Ripple Effect

Like a pilgrim seeking salvation, Ripple Effect is awash in self-important questions, becoming an exercise in pop mysticism which stars Forest Whitaker.

"...melodrama with the shoddy camerawork and low-grade suspense of Cinemax soft-core porn (minus, unfortunately, anything even resembling sex). And..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Quiet

The first Burnt Orange Productions joint mixes The Piano with Poison Ivy. Perhaps future generations of film scholars will embrace The Quiet as a B-movie that problematizes the oppressive gaze, but for now, it's a misfire.

"...Burnt Orange Productions joint is a strange mash-up of Cinemax and Lifetime – a combination which might sound more..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Jeepers Creepers 2

This horror sequel is more snooze than nightmare.

"...awful straight-to-video spookshows that tends to crop up on Cinemax ’round about the time the beer runs out. The..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Looking for Mr. Mom

"...Cinemax heaven: Matt Dillon in Singles and Mel Gibson in..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Demon Seed

Adam Wingard talks about translating Robert Kirkman's exorcism comic Outcast to TV

"...Kirkman's latest comic-to-TV conversion, Outcast (premiering this summer on Cinemax). Wingard said, "I'm not just making one piece. I'm..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Man With Susan's Plan

"...in the U.S. it's going to end up on Cinemax...."

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sanctuary

Deliciously perverse battle of the sexes plays with lust and power

"...unleashing a deluge of comments about defunct streaming platform Cinemax aka Skinemax, the entryway to feature-length erotica for a..."

June 2, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch

Sinner priests are here to save us all

"...been developing: Preacher (AMC, Sundays) was joined by Outcast (Cinemax, Fridays) and Cleverman (Sundance, Wednesdays). Three genre shows on..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Mama Was a Rodeo

Bradley Beesley's Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo debuts on Cinemax

"...Sweethearts, which premieres on Cinemax tomorrow, is an involving portrait of a group of..."

Sept. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Making Movies on Cyber-Location

Doug Block's Film, Home Page, and How It Grew

"...said, yes, creative control was a big issue with Cinemax, which is owned by HBO. At one point in..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Turkey TV

"...MAX), the outrageous documentary about Elton John. Somebody at Cinemax recognized the need for emergency programming for those of..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

SXSW Film Changes the Channel With a New Name

Festival gives TV content co-headline billing

"...CW); Mr. Robot (USA Network); Unreal (Lifetime) 2016: Outcast (Cinemax); Preacher (AMC); Search Party (HBO); Vice Principals (HBO); You..."

July 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SeX and Violence: Ti West Returns to Cinema with X

SeX and violence in his seventies porno-horror flashback

"...since then he’s taken on high-profile horror shows like Cinemax’s Outcast, Fox’s The Exorcist, and Amazon Prime’s Them...."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

My Gear: Experimental Soundscaper Michael C. Sharp

A look into how the artist makes his Synth Vehicles for Guitar

"...use scales that make it sound like you're watching Cinemax at 1am – real depressive and moody shit," Sharp..."

July 16, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...and climactic synths on new singles "Nu World" and "Cinemax." Also featured is Las Cruxes business founder Veronica Ortuño..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Austin’s Rarest Vinyl

Want exclusive vinyl for Record Store Black Friday? Check out some of Austin's rarest wax.

"...utterly brilliant Tales From the Tour Bus series on Cinemax closed season 1 with an episode on Blaze Foley...."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

I Like to Watch: Better Things Than Stranger Things

There are other worlds than these

"...Preacher and Outcast, on AMC and Cinemax respectively, both do their part to normalize the visual..."

July 31, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

I Like to Watch

Three day weekend equals more time to binge (on TV, of course)

"...Robert Kirkman’s Outcast is nearing its midseason mark on Cinemax. An exquisitely filmed and wildly odd investigation of family..."

July 1, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

HBO My

Premium cable network struts its stuff with three premieres this weekend

"...I was growing up, HBO and its sister network Cinemax both had a reputation for the forbidden. This young,..."

April 4, 2014 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Peas in a Pod

Gohmert and Thombs decry LGBT rights

"...the sewer, it would be the sewer of mid-Eighties Cinemax...."

Jan. 16, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...coolly overblown. Sometimes it's very Jess Franco; sometimes it's Cinemax with a lot more blood. In places, it's actually..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Voice in My Head': Hit and Run

Are race car drivers athletes?

"...sport, so kindly report on it somewhere else. Maybe Cinemax after dark: The married men of America need their..."

Jan. 28, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Film News

It's raining cash for film in Texas ... but not a drop leftover for Waco

"...Southwest Film Festival in March. Look for it on Cinemax in September... "Exiled in America" by Austin's Angela Torres..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...I have an uncle that's the voice guy for Cinemax and HBO, kind of the Latin American Mel Blanc,..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

Animosity: a Novel

"...only the finest of film adaptations available on the Cinemax network...."

June 8, 2001 Books Review by Barry Johnson

Juvenile, HPC, Black Gold, Botany Boyz, Lil' Troy, Opposing Threat, The Metro, April 8

"...luridly satisfying as a juicy pulp novel or late-night Cinemax skin flick. For most of Sunday, it was. The..."

April 20, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...the Arts, has had Nuyorican Dream picked up by HBO/Cinemax for airing in December 2000 and took Best Documentary..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

We Control the Vertical

TV Eye

"...Who doesn't love bad TV, especially on the weekends? Cinemax can start your weekend out with a leisurely viewed..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Short Cuts

"...campy, low-budget comedy has already had a run on Cinemax and the USA Network (in addition to a limited..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Drivin' the Devil Away

Miss Lavelle White

"...the Continental Club anymore, it's Babylon, or at least Cinemax at 3am. It's definitely Chicago, New Orleans, and Houston..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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