The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...ride sees those two Masses intersect. Half expecting a Braveheart-style battle, I'm pleased that instead the two groups just..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Tracking Down Grief With The Head Hunter

Filmmaker Jordan Downey on a monster movie with a fractured heart

"...elements that we know from Game of Thrones and Braveheart, but it wasn't going to be that kind of..."

April 10, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hideout Theatre's Grand Misery

This improvised send-up of the musical Les Miz is as much fun as the real show is serious

"...pass the time: making up alternate lyrics backstage, quoting Braveheart before battle scenes, and seeing who could die the..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Outlaw King

Chris Pine aptly fills the crown of Robert the Bruce

"...about a screening of Mel Gibson's trash historical fantasy Braveheart, that there was a screening in Stirling, site of..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hacksaw Ridge

A pacifist goes to war in Mel Gibson's brutal film

"...Gibson’s work in Gallipoli, Mad Max, We Were Soldiers, Braveheart, The Patriot, The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto), Hacksaw..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

For Your Consideration

What to see at the 21st annual Austin Film Festival

"...Other equally fascinating options include screenwriters Randall Wallace presenting Braveheart, Terry George with In the Name of the Father,..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Announces (Almost) Full Slate

Opening and closing night films still to come

"...presenting dad Sidney’s Network; and writer Randall Wallace presenting Braveheart...."

Sept. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Showcases Linklater, Cumberbatch

First round of films announced mixes world and Texas premieres

"...Father, John Patrick Shanley presenting Moonstruck, Randall Wallace presenting Braveheart, and Tom Schulman presenting a timely screening of Dead..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Downton Abbey: 'Come to Bed and Dream of Ragtime'

Everyone's so well looked after at Downton Abbey

"...it, painted with woad and howling.” (Like a Pictish warrior/Braveheart, I reckon.)..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Extreme Temperature Swings

AFS Essential Cinema kicks off Asia: Hot and Cool series

"...Epic in the Braveheart sense, Empire of Silver trods the vast historical landscape..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Brave

Although the animation looks terrific and the story features an immensely sympathetic heroine, Brave lacks the sheer imaginative oomph of prior Pixar pics.

"...of love between a mother and daughter. Set in Braveheart-era Scotland, Merida is vocally peeved by the prearranged wedding..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Guard

A daffy, delightful Irish yarn capped by fabulous performances by Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.

"...of any film in which he appears (Michael Collins, Braveheart, and a couple of Harry Potter films), here basks..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Secretariat

Saddle up for some old-fashioned inspirational movie entertainment with Diane Lane in the lead as the owner of the famed Triple Crown winner.

"...The Nativity Story, and Finding Forrester) and directed by Braveheart scribe Wallace, Secretariat can’t shake its inspirational roots, and..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Still in the Game

AFF to honor The Wire creator David Simon

"...August (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), and Randall Wallace (Braveheart), among others...."

June 30, 2010 Screens Post by Cindy Widner

Apocalypto

The ever-astonishing filmmaker Mel Gibson continues his (probably unintentional) study of the mortification of the flesh through the ages.

"...scarification of the flesh in his two earlier films, Braveheart and The Man Without a Face. Whereas 2,000 years..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luv Doc Recommends: Silver Thistle Pipes and Drums’ Burns Supper

Senior Activity Center, Saturday, January 21, 2006

"...band with kilts and caps and even those little Braveheart fanny packs – dope plaid pimpin’. Not surprisingly, the..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

Letters at 3AM

We have replaced our concept of the heroic with the superheroic, and the sense of the possible with the impossible.

"...biggest chance of all: the chance that, as in Braveheart, you will lose your family, your cause, your life,..."

July 25, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Every Day Is Dress-Up Day

"...Scottish Day Kilts/plaid skirts, maybe some blue-Braveheart make-up..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Features Feature by Brynn McIntosh

Men With Guns

Plus swords, arrows, and armies, packing heat on dvd

"...On the other hand, the movie has some spectacular pre-Braveheart battle scenes and wonderful sword fights; director and MTV..."

June 7, 2002 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

We Were Soldiers

"...in a form-fitting bodybag. Wallace (the award-winning writer of Braveheart) fills the first third of We Were Soldiers with..."

March 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beat Box

Beat Box

"...Wants to Rule the World," and Mary J. Blige's "Braveheart Party" for starters. "Blood of a slave, heart of..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Summer Film Previews

Pearl Harbor: From Eternity to Here

"...Screenwriter Randall Wallace, whose first script was the award-winning Braveheart, clearly intended to create characters whose heroism is part..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

A look at four new reality-based series trying to beat Survivor 2: Australian Outback to the punch. Good luck. Also, the latest twists on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

"...high school football revelers charge down a hill (think Braveheart) over and over again and crew people keep yelling..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Ran

Kurosawa uses Shakespeare's King Lear as a template, but in Ran Lear's three scheming daughters are sons, and the action is transposed to a mythic, dreamlike, feudal Japan. Like an adrenalized fever dream of ultimate power gone awry, Ran reveals Kurosawa's grasp of visual splendor at its most powerful.

"...complex, gritty, merciless battlefield depictions in films ranging from Braveheart to Saving Private Ryan. The word ran loosely translates..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Patriot

"...here's where the movie begins taking the shape of Braveheart: The Colonial Years -- the story of a man..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Other Upcoming Titles

"...24) This real-time strategy is making waves for its Braveheart-meets-Akira Kurosawa approach to combat scenes...."

April 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Brendan Sinclair

Public Notice

Public Notice is noticing that spring is in full swing with so many kid-friendly opportunities to make community spirit grow.

"...Camp Braveheart, the three-day camp for kids (6-16) grieving the loss..."

April 21, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Desert Island Films, Part II

Louis Black continues his ongoing list of "desert island" videos with films by Preston Sturges, Quentin Tarantino, and John Ford

"...particular order: Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused, Mel Gibson's Braveheart, Clint Eastwood's (though Phil Kaufman wrote the script and..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Desert Island Films

Louis Black begins his ongoing list of "desert island" videos with his first pick: Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy

"...an island alone, over and over. Nah, give me Braveheart, The Wild Bunch, Dazed and Confused, or The Outlaw..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Top 10 Decade/National

"...10. James Horner, Braveheart soundtrack (Sony Classical)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

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