Dark Horse

True horse saga beguiles with its simplicity and purity of heart

"...is nothing so magnificent, so utterly inspirational as a horse at full gallop, its muscular torso flexing with each..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dark Horse

Optimistic youth continue to curdle in this latest Todd Solondz outing, even though the film's tone is less shrill and insistent.

"...tortured by their callow, emotionally stunted, opportunistic fellows, but Dark Horse, at least, shows a hint of a light..."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

This adventure fantasy about a boy's involvement with a mysterious animal is also a period story about childhood anxieties.

"...Cox. A family film in the best sense, Water Horse plays like a cross between a World War II-era..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One in a Crowd: Devil's Horse

Louisiana myth from a UT film student seeks crowdfunding

"...is in the Bayou State working on his new dark, dramatic short Devil's Horse, he's hoping the Lone Star..."

July 4, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Draught Horse

"...The Draught Horse has been a neighborhood beer bar in the Medical..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Food Feature

Spotlight: Horse + Donkey

Who let Horse + Donkey out of the stable?

"...From the cover of Horse + Donkey's new self-titled debut – a bright-red horseshoe-shaped..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

It Was a Dark & Stormy Afternoon

The Austin Pub Crawl

"...Tank, Bitter End, Waterloo Brewing Co., and The Draught Horse...."

Nov. 14, 1997 Food Feature by Spike Gillespie

Dark Side of the Potterverse

Brad Neely's 'Wizard People, Dear Readers' and the volatility of artistic alchemy

"...A CD to be played while watching the video, Dark Side of the Rainbow-style, Wizard People, Dear Readers begins..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

In a World …

Lake Bell wrote, directed, and stars in this ambitious comedy about about a female voiceover artist trying to make it in Hollywood.

"...pipes is jockeying for the gig. But there’s a dark-horse candidate, and he is a she. Better yet, she’s..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

R.I.P.D.

The Rest in Peace Department of undead police officers is joined by a recently slain cop.

"...by its predictability and flat-footed delivery. Based on the Dark Horse series of graphic novels by Peter M. Lenkov,..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deep Water

The documentary Deep Water tells the white-knuckled true story of the first single-handed around-the-world yacht competition.

"...of the film. A novice sailor, Crowhurst was a dark horse amongst a lineup of experts. An engineer and..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Mystery Men

Inept amateur superheroes must save the day in this comedy.

"...this snappy, slaphappy, utterly bizarre adaptation of Bob Burden's Dark Horse comic book of the same name. Any film..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Barb Wire

"...of gold and a tragic past. Based on the Dark Horse comic series of the same name, Barb Wire..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mask

"...Stanley Ipkiss, he's now The Mask. Based on the Dark Horse comic, the character of The Mask is part..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Journey of Hope

"...biggest upset at this year's Oscarfest occurred when this dark horse from Switzerland nabbed the honors for best foreign..."

May 31, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

50 to 1

The Kentucky Derby-winning horse Mine That Bird sprints to glory in this equine biopic.

"...that the network sports announcer didn’t realize the figurative dark horse had taken a significant lead in the home..."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bedside Manner: Hell, Ghosts, and Blood

Nihilists have more fun

"...The world is often a dark and hideous place, filled with disaster, idiocy, cruelty, and..."

June 22, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Donny Cates Is No 'Buzzkill'

Local writer collaborates with Toadies drummer for new comic

"...At its heart, the new four-part miniseries from Dark Horse Comics is about addiction. After a blackout drunk..."

Sept. 18, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Seabiscuit

"...trainer Tom Smith (Cooper) – and the abandoned, battered horse they rallied around and made a champion. But the..."

July 25, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

It Rhymes With Lust

Dark Horse reprints the unabridged classic

"...Dark Horse, 112 pp., $14.95 (paper) In 1949, while attending..."

March 23, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...Hollywood's never been known as a one-horse (or is that one Force?) town. We all know..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Even If You Think You Wouldn't Like A Comic Book Called 'Monsters!'

OMG, lemme tell you about this hilarious thing from Gustavo Duarte …

"...OK, you get the idea of how highly I'm..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Frozen II

Back to Arendelle, but has the story grown up with the audience?

"...down on the good (the easy tonal glides between dark and doofy, the earworm songcraft) and the bad (how..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

George Harrison

Out of the basement and under the tree!

"...pair of Traveling Wilburys – a comeback documented on Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 in 2004 – but the overall..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Art of Tony Millionaire;
Hot Potatoe: [Sic]

Two new retrospectives represent what's best and funniest and most poignant about comic art

"...The Art of Tony Millionaireby Tony Millionaire Dark Horse, 200 pp., $39.95 Hot Potatoe: [Sic]by Marc Bell..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Echo Chamber

Horse + Donkey collides with Echo & the Bunnymen's Heaven up Here

"...Jaime Zuverza, singer/guitarist of Austin's galloping neon New Wavers Horse + Donkey, it was a very strange moment indeed,..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer

"...death row -- has been adopted by a slight, horse-breeding Christian fundamentalist, Arlene Pralle, who prattles on about the..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Underworld

Kate Beckinsale bares her fangs as a vampire assassin in in a shaggy werewolf story.

"...strides through Len Wiseman’s debut feature with the sure, dark footing of a killer born to privilege, while all..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free Comic Book Day

There's a comic for everybody among the 40 titles available in the eighth annual giveaway

"...Panel 1: You, disgruntled, a dark cloud over your head. In the thought balloon to..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Crawl No. 2

Shangri-La, Violet Crown, Rio Rita's, the Brixton, Liberty, the White Horse

"...TV screens with a draft beer or cocktail. With dark lighting, cool air, and the Beach Boys on the..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

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