ATX Meets The West Wing

Aaron Sorkin joins reunion for ATX Television Fest

"...reunion for the breakthrough post-9/11 drama Rescue Me, with Denis Leary (also bringing Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll to Austin), with series co-creator..."

April 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Freaks of Nature

Humans, vampires and zombies live in peace until an alien invasion

"...Keegan-Michael Key, Ed Westwick, Patton Oswalt, Vanessa Hudgens and Denis Leary. Not reviewed at press time. Humans, vampires, and..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ATX Television Fest: FX Comedy Night

You’re the Worst positioned as best hope for FXX brand

"...on 40s-with-kids to perilously close to over-the-hill in Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, Denis Leary’s first return to his Rescue Me network...."

June 6, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

You Are Entering Harlan County

Justified creator Graham Yost exits Kentucky for the ATX Television Festival

"...of antiheroes, whether it's [The Shield's] Vic Mackey or Denis Leary's character on Rescue Me, and the guys in..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Draft Day

Baseball season arrives with Kevin Costner playing a football GM. Blasphemy!

"...Ivan Reitman. Starring: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Frank Langella, Denis Leary, Chadwick Boseman, Sean Combs and Terry Crews...."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Where He Got That Pony

Steven Wright on his inspirations and stand-up origins

"...there. Kevin Meaney. Bob Goldthwait. Paula Poundstone. Lenny Clarke. Denis Leary. Steve Sweeney. Barry Crimmins. Don Gavin. You didn't..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What Are You Looking At?

A rundown of our staff's most recent pop-culture fixations

"...knows who men are. The Tuesday night one-two of Denis Leary's unrelenting dramedy, Rescue Me, and Louis C.K.'s teeth-grindingly..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Screens Feature

Recounting Recount

Laura Dern's outrageous "Kitty" Harris hits the mark.

"...Kevin Spacey, Denis Leary, Bob Balaban all deliver thoughtful performances, but the..."

June 18, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

TV Eye

'Tis the season for TV marathons, plus, mark your calendar for the last season of The Wire, and no news is bad news on the strike front

"...comedians hit the Beantown scene in the late 1970s. Denis Leary, Steven Wright, Colin Quinn, Janeane Garofalo, and others..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Tube tops

"...Rescue Me (FX): Denis Leary is marginally sympathetic, and this season's seduction/rape left..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Nom sequitur

"...Actor in a Drama category with the inclusion of Denis Leary, who stars as the volatile Tommy Gavin in..."

July 14, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

To 'Chronicle' Film Critics: I Hate You

"...due to the flu problem, but that is regardless. Denis Leary plays a boring version of Brad Pitt in..."

April 20, 2006 Postmarks

Ping Pong

Is it possible that one of the greatest (if not the greatest) sports-related films of all time is not only from Japan, but also about pingpong?

"...OUT NOWRescue Me: The Complete First Season (Columbia Tristar): Denis Leary's firefighter drama follows in the footsteps of fellow..."

June 17, 2005 Screens Review by Mark Fagan

Lakeboat

"...Starring: Charles Durning, Peter Falk, Robert Forster, J.J. Johnston, Denis Leary, Tony Mamet, Jack Wallace and George Wendt. “So..."

Dec. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...with Charles Durning, Peter Falk, Robert Forster, J.J. Johnston, Denis Leary, Tony Mamet, Jack Wallace, George Wendt. (USA, 98..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

A Cuppa Hot Joe

On a comedy club stage, News Radio star Joe Rogan exudes a mad joy for life in all its insanity, depravity, and delicious dirt; if Henry Miller had done stand-up, it would have come out like Joe Rogan's act.

"...JR: I think I've got to go with Denis Leary, but I wouldn't want to use a sledgehammer,..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Blow

"...Paul Reubens, Rachel Griffiths, Ethan Suplee, Ray Liotta and Denis Leary. In the Seventies, George Jung (Depp) brought cocaine..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Clint Eastwood; with Eastwood, James Woods, Denis Leary, Isaiah Washington, Diana Venora...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wrapped and Ready

"...Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Spacey, David Hyde Pierce, Denis Leary, Madeline Kahn, John Ratzenberger, Bonnie Hunt, Phyllis Diller,..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Small Soldiers

"...Smith, Jay Mohr, Phil Hartman, Kevin Dunn, Ann Magnuson, Denis Leary, Dick Miller, Tommy Lee Jones, Frank Langella, Ernest..."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Real Blonde

"...Thomas, Bridgette Wilson, Buck Henry, Christopher Lloyd, Kathleen Turner, Denis Leary, Steve Buscemi and Dave Chappelle. Indie-darling Tom DiCillo..."

May 29, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Dunst, Gregory Smith, Jay Mohr, Phil Hartman, Ann Magnuson, Denis Leary, the voice of Tommy Lee Jones...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

The Write Stuff

London Mavericks

"...Billy Crudup, Ian Hart, Famke Janssen, Martin Sheen, and Denis Leary, who also shares screenwriting credit with Mike Armstrong,..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Bertin

The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

"...to make a lot of weird musicians rich. Comedian Denis Leary has been paid handsomely to hype the economic..."

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...WIDE AWAKE D: M. Night Shyamalan; with Denis Leary, Dana Delaney, Rosie O'Donnell, Robert Loggia, Joseph Cross...."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Demolition Man

Stallone and Snipes blow things up real good.

"...Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne and Denis Leary. By the year 2036, human society has become..."

Oct. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Good House

Sigourney Weaver drags this addiction drama out of comfortable numbness

"...taken as it is from the novel by Ann Leary – author, columnist, NPR host, and, along with her..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Mountain

Tye Sheridan and Jeff Goldblum in an engrossing experiment in form

"...Rick Alverson. Starring: Tye Sheridan, Jeff Goldblum, Hannah Gross, Denis Lavant and Udo Kier...."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top Books of 2018 That Make the Past Present

Whether in biography, graphic novel, crime fiction, or retold Greek myths, these books brought history to life

"...The Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...her husband before he dies. Cast: Rachael Harris, Matt O'Leary, Jon Gries, John Diehl (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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