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... Vs Liger?
New Zealander Taika Waititi doesn't mind if you compare his charmed comedy to Napoleon Dynamite
"...With all of the luck Eagle vs Shark has had on the festival circuit, SXSW better pull..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen
Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?
"...a movie like Spy Kids or The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D, we'll take his..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Bill Murray won't get the elusive Oscar for this one – for all its visual majesty, The Life Aquatic is too slight – but the film is nevertheless a funny, bewildering, and giddy spectacle.
"...and his quest to hunt down the mythic jaguar shark that swallowed his best friend whole. But I think..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mako: The Jaws of Death
A man takes revenge on the unscrupulous scientists who exploit his shark buddies.
"...Greffe. Starring: Richard Jaeckel and Jennifer Bishop. The Alamo's sharksploitation fest continues with this pro-shark feature about a man..."

July 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Through the Eyes of a Kid
Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool, but what's about children's theatre, where they belong? Ada Calhoun borrows a friend's three-and-a-half-year-old son to find out and discovers that theatre ain't all magic when you're a preschooler.
"...a cavalcade of ambitious fish and nonstop puns. The shark, Mr. White, was terrifying. Something for everyone...."

July 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Croupier
"...do well to watch himself. This croupier is a shark, reveling in the losses that surround him, scheming to..."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner
"...Augusta? Speaking of lost souls, here's the Great White Shark himself, Greg Norman. After his sickening collapse at Augusta..."

April 16, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, December 24 - January 4
"...AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I propose we make the shark your soul creature in 2024. Not because some shark..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Interview: Jacob Gentry Runs the Tape on Broadcast Signal Intrusion
Director talks the influences on his period techno-horror
"...Hiding the Shark..."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Snacks Through the Internet
Get these treats to your house with the click of a mouse
"...and Priyal Bhartia wowed the start-up judges on ABC’s Shark Tank with this highly snackable concept – which possibly,..."

Jan. 2, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Catching Up With Mikaila Ulmer
Young entrepreneur talks whirlwind year
"...investment pitch of her BeeSweet Lemonade brand on ABC's Shark Tank garnered an expansion investment from shark Damon John,..."

Dec. 22, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Eco 2015: Racing Extinction
Mass extinction is coming, and we're to blame
"...staggering: a 40% decline in phytoplankton populations, 90% of sharks gone, and an extinction rate 1,000 times higher than..."

Oct. 7, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Boob Tubistry
ATX Television Festival caters to – and initiates – a new kind of fandom
"...cartilaginous fish in the late Seventies (yep, "jumping the shark" – snarky code for the fateful moment a once-great..."

June 6, 2014 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

Have Food, Will Travel
West Texas' wee oasis of fine dining is just six hours of driving from Austin
"...Bork and his girlfriend, Krista Steinhauer, operate the Food Shark (under the pavilion between the railroad tracks and Marfa..."

July 24, 2009 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Black Nasty
"...Black NastyShark Tank..."

May 22, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Day Trips
Check out the new poisonous fish exhibit at Fair Park in Dallas. Just don't touch!
"...its long, pointed tail. Elia calls it a "butterfly shark" because it is a member of the shark family..."

June 28, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Rodeo, a Pet Pfest, Country Dance, and More Community Events
Hit the town with these non-SXSW events
"...included with museum admission and coincides with the current shark exhibit, meaning kids will learn fun facts about the..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Carpet Cowboys
The American dream crumbles in the Carpet Capitol of the World
"...Tripp Phillips, who secured funding on the TV show Shark Tank for his water soluble LEGO adhesive, sums it..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, September 29 - October 5
"...I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot."..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Retribution
Liam Neeson does the Liam Neeson thing, this time with exploding cars in Berlin
"...a series of cataclysmic events. Natural disasters, alien invasions, shark attacks, cancer, insufferable houseguests, satanic cults – the list..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Five Must-See Shows at ATX TV Festival
Celebration of the small screen hits season 12 with a TV Guide's worth of screenings and panels
"...Congress We Have a Deal: Inside the Business of Shark Tank..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Family That Films Together: Robert, Racer, and Rebel Rodriguez on Hypnotic
The moviemaking dynasty proves the value of working from home
"...room, “ Rebel said, “to drawing concept art for Shark Boy and Lava Girl and coming up with ideas..."

May 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Project Pollo Sells Out
National buyer picks up vegan chicken sandwich chain
"...Bradbury took Project Pollo to Shark Tank in 2022, seeking a $2.5 million investment in..."

April 10, 2023 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Scream VI
The meta-horror franchise gets less meta, more brutal
"...Gotham-set sequel in the Friday the 13th series, the multiple-shark-jumping Jason Takes Manhattan, taught us anything, it’s that when..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Cocaine Bear
The ursine Dr. Rockzo goes on a bloody comedic bender
"...know is that the premise does not jump the shark in the very first act. If nothing else, it..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Kendra Scott Holds First Women’s Summit for Entrepreneurs
An Olympian and executives at Dell, Zoom discuss empowerment
"...Lip Bar, focused on overcoming discouragement. Butler appeared on Shark Tank with the Lip Bar in 2015 and left..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Madi Donham

What We’re Listening to Right Now
DJ Jester & DJ Marz, Willie Nelson on Billy Joe Shaver, Lisa Morales, High Heavens, and ZZ Top
"...Freeman High Heavens' Existential Serenade "Life Is a Loan Shark"..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fall
It's a great view in this vertigo-inducing survival thriller
"...fell off a cliff. Still, just like Mandy Moore's shark-dodging diver, widowed Becky (Currey) is trying to prove that..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Bad Guys
DreamWorks’ latest puts animal crooks on the right path
"...Wolf (Rockwell), Mr. Snake (Maron), Mr. Piranha (Ramos), Mr. Shark (Robinson), and Ms. Tarantula, aka Webs (Awkwafina), rob banks..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

March Toward the Booze, Ye Thirsty Citizens All!
These fine tipples may be precisely the slaking fortress you seek
"...seems like. Got to keep moving – like a shark, right? Like a steam-distilled, florally infused shark? Well. Last..."

March 14, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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