SXSW Film Review: Evil Dead Rise

The possessed cabin franchise takes a gruesome trip to the city

"...are the series' trademark. Maybe if there was a Bruce Campbell-style gonzo comic actor in the mix, this sequence..."

March 17, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Tuesday

Bartees Strange, Coco & Clair Clair, plus a PinkPantheress misfire

"...the Ophelias and Blvck Hippie, Pleasure Venom vocalist Audrey Campbell provided the aforementioned memorable exception. “This next one’s called..."

March 15, 2023 SXSW Post by Nayeli Portillo

Short and Sweet: Chris McInroy Has "GUTS"

Austin filmmaker discusses his gross-out office comedy short

"...Jeremy King (Scare Package is the Austin film scene's Bruce Campbell, the absolute utility goof...."

Feb. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...horror icon Sam Raimi, cult legend and “Ash” himself Bruce Campbell, and stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland for..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...in the Ground), seems to continue into the franchise's post-Bruce Campbell future, and lean heavily into the 2013 flick's..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Mid-Century

Ghostly goings-on in this short-term rental shocker

"...Directed by: Sonja O'Hara. Starring: Stephen Lang, Bruce Dern, Shane West, Vanessa Williams and Sarah Hay...."

June 17, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 8-14

"...to your approach. Heed the advice of martial artist Bruce Lee: "Be like water making its way through cracks...."

April 8, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Film Review: Deadstream

Horror-comedy that gets the laugh/scream ratio right

"...we nevertheless root against from the opening frame. Like Bruce Campbell before him, Joseph Winter makes Ruddy someone who..."

March 12, 2022 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...It Is In Us All (Ireland) Director/Screenwriter: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Producers: Emma Foley, Tamryn Reinecke, A formidable man who..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Old Ways

Brujeria horror has a fun Bruce Campbell vibe

"...a Cronenberg way, but more in the style of Bruce Campbell, with a laconic sense of disbelief. When those..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces

After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside

"...2020 with a film. A couple of weeks later, Bruce Campbell made a live appearance with a film and..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...harmonica in a stark folk skip and skiffle echoing Bruce Springsteen in its buoyancy, earnestness, and overall Nebraska haunt..."

April 30, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...town in 2012. Cast: Alex Wolff, Imogen Poots, Neve Campbell, Tom Cullen, Keir Gilchrist, Kiowa Gordon, Star Slade (U.S...."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

To Know Joe Lansdale Is to Love Joe Lansdale

All Hail the Popcorn King trails the writer of the purple rage

"...and Leonard star] James Purefoy, Don Coscarelli, Joe Hill, Bruce Campbell, and on and on. We ended up with..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

David Giancola Puts the Pedal to the Metal With Axcellerator

Director leaves tragedy behind and embraces the B-movie

"...bad idea. I once tried to do that with Bruce Campbell (on 2000's Icebreaker). Bruce is an amazing actor,..."

June 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cult Film Hero Don Coscarelli Turns a Page

Phantasm director discusses his new memoir

"...of that, they were also having tremendous success with Bruce Campbell’s memoirs of his indie cinema days with Sam..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...Undercliffe D: Lisa Mulcahy Writer: Bruce McLeod Comedy Vanguard Features Antiquities D: Daniel Campbell Writers:..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Waterloo Music Festival vs. Eastside Kings Festival

Austin music’s fall festival opens with a double-barrel bang

"...6:30pm Heroically versatile bassist Oteil Burbridge has anchored Col. Bruce Hampton, the Allman Brothers, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Dead..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

2018 Primary Elections: Giddy With Energy

Tracking back on a wild election night

"...in 2014. And County Tax Assessor and Voter Registrar Bruce Elfant hinted that the county has not seen such..."

March 9, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

2018 Primary Election Filing Time

And the candidates are ...

"...U.S. Senator R: Ted Cruz, Geraldine Sam, Mary Miller, Bruce Jacobson Jr. D: Beto O'Rourke, Edward Kimbrough, Sema Hernandez..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

There's Something in the Woods

Celebrating the Alamo Rolling Roadshow with Bruce Campbell

"...Q: Could there be anything groovier than watching Bruce "The Chin" Campbell's hapless alter ego Ash chainsaw his..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...with keyboardist Billy Etheridge, who played with Doyle Bramhall, Bruce Miller, and young Stevie Vaughan. Etheridge turned the teenagers..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...the Resentments; Country Kicks: Monte Warden with Kelly Willis, Bruce & Charlie Robison, Shawn Colvin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame Inductees 1983-2016

Never before published list of all Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees

"...Sarah Elizabeth Campbell (16)..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...the Necronomicon in the cult classic Army of Darkness, Bruce Campbell's character Ash had to say, "Klaatu barada nikto."..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Lee Majors Can't Stop

The Six Million Dollar Man visits Wizard World

"...Dollar Man, to The Fall Guy, and now playing Bruce Campbell's father in season 2 of Ash vs. Evil..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Wave Three

Multiple monsters, sequels, and regulars (and RZA)

"...For those who like their entertainment in manageable bites, Bruce Campbell will be bringing two new episodes of Ash..."

Sept. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fede Alvarez Says Don't Breathe

On Detroit, Uruguay, and shooting that scene

"...our interview with Alvarez and producers Robert Tapert and Bruce Campbell here). There are no ghosts or ghouls here:..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmakers Make International Festival Waves

Watch out Chicago (and Montreal, and Edinburgh, and London)

"...Bruce Campbell's Horror Film Festival (Chicago, Aug. 18-21)..."

July 17, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Winter Soldier Is Coming

Wizard World bringing Captain America star to Austin

"...anyone?), and genre icons (William Shatner, and not only Bruce Campbell, but the cast of Ash vs Evil Dead)...."

April 5, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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