part in a child-mentoring program.
"...cranky, cynical, mean to children, endlessly put-upon, bad with women, and in the midst of an epic existential crisis...."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Duchess
Keira Knightley stars as the titular Duchess, a legendary wit and arbiter of taste, but the film is a curiously inert: a whole lot of pomp and incircumstance.
"...who regularly finds comfort in the arms of other women. Stung by the betrayal and her own inability to..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Surfer, Dude
Matthew McConaughey joins with the director of Hand on a Hard Body in this ode to near-naked bodies, weed, and surf-speak. Oh, and it's also a work of fiction.
"...child – his vocabulary only extends so far as women, weed, and the almighty wave. After a successful world..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

'Kicking It' for the Homeless; Cheers for the Home Teams
"...St. Edward's women (17-3 last season) are ranked 23rd in the NCAA..."

Aug. 28, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

A Jihad for Love
What it's like to identify as both gay and Muslim is the topic of this brave documentary, which looks at the seemingly irreconcilable conflict.
"...12 countries and several dozen gay Muslim men and women, is a brave study of what it's like to..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Then She Found Me
Helen Hunt directs and stars in this movie which finds just the right mix of drama, comedy, and the unknown – in other words, life as we live it.
"...may dismiss Then She Found Me as a mere "women's film," but it's really a more honest and mature..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame chases after the world's most wanted man and comes up empty but fulfilled.
"...a whirlwind of fearless good cheer, who charms burqua-clad women, destitute Palestinians, and radical anti-Western clerics into candid conversations..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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