Dead Again

"...Schygulla and Campbell Scott. Hopelessly muddled but doggedly entertaining, Dead Again resurrects film noir as a supernatural thriller in..."

Aug. 30, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Anthony Graves Case Raises the Dead ... Again

Judge once again okays testimony of dead witness

"...by Anthony Graves' defenders, who argue that the charges against their client should be tossed because the state's attempt..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

George A. Romero's Land of the Dead

Romero has again crafted a character-driven horror film that doubles as a metaphor for the economic disparity in America and, to a lesser degree, the war on terror.

"...cinematic taboo with the original Night of the Living Dead, and then topped himself twice again with 1978’s Dawn..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Evil Dead

Fans of the original horror trilogy have nothing to fear from this gory new reworking.

"...Fans of the original horror trilogy of The Evil Dead films have nothing to fear from this new reworking:..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

"...la John Wayne Gacy? Apparently so.) As for Freddy's Dead, there's not much to say that you probably haven't..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dead Don't Die

After the vampiric bite of Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch shambles through this zombie flick

"...of hot coffee and warm flesh – apparently the undead no longer crave cigarettes – is just one of..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Walking Dead

"...the plight of African-American soldiers in Vietnam,” The Walking Dead instead comes across as a straight-ahead, cookie-cutter festival of..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Clive Owen stars as the sad, taciturn anchor of this modern film noir by Croupier's Mike Hodges.

"...dark tale of cinema mayhem), I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead is a film-noir outing that snuffs out most efforts..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...Austin receives no such shout-out in "Truckin'," the Grateful Dead's highest-charting single of the Seventies. The psychedelic shamans also..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Dead Man

Jarmusch's elegiac, black-and-white meditation is a dream in the form of a Western about the enterprise of America.

"...would have suspected for Jarmusch's next film. For another, Dead Man's story is far darker than, say, Mystery Train..."

May 24, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dead Man Walking

Sarandon won an Oscar for her performance as Sister Helen Prejean in this nuanced story about capital punishment.

"...is make us reflect on our convictions and beliefs. Dead Man Walking, Tim Robbins' second effort as director and..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Reviving 'The Dead'

Fantastic Fest 2010 zombie horror returns this weekend

"...The revenant have risen again! Fantastic Fest 2010 fave The Dead returns for a..."

Oct. 6, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

The paternity mystery is solved, but the ABBA hits keep coming

"...more than once watching Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, an earworm of a movie liberally dusted with bronzer...."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Dead Ringers

Re-examining Cronenberg's overlooked masterpiece now on Blu-ray

"...God" speech in Malice. Second is Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers, telling his brother of a failed procedure: "There's..."

Nov. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FF2011: 'Juan of the Dead' Premiere

A love letter from Cuba to Austin, signed in zombie blood

"...Last night's US debut of Juan of the Dead was a strange sort of homecoming for Havana's first..."

Sept. 24, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dead Alive

The Citizen Kane of Oedipal zombie-cannibal-right to death-comedy-love stories. In this early film, Jackson takes the shopworn flesh-eating zombie genre by its rotting horns, adds a dash of Monty Python, and comes up with a film so gleefully over-the-top that it's decidedly hard not to gag while you're laughing yourself incontinent.

"...The film moves from gag to gore to gag again like a rocket from the crypt and never lets..."

April 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

God's Not Dead 2

A sequel? The deity doth protest too much, methinks.

"...reviewed at press time. Those secularists are at it again, spreading false rumors about the death of God. In..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dying in Committee, Part 8: Microbrewery Bill Dead

Don't plan on taking any beer home after that microbrewery tour.

"...on the premises of their breweries appears to be dead. This very sensible idea — after all, wineries are..."

May 11, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Here We Go Yet Again

Michael Ventura revisits his "Letters at 3am" Columbine column

"...20 before killing themselves. I looked up that column again after 17 were murdered at a Florida high school,..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Chronolog Post by Michael Ventura

UPDATE: Rose's SBOE Bill Fails Again

Attempt to put board under Sunset review narrowly defeated on third reading

"...on back-from-the-brink-of-death battle over Patrick Rose's HB 710: It's dead again...."

May 6, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July

A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire

"...Tom Sawyer is dead. Huck Finn is not. The "can do" all-Americans that..."

July 2, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

'Evil Dead' Rises Again

Three originals brought in Fede Alvarez for this horror remake

"...Now the three men behind the original The Evil Dead ­­– star Bruce Campbell, producer Robert Tapert, and director..."

April 5, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Dead Climb on Top of You

Third Place winner

"...eyes were pools made for night swimming. Just pupils against black irises deep forever. "Were you drunk or something?"..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by P. Tyson Midkiff

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...We'll never, we'll never have to lose it again...."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Pauly Shore Is Dead

Born and bred L.A. narcissist Pauly Shore turns auteur for this comedy film outing about … himself.

"...long-gestating film was You’ll Never Wiez in This Town Again, which is the title it bore when it screened..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Who Killed Vicki Nisbett? And Is She Even Dead?

No verifiable crime scene, no murder weapon, no motive, and no body

"...Duty's administration; she had run in the 2012 primary against prosecutor John Bradley as a change candidate who could..."

Jan. 27, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Back From the Dead

Stephen Romano cheats the grim reaper to launch Eibon Press

"...By all rights Stephen Romano should be among the dead himself, albeit the non-ambulatory, intravenous juice-box sucking sort. His..."

July 15, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Chris Claremont: Dead Should Mean Dead

'X-Men' mastermind talks the Phoenix and the flame

"...Grey, has a very bad habit of not staying dead. Now Marvel has announced her latest resurrection of sorts..."

July 14, 2012 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...anarchy on the 'dance floor,' a trash can located dead center had so far survived the night's thrashing without..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Rain, Broken Glass, and a Dead Body in the Dumpster

Fourteen hours of Elizabeth Reeder's A Very Bad Day

"...A Very Bad Day, Reeder's farce about an inconvenient dead body in a Dumpster, is concerned about his wardrobe:..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

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