Half-Baked

Cameos from Steven Wright, Willie Nelson, Tommy Chong, and Janeane Garofalo help stoke this addled comic premise about selling pot to raise a buddy's bail.

"...Harland Williams. People who might benefit from judicious use of marijuana: Phil Gramm, Fiona Apple, George Steinbrenner, Faye Dunaway,..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Head Above Water

"...wife Nathalie (Diaz), takes a vacation at her family's summer home on a remote island off the coast of..."

June 27, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Die Hard With a Vengeance

"...Graham Greene and Colleen Camp. Continuing the unlikely adventures of beleaguered NYPD cop John McClane (Willis), this third installment..."

May 19, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Regarding Henry

"...there was one, but Nichols -- with a list of credits that reads like a partial list of some..."

July 12, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...Fest is nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration of all film bizarre, strange, and innovative has just announced..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Post-Apocalyptic Novels for Your Plaguetime Pleasure

Because these ain’t the endtimes yet: Not. Quite. Yet.

"...Look, this current situation of ours?..."

April 13, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Justice League

Another ho-hum entry to the DC Extended Universe

"...was applause. Cheers at a catchphrase unveiled. Great whoops of joy at an end credits scene revealing a new..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hangover

The Hangover is deliciously darker than Todd Phillips' previous comedies, Old School and Road Trip, but it isn't as thick with malice or drenched in the "bromance" creed of the present.

"...almost punchy anticipation, a predetermination to laugh some ass off. (Hello, Hard-R Comedy. We've been expecting you.) Yet Phillips..."

June 5, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hustle & Flow

A rousing Rocky story set on the mean streets of Memphis.

"...the screen as the Memphis pimp DJay, who dreams of making his mark in the world and living a..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mummy Returns

"...and The Rock. Exploding corpses, defiled tombs, POV shots of arcane weaponry, and more CGI monsters than you can..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Small Wonders

They just nabbed two festival awards, next up is HBO, and Ed Wood is their greatest influence. Meet Austin's most successful 12-year-old filmmakers.

"...New York in the mid-Seventies (well before the advent of Sony's Playstation, which regularly sucks my brain dry as..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...-- artfully enchanting blockbusters which whisked us through worlds of pure imagination. These otherworldly adventures -- which include Raiders..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

Godzilla

"...Lerner, Harry Shearer, Arabella Field and Vicki Lewis. Another summer, another giant lizard. Whoops, what am I saying?! This..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Princess and the Goblin

"...theatre at this film are likely victims, too, although of not as heinous a crime. The Princess and the..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Alvaro Rodriguez

Slacker

Slacker's perception of our city's subcultures shows them not to be so marginal after all.

"...Directed by: Richard Linklater. Starring: a cast of hundreds. Slacker: The title of Richard Linklater's stroll through..."

July 5, 1991 Movie Review by Chris Walters

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Urban Heat, Jonathan Terrell, Dayglow, Marcia Ball, and a smattering of metal headline our recommended shows

"...Only two seasons envelop Austin: summer and not summer. Unfailing and pointedly, the former ceases..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Jurassic World Dominion

Nothing new in the DNA of this dinosaur trilogy capper

"...History doesn’t repeat, but it often rhymes. These words – so often attributed to Mark..."

June 10, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

We Have an Issue: Why We’re Still Talking About LBJ

Reflections on the LBJ Library at 50, and a fond farewell to Food Editor Jessi Cape

"...Dead presidents are not often on the tip of the..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

It Chapter Two

Back to Derry as the Losers Club takes on Pennywise again

"...King fans have been slavering for for decades, chock-full of genuinely dream-snatching horror imagery bound together within a latticework..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

David Crosby: Remember My Name

The most hated man in folk rock on his career in bridge-burning

"...you at the outset that they’re assholes, as if proffering such information as a statement of fact implies that..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Public Notice: Fun Is Where You Find It

Some things to look forward to(?) this summer

"...still reading this, I'll presume you find those sorts of things, well, entertaining at least, if not necessarily always..."

May 19, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Hanna

Hanna is a through-the-looking-glass, arthouse action minimasterpiece.

"...in this grim fairy tale but there are plenty of walking dead men (and women) as Ronan, playing the..."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Poseidon

A handful of talented actors checked their egos at the door in hopes of … something, but this Poseidon is a wash.

"...Bennett, Kevin Dillon and Freddy Rodríguez. The anthropomorphized bunnies of Watership Down had more pizzazz than the entire cast..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pianist

"...save the world, effect change in the emotional tumors of man's soul, or is it just something pleasing to..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sleepless in Seattle

One of the signature love stories of the Nineties, Sleepless in Seattle basks in the idea of romantic love while also tweaking the notion.

"...say about a picture hailed as “the date movie of the summer” that leaves you cold and running for..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pika pika pika? Pika pika pika pika pika pika pika.

"...movie at all, given that it lands in the summer box-office arena with two strikes against it even before..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Knife + Heart

Perfect postmodernism among Paris' porn scene in this retro-giallo

"...knife to the heart might be a cheesy way of illustrating the sentiment, “Wow, you really hurt me,” but..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Baby Driver

A heist goes wrong for a music-loving getaway driver.

"...a kickass joyride it is. Filmmaker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, The World’s End) has accomplished something truly..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bedside Manner: Sharing Shelf Space

My parents' Kindle library and me

"...After a lot of resistance (read: self-righteous, swoony monologues about the tactile superiority..."

June 22, 2016 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Untapped Austin Releases Full Beer List

Forget about 2016 with 334 brews

"...With the presidential campaign of Ted Cruz, the deaths of Prince and David Bowie,..."

April 28, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

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