Doctor Strange

The Doctor is out, far out

"...Swinton’s the Ancient One. (But of course.) Cumberbatch plays Doctor Stephen Strange with exactly the right amount of cocky..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Sam Raimi makes the most Sam Raimi Marvel film imaginable

"...of Spider-Man was brought on to spearhead the newest Doctor Strange project after Scott Derrickson, director of Strange’s first..."

May 6, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Comics Writer Donny Cates Casts Spells on Doctor Strange

Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme and big bad Thanos get a local scribe

"...Ragnarok that makes Donny Cates' head reel: It's when Doctor Strange and Loki cross paths. He says, "Those two..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cargill Gets Strange

Local author revealed to be Marvel's hidden scripter

"...for the upcoming adaptation of Marvel's supernatural adventure series Doctor Strange...."

Dec. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Strange Brew Empties

Financial duress buckles South Austin listening institution

"...Suspicions that Strange Brew was under financial duress were confirmed last Thursday..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Doctor Is In

Eugene Chadbourne pulls a graveyard shift

"...the furious flurry of banjo licks from the mad Doctor. As he trolled through his massive songbook, including “Checkers..."

Dec. 15, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Whurley, Physics, and the Strange Work of Quantum Computing in Austin

Is the world ready to take a quantum leap?

"...forgiven for assuming the two-story building with the impressive "Strangeworks" sign is yet another trendy coffee shop. But you'd..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As Captain America enters a Brave New World, every MCU film reviewed

"...Wilson (Anthony Mackie) brings us one step closer to Doctor Doom finally arriving on Earth-616...."

Feb. 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

C. Robert Cargill’s Journey From Writing About Film to Making Blockbusters

Something sinister, something strange from Dr. Strange scribe

"...inversion Sinister, and then added mysticism to Marvel with Doctor Strange. Before that, under noms de plume, he was..."

June 15, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Avengers: Infinity War

Earth's mightiest heroes face their greatest, most nuanced threat

"...the wake of Ragnarok. The Hulk (Ruffalo) has disappeared, Doctor Strange (Cumberbatch) works under his cloak of magic, Black..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Grand Seduction

In this Canadian comedy, a down-on-its-luck fishing village spruces up to try to lure a big-city doctor to town.

"...but there’s a catch. Tickle Head has no resident doctor, one of the requirements of the contract. And, it..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Thunderbolts*

Marvel assembles a new team of misfit superheroes

"...and possibly the biggest reorientation of the MCU since Doctor Strange added magic to the equation. It’s also one..."

May 2, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Thor: Love and Thunder

The Slayer of Thanos becomes a lovesick clown in this mirthless sequel

"...last decade, or to move Thor forward. Much as Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness jettisoned all the..."

July 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Marvel's master of kung fu makes a convoluted cosmic splash

"...deeply uninteresting big boss is more Green Lantern than Doctor Strange, and bogs the third act down in a..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The White Ribbon

A disquieting feeling of apprehension is made palpable in Michael Haneke's import, The White Ribbon.

"...made palpable in The White Ribbon. A series of strange and nasty events has been occurring in a small..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

John Barrymore's lascivious trip into the heart of his own darkness

"...struggle at the heart of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, and the..."

Feb. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Who' Knows?

'Doctor Who' fans can start pre-gaming the 50th anniversary special with Geeks Who Drink trivia night

"...well past, now that fever for UK national treasure Doctor Who, that sweet space oddity, has decisively infected our..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

"...people do: as the fallible protagonist. Yet in their post-Doctor Strange return to terror, they flipped the script and..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

C. Robert Cargill Nominated for Clarke Award

Dr. Strange co-writer up for SF lit's biggest award

"...for film fans, that's because he also co-wrote Marvel's Doctor Strange, and was director Scott Derrickson's on-set collaborator during..."

May 2, 2018 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Collectors Show Off Their Toys

Lights, camera, action figures!

"...snapping one of her collection of action figures in strange locations for her Twitter feed...."

July 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Horns

Daniel Radcliffe sprouts horns in this spiky fable about the devil in all of us.

"...The Valium-medicated mother of a screaming toddler in a doctor’s office reception area confides her wish to abandon her..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Confessions of a Superhero

What does Superman do when he's not posing for snapshots with tourists in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre? This documentary about Hollywood's ultimate poseurs tells all. SXSW Film Presents

"...the performers here when she casually remarks, "Sure, a doctor saves lives, but is he remembered?" Hollywood has always..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Living Out Loud

"...film begins with Hunter quizzing her husband, a successful doctor, in an elegant New York City restaurant about a..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Attack of the Drive-In: Scott Derrickson Opens Up About The Gorge

How his new action-romance mixes Kurosawa and Taylor Swift

"...devils (Sinister), serial killers (The Black Phone), and superheroes (Doctor Strange), now he’s made his first real, unabashed B-movie...."

Feb. 13, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Harriet

Overdue biopic of the fearless anti-slavery hero loses sight of reality

"...physical trait on par with Captain America’s agility or Doctor Strange’s levitating prowess, but then again, Harriet doesn’t require..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Avengers: Endgame

The end is the beginning is the end as Marvel's Infinity Saga reaches a satisfying, tearful end

"...to the one out of 14,000,605 potential futures that Doctor Strange saw that can rewrite what Thanos did, or..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Passengers

Bound for a distant planet, two persons awake prematurely

"...explicitly revealed.) The script, by Jon Spaihts – no stranger to pissing people off, his CV includes Prometheus and..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ATX Film News: Zellweger, Linklater, Bujalski, Oh My!

Plus AFF gets an NEA grant and ... Cats 2?

"...C. Robert Cargill, Austin-based writer of Disney's Dr. Strange, has added "feature producer" to his résumé, as he..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

Into the shadowy mind of the man that created Hellboy

"...title, he was being given high-profile prestige one-shots like Doctor Strange/Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment, the Topps adaptation of..."

Sept. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The COVID-19 Long Haulers

Nearly 1 in 3 coronavirus survivors have strange, often changing symptoms without known causes or cures. Here’s what they and their doctors are doing about it.

"...– even an asymptomatic one – should see a doctor; if they have POTS, there are therapies that can..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

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