Drop Dead Gorgeous

This parody of beauty pageants in the flyover states takes the form of a mockumentary filmed at Minnesota's Sarah Rose Miss Teen Princess America Pageant.

"...patently offensive, which is par for the course in Drop Dead Gorgeous. The film manages to take a clever..."

July 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

A hardscrabble, heartbreaking, love-and-death affair is gorgeously captured in David Lowery's Texas feature.

"...“Hellion,” among many other regional credits) has made a drop-dead gorgeous movie. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints appears to be..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flame & Citron

In this Danish film, two men track down and kill Nazi collaborators in the waning days of the German occupation.

"...alliances are blurry. The pair are assisted in their deadly endeavors by the Copenhagen police and a spider-webbed network..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Serving Sara

"...glass of Alka-Seltzer. Between Perry's haggard appearance and Hurley's drop-dead-gorgeous banality, these two could have acted in two separate..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wild Grass

Alain Resnais' glorious-looking film spirals in its subjective viewpoints with a main character who may be mad or merely madly in love or perhaps maddened that love has somehow eluded him.

"...the contrary: Wild Grass is quite possibly the most drop-dead gorgeous film I've seen all year. Eric Gautier's cinematography..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Truth About Cats and Dogs

"...as two-dimensional beings: smart and plain, or dumb and drop-dead gorgeous. With Noelle, Thurman demystifies her acting persona and..."

April 26, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Casino Royale

This is the James Bond origin story wherein we get to discover, along with incoming blond Bond Daniel Craig, where 007 got his suave daredeviltry and love of fast cars, vodka martinis, and highest-stakes cardsharpery.

"...Isaach De Bankolé and Caterina Murino. "The bitch is dead now." The line, from the endgame of Ian Fleming's..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

You'd think we'd be all star-f***ed out after SXSW, but here it is, Oscar-time and we are just beside ourselves with the bold type and the dropped names! What? No silly. We said "fawned."

"...SHOW The luminous Nicole Kidman had beautiful hair, and gorgeous jewels, and her dress was pretty, but it did..."

March 29, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Roll 'Em

March

"...DROP DEAD GORGEOUS..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lure

The Polish Mermaid musical you never knew you needed

"...aided and abetted in this superior catch by some drop-dead gorgeous cinematography courtesy of Jakub Kijowski, and a boatload..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Tale of Two Sisters

Dread and mystery are the hallmarks of this South Korean psychological thriller.

"...answers to the questions unfolding onscreen – and his drop-dead-gorgeous direction – that makes A Tale of Two Sisters..."

March 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Simone

"...trundle across the silver screen and even the most drop-dead gorgeous of superstars regularly have their onscreen personas digitally..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Celebrity sightings … and slightings. Bitchy, bitchy, biiiiitcheeeeee …

"...the talented musician Eric Benet down with her. The drop-dead gorgeous Benet is married to the drop-dead gorgeous Halle..."

May 24, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Spider-Man

"...skin tones, manages to look both alternately beatific and drop-dead gorgeous, often in the same sequence. There's also J.K...."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Real Stephanie Dupont

"...She is described in Spanking Watson (1999) as, "the drop-dead gorgeous blonde who lived upstairs across the hall." Kinky..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Books Feature by Sidney Moody

Best in Show

In Guest's parodic hands, the Westminster Dog Show goes to the hounds.

"...many other satires and “mockumentaries” (the recent beauty-pageant travesty Drop Dead Gorgeous scuttles to mind), his intent is never..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mission: Impossible Two

"...returns as computer and communications whiz Luther Stickell, and drop-dead gorgeous Newton (Beloved, Jefferson in Paris) pops up as..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hissing Fits

Bryan Mealer sinks his teeth into the 1999 Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.

"...party for it. Each year, nearly three tons of deadly rattlesnakes are harvested, put on display, taunted, handled, researched,..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Bryan Mealer

Sin Like You Mean It

The Flametrick Subs & Satan's Cheerleaders

"...background, I could hear children giggling and the most gorgeous music I'd ever heard wafted in on a cool..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Fashion, Heritage, Ballet, Puns, and More Weekend Events

Arts and culture to fill your days

"...enthusiasts in new co-owners Tony and Ian Norris. So drop by and welcome them to the neighborhood with this..."

May 9, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Ever the Spoils

Two University Dramas Tackle Women After War

"...local Romans got a little ticked off by the dead king's will and chose to ignore it, seizing all..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Priests of Syrinx

What’s in a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame anyway?

"...“I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today,” Newman performs “I’m Dead But I Don’t Know It,” trading verses with Henley..."

May 17, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Who is Stephen's fave new singer? Who is The. Best. Salesperson. EVAH? What happened when Stephen set foot back in Oilcan's? You'll have to read to see!

"...is so electrifying, who'd have thought she'd do such gorgeous ballads? This Australian beauty plays every Tuesday and Thursday..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Austin style is rocking into spring as local fashion steps out -- again -- at the Club DeVille Spring Fashion Extravaganza.

"...to Lipservice deluxe. Twin beauties Kate & Maggie -- drop-dead gorgeous and so sweet -- helped make it an..."

May 11, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Stephen gets all gushy when he poshes it up in Houston – sort of like The Simple Life, but backward.

"...to meet Rita there. The party was at the drop-dead gorgeous new Hotel Icon – unquestionably the most chic..."

April 2, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TV Eye

Is it a coincidence that at the turn of the century, magic and the supernatural has made another appearance on TV?

"...Many television critics couldn't make it to deadline without The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

1999 Austin Film Releases

A complete list of all films released for theatrical runs in Austin in the calendar year 1999 and eligible for consideration in the Top Ten.

"...BOYS DON'T CRY4.5(M.B)12/24/99 BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS2.5(M.B.)11/5/99 BRINGING OUT THE DEAD3.5(M.S.)10/29/99 BROKEDOWN PALACE1.0(M.S.)8/13/99 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB3.0(R.S.)7/2/99 CABARET BALKAN4.0(M.B.)10/8/99 CALIGULApreview(M.B.)12/3/99..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

Postmarks

Benefits of Frankenfoods

"...about the time he started up a song by Dead Can Dance, cut it off in mid-play, then cast..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Column

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...DROP DEAD GORGEOUS D: Michael Patrick Jann; with Kirstie Alley,..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Top Ten Art

The Best Art Shows in 1997 That I Never Reviewed

"...that an exhibition filled with huge, hand-colored photographs of dead things could be so drop-dead gorgeous? Breakey's anthropomorphic birds..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Arts Feature

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