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Anomaly
Kiss at the Frank Erwin Center tonight ain't Kiss with Ace Frehley (and Peter Criss).
"...today were custom frozen in time for Frehley’s first rip-n-run, “Rip It Out,” “Speeding Back to My Baby,” “Snow..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Hightower Report
New Elephant-in-Chief?; and Man vs. Wall Street
"...coming? Only so-so. On the plus side, Obama recently stripped the CIA of its lead role in what the..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Page Two: R.I.P.
Edwin 'Bud' Shrake and Stephen Bruton
"...Songwriter: McLeish (Rip Torn) finds his wife, Pattie (Sage Parker), in bed..."

May 15, 2009 Column by Louis Black

The Haunting in Connecticut
Essentially a substandard rip-off of The Amityville Horror, this spook house drama should be condemned.
"...Cronenberg's Crash can't salvage what is essentially a substandard rip-off of The Amityville Horror...."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

South by So Real 09
Rapping with Matt Sonzala about SXSW hip-hop
"...I think it’s fucking ridiculous that you would fucking rip off your audience that bad and rap over your..."

March 10, 2009 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Lakeview Terrace
By-the-book domestic thriller about the consequences of moving into a neighborhood lorded over by a rules-happy sociopath with a gun and a badge.
"...its undisputed king of emotional malevolence, using words to rip open the dark, self-absorbed heart of the modern American..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Vantage Point
Like Rashomon, this Dennis Quaid vehicle replays a single event – the assassination of the U.S. president – from multiple points of view.
"...I suppose you can manage to forgive this Rashomon rip-off's other glaring idiosyncrasies, of which there are many. Like..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Caramel
The denizens of a beauty parlor in Beirut depend on one another for friendship and support in this lovely Lebanese film.
"...doughy, taffylike ooze whose ultimate function is to painfully rip undesirable hairs from the body. Happiness and satisfaction are..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Meet the Spartans
The working title says it all: Not Another Scary Epic Teen Date Movie.
"...you look like assholes, you look like assholes who rip their jokes off of YouTube...."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

One Missed Call
This American horror remake of Takashi Miike's eponymous Japanese original is a dud.
"...has ever (intentionally or otherwise) subjected themselves to the triple-mindscraping of Audition, Ichi the Killer, and The Happiness of..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Legion
Although this story of ancient Rome offers guilty-pleasure fun, the film is not very inspired or well-conceived.
"...a dying empire via an extremely skewed reimagining. The script is pulpy enough to merit placement in an old..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paying the Piper Online
Stations, labels, and musicians wrestle over new Web royalties
"...that don't make any money, are just a big rip-off," according to an e-mail from "Beer Princess," founder of..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Saturday Picks
SXSW Music Fest preview guide
"...Philosopher was only an introduction. – Darcie Stevens Dash Rip Rock..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

A By-No-Means-Comprehensive List of Austinite Comics Writers and Artists
Some of the most illustrious comics creators to have made their home in Austin sometime between 1960 and 2006
"...– first underground comic God Nose (1964); co-founder of Rip Off Press (1969); graphic novels Comanche Moon (1979), Los..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature

After the Storm
Austin's Louisiana exiles remain suspended between before and after
"...jumping up gasping for air," waking up in sweats.The Rip and the Run..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...his own agency's inspector general has condemned this ongoing rip-off.]Reforms Not UnachievableDear Editor,..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column

Little Miss Sunshine
Like any indie comedy worth its weight in quirkiness, Little Miss Sunshine is packed with offbeat characters, all struggling to find meaning in life – in this case on a road trip to a children's beauty pageant. And the film is so much fun, it's almost impossible not to enjoy the journey.
"...in a satisfying way. Sunshine embraces the well-paved comedy road-trip structure with more than one rip-off, er, homage to..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

General Jackson
Artist and historian Jack Jackson remembered by those who knew him well
"...while he and Port Arthur's Dave Moriarty helped found Rip Off Press, the first publisher of underground comics in..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes
When Jack Jackson wasn't studying, researching, and presenting history in painstakingly drawn graphic novels, this wildly talented artist and scholar was making it himself
"...started their own little print shop. They christened it Rip Off Press, and it became one of the seminal..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

See No Evil
Former porn auteur Gregory Dark advances to making this rote exercise in slasher-film tedium.
"...development. Dark, however, working from a screenplay by WWF scripter Dan Madigan, is content to bathe his film in..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Nashville, Tenn.RIP Clifford AntoneDear Editor,..."

May 26, 2006 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.
"...due late spring, doesn't produce another "Lola Stars and Stripes," or "Still in Love Song," but its earnest complexity..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...KyleRIP Jesse TaylorDear Editor,..."

March 10, 2006 Column

Grizzly Man
This documentary reveals how Timothy Treadwell, the popular grizzly bear preservationist, may have needed the bears more than they needed him.
"...dominate. And it’s tough to outwit something that can rip through your brains with a thwack of its paw...."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dukes of Hazzard
A remake that's about as deep as Jessica Simpson's cleavage.
"...Round these parts life moves slower than a key grip with union wages, even when Bo and Luke Duke..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Longest Yard
Sandler and Rock keep the ball in play for this old prison football gem, although they fail to score any new points.
"...Aldrich’s such a success in the first place: the script – this time credited to Sheldon Turner, working from..."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saturday Picks
SXSW picks & sleepers
"...head in the toilet and flushed. – Audra SchroederDASH RIP ROCK10pm, Jackalope Dash Rip Rock has survived novelty status..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Violence Unacceptable
"...offensive. Jackson's blouse didn't just pop open. It was "ripped" open by Justin Timberlake. What were Jackson and Timberlake..."

Feb. 10, 2004 Postmarks

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Executed serial killer Aileen Wuornos leaves little doubt as to her sanity in this second Nick Broomfield documentary on the subject.
"...filmmakers are hucksters, too, sometimes they have the goods. RIP, Aileen...."

Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Matrix Revolutions
What now, Neo?
"...stasis on the way back to wherever, like Ellen Ripley. The final installment in the genre-shattering behemoth collectively known..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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