Ricochet

"...laboratory. There's a lot of really ugly violence in Ricochet, the kind of images and thoughts that just make..."

Oct. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Central Intelligence

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart make for passable action buddies

"...a funny romp with two very charismatic leads. Jokes ricochet past, shoot-outs occur at ever increasing intervals, and positive..."

June 17, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Spy

The Paul Feig/Melissa McCarthy comedy onslaught continues with a Bond parody

"...of which hit their marks dead-on while many others ricochet off their intended targets or just plain fizzle out...."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Quantum of Solace

It's grim, dark, and relentlessly violent – James Bond as Terminator rather than Templar – but it delivers the goods in bloody high style.

"...through a convoluted but not unmanageable plot as both ricochet around the globe in parabolas of vengeance. Quantum opens..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Layer Cake

A contemporary gangster film that both looks and feels like a Britnoir classic filtered through the Jam’s bang-on sense of style, Layer Cake takes a realistic approach to Britain’s criminal underclass.

"...directed by Ritchie’s longtime producer Vaughn, is an ultracool ricochet backward to the swinging era of Carnaby Street and..."

June 3, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ali

Mann's film, which has some terrific moments, hits the highlights only. Will Smith, layered in subtle facial prosthetics in order to resemble Ali, does no disservice to the memory of the Greatest, but the best thing here is Jon Voight, who loses himself thoroughly in the role of sportscaster Howard Cosell.

"...in a flurry of hard-thrown blows that land and ricochet and eventually leave you a little dizzy, a little..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Waking the Dead

"...the early Seventies to the early Eighties, and the ricochet motion of the plot can be jarring at times...."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Too Deep

"...of In Too Deep rushes along like a jacketless ricochet from a hot Sig Sauer, aided and abetted by..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Virtuosity

"...From New York and Terminator 2 to Washington's own Ricochet. Sadly, there's not much to chew on here and..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Real McCoy

"...very convincing. Such is the case for Mulcahy's (Highlander, Ricochet) film, which could have had the potential for being..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Thinking App

Locally developed brain game Qrank gets competitive

"...These days, thanks to the fine folks at Austin-based Ricochet Labs and their Facebook/iPhone app Qrank (pronounced like the..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Death Star and Fat Boy

The "invisible hand" of utility deregulation looks an awful lot like Ken Lay's.

"...gave juvenile but revealing nicknames: "Death Star," "Fat Boy," "Ricochet," and "Get Shorty." (The point of such pseudo-combat names..."

May 17, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Free Fire

A delirious shoot'em-up comedy

"...and concrete rubble, the better for wayward ballistics to ricochet off of and puncture countless times, once the deal..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Bold coming-of-age story is told from the girl's POV

"...first act, tapes, like Chekhov’s gun, are bound to ricochet by the third.)..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stop-Loss

A real-world fuse burns throughout the military drama of Stop-Loss, the Austin-lensed film by Boys Don't Cry's Kimberley Peirce that stars Ryan Phillippe.

"...gunner jams up, or the film throws you another ricochet. Just like real life but not a damn thing..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Babel

Four disparate stories are woven into an eloquent and electrifying depiction of mankind's increasingly fractured state.

"...decipher the emotions and intent above the clatter and ricochet issuing from the globalized maw. The sheer volume of..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Montiel's debut feature about growing up in Astoria, Queens, in the mid-Eighties is full of the filmmaker's instinctive brio and inchoate ideas and the elaborations of a brilliant ensemble cast.

"...equal importance, so the viewer is in a constant ricochet between engrossing imagery and ephemeral dross. LaBeouf stars as..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

A character study of a young man torn between disparate career paths as either an enforcer for his slumlord father or a virtuoso pianist, is underserved by its prosaic realism and adds little to the original.

"...emotional range of Fingers’ young Harvey Keitel, whose agonizing ricochet between heaven and hell precedes his later – and..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Purple Noon

"...find Purple Noon a tad slow-moving compared to the ricochet pace of most modern thrillers, the film, like insanity,..."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Review: The Bright Light Social Hour, Emergency Leisure

Fifth platter grooves another uncannily transportive audio experience

"...Boys breakdown in "Most High," a gravity-free hippie convergence; ricochet beats and celestial keys refracting "Amsalak" into caffeinated narcosis;..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

On Eras Tour, Taylor Swift Can Take Us Anywhere She Wants

Over those bridges and through the woods to Arlington stop

"...– the kickoff to the bridge of “My Tears Ricochet,” a 2020 track to come later in the night,..."

April 2, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Six Concert Picks to See This Free Week(end)

Primo shows at no cost, from Yung Bambi to Amplified Heat

"...vox. Duel's Lord of the Rings sorcery couples with ricochet bullet solos and brick and mortar riffs in Valley..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Ricochet D: Jeff Adachi, Chihiro Wimbush United States, 76 min...."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...no matter the dossier on them, sticking if they ricochet off our internal tuning fork in personal harmony. This..."

April 30, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Makes Moviemaker's List of Best Places for Filmmakers

But where in the rankings did it land?

"...film-friendly environment has added velocity to Austin production scene's ricochet back from the coronavirius shutdown. Luckily, several animated projects..."

Jan. 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Different Stages' Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Like the separate parts of the Creature's body, the technical and performance aspects unite to create a delightfully provocative production

"...pings and pongs of his synth-heavy soundtrack seem to ricochet off the theatre's walls, accompanied by disembodied voices sporadically..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Nine Metal Bands to Bang Your Head to at SXSW

"...North Carolina trio treks death metal, desert psychedelia, and ricochet riffage on the 12 songs between Vultures (2012) and..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

SXSW Music Interview: Deathchant

A few words with L.A. death metal trio's frontman TJ Lemieux

"...half of "Control," while abusing guitar solos on "Breathe" ricochet like Thin Lizzy's lead-guitar ascension. Not everything lends itself..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Metallica

"...to cut through Hetfield's rhythmic onslaught and Ulrich's double-bass ricochet, the album marked the group's transition from cacophonous ringmasters..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

ACL Live Review: Rhye

The future of R&B is androgynous

"...negative space, giving Milosh’s soaring, androgynous voice room to ricochet around the tent...."

Oct. 14, 2018 Music Post by Dan Gentile

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