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

Pages And Pages of Free Comics

Flicking through this year's Free Comic Book Day comics

"...Young Justice/Batman: The Brave and the Bold Super Sampler: Plucked straight..."

May 5, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Arthur

The bubbles have gone out of Russell Brand's remake of the 30-year-old original.

"...do with Warner Bros.’ early cross-promotion of their next Batman installment...."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Gets the Geek Stamp of Approval

Wizard World Comic Con brings Lando, Lee, and the Centipede three to town

"...So Batman and Robin, Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca, and all three..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Great Scott!

Edgar Wright and his Scott Pilgrim cast touch down in Austin

"...Spider-Man films – or for that matter Tim Burton's Batmans – never quite nail, and, like Sex Bob-omb (Beck..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Twelve

The private-school kids on New York's Upper East Side are definitely not all right in Joel Schumacher's sordid tale of young promise gone wrong.

"...film by Schumacher (St. Elmo’s Fire, The Lost Boys, Batman & Robin) is the fame-obsessed young party-hoppers invented in..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

Fall TV's flotsam and jetsam

"...evil Music Meister in a nearly all-musical episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold titled "Mayhem of the..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Asterios Polyp

Mazzucchelli's masterwork is by no means an easy read, but it is a transcendent one

"...for Marvel and DC. He collaborated on Frank Miller's Batman: Year One and adapted Paul Auster's City of Glass..."

July 17, 2009 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Sometimes Rumble, Sometimes Tumble

Joe Lansdale may be Texas' bloody answer to Mark Twain

"...everything from Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey to Batman comics to Jack London and Mark Twain...."

June 26, 2009 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Wolverine is a noisy mess, full of Hugh Jackman's seriously killer snarl but utterly devoid of the borderline-subversive smarts that made Bryan Singer's X-Men films so resonant.

"...with visionary speculation. Tim Burton had already proved with Batman and its sequel that crusaders, caped or otherwise, could..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Big Show

Comic-Con has gone Hollywood, but Austin's comics pros say it's still the place to be

"...while I was there – no doubt looking for Batman swag – and quite a few of them picked..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Time to Let Savlov Go?

"...you read the comments on his review of the Batman movie [Film Listings, July 18], I think you will..."

July 25, 2008 Postmarks

Lessons in Circular Logic

"...textual evidence, you point to the first half of Batman Begins, saying that you dug it for the first..."

July 7, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr.'s sly take on Marvel Comics' cold warrior elevates everything about this film.

"...Iron Man never quite scaled the dime-store racks like Batman, Spider-Man, or any of Marvel/DC's other lantern-jawed megamen. His..."

May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First, Free Comic Book Day, and Then – Ka-Baam!!

Comic books and comedy improv go hand in hand, sometimes with repulsor rays

"...superheroes these days. Are you kidding? With Spider-Man and Batman and X-Men generating box-office millions; with top writers like..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Aus Bat

"...be an ambassador of this funky goodwill than Austin's Batman – easily the most gawked-about festival-reveler in Gotham City...."

Oct. 24, 2007 Design Post

Rescue Dawn

German arthouse director Werner Herzog tells the story of Navy air pilot and POW Dieter Dengler (Christian Bale) and proves that he is capable – like his characters – of almost anything.

"...As Dengler (minus a German accent), Bale (American Psycho, Batman Begins, The New World) continues his masterful command of..."

July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Invisible

This thriller directed by David S. Goyer serves up teen angst with its supernatural thrills.

"...Goyer is the pen and brains behind the fine Batman Begins, which can be viewed as the darker gaze..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ken Loach paints a grim realist portrait that captures the solemnity of an Ireland turning on itself and the tragedy of two brothers spiraling away from each other.

"...American triumph, playing a sinister psychologist in the stylish Batman Begins, Irish heartthrob Murphy seemed primed and ready for..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

300

Both Frank Miller's comic about the legendary battle of Thermopylae and Zack Snyder's cinematic adaptation are bloodthirsty affairs, awash in spectacle.

"...300 by not-so-funny-pager Frank Miller (Sin City, DC Comic's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns). Miller's original story (which won..."

March 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Number 23

Joel Schumacher and Jim Carrey combine their dubious talents to create an even more dubious movie in which a man becomes obsessed with the number 23.

"...a director whose collected works (including Phone Booth and Batman & Robin) are proof that Hollywood is on a..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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"...Returns, not Alan Moore. Perhaps Savlov was thinking of Batman: The Killing Joke. I think Savlov had been reading..."

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