Novelty Firm Backs Dildo Protest Documentary

Cocks Not Glocks gets some firm support

"...has stepped up to support an Austin filmmaker, as novelty vendor CalExotics has announced it will financially support the..."

June 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Growing Pains

Emily Hagins became a household Austin name for her work as a teen director, but what happens when that novelty wears off?

"...Teen Romance strives to be more than just a novelty act. The production value is high, the script is..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Stonewall

A Midwestern boy comes out amid the backdrop of the Stonewall Riots

"...It’s certainly a novelty that this fictionalized account of the 1969 Stonewall Riots..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Air Bud

"...for a loutish first owner as half of a novelty act called “A Clown and a Hound.” He soon..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

Where does the food go?

"...is scraped off one’s plate. But the film’s real novelty lies in the demonstration of actual solutions that have..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Street Cat Named Bob

An addict's life is saved by a feline friend

"...with limited success, the ex-junkie quickly finds that the novelty of a cat calmly perched on his shoulders during..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Suffragette

Carey Mulligan gets her Norma Rae on in this historical drama

"...With little more novelty than a chapter in a standard-issue history book, Suffragette..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Moviegoers Assemble!

"...sequel can hardly muster is any real sense of novelty to rival the superhero-uniting spectacle that seemed so shiny..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Tusk

Kevin Smith and his actors are fully invested in the sheer madness of this story.

"...of scenery in their respective accents and make-up, whatever novelty the movie may have mustered up has been torpedoed,..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

You Again

A high school loser who reinvents herself as a successful adult regresses when she returns home in this comedy starring Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, and Betty White.

"...blasting through, I’m afraid, the last bits of her novelty. That again?..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Inception

Nolan's first film since The Dark Knight is a heist picture with an inventive twist.

"...time-space continuum... and that’s why you can’t discount the novelty and dazzling invention of Nolan’s premise. Certainly he’s an..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Disney's A Christmas Carol

The novelty of this motion-capture rendition of Dickens classic eventually gives way to emotionally bland storytelling.

"...eventually turns to “bah, humbug” as the film’s technological novelty gives way to narrative mundanity. So absent is any..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

The slapstick humor remains, as does the slack plotting, in this animated sequel that's nevertheless fun for all.

"...did best: fill up the screen with computer-generated visual novelty. The slapstick humor remains, as does the slack plotting...."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Theresa Everline

Alvin and the Chipmunks

What's it all about, Alvin? This by-the-numbers attempt at a chipmunk revival is not bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

"...comicus-related phenomena, the pinnacle of which remains 1958's holiday novelty tune "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)." There..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gay Sex in the 70s

Little more than a series of interviews with those who survived those times, interspersed with titillating soft-core clips from the archives, this documentary offers a sympathetic perspective of the post-Stonewall sexual liberation years in New York City.

"...the talking heads in the world can’t articulate. A novelty piece at best, Gay Sex in the 70s gives..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Whole

This documentary explores the hidden world of amputee fetishism.

"...audiences are more likely to be lured by the novelty factor alone. Whole belongs to a growing category of..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cut

"...horrorheads who gravitate toward Lucio Fulci films (for the novelty murders, not for the atmosphere) and the like. Others..."

April 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Fantasia

"...videos have also invaded our lives, altogether eliminating the novelty of the technological coupling of music and images. Additionally,..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Three Seasons

"...of Green Papaya. Yet, apart from its beauty and novelty, Three Seasons has little to offer. Its interwoven stories..."

May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Primary Colors

"...(She's part Lady Macbeth, part Tammy Wynette.) There's no novelty in the plot contrivances in Primary Colors because you've..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore

"...But the unabashed nature of the dialogue and the novelty of the no-frills, all-grrrls perspective busts more than a..."

March 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fire Down Below

"...country band. What we're talking about here is strictly novelty value, though, and for me that's about all this..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Ride for Your Life

"...Mr. Payback. As with that aforementioned picture, the supposed novelty here is that the audience, via a joystick attached..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

New Legend of Shaolin

"...to leave their cynicism at home. There's also the novelty of seeing a complicated fight sequence performed entirely by..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Go Fish

"...holy grail. Certainly not an original topic, Go Fish's novelty lies in its milieu. The movie looks at love..."

July 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Babyfever

"...new thoughts to the dilemma. Certainly it is a novelty to hear women talking about such things in the..."

May 20, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rain Without Thunder

"...in its own way, it does. Between the welcome novelty of its subject matter, the terrific readings by all..."

March 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The 'N' Word

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

"...Novelty bands. That's the real "N" word in Austin music...."

May 21, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Sam & Kate

Two generations of Hoffmans and Spaceks in a surprisingly tender and charming rom-com

"...The novelty of Sam & Kate is in the casting, of..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Sparks Brothers

Edgar Wright reveals the wonderful, mysterious Mael brothers

"...where to look) with a certain regularity. They're a novelty act where the novelty has never worn off. How,..."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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