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8 Must-Visit Pet Spots in Austin
Celebrate National Dog Week by treating your furry friend to some well-deserved pampering! Whether you’re looking for a new grooming spot, a fun place to socialize, or unique treats for your pup, Austin is full of pet-friendly places to explore.

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Fantastic Fest Review: Zénithal
Let’s just cut to the chase. Penises are funny. They are inherently kind of hilarious both in design and in how much male self-worth is tied up in an organ with a thousand nicknames, none of them complimentary.

1:30AM Mon. Sep. 23, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Review: What Happened to Dorothy Bell?
Found footage horror and urban legends are kin. Both rely on the idea that there’s veracity to a clearly ridiculous spooky tale, simply by virtue of the simplicity of the retelling. In found footage, it’s the roughness of unedited footage, whereas urban legends don’t need a sparkling narrative because they’re from a friend of a friend of a cousin.

4:00PM Sun. Sep. 22, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Wasted Chances Doom Austin FC’s Playoff Hopes With Crushing Loss to Houston Dynamo
The Houston Dynamo dealt what almost certainly will amount to a death blow to Austin FC’s MLS Cup Playoffs chances, handing the Verde and Black a 1-0 defeat at Q2 Stadium Saturday night.

10:40AM Sun. Sep. 22, 2024, Eric Goodman Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Review: Bone Lake
If films like Kalifornia and Speak No Evil have taught us anything, it’s that letting a couple of exciting strangers into your life is not going to fix your relationship problems.

10:30PM Sat. Sep. 21, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Review: Memoir of a Snail
A snail doesn’t carry its home on its back. It carries a safe haven that is also a prison. So while Grace Pudel, the most passive protagonist of Australian stop-motion fable Memoir of a Snail, may not have an a actual shell, she has retracted into her life like her favorite invertebrate.

10:24PM Sat. Sep. 21, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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“Here Comes the Pain”: Slipknot Invokes Catharsis En Masse
Imagine yourself at a concert in a relatively small, somewhat dingy room with low ceilings connected to a larger pool hall visible outside a doorway off to one side. There’s a pole smack in the front-middle of the space slightly obstructing your view of the low-standing stage. Playing that stage is Motörhead, or maybe Pearl Jam, or Pantera. Casual.

6:58PM Sat. Sep. 21, 2024, David Brendan Hall Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Review: Terrifier 3
The Nightmare Before Christmas said that it’s all right to wrap a few scares up under the Christmas tree. Terrifier 3, the latest in the extreme gore franchise, sets fire to the decorations, cuts off your eyelids, and makes you watch the whole house burn.

9:46PM Fri. Sep. 20, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Fantastic Fest Review: The Draft!
Ever get the feeling you’ve seen this story before? If you’ve ever seen an Indonesian horror movie – not the ones generally lined up for international distribution, but the straight-to-video schlock – then The Draft may seem very familiar. But that’s the trick.

1:30PM Fri. Sep. 20, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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