Artemis Fowl
Rated PG Starring Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Judi Dench, Josh Gad, Colin Farrell, Nonso Anozie Austin Family Critical Rating: 2 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4½ of 5 stars It saddens me to report that director Kenneth Branagh’s Artemis...
Under the Radar Streaming Picks
With cinemas largely closed around the country, families are relying on streaming services (and, if you’re like me, Blu-Rays and DVDs) for home entertainment. If you subscribe to even a few streaming services, the number of options can be overwhelming. Beneath the...
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Rated G Starring Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Chris Morrell, Andy Nyman, David Holt, Kate Harbour, Amalia VitaleAustin Family Critical Rating: 4 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 5 of 5 stars A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon is a pure animated...
Wendy
Rated PG-13 Starring Devin France, Yashua Mack, Gage Naquin, Gavin Naquin Austin Family Critical Rating: 4 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s been eight years since writer/director Benh Zeitlin exploded onto the independent filmmaking...
Little Women
Little Women Rated PG Starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Timothee Chalamet, Chris Cooper, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4½ of 5...
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Rated PG-13 Starring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Richard E. Grant, Domnall Gleeson, Keri Russell, Lupita Nyong’o, Ian McDiarmid Austin Family Critical Rating: 2 of 5 stars Austin Family...
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Rated PG Starring Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson, Christine Lahti Austin Family Critical Rating: 3 ½ of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4½ of 5 stars Fred Rogers, the beloved host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on PBS (which...
Jojo Rabbit
Rated PG-13 Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Thomasin McKenzie, Taika Waititi, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 3½ of 5 stars Writer, director and actor...
Ad Astra
Rated PG-13 Starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Liv Tyler Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 stars I dreamt of my late father the night after first seeing James Gray’s Ad Astra,...
Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Rated PG-13 Starring Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Emma Nelson, Kristen Wiig, Laurence Fishburne, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Megan Mullally Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 stars Review by Jack Kyser. Jack is a...
The Farewell
Rated PG Starring Awkwafina, Zhao Shuzhen, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Yongbo Jiang, Hong Lu Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4½ of 5 stars Review by Jack Kyser Lulu Wang’s The Farewell is one of the breakout hits of the summer....
Scorsese and Dylan Pull Off a Magic Act With “Rolling Thunder Revue”
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, not rated Starring Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Sam Shepard, Joni Mitchell, Allen Ginsberg Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 3 of 5 stars Now available on Netflix and...
