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Laurence Olivier

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Deadly Murder from Theatre Suburbia: A Pastiche of Contradictions

    The setup: A murder mystery combines suspense, humor, attempts at drawing-room comedy, bizarre twists, violence and sturdy actors in an unlikely medley offering something for everyone. The execution: While the audience must suspend considerable disbelief to enjoy this hybrid melodrama, just think ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    The Five Worst Music Movies Ever*

    * That aren't actual musicals *eye roll*​It would be easy to pick out a bunch of terrible musicals to make fun of. First off, most musicals seem stuck in the 1930s, when every song everywhere sounded like a show tune, and therefore stank. Second, we're afraid of polarizing our audience. You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Pop Rocks: Why 2010 Is Going To Suck, Pt. 1

    I know I'm not the only person who feels like high-fiving everyone at the end of the holiday season, heady with the triumph of having survived another two weeks of forced jocularity, awkward family moments, bad TV, and worse music. The new year, with it's promise of fresh opportunities to screw up a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2009

    For Good Friday: The Five Best Torture Scenes

    Today is Good Friday, so named because it's the day they finally offed that pompous windbag from Nazareth who would just not shut up about all his "Love your brother" crap. Have you met any of my brothers?Of course, the powers-that-be decided they wouldn't just kill Jesus, they had to torture him a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    Fine Hour: Short Films by Humphrey Jennings

    This Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s program shows a complex British filmmaker from multiple angles

  • Home Entertainment

    February 21, 2008

    Margot at the Wedding, American Gangster: Unrated Extended Edition, Lust, Caution, Excellent Cadavers

    This Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s program shows a complex British filmmaker from multiple angles

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2008

    Alls I’m Sayin’ is Juno Better Win Best Picture

    This Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s program shows a complex British filmmaker from multiple angles

  • Film

    November 1, 2007

    Sidney Lumet's Long Journey

    Venerable director returns with a devilish thriller.

  • Film

    November 1, 2007

    Sleuth

    Better home and garden, but not much else in Kenneth Branagh's Sleuth remake

  • Home Entertainment

    February 22, 2007

    Chick Flick

    Better home and garden, but not much else in Kenneth Branagh's Sleuth remake

  • Film

    September 28, 2006

    That Sinking Feeling

    Coast Guard epic succumbs to watery clichés

  • Culture

    April 20, 2006

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    April 13, 2006

    Soaring Egos

    Forgotten theatrical deities play on in the compelling Orson's Shadow

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2006

    All's Welles

    Orson's Shadow gets inside the actors

  • Film

    November 10, 2005

    Love at First Fight

    This Pride & Prejudice brings fresh passion to an old love story

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2005

    We Want the Funk

    An '80s wrestling star relives his days of chain saws and headlocks in More than Just Hardcore

  • Film

    September 16, 2004

    Days of Future Passed

    Sky Captain zooms back to a tomorrow that never was

  • Calendar

    August 6, 1998

    Legacy of Leigh

    Sky Captain zooms back to a tomorrow that never was

  • Film

    August 7, 1997

    But What If the Nuts Are Right?

    Conspiracy Theory offers a new action hero: the addled Everyman

  • Film

    January 23, 1997

    As He Likes It

    Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet may be complete, but something's still a little rotten

  • Film

    February 1, 1996

    Crippled Inside

    Shakespeare's most malevolent monarch is marvelously remade for the movies

  • Culture

    February 1, 1996

    Sterling Siblings

    The Alley and the Redgraves do each other, and Shakespeare, proud

  • Film

    January 18, 1996

    Sly Evil

    The name of the film may be Othello, but Iago's the star

  • Culture

    June 30, 1994

    Daddy Dearest

    Lynn Redgrave comes both to praise her father, and to bury him

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