Luv Doc: Bro Nights

An inspirational paragon of manly virtue and self-confidence

"...really changed. He usually invites me along on his bro nights, but I really think that now he's just..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Ye Caint Stop Da Bum-Rush, Bro!

"...June 15 issue [“Postmarks”]: Ye cain't stop da bum-rush, bro!..."

June 18, 2007 Postmarks

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Seth Rogen learns that girls just want to have fun

"...Are Seth Rogen and his bro-comedy gang growing up or is it the audience? That’s..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Are Your Friends

A wan Saturday Night Fever wannabe about four millennials

"...“Don’t bro me if you don’t know me,” a character warns..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Men & Chicken

Danish black comedy is a nimble tone-shifter

"...Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Malling, Nicolas Bro, Lisbet Dahl and Rikke Louise Andersson...."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Mustang Island

A deft millennial comedy of manners

"...Lee Eddy, John Merriman, Molly Karrasch, Jason Newman, Byron Brown and Haley Alea Erickson...."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The LEGO Batman Movie

The Dark Knight returns to Legoland

"...in this fun-for-all follow-up that deconstructs the action hero’s brooding vigilante persona, brick-by-brick. It’s as if the Dark Knight..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Why Him?

What if your child brought home James Franco as your new son-in-law?

"...like a sk8er boi and frequently shirtless, this profanity-spouting bro is doomed to make the wrong impression (despite good..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Digging for Fire

Joe Swanberg's latest adds some flourish to his usual marital themes

"...he mentions the weird burial ground out back; the bro barbecue turns into a digging party. Soon enough, a..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Magic Mike XXL

The boys are back in town

"...places, another, dual narrative emerges: that of the tender bro, and of the beneficent sex bod. The first film’s..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ted 2

Mark Wahlberg and the irrepressible Seth MacFarlane return for a sequel

"...who continues to wake ’n’ bake with his best bro John (Wahlberg) in between marital spats with his hottie..."

June 26, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Is the End

Be mindful when partying at James Franco's house: You could get stuck there for the apocalypse with Seth Rogen and Co.

"...for the kind of raunchy, Judd Apatow school of bromantic comedies that have dominated our screens in recent years...."

June 14, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Project X

In the vein of John Hughes, this movie celebrates that innocent time of life when a badass backyard party is the ultimate key to social success.

"...Nima Nourizadeh. Starring: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Dax Flame, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Brady Hender, Nick Nervies,..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Airheads

"...Rangers (!), Chazz (Fraser), Rex (Buscemi), and his little bro Pip (Sandler) eventually decide to hijack an L.A. metal..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fresh Female Voices

Equality on the airwaves prompted by bro-country?

"...written, and now the man responsible for ushering these “bro-country” acts onto the airwaves is making amends with SiriusXM’s..."

Aug. 14, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

The Luv Doc: Bromance

This could be the beginning of something really sweet

"...consider myself completely hetero, but I'd really like to bro with you ... does that make me a homo?..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

Shooting Star

"...them "incomings from Tempe." They go like this: Your brother's wife overdosed this morning; she's dead. Your brother got..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

Saturday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...The Atlanta-based quartet then inked a deal with Warner Bros. and crafted its own epic quest – past a..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Laughs and Hip-Hop With Bryson Brown

With new stand-up album Lifestyle Jokes, the comedian keeps repping his roots in Austin's rap scene

"...Bryson Brown may live in Houston, but "whenever I go onstage,..."

July 7, 2023 Arts Feature by Haris Qureshi

Riders of Justice

Mads Mikkelsen is out for revenge in this sweet, strange Danish tragicomedy

"...Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Gustav Lindh, Roland Møller and Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt...."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

AWOLNation

"...Dude, bro, did you catch that AWOLNation show? Shit was epic...."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Adam's Apples

Pitting a skinhead against a priest, this Danish comedy, like most of that country's dramas, is dark, dark, dark.

"...Anders Thomas Jensen. Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro, Paprika Steen, Ali Kazim and Ole Thestrup. This Danish..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shortcomings

Randall Park's social satire centers on self-sabotaging hypocrisy

"...laid than something long term, until it’s him getting broken up with. He can explain away all of his..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Faster Than Sound: Inside a Competition to Become Musician-in-Residence at a Luxury Apartment Complex

Would you play 25 hours a month to live rent-free in Downtown Austin?

"...amenities. In a passionate monologue of business parlance, he broke down the incentives – proximity to music venues, an..."

April 15, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Oliver Tree on crying, his cowboy lineage, and his influences… which are none

Memeable alternative pop star plays sold out Stubb’s gig this weekend

"...all the time! I’m serious, it’s incredible. I’m glowing bro – I look like a pregnant woman. Not only..."

March 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

X

Ti West returns with a brilliant period horror-porno (horno?)

"...Cudi, Matthew McConaughey double Martin Henderson, and ratlike film bro Owen Campbell, the cast of X gives West’s slow..."

March 18, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Stubborn With My Goals: Impassioned MC J Soulja Stays Focused on Creating Opportunities in Austin Rap

"There ain't no trophies for that kind of shit"

"...doesn't offend me to be honest," he continues. "I've broken codes here in Austin that n----s have been trying..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Torn

New documentary sees a family in a legendary mountaineer’s shadow

"...Lowe in this story is Conrad Anker, the high-fiving bro who bonded with the equally climbing-obsessed Alex and became..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Small Engine Repair

Toxic masculinity sizzles and pops, leading to a reeling third act

"...le mot juste, because Pollono, adapting from his own off-Broadway play, throws in a Molotov cocktail of a third-act..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Silico

Study of the attempt to replicate a human brain overthinks everything

"...was Markram an interdisciplinary visionary, an arrogant techno dude bro, or Don Quixote?..."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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