Ready Player One

Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment

"...(Sheridan) explains, where you can climb Mount Everest with Batman. However, the creator of this virtual insanity, the Steve..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Homosexual interpretations of Batman began in 1954 with the publication of psychiatrist Fredric..."

March 2, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Gay Place

Austin’s 10 most defining headlines of 2017: the good, the weird, and the unexpected

"...Brunch With the Boys: Batman Returns Meow Michelle! Cupcake, Louisianna, and Zane host this..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

The LEGO Ninjago Movie

The LEGO law of diminishing returns

"...movies (2014’s The LEGO Movie; this year’s The LEGO Batman Movie), Ninjago reeks of the dreaded marketing ploy, wherein..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...sign hotel registers under the alias of Bruce Wayne, Batman's real name. He identified with Batman after his mother..."

May 19, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

SXSW Announces Gaming Award Nominees and Hosts

WWE star Xavier Woods to co-host ceremony in March

"...such as film, music, toys, animation, sports and more. Batman: Arkham VR – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Rocksteady..."

Jan. 25, 2017 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Film Flam: Neon, Blue Starlite, and Kiss

Movie news, Tim League, and Gene Simmons (not dueting, sadly)

"...and Loren Lester, best known as the voices of Batman and Robin in the seminal and beloved Batman: The..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Slash

A sweet coming-of-age film set in the world of fan fiction

"...grapplings between Star Trek’s Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, Batman and Robin, or Buffy and Willow. Forget the alt-right,..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad is done in by its own hand

"...world, following the underwhelming critical and commercial performance of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, released just a few..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ATX Television Fest: Pulp Page to Small Screen: A Look at Comic Adaptations

Panel offers tips on what makes a good comic book TV show

"...on the competitor, but that’s what was wrong with Batman v Superman,” he said. “The point of Batman versus..."

June 11, 2016 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Levitation 2016 Cancelled

Stormy forecast pulls plug on weekend fest

"...included Brian Wilson, Courtney Barnett, Ween, Lee Ranaldo, Chicano Batman, and Slowdive...."

April 28, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Last Witch Hunter

The Last Witch Hunter? Promises, promises.

"...excellent actors – Michael Caine’s “36th Dolan” is baldly Batman’s Alfred in a clerical collar, and Wood’s "37th Dolan"..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin's Paramount Theatre Turns 100

As the grande dame of Austin theatres turns 100, it matters more than ever

"...an unabashedly campy one at that. Holy cathode-ray backfire, Batman!..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

MondoCon Gets Revealing

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

"...they will be making vinyl statue versions of two Batman prints (Batman & Dracula: Red Rain by Francesco Francavilla,..."

Oct. 5, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jack White Towers Over the Austin Music Hall

Night two of a sold-out stand

"...First came Chicano Batman, a Los Angeles quartet dressed to the nines in..."

Jan. 26, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A Hollywood star falls to earth with mad, exhilarating results.

"...The film doesn’t overdo the in-joke, but certainly Keaton’s Batman past informs the part.) The film opens with Riggan..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Summer Fun: Find Yourself in a Swimsuit

Custom or retail: Do swimwear your own way this summer.

"...be a goober. We've already spotted an adult cosplay Batman maillot, complete with a scalloped, detachable cape at a..."

May 16, 2014 Chronolog Post by Anne Harris

Locke

In this bravura movie, Tom Hardy plays a man who tries to mend the unraveling threads of his life while behind the wheel of a car for 85 minutes.

"...kernel of the audience that popped to the last Batman movie, but it’s a far better showcase of the..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The LEGO Movie

Let's face it: We're putty in these things' hands.

"...assemble the film. (Emmet and the other minifigures – Batman, Unikitty, Shaquille O’Neal, and Abraham Lincoln, to name a..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

I, Frankenstein

Aaron Eckhart stars as a modern-day Frankenstein, who faces off against supernatural creatures in this film based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux.

"...that wouldn’t look out of place in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trifecta. Unfortunately, and despite the frequent, Matrix-esque battles he..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kick-Ass 2

Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl are back for more bloody and profane to bust more supervillain heads.

"...fisticuffs that are sure to give the original, televised Batman, Adam West, fits and conniptions. This time out, there’s..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Q&A Hole: Superhero Movie Redux

I knew that ol' Lazarus pit would come in handy one of these days …

"...Daredevil, or the first face-off between Ra's al-Ghul and Batman by Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams...."

Feb. 18, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fandom: Improvised Fan Fiction in Your Favorite Worlds

This Hideout series both sincerely celebrates and lovingly pokes fun at the fantasy worlds we love

"...is designed to ensure that you're not left alienated. Batman, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, et al. have..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Thanks for the Memories: ‘The Pioneers of Television’

Season 3 debuts tonight on KLRU with focus on ‘Funny Ladies’

"...Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk), Adam West and Burt Ward (Batman’s Batman and Robin, respectively), and Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman)...."

Jan. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Anne Harris

The Q&A Hole: What Was the Worst Movie You Ever Saw?

With Lars Nilsen, Chris Cubas, Julie Gillis, Buzz Moran, and more

"...Doyle, artist: It's a toss-up between Highlander III and Batman and Robin. Highlander III just made no sense from..."

Dec. 31, 2012 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

From the Vaults: Bats vs. Aurochs

Before "Beasts of the Southern Wild," there was "Glory at Sea"

"...not a single movie opened up against the inevitable Batman onslaught. We've got nothing against Batman; in fact, it..."

July 20, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Savlov Doesn't Get Comic Book Movies?

"...Allen, Truffaut. Comic-book movies when executed correctly (see Nolan's Batman trilogy, the first Iron Man, The Avengers, and [although,..."

July 9, 2012 Postmarks

Marvel Makes the Ultimate Television

The House of Ideas launches new Spider-Man this weekend

"...the talent credited for resurrecting DC's animated line with Batman: The Animated Series. But this was Ultimate Spider-Man, and..."

March 31, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Marvel Vs. DC Comics: Who Clobbered Whom?

The Dionysium's comics debate did not turn out as predicted

"...long-running TV soap. It also helps to have Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman watching your back and to have..."

Dec. 8, 2011 Arts Post by Robert Faires

You Can't MAKE This Shit Up

Well, maybe YOU can't, but THEY can

"...beyond midnight. Oh! The campy shenanigans of "Holy 1960s Batman, Batman!" Oh! The Mametian testosteronics of "Confidence Men!" Oh!..."

July 1, 2011 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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