The Wild Life

An animated spin on Robinson Crusoe

"...bird. (No disrespect intended to its principal character, an adventure-seeking parrot nicknamed Tuesday by his human companion.) The mostly..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

MondoCon Gets Revealing

Adventure Time, Korra, and the return of He-Man

"...new institution may have been the "choose your own adventure" portion. This was where the audience was asked to..."

Oct. 5, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Walk in the Woods

Robert Redford and Nick Nolte walk the Appalachian Trail in Bill Bryson's memoir

"...the reformed alcoholic Katz grasps this chance for another adventure and, possibly, the avoidance of a stint in the..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point and Shoot

This documentary follows an American man's motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East, during which he takes up arms against Moammar Gadhafi in Libya.

"...infuriatingly frustrating documentary I have seen in a long time, this tracks lonely, alienated American suburban youth Matthew VanDyke's..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Mondo Con Is Go!

Print and art show announces monstrous and hellish names

"...series of Mondo regulars: Anne Benjamin (Oh My Disney, Adventure Time) wwwannebenjamin.blogspot.com. Jason Edmiston (Rogues' Gallery solo show) Phantom..."

June 2, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rise of the Valkyrie

Kate Leth talks women in comics and fake geek girl phobia

"...web strip Kate Or Die, and a contributor to Adventure Time comics for KaBOOM! and Bravest Warriors for Boom!..."

May 26, 2014 Books Post

Walking With Dinosaurs

This visually ambitious animated film looks promising until its corny plot gets going.

"...narrative content. The press material insists, “For the first time in movie history, audiences will truly see and feel..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Lookadoos and Don'ts

Motivational speaker shares 'cool rules' with Texas high schoolers

"...ready 2 B dateable? Like, really dateable? Then it's time to shut up and "accept your girly-ness." Put on..."

Nov. 14, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Free Comic Book Day: Picking Through The Shelves

The annual graphic giveaway is this weekend, so what should you pick up?

"...giving cinemagoers a tie-in to their next two team-up adventures, Avengers 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy, it has..."

May 3, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

How I Got Hitched

Richard Whittaker on Hitchcock when he was so very British

"...from the London suburbs who grew up in a time of spies and danger and the sensuality of fear...."

Oct. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Game Changer

How Austin's indie gaming scene got cooking as Juegos Rancheros

"...technical people together for the purposes of making digital multimedia experiments, but by his own admission the group "attracted..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Games People: Play

Twenty Four Game Poems explores an engaging form of expression

"...a grown-up version of the old Choose Your Own Adventure series, Marc Majcher's 24 pieces of sharp narrative lead..."

Sept. 22, 2010 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

From Stage To Print

The comic of live-action graphic novel The Intergalactic Nemesis

"...here's the fun fact, oh fans of two-fisted pulp adventure, there's actually a graphic novel of the graphic novel...."

Sept. 4, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Sharkwater

Rob Stewart, a marine biologist and underwater photographer, makes up for in passion what he lacks in narrative subtlety in this cautionary documentary about the eradication of the planet's sharks.

"...somewhere between oceanic noir and blithe Han Soloisms ("This time I knew we were in real trouble" is his..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

"...only to get the heroic trio from one hair-and-blouse-raisingly adventure to the next. You want a BMX rally with..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

"...self-mocking machismo from Banderas (who's clearly having a great time) and purse-lipped maternalism from Gugino (“There is no hacking..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

First Kid

"...a Culkin brother -- Home Alone: The White House Adventure, anyone?). Simms manages to see through Luke's bluster and..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Desperado

"...Rodriguez can blow things up real good. By the time Desperado's opening action sequence concludes prior to the opening..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ernest Scared Stupid

"...Saves Christmas and now Ernest Scared Stupid, just in time for Halloween. What next? Ernest at Plymouth Rock? Or..."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fantastic Arcade: Day 2

A day of brawling doughboys, two-headed freaks, and Tim Schafer

"...fest’s biggest crowd. Tim Schafer’s discussion of his classic adventure game, Grim Fandango, made for an over-capacity theatre filled..."

Sept. 20, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

'Church of the Passionate Cat'

Underbelly Theatre takes you down some delightfully mean streets in its immersive noir adventure

"...& Dance's most enterprising and inventive students at the time – Katie Bender, Stephanie Busing, Abe Koogler, and Gabrielle..."

May 9, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

FF2011: 'No Rest for the Wicked' (or for Ryan Schifrin)

How to build a short into a franchise

"...No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil and Moebius Adventure...."

Oct. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cats Don't Dance

"...Singin' in the Rain, Sunset Blvd., even Pee-wee's Big Adventure -- exposing all the glamour, romance, and unchained egos..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Art on Waller Creek, Drag on Congress, and More Recommended Events

Step outside and appreciate some art

"...literature these days, which makes right now an exceptional time to chew over all this change. Enter the HRC’s..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

In Search of The Lost King

How Philippa Langley dug up the truth about Richard III

"...banner of the rebellious Henry Tudor. Reports from the time say that he was within a sword's length of..."

March 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound and Vision: The Meow Wolf/Spatial Connection

Did SXSW give a preview of the technology behind the next portal?

"...Tick tock, tick tock. Somewhere in space-time, there's a countdown: at 4:20pm on April 20 (4:20..."

April 14, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Q&A: Colin Mochrie Goes to Summer Camp in Boys vs. Girls

The Whose Line is it Anyway? star talks nerves and narwhals

"...like walking into a conversation halfway through. By the time Michael Stasko entered summer camp comedy Boys vs. Girls,..."

Jan. 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Into the Wolf’s Mouth with Orange Goblin Frontman Ben Ward

Singer puts Roky Erickson’s The Evil One on his all-time Top 10

"...first four LPs – Frequencies from Planet Ten (1997), Time Traveling Blues (1998), The Big Black (2000), Coup de..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Romancing the Holmes

What inspired Sherry Thomas to turn Sherlock into Charlotte?

"...Fitzhugh series), and homages to the Chinese martial art adventure genre wuxia (The Heart of Blade duology). But taking..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Back to the Tree House

Writer Sybil Rosen and actress Alia Shawkat on falling in love with Blaze Foley again, and for the first time

"...a multi-year romance that – for much of the time, anyway – reached utopian heights, with the couple residing..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Eric Kohn

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