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House of the Dead
Students are stranded on an island of zombies; viewers are stranded by the filmmakers.
"...know that you’re in for a treat with this rip-roaringly bad Dutch-American suckfest. It’s been ages since I’ve seen..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Daytrips
"...the courthouse cornerstone in Eastland that once held Old Rip, the horned toad whose mummified body can be seen..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Jammin'
Jerry Garcia, bluegrass, and third generation jam -- thriving in Austin and beyond.
"...Club, the Onion Creek Crawdaddies, Meat Purveyors, and Damnations rip it up. It's only the second time the Crawdads..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

X2: X-Men United
"...our drift. All sexual-identity polemics aside, X2 is a ripping good action yarn that makes Singer’s original seem positively..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live From SXSW's Screening Room
"...with Charlie Finn, Sam Huntington, Ryan McDow, Jay Paulson, Rip Torn...."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

SXSW Picks and Sleepers
Picks & Sleepers
"...MANIKIN: Austin's Red River strip stands on the skinny shoulders of punky local trios..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Page Two
When they label war protesters' speech as traitorous, right-wing war supporters reveal themselves as truly anti-American.
"...Harrelson, follows Woody and gang's environmental-consciousness-raising West Coast bus trip. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised makes sense of..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report
Corporations launder money to cheat the IRS; Homeland Security makes for good comedy.
"...highly respected finance professors who've been tracking this annual rip-off for a decade. Simon Pak and John Zdanowicz calculate..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Treasure Planet
"...-- nay, impossible! -- to imagine that Stevenson's thoroughly rip-roaring tale has lost any of its gritty panache over..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Formula 51
"...backfiring affair, noisily grinding its gearbox on a quick trip to oblivion. Formula 51, which was executive-produced by Jackson,..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Country Bears
"...having to do it without benefit of a morphine drip. Granted, The Country Bears tends to act as its..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Changing Lanes
"...“two guys in a paper bag and lets 'em rip,” but Michell and first-time screenwriter Chap Taylor infuse the..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Encore!
The second annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honors Texas' finest contributors to cinema.
"...When Rip Torn handed his cousin Sissy Spacek the first Texas..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Kate & Leopold
"...with an electric toaster), and the film's best moments rip savvily on his audience-pleasing hunkiness. (Kate recruits him as..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Jeepers Creepers
"...Jeepers Creepers is its down 'n' dirty, punk rock, rip-your-throat-out-and-feed-it-to-you bastard child. Packed with horrific examples of the special-effects..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smith Goes to Austin
Writer / director Kevin Smith discusses his new film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
"...AC: He's been ripping on you. [Specifically, in an interview with the Chronicle..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Humanoids From the Deep
"...Of course, it's a great exploitation plot device to rip more bikinis off the bodies of fertile young women,..."

June 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two
There are 40 blocks closed in downtown Austin due to various construction and cable-laying projects. When the Empire State Building was built in New York City, the city closed no blocks. Also, news on the upcoming SXSW festival and the Texas Film Hall of Fame.
"...the recent telecommunications act, which means whoever wants to rip up the city streets gets to do it. The..."

March 2, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Short Cuts
South by Southwest announces attendees, the Texas Hall of Fame releases names of first honorees, and other news and events of interest to the local film community.
"...blaxploitation legend Melvin Van Peebles (Sweet Sweetback's Badasss Song); Rip Torn; Jeffrey Tambor (The Larry Sanders Show); Bob Odenkirk..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Safe Delivery
"...his widow and old friends buried the old Ranger Rip Ford in a Masonic cemetery full of ex-Confederate officers...."

Dec. 1, 2000 Books Review by Mark Busby

Bad Dog's Good Deeds
Contrary to its name, the new Bad Dog Comedy Theater isn't a mean spoiler on Austin's comedy scene. It's about bringing things together, like improv / sketch comedy and stand-up, two veins of comedy that are almost always separate.
"...those shows where comics bare their steely claws and rip each other to shreds with ruthless barbs, unsheathed insults,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature

Boys and Girls
"...laughs to make it work. It's also a systematic rip-off of When Harry Met Sally …. Boy meets girl...."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Ego Has Landed
Love Supreme frontman Noah Lit shares his interests and disinterests - and talks about his band occasionally.
"..."If you're going to rip off, you might as well rip off the best,"..."

April 28, 2000 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

SXSW Music Festival
Picks & Sleepers
"...spaces and shadowy melodies, Weekend showcased Freund's ability to strip arrangements down and liberate them from clutter, while lyrically..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Boiler Room
"...not be able to tell an IPO from an RIP going in, but they'll practically be able to mount..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wanda Jackson, Continental Club, October 24
"...on guitar, then Rawls would answer it by letting rip with something berserk. The Austin gals were more than..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Kiss Triple Feature
"...a live performance by Texas’ premiere KISS cover band, Rip and Destroy, featuring Mike Henry (former owner of the..."

Nov. 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Shots
Brian Setzer Orchestra, Br5-49
"...of Hawaii Five-O (the kickoff to their set), he ripped open licks that came more from Joe Pass and..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Feature

Eyes Wide Shut
Kubrick's final work gets sexual
"...– that goofy, toothy smile of his threatens to rip through his cheeks perhaps too often, but then there's..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Play It Again, Sam
All About Eve (1950)
"...A Triple-S movie (three suicides in the cast -- Marilyn Monroe,..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

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