“DC League of Super-Pets”
Rated PG Starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer Critical Rating: 2.5 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4.5 of 5 As something of an animated companion piece to the live-action DC Extended Universe, “DC League...
“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”
Rated PG Starring Jenny Slate, Isabella Rossellini, Dean Fleischer-Camp, Rosa Salazar, Thomas Mann, Leslie Stahl Critical Rating: 4 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 5 of 5 Dean Fleischer-Camp’s “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,” a delightfully offbeat...
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Top Gun: Maverick” Rated PG-13 Starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Val Kilmer, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Monica Barbaro Critical Rating: 5 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 3.5 of 5 After a three-year wait, Joseph Kosinski’s...
“The Bad Guys”
Rated PG Starring Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Zazie Beetz, Richard Ayoade, Alex Borstein Critical Rating: 3½ of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4½ of 5 DreamWorks Animation’s “The Bad Guys” offers something...
“Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood”
Rated PG-13 Starring Jack Black, Glen Powell, Zachary Levi, Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Bill Wise Critical Rating: 5 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 Richard Linklater’s latest film, “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood,” is a joy to experience. This is...
“Turning Red”
Rated PG Starring Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Orion Lee, Wai Ching Ho Critical Rating: 2 1/2 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 3 of 5 “Turning Red,” the latest film from Pixar Animation Studios, continues...
“Encanto”
Rated PG Starring Stephanie Beatriz, Maria Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo, Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Carolina Gaitan Critical Rating: 4 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 5 of 5 Byron Howard and Jared Bush’s “Encanto” (which the...
“West Side Story”
Rated PG-13 Starring Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno, Brian d’Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Mike Faist Critical Rating: 5 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 Nobody does it better than Steven Spielberg. I’ll admit...
“Belfast”
Rated PG-13 Starring Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Ciaran Hinds, Judi Dench, Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie Critical Rating: 4½ of 5 Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” the director’s semi-autobiographical tale of growing up in Northern...
“Ron’s Gone Wrong”
Rated PG Starring Zach Galifianakis, Olivia Colman, Ed Helms, Jack Dylan Grazer, Rob Delaney, Justice Smith Critical Rating: 3 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 ½ of 5 Twentieth Century Studios and Locksmith Animation’s "Ron’s Gone Wrong" is a...
“Cry Macho”
Rated PG-13Starring Clint Eastwood, Eduardo Minett, Dwight Yoakam, Natalia TravenCritical Rating: 5 of 5Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 Among the many things I love about Clint Eastwood, chief among them is that he never makes the same movie twice. Even...
“CODA”
Rated PG-13Starring Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-PeeloAustin Family Critical Rating: 4½ of 5Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 3 of 5 Sian Heder’s "CODA," a breakout hit at this year’s Sundance Film...
