Colin Covert

Columnist/Reporter | Movies
Phone: 612-673-7186
Colin Covert has covered films for the Star Tribune for 20 years, interviewing Peter Jackson, Kate Winslet, Steven Spielberg, Cate Blanchett, Quentin Tarantino, Neil Gaiman and John Travolta, to name a few. Colin’s job as a film critic consists mostly of thinking up synonyms for “mediocre.” He still gets a thrill when the lights dim, and all too often a bigger thrill when they come on again.

Recent content from Colin Covert

‘The Croods’ is fast-paced, full of caveman charm

REVIEW: “The Croods” is fast-paced, ingenious and has a message, too.

Updated: March 22, 2013, - 04:44 PM

White House attacked by giant cliche in ‘Olympus Has Fallen’

REVIEW: Star power can't save this by-the-numbers action movie.

Updated: March 22, 2013, - 04:40 PM

'Admission' with Tina Fey scores high

REVIEW: Princeton admissions officer Tina Fey stresses out in a funny-smart romantic comedy.

Updated: March 22, 2013, - 04:34 PM

Nicole Kidman's "Stoker" is a true chiller

Nothing is as it should be in a chilly, poisonous melodrama starring Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Kidman.

Updated: March 15, 2013, - 11:02 AM

Noah's arc: Baumbach retrospective at the Walker

Walker Art Center presents a five-film retrospective of Noah Baumbach’s urbane comedies.

Updated: March 14, 2013, - 02:08 PM

Diablo Cody: Running with the devil

As her film "Juno" opens Friday, Twin Cities blogger- turned- Hollywood- darling Diablo Cody tries to stay a step ahead of her growing fame.

Updated: March 13, 2013, - 12:39 PM

Film festival features the variety of the Arab experience

Dramas, comedies and documentaries from throughout the Arab world will be screened at the eighth Twin Cities Arab Film Festival.

Updated: March 12, 2013, - 08:00 PM

Nicole Kidman shows her range in ‘Stoker’

The mother of two talks about playing a creepy widow in “Stoker,” a “fairy-tale horror thriller.”

Updated: March 09, 2013, - 03:42 PM

In 1980s Chile, an adman tries to sell democracy

In "No," a successful adman is enlisted to “sell” democracy and send Pinochet packing.

Updated: March 08, 2013, - 05:27 PM

'West of Memphis' surveys fallout of 20-year-old murder convictions

Documentary surveys the fallout of 20-year-old murder convictions.

Updated: March 08, 2013, - 04:53 PM

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