DVDanger: Thanatomorphose and Dead Weight

Two indie horrors tackle how the living contend with death

"...of visceral fascination rarely seen since The Fly or Dead Ringers, In fact, while Cronenberg's son Brandon has inherited..."

Jan. 25, 2014 Screens Post

Over Her Dead Body

In this DOA romantic comedy, Eva Longoria Parker plays a ghost who haunts her former fiancé-to-be when it's time for him to move on.

"...Parker, the brains and the beauty behind Over Her Dead Body. San Antonio Spurs superfan Parker plays Kate, a..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Book Review: Mostly Dead Things

A taxidermist’s family grieves and grows in Kristen Arnett’s debut

"...late in the year to immerse yourself in Mostly Dead Things. So much of the texture of Kristen Arnett’s..."

Oct. 23, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

On Being Dead, and Getting Pumped for Oscar Movie Season

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"...Curtin talks about his time interviewing the band Being Dead – they're the ones photographer David Brendan Hall caught..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...A wall full of faces, at once living and dead...."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

I See Dead People

The Black Angels conjure Austin's psychedelic renaissance

"...of the audience, a merger of cosmic cowboys and deadheads not seen since the Armadillo World Headquarters...."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Weight of 20 Tons

What went wrong to kill Bahman Kaman?

"...did not stand a chance; emergency workers pronounced him dead at the scene. [inset-1-right]..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Bill of the Week: Beating a Dead Horse

Bill proves school vouchers still have no traction in the House

"...Still, the weight of history did not stop Tea Party theatrics. As..."

April 6, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Point Austin: Counting the Dead

Whatever their number, the Iraqi casualties lie at our feet

"...of the mainstream U.S. media – to the relative weight of U.S. and Iraqi casualties...."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Tyler Perry's Acrimony

Tyler Perry takes on the "woman scorned" trope.

"...than a little weary and Henson’s face carries the dead weight with the gracious air of a lioness. When..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

El Jeremías

A boy genius searches for his destiny

"...a natural screen presence. Although a cutesy prologue is dead weight on the film, El Jeremías is buoyed by..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coach Carter

Come to this movie for the prominent hip-hop soundtrack and glossy sports action; leave with a message about teamwork, decency, and self-respect scorched into your brain.

"...– too many build-ups and turning points, too many dead-weight subplots – and he responds with the kind of..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Handling the Undead

The newly dead are mysteriously resurrected in this Oslo-based arthouse horror

"...George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead biggest change to zombie horror wasn’t adding gore, but..."

June 7, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Macbeth

Bloody screen adaptation shows what Shakespeare only tells

"...with the child’s end, an abstraction turned corporeal, and dead on a funeral pyre. It’s the first innovation in..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Alamo

In this round of historical revisionism there's not much to remember except, maybe, Davy Crockett becoming a fiddler on the roof.

"...rife with outsized characters and freighted with the full weight of Texas legend atop it. It’s loud – the..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The saga ends … in fan service

"...So, Emperor Palpatine isn’t dead. This huge bombshell is thrown out in the opening..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Brother's Kiss

"...somewhat grating after 90-plus minutes, the director and a dead-on, brilliant cast sweeten the otherwise dark pot with a..."

May 16, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

1900

"...of speeches made from atop tractors, haystacks and over dead bodies that are moving, but at the same time..."

Aug. 16, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Apparition

A supernatural presence is released during a college experiment.

"...a ghost-raising exercise in college that left a friend dead and Ben semihaunted. Eventually, vaugely weird things begin to..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wednesday Rewind

Trail of Dead hits Fallon, Filth covers Miles Davis

"...Trail of Dead “Weight of the Sun” As mentioned in last week's..."

Feb. 9, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Ju-on: The Grudge

Fear of what's lurking just out of sight is at the heart of this Japanese horror film.

"...hairs on the back of your neck dancing the dead-girl shuffle as much as any film in recent memory...."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: This Is Halloween

Unconventional horror for the haunting time

"...isn't a uncopyrighted DVD of Night of the Living Dead in every "50 greatest schlock hits" collection...."

Oct. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Maggie

Arnie goes zombie

"...terribly underrated Harold's Going Stiff, which rewrites the walking dead as suffering a profound form of Alzheimer's). So Maggie..."

July 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Evita

"...pastiches, the movie still feel bereft of substance and weight. Parker has a substantial history with musicals having helmed..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Davis plays a suburban mom, amnesiac, and trained-to-kill bottle blonde.

"...that the people who thought they left her for dead see her picture on TV in a Christmas parade...."

Oct. 11, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Santosh

A newbie cop in India navigates a corrupt system and a murder investigation

"...choice but to become a police officer like her dead husband. It’s supposed to be a boon. He was..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: I Kill Giants

Grief is a monster in this fantastic fable, plus two new undead flicks

"...Britain and zombies, the quirkiness of Shaun of the Dead and the aggressive revisionism of 28 Days Later overshadow..."

May 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

A soldier returns home in Ang Lee's war movie

"...hero due to a viral photograph of him taking dead aim at the enemy while rescuing the body of..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Sasquatch and Zombies and Demons, Oh My!

Let the Halloween countdown commence

"...Old West getting its fair share of the roving undead...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Battery

Jeremy Gardner and Adam Cronheim swing for the fences

"...The Battery is part of a wave of low-to-micro-budget undead horrors, along with Dead Weight and Revelation Trail, that..."

Sept. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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