Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Melissa Carper, Taméca Jones, the Hide Outs, Alex Coke, and more local shows to see

"...Melissa Carper In-Store Performance & Signing..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston

Revisiting the Railroad Killer

Local journo Alex Hannaford’s Dead Man Talking podcast investigates the case against a man on death row

"...Remember Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, the "Railroad Killer," who before his 2006..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Free Solo

Staggering mountaineering achievement mixes vertigo with wonder

"...the kickass documentary Free Solo, 33-year-old professional mountain climber Alex Honnold takes a little less than four hours to..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Nostalgia

A life well lived examined in a film uninspiringly made.

"...collaboration between director Mark Pellington (Arlington Road) and writer Alex Ross Perry (The Color Wheel, Listen Up Philip) unfortunately..."

March 2, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

My Scientology Movie

Another doc on L. Ron Hubbard's cash cow

"...Cheekier than Alex Gibney’s Going Clear, but in its own way just..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I'm Not Ashamed

The story of the first casualty in the Columbine school shooting

"...she can work with the Drama Club’s top thesp Alex (McKendry), on whom she has a big crush. She’s..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Phantom Boy

Hand-drawn animation is the hallmark of this animated French film

"...cop, and so when his floaty ghost-body happens across Alex (Baer/Padalecki), an actual NYPD cop who has been wounded..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AmeriGeddon

A call to action for the black-helicopter crowd

"...of the fitness chain Curves, and endorsed by Infowars' Alex Jones, AmeriGeddon depicts a near-future America in which citizens..."

May 13, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: A Woman Like Me

Steps toward accepting death with creativity and joy

"...While watching Alex Sichel and Elizabeth Giamatti’s A Woman Like Me, you’ll..."

March 19, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Citizenfour

When Edward Snowden was in that hotel room in Hong Kong sharing his initial intel about NSA surveillance, Laura Poitras' was there with a camera to film his disclosures.

"...finest – and most disturbing – political documentary since Alex Gibney’s Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Earth to Echo

A trio of suburban kids befriend an alien entity in this Spielberg-influenced family film.

"...encouraged to continue filming every moment around best friends Alex (Halm) and Munch (Hartwig) once the threat of eminent..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Less a doc than a lyrical presentation of the cult actor and surprising song man.

"...is instantly recognizable from his culty breakout performances in Alex Cox’s Repo Man, Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas and, earlier,..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Trek Into Darkness

The Star Trek reboot may be overly familiar, but it's still a hell of a lot of fun.

"...Screenwriters Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and fanboys’ favorite whipping boy, Damon Lindelof, keep..."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

May Paper Cuts Featuring The Peterson Brothers

Teen blues duo from Bastrop wowed crowd with their grown-up sound.

"...The duo consists of Glenn Peterson on guitar and Alex Peterson on Bass. Alex slapped the bass and Glenn..."

May 16, 2013 Events Post by Bridget Carter

Safe Haven

Director Lasse Hallström can't find the pulse in this Nicholas Sparks sudser starring Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel.

"...town, takes a new name, and takes up with Alex (Duhamel), a widower and single father. Director Lasse Hallström..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

From the Vaults: James Patterson on Film

Reviews of 'Alex Cross,' 'Along Came a Spider,' and 'Kiss the Girls'

"...their transposition to film. In reviewing the new film Alex Cross, Marc Savlov says: "It’s a mess, really, but..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dredd

Rebooted, and in 3-D.

"...Director Pete Travis and writer Alex Garland have nailed the core aspects of the perpetually..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

The third installment of this animated series gets the job done as the animals take protective cover in a traveling circus.

"...in the Monte Carlo casinos, the foursome – lion Alex (Stiller), zebra Marty (Rock), giraffe Melman (Schwimmer), and hippo..."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Battleship

Crass and hugely dumb aliens vs. multiple earthling navies: Must mean the start of summer movies has arrived.

"...by: Peter Berg. Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgård, Liam Neeson and Tadanobu Asano...."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Living Between What?

Alex Munt spells it out

"...I met Alex Munt a couple weeks ago at a seminar on..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Bob Byington

Race to Witch Mountain

In this updated remake of the beloved Disney series of family movies, two siblings with supernatural powers seek refuge with a cabbie and a UFO specialist.

"...Andy Fickman. Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Ciarán Hinds and Garry Marshall. Disney's Escape to..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A-Roid

Steroids, baseball, whatever

"...about you, but when I heard the news that Alex Rodriguez had taken performance enhancing drugs while playing for..."

Feb. 25, 2009 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

The Uninvited

A generic creeper that does nothing to improve upon the South Korean original.

"...edge some years back. Welcoming her home is sister Alex (Kebbel) and rightfully concerned Dad (Strathairn), plus Dad's uninvited..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Russo-Young (You Won't Miss Me), Lynn Shelton (Humpday), and Alex Karpovsky (Trust Us, This Is All Made Up), plus..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Little 'Midnight' Music

Will Sheff and Alex Holdridge's mutual appreciation

"...In Search of a Midnight Kiss writer/director Alex Holdridge and songwriter Will Sheff of Okkervil River (and..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Austin Powell

Nim's Island

This girls adventure story that stars Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler bears the reminder that we should all be the heroes of our own life stories.

"...South Pacific atoll with her scientist father (Butler), and Alexandra Rover (Foster), a San Francisco agoraphobe who writes adventure..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Birds of America

Austin transplant Alex Karpovsky blends fact and fiction in his funny, heady tracking of the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker

"...In the kitchen of filmmaker Alex Karpovsky's East Austin sublet, he makes tea and talks..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

One of the most compelling documentary portraits of a musician yet made, Julien Temple's film about the former Clash musician acknowledges the legend while uncovering the truth.

"...post-punk wilderness years: his acting and soundtrack work with Alex Cox, his stint in the Pogues, the ceaseless ease..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mission: Impossible III

It's all poppycock, of course, but done with great vim, vigor, and flair.

"...never loses its rocket-sled forward motion – despite co-screenwriters, Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci, grounding the proceedings in the..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Iraqnophobia

Tough Austin tenorman Alex Coke

"...This isn't exactly the typical venue – not the internationally renowned Bimhuis in Amsterdam, not fabled..."

July 22, 2005 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

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