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Sex and the City 2
Two years after the end of the last film, Carrie Bradshaw now frets that the "sparkle" has gone out of her marriage. It's gone from this movie, too.
"...product mentions to the detriment of character and plot development. It may sound like a good idea to take..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Live Action
Judge for yourself among the five films contending for this year's Oscar for live-action short. The five international shorts nominated for Best Live Action Short Film include Patrik Eklund’s “Instead of Abracadabra," Luke Doolan's “Miracle Fish," Juanita Wilson's “The Door,” Gregg Helvey's “Kavi," and Joachim Back’s award-winning “The New Tenants.”
"...it pushes the same buttons as Napoleon Dynamite, Arrested Development, the entire Wes Anderson oeuvre – and about a..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Valentine's Day
Aggressively unfunny and unromantic, Valentine’s Day’s chief concern appears to have been the corralling of its cast of a thousand stars.
"...blips here and there; there’s no room for character development, so the filmmakers must hook us in via the..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

City Hall Hustle: What's Your Incentive?
Citizens question the city's standards for drawing employers
"...city's economic policy thusly: "We don't have an economic development department. We have given that over to the chamber..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Under Our Skin
This documentary probes the human, medical, and political dimensions of Lyme disease, its treatment, and diagnosis.
"...systems so there is no single paradigm for its development, and it often commingles with other diseases; there is..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Big Fan
In this dark new film from the screenwriter of The Wrestler, a New York Giants fan and regular caller to a sports radio talk show snatches rededication from the jaws of disillusionment.
"...focused character study but, as with The Wrestler, the development of narrative intrigue is not Siegel’s forte. Members of..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mystery Team
The Mystery Team is a crime-solving trio of clueless high school seniors, brought to us by the five-person troupe called Derrick Comedy.
"...of high school seniors in a state of arrested development. Each boy clings to the same character established when..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

In the Loop
In the Loop is a scabrous and funny study of how an offhand remark by a career politician can metastasize into an international conflict and, ultimately, war.
"...is an offhand nonremark by the UK's minister for development, Simon Foster (Hollander). Foster, a cultured dishevelment and a..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Waterfront Planning: Professionals Needed
Yet activist Mary Arnold gets the first nod
"...shoreline ecology, neighborhood conservation, civic art, and real property development." That wisely defined a professional board, on the model..."

July 24, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Opie on Top
AFF to honor Ron Howard's extraordinary contribution to filmmaking
"...Award recipient. Howard of course produced Hurwitz’s show Arrested Development, and narrated, too: That alone earns our most warm-hearted..."

July 14, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'Trust Me, I'm a Senator'
Patrick and Shapiro back abortion-related bills giving state more space in the exam room
"...require a doctor to describe the stages of fetal development to a woman seeking abortion. The subtle change drew..."

May 1, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Wildflower Commons
The Politics of Postponement
"...a “no” vote that night on the Planned Unit Development zoning request, and they’d come prepared to present evidence..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Senate Committees Announced
Lt. Gov releases committee appointments with few changes for Travis delegation
"...Homeland Security, plus seats on Business & Commerce, Economic Development, Jurisprudence and Nominations. Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, remains..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
This celebratory documentary skips briskly over the 60-plus-year career of one of jazz's pre-eminent and most original singers.
"...by the bandleader Gene Krupa and follows the artistic development of this white jazz singer whom many put in..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Theresa Everline

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
One-man moviemaking machine Tyler Perry drops his usual cross-dressing comedics for this melodrama about two family dynasties – one black, one white – rocked by scandal.
"...demonstrate that he’s not spending enough time meshing character development and plot together in a way that it all..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Women
This remake of the 1939 George Cukor film isn't particularly fun or funny.
"...thing, and director English has had 13 years in development hell with the project to bring it up to..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Swing Vote
Kevin Costner’s new comedy may be timely, but that doesn’t make it funny or worthwhile.
"...while the film’s humor is cynical and its plot development stagnant – until, of course, a third-act redemption comes..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Journey to the Center of the Earth
The new version of this Jules Verne classic provides gentle fun, but without the 3-D visual effects "comin' right at ya," this journey's center will not hold.
"...consoles), the filmmakers have paid little attention to character development or the screenplay, trusting Verne's far-fetched fantasia about the..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Surfwise
This documentary is a revealing portrait of Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, the spiritual father of Israeli surf and the corporeal father of a nine-child surfing dynasty in California.
"...land and then a fact-finding mission into the “psychosexual development” of the other sex (essentially a one-man, 100-woman fuck-fest),..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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Kevin Spacey plays Mephistopheles to a cadre of M.I.T. whiz kids, who do a better job of counting cards at the Vegas blackjack tables than counting their loot.
"...on, anyway, as they take a pass on character development in favor of fluttery Vegas montages of cards, lights,..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Exclusive SXSWI interview: Tim Langdell
A godfather of gaming development talks about how the tools for squad-based games are shaping game development
"..."You have to collaborate in development." That's the simple message from Tim Langdell (appearing as..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Definitely, Maybe
Before giving in to romantic frippery, Definitely, Maybe functions as a believable, era-zagging retelling of one man’s overlapping love affairs with three women.
"...meet-cutes, there’s less time for actual, you know, character development. Too often, Brooks glosses over action that should be..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Meeker Officially Declares for Council
RG4N spokesman challenges Leffingwell.
"...supporters "Austin insiders" who were more interested in downtown development and benefiting developers than standing up for neighborhoods. Since..."

Feb. 6, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Enchanted
Romance, dry satire, and musical comedy blend in this new Disney film, which stars a delightful Amy Adams.
"...writer Bill Kelly’s script takes extreme liberties with plot development and never really leaves you guessing about who will..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Lady Chatterley
This new French version of the D.H. Lawrence story is tastefully presented but not nearly as scandalous and coarse as the published novel.
"...film seems to pay more attention to the relationship's development than does the novel. Hands and Coulloc'h are both..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Brothers Solomon
With three great comic talents in Will Forte, Will Arnett, and director Bob Odenkirk working together in relatively untried and controversial comedy territory, the only result is a syrupy fable about love and family.
"...(Arnett, who played the self-deluded Gob on TV’s Arrested Development): He spends his time trying to pick up women..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Superbad
Cera and Hill are comic gold in this comedy, which is from the Judd Apatow stable and which has credits populated with refugees from Arrested Development.
"...doesn't hurt that its credits are filled with Arrested Development refugees, including Mottola (who also wrote and directed The..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Shawn Badgley

DOA: Dead or Alive
Female fighters start out as enemies but strip down to their bikini tops to fight a common foe.
"...market. Dispensing with such cinematic trifles as story, character development, and dialogue, screenwriters J.F. Lawton, Adam Gross, and Seth..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Wild Hogs
John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy star as middle-aged friends who seek life's purpose while on a cross-country motorcycle trip.
"...lowbrow. The writer (Brad Copeland, seasoned from TV’s Arrested Development and My Name Is Earl) combines some good comedy,..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Saving Small Business Downtown
"...is, of course, the situation regarding the proposed Marriott development on the 200 block of Congress and the desire..."

Dec. 27, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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