Subject:

Kenneth Branagh

  • Film

    March 9, 2000

    Bard on

    Titus gets a splatter-film makeover in this stylish, garish adaptation

  • Film

    November 10, 1994

    Bloodlust

    Interview with the Vampire and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein try to invigorate the horror genre

  • Film

    December 8, 1994

    Aborted cause

    Ivan Reitman's Junior ruins many stellar comic opportunities

  • Film

    May 11, 1995

    Cat man dues

    The Van Peebles' Panther is a sincere but self-defeating stylistic exercise

  • Film

    December 28, 1995

    Less is Moor

    A feeble version of Othello is a red-eyed monstrosity

  • Film

    February 29, 1996

    Junkies

    In a choice between Bard addicts and science ghouls, the play's the thing

  • Film

    April 11, 1996

    Shadows and light

    Zeffirelli meticulously recycles the goof-proof romance Jane Eyre

  • Film

    November 7, 1996

    Avon calling

    Romeo & Juliet and Looking for Richard leave audiences Bard silly

  • Film

    January 2, 1997

    '96 rewound

    Good, but not that good

  • Film

    January 23, 1997

    Oy, Claudius

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

  • Film

    May 15, 1997

    Pop, pop, fizz, fizz

    In Fathers' Day, Crystal and Williams need some comic relief

  • Film

    July 24, 1997

    Queen Victoria's highland fling

    Mrs. Brown's dig into English history turns up a calcified fossil

  • Film

    November 13, 1997

    For love and money

    The Wings of the Dove transcends period prettiness--it has the cathartic beauty that comes from dramatic truth

  • Film

    March 12, 1998

    High-order hackwork

    Altman uses his magic to distract us from the same old Grisham-isms in The Gingerbread Man

  • Film

    November 19, 1998

    Glamour shot

    Woody Allen dissects fame, art, and sex in Celebrity

  • Film

    December 31, 1998

    A slightly dirty dozen

    Although many standout films were released in 1998, no one movie really stood out

  • Film

    May 13, 1999

    Puck this

    Shakespeare's Dream finally becomes a wonderful reality

  • Film

    December 25, 2008

    Valkyrie

    Tom Cruise plots to kill Hitler in his latest impossible mission

  • Film

    September 18, 2003

    Old Song and Dance

    Woody Allen's latest feels uncomfortably familiar

  • Film

    July 13, 2000

    Half-baked Shake

    Although inventive, Branagh's Love struggles vainly for harmony

  • Calendar

    November 15, 2007

    Raising Caine

    Michael switches roles at the Modern

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2007

    Walk The Dinosaur

    Michael switches roles at the Modern

  • Film

    April 27, 2000

    Fest intentions

    USA Film Festival: Amargosa, Committed, The Devil's Swing, Dropping Out, Hamlet, Lush, The Natural History of the Chicken, Split Decision, The Target Shoots First, Steal This Movie

  • Calendar

    August 30, 2007

    Art Thou Ready to Rumble?

    Watch the Death Match at Hub

  • Film

    March 30, 2000

    The men who would be queens

    Animated buddy film gets Road hard and put up wet

  • Film

    December 26, 2002

    Rabbit Punch

    Phillip Noyce's return to his roots packs some power, though the lack of dialogue hurts

  • Film

    November 14, 2002

    Wonder Boy

    Harry Potter's second adventure delights exactly like the first

  • Calendar

    September 26, 2002

    Laughter Is the Best Weapon

    Charlie Chaplin does his best Little Hitler

  • Film

    February 21, 2002

    Man's Best Friend?

    How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog doesn't deliver on its promises

  • Film

    March 1, 2001

    Sweet Seoul Music

    Chunhyang is a complex, beautiful retelling of a simple Korean folk tale

  • Calendar

    July 27, 2000

    Free Will

    Teen Shakespeare: It's not just for the movies anymore

  • Film

    May 18, 2000

    An odd bird

    In Hawke's Hamlet, Shakespeare never sounded or looked so weird

  • Film

    March 9, 2000

    Better Scotch

    Adopt these Orphans, before they get in any more trouble

  • Film

    July 1, 1999

    Why, Wild West?

    Keep yer hats on for this tepid remake

  • Film

    February 1, 1996

    Renaissance man

    Richard III star Ian McKellen may well be the greatest actor you've never heard of

  • Film

    November 12, 2009

    Pirate Radio Gets A Tame U.S. Release But We Still Love Its Rock 'N' Roll

    Richard III star Ian McKellen may well be the greatest actor you've never heard of

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Descendants Ascends to Top of DFW Crix List

    ​The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association just dispatched its year-end best-of, the whole list of which follows. Given my retreat from film crit in recent months -- though I did review We Bought a Zoo, opening Christmas week, and ... not bad -- I can't argue with this year's list as I've don ... More >>

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