“Cruella”
Rated PG-13Starring Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Paul Walter Hauser, Joel Fry, Mark Strong, Emily BeechamAustin Family Critical Rating: 4.5 of 5Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 3.5 of 5 I went into "Cruella," the latest live-action reimagining of a classic Disney...
“The Mitchells vs. The Machines”
"Rated PG Starring Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda, Eric Andre, Olivia Colman, Fred Armisen, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen Austin Family Critical Rating: 3.5 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4.5 of 5 "The Mitchells vs. The...
Spring/Summer Movies Coming!
After a long year of delayed releases and substantially fewer new films than usual, 2021 looks to be a much busier and fuller year for cinema, as studios grow more comfortable with releasing major titles either exclusively in theaters, or via a cinema/streaming hybrid...
Minari
Rated PG-13Starring Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan S. Kim, Noel Cho, Yuh-jung Youn, Will Patton Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari is a lovely portrait of a Korean-American family in 1980s...
Soul
Rated PG Starring Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Questlove, Angela Bassett, Donnell Rawlings Austin Family Critical Rating: 4 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 5 of 5 Soul, the latest...
News of the World
Rated PG-13 Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Elizabeth Marvel, Michael Angelo Covino, Bill Camp Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 Even as most studios have pushed back their year-end prestige pictures,...
Dear Santa
Not Rated Austin Family Critical Rating: 4 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 5 of 5 "Dear Santa," a new documentary by Dana Nachman, is a warm and endearing film about Operation Santa, a program run by the United States Post Office in which letters to...
The War With Grandpa
Rated PGStarring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Christopher Walken, Oakes Fegley, Rob Riggle, Cheech Marin, Jane SeymourAustin Family Critical Rating: 3½ of 5Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5Robert De Niro has been my favorite actor for as long as I can...
The Personal History of David Copperfield
""""Rated PG Starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Hugh Laurie, Morfydd Clark, Ben Whishaw, Benedict Wong, Rosalind Eleazar, Aneurin Barnard, Gwendoline Christie Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4½ of 5...
Tenet
Rated PG-13 Starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s hard to write about Christopher Nolan’s massive new...
An American Pickle
"Rated PG-13 Starring Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Jorma Taccone Austin Family Critical Rating: 4 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 stars Brandon Trost’s An American Pickle" is a delightful comedy, featuring one of star Seth Rogen’s best...
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Rated PG-13 Starring Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Pierce Brosnan, Austin Family Critical Rating: 3½ of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 3½ of 5 stars David Dobkin’s "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" is a truly enjoyable comedy,...