Trivia, Traitors, and Torches in This Week’s Recommended Events

Venture forth on the weekdays

"...at the roasts of Rob Lowe, Bruce Willis, and Alec Baldwin years before her set at Tom Brady’s 2024..."

May 9, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Tim Burton's long-awaited sequel is a wasted opportunity

"...story of the Maitlands. Played in the original by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis, they were an affable middle-class..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Chronicle Guide to the Mission: Impossible Movies

Your mission, if you choose to accept it ...

"...Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Alec Baldwin, Sean Harris...."

July 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

97 Minutes

Suicidal terrorists hijack a plane, but luckily there's a cop aboard!

"...by: Timo Vuorensola. Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, MyAnna Buring, Alec Baldwin, Joe Martin and Michael Sirow...."

June 9, 2023 Movie Review

The Luv Doc: Little Lawyers

You deserve a lifetime of hushed reverence

"...love language – sort of like Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin in The Departed, but truly skillful ballbusting takes..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

U.S. Senate Candidate Tzintzún Ramirez's Campaign "Joke" Raises Eyebrows

An endorsement from Susan Sarandon didn't help matters

"...earlier, the campaign had announced the endorsement of actor Alec Baldwin (a supporter of Tzintzún Ramirez since her days..."

Jan. 6, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Local and State Election Ticker

Mamas Walking, Mamas Voting Edition

"...Trump is everything." Earlier, Tzintzún Ramirez was endorsed by Alec Baldwin – who's worked with the candidate since her..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Motherless Austin

Building a better city, but at what cost?

"...his undiagnosed Tour­et­te's syndrome – but even more for Alec Baldwin's sharp yet nuanced portrayal of the lightly fictionalized..."

Nov. 29, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Motherless Brooklyn

Edward Norton leads a stylish, meandering trip around a corrupt 1950s NYC

"...Directed by: Edward Norton. Starring: Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Cherry Jones, Bobby Cannavale,..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Before You Know It

Theatre family gets more drama than they expected in this sweet tragicomedy

"...Mandy Patinkin, Oona Yaffe, Judith Light, Mike Colter and Alec Baldwin...."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: Stolen Wedding

Imitation is also the most sincere form of ridicule

"...... if done right. For instance, I don't think Alec Baldwin is flattering Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live,..."

May 3, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

The Public

Emilio Estevez directs and stars in this social drama about who gets to use public spaces

"...Christian Slater, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Michael K. Williams, Alec Baldwin, Richard T. Jones and Bryant Bentley...."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review

Luv Doc: Lucky You

How can someone who has experienced such wealth and plenitude ever hope to live a life free of tortured conscience?

"...Then again, I didn't grow up rich. Well, actually,..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes

The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years

"...In 1998, in the Off-Broadway production starring Alec Baldwin and Angela Bassett, Baldwin somehow sliced open the..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

BlacKkKlansman

Spike Lee's wild true-life story would be a better documentary

"...Walter Hauser, Michael Buscemi, Corey Hawkins, Harry Belafonte and Alec Baldwin...."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: A Flaming Hetero

No matter what we believe ourselves to be, we are what we prove ourselves to be

"...If he's not, my bet is that he won't..."

May 11, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Lipstick on the Mirror

Why would you want to be with someone who doesn't care how you feel?

"...other art form, it's all about the subtext. When Alec Baldwin mimics the president, he isn't doing it because..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Holiday Viewing: TV Christmas Episodes

Celebrate the season in Sunnydale, the Oval Office, and more

"...star Elaine Stritch, who played NBC exec Jack Donaghy’s (Alec Baldwin) crabby mom Colleen in eight episodes over the..."

Dec. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Paris Can Wait

A woman at the crossroads of life

"...Directed by: Eleanor Coppola. Starring: Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin, Élodie Navarre, Elise Tielrooy and Cédric Monnet...."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1987, 116min/color, DCP) Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Lee Ermey. Directed by Stanley Kubrick...."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...American wife (Diane Lane) with a workaholic inattentive husband (Alec Baldwin), takes an unexpected journey from Cannes to Paris..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

TV in Trumpland

Quality struggles to take one step forward while culture takes 10 steps back

"...Saturday Night Live – unwatchable!" Trump tweeted, after watching Alec Baldwin once again reprise his parodying of a forever-insecure..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

DVDanger: Dead Ringers

Re-examining Cronenberg's overlooked masterpiece now on Blu-ray

"...insights into the messianic complex of surgeons. First is Alec Baldwin's "I am God" speech in Malice. Second is..."

Nov. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Concussion

Will Smith is the doctor who pioneered research into NFL head injuries

"...Directed by: Peter Landesman. Starring: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, David Morse, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Arliss Howard,..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

Just accept the mission and pass the popcorn

"...Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Alec Baldwin and Sean Harris...."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Aloha

Cameron Crowe parks this rom-com in Hawaii

"...Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, John Krasinski, Alec Baldwin, Danny McBride and Bill Camp...."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Still Alice

In an otherwise tepid film, Julianne Moore delivers a terrific performance as a woman beset by early-onset Alzheimer's.

"...by: Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. Starring: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth and Hunter Parrish...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Elaine Stritch (1925-2014)

Brassy Broadway legend truly at liberty now

"...after its initial run, she's still wildly busy: hectoring Alec Baldwin as his mom on 30 Rock (which won..."

July 17, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: June 4

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Jonah Hill pulled an Alec Baldwin recently, but has apologized...."

June 4, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Point Austin: ALEC by Another Name

Corporate advocacy group looks to deepen local influence

"...ALEC may be coming to a town near you...."

April 25, 2014 News Column by Michael King

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