Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
"...them. The eye-candy gadgets and far-out creatures -- robotic bugs, jetpacks, giant flying magnets, two-headed sea serpents, whirling pigtails..."
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Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Eight Legged Freaks
Giant spiders invade a small town in this fun B-movie throwback.
"...Giant Spider Invasion (featuring, if I recall correctly, Volkswagen bugs outfitted with papier-maché appendages and headlamp “eyes” -- try..."
July 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Powerpuff Girls Movie
"...of newborn comic-book superheroes who haven't quite got the bugs worked out of their superskills just yet. (Didn't the..."
July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Tape
Tape is a confined microcosm: three characters, one room, and a whole lot of head-trippery. Old high school friends reunite years later in a dingy Michigan motel room for a night of tricky revelations.
"...day, but a dealer by definition, and when Johnny bugs him to clean up his act, he parries with..."
Nov. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Cyberworld 3D
"...with a hostess voiced by Jenna Elfman and three bugs were specially created for the film and link the..."
Nov. 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
"...Rabbit?” and “What's with all these films featuring giant bugs from outer space already?” Final Fantasy is, at its..."
July 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Flippin' the Birds
Closing parts of Balcones Canyon Preserve angers mountain bikers and doesn't do enough to save wildlife.
"...as well as less charismatic species some call "cave bugs." Even hikers and birdwatchers are denied access to the..."
April 13, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko
Public Notice
Gather round the Yule log and the figgy pudding, get out a paper and pen, and jot down some of these items from our Annual Holiday Wish List 2000, Part 2. Local organizations need you!
"...could shut our eyes and envision the Seventies (VW Bugs! Hippies! Smiley Faces!), the Eighties (Big Hair! Synthesizers! John..."
Dec. 29, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer
Day Trips
A limestone hunk in Comfort, Texas -- a would-be monument to area immigrants -- has a decidedly uncomfortable history.
"...himself. On the other side is a cutout of Bugs Bunny leaning against the rock. On the back of..."
Aug. 25, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Getting the Joke
Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.
"...Kelly: That bugs me more than new people who suck...."
June 30, 2000 Arts Feature
Mr. Smarty Pants
The dirty South and the restless East.
"...All bugs are insects but all insects are not bugs...."
March 17, 2000 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
Natural Selection
Responding to market demands and consumer pressure, Whole Foods decides to banish genetically modified ingredients from its store-brand product lines.
"...and the soil, leading to the evolution of poison-resistant bugs. Compounding fears is the possibility of cross-pollination for non-GE..."
Jan. 28, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko
A Bug's Life
"...again and accidentally hires a motley crew of circus bugs consisting of a preening master-thespian mantis, a glamorous gypsy..."
Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Kill the Wabbit
"...B&W cartoons, and delight in watching the evolution of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Elmer Fudd. (I'm..."
Nov. 14, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...However, the six protected cave bugs who live there may represent only a fraction of..."
Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature
Re-Re-Re-Reruns
"...they know how to start a morning out right: Bugs Bunny! Bugs `n' Daffy (7am) hit the air bright..."
Aug. 22, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser
Exhibitionism
Dreamgirls: Groovin' All Night Long
"...Like kidsActing's other original musicals -- The Velveteen Rabbit, Bugs, and Goldie (a fish story) -- Monsters! comments on..."
Aug. 8, 1997 Arts Review
Schizopolis
Soderbergh works both sides of the camera as actor, writer, and director of this most personal – and idiosyncratic – of all his projects.
"...an orange jump-suited and goggled exterminator (Jensen) is killing bugs and making love to the ladies (primarily with nonsensical..."
Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene
"...the Austin Lounge Lizards. Hit Parade: The Velveteen Rabbit, Bugs. On the boards: Monsters! through Aug 10 at the..."
Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Public Notice
Creepy Crawlies
"...National Wildflower Research Center's new art exhibit called Big Bugs! See darling, they're made of wood. Completely harmless. Ahhh..."
July 11, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer
Scanlines
James and the Giant Peach
"...a giant peach with a crew of animated, singing bugs. The bugs and their songs (penned by Randy Newman)..."
Nov. 15, 1996 Screens Feature
James and the Giant Peach
In bringing Roald Dahl's book to the screen, the filmmakers have preserved the author's diminutive, fantastic perspective and created a vision of childlike wonder and terror.
"...James escapes on it. With a coterie of enchanted bugs, James steers the Big Peach to the Big Apple,..."
April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Cowboys & Critters
Take Back Texas' Marshall Kuykendall Says It's Simply a Choice
Between...
"...up with the American flag" than on "critters and bugs," Kuykendall says, referring to the Barton Springs Salamander and..."
Jan. 26, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff
Cream of the Tech-Top
The Year in Multimedia
"...of its promises, and also not having very many bugs...."
Jan. 5, 1996 Screens Feature
Bonus Tracks
"...BUGS HENDERSON..."
Aug. 18, 1995 Music Feature
Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
"...play. The Warners cartoons could be especially brutal, with Bugs and Daffy contributing to kamikaze ballets. Here's the perfect..."
Nov. 1, 1991 Movie Review by Louis Black
A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies
For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate
"...birdhouses but are full of holes that give beneficial bugs a place to rest...."
Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team
"Finally I Sang": Progressive Cumbia Fires Up Como Las Movies’ Full-Length Debut
Como Las Singles finds Nelson Valente Aguilar in the driver’s seat
"...I borrowed guitars," he continues. "Somebody had a plastic Bugs Bunny guitar with two strings and that's how I..."
Nov. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Yard Bar’s Camp Out Opens, Austin Motel Brings the Wieners, Les Dames Cook Up Some Funding, Stone Crabs Swarm Truluck’s, El Raval Gets Fusiony, and More …
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...Springs (136 Drifting Wind Run). Ah, there’s big ocean bugs being turned into yum all over this town, n’est-ce..."
Oct. 18, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Fantastic Fest Review: Saw X
Least-secret secret screening still has some twists
"...in finally giving Jigsaw a Daffy Duck to his Bugs Bunny, the series has worked out how to move..."
