The Scare Game

Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon on what went wrong with horror and where to go from here

"...set out to make something audacious, you know?" says The Cabin in the Woods director and co-writer Drew Goddard..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Trouble With Ally

"...Ally McBeal troubles me. As the title character of the show, Calista Flockhart's Ally is..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The News Gets Better

Austin's 1997 in Review

"...Zandt is found dead of a heart attack at the age of 52. The news is better for Junior..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Date Movie

What's left to spoof? Why, romance movies, of course.

"...Carmen Electra. Boasting that your film features “two of the six writers of Scary Movie,” as this film’s marketing..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Titan A.E.

"...Barrymore and Matt Damon. With five writers -- among them Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Joss Whedon -- it's no..."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

The end of an era -- Buffy takes her final bow.

"...After seven seasons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer ends this Tuesday with a much..."

May 16, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Fandemonium!

Television fans who organize to keep their favorite shows on the air, or even don the occasional Star Fleet Commanding Officer's uniform, are often depicted as lonely losers with too much time on their hands. According to TV columnist Belinda Acosta, the truth is quite the opposite.

"...They live among us. They could be neighbors, co-workers, a..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Don't know what gift to get your couch potato? Well, why not buy your spud-butt a book? Yes, a book.

"...So it's getting down to the wire, and you don't know what gift to get..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Holiday Viewing: TV Christmas Episodes

Celebrate the season in Sunnydale, the Oval Office, and more

"...The best Christmas episodes take the basic DNA of a..."

Dec. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

The WB finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the series premiere of TNT's WitchBlade, and the series finale of Star Trek Voyager.

"...Since the announcement that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is leaving WB..."

June 1, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

No Emmy nominations for Buffy

"...Nowadays, I'm fairly blasé about awards shows. But when the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced their 2001..."

July 20, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Talk about your stakes through the heart -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer moves to the UPN and with that, moves out of Austin

"...wrote me last year after UPN left Austin, meaning they could no longer watch the last season of their..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Buffy creator Joss Whedon returns to TV with more tough-girl action on Dollhouse

"...Oh sure, everyone wants to hear the dirt, the chisme, the skinny behind Dollhouse, the anticipated..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Serenity

Joss Whedon’s Western/sci-fi hybrid (which was canceled from TV but greenlighted for the movies) evinces the kind of swashbuckling bonhomie that made so many of us fall in love with the original Star Wars films.

"...Hats off to Joss Whedon’s army of fans and their enduring ire over the cancellation of his 2002 television..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ATX Television Festival Gets 'My So-Called Life' for 2013

2013 lineup includes 'Party of Five' and 'Boy Meets World' reunions

"...Be still my tv teen angst heart. The ATX Television Festival just announced the first round of..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dragonball: Evolution

Live-action versions of animé/manga hits are notoriously hard to pull off, and Dragonball: Evolution proves no exception.

"...television animé version), it should be director Wong (former The X-Files and Millennium scribe and director of Final Destination..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Next week is a big week in network TV

"...week is a big week in network TV, as they premiere the bulk of their new and returning series...."

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Endings are tricky things

"...Endings are tricky things. The end of relationships, friendships, jobs, and many other big..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Other Worlds Review: Red Snow

Vampire comedy takes a bite out of Twilight fans

"...What's worse, a vampire or a Twilight fan? That's the joke at the..."

Dec. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tragedy Girls

Serial killer high-school girls in the social media age

"...Meet Sadie and McKayla. They’re the queen bees of their high school, in the..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

First Daughter

This movie's tortured young protagonist and clueless dad just happen to be members of the First Family of the United States.

"...both looks and feels like a Hallmark Movie of the Week, replete with a tortured young protagonist and a..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Party Monster

The rise and fall of superstar club promoter Michael Alig.

"...Lyonne and Diana Scarwid. Newsflash: I hung out at the Limelight in New York City, briefly, in the late..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Wedding

"...Levy and Jennifer Coolidge. Jesse Dylan’s first feature was the ganja-infused comedy How High, which, while not exactly a..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Who was left off the list for this year's Emmy nominees.

"...Nominations for the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced last week...."

July 25, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

While viewers are asleep at the remote, the FCC is pondering some dangerous deregulation.

"...Let's face it: Most of us turn on the tube, sit there, and veg out. Some of us..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Zen and the art of Samurai cartoonage

"...not just for kids any more. I'm not sure they ever were. Case in point, a new animated action..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Bring It On

Catfights, navel-baring, a Top 40 soundtrack, sugarcoated sentiments: Cheerleaders grab center stage.

"...Top 40 soundtrack, sugarcoated sentiments: Bring It On brings them all in spades. But what could have been another..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Is it a coincidence that at the turn of the century, magic and the supernatural has made another appearance on TV?

"...Many television critics couldn't make it to deadline without The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Idle Hands

"...turns out to be a stylishly goofy take on the old possessed limb genre, referencing everything from the old..."

April 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Johns

"...into Scott Silver's feature film debut johns perfectly captures the main characters' lives as street hustlers. Cars pass by..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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