Encino Man

"...Richard Masur. Like some sort of evil Hollywood hybrid, Encino Man begs, borrows and steals the worst bits from..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Furry Vengeance

In this kids' film, creatures of the forest rebel when a housing development threatens their forest home.

"...anthropomorphized furries have been accorded the same rights as humans when it comes to protecting their homesteads from outside..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jury Duty

"...playing basically the same character he's been playing since Encino Man (and, perhaps, before… sometimes it's hard to tell..."

April 14, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Porno

Horror-sex-comedy never quite (ahem) rises to the occassion

"...night they get to pick a movie to watch (Encino Man or A League of Their Own - oo,..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Barbarians

Dark trip to a genteel English dinner party gets bloody

"...Directed by: Charles Dorfman. Starring: Iwan Rheon, Will Kemp, Inès Spiridonov, Tom Cullen,..."

April 1, 2022 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Code Name: The Cleaner

For anyone venturing to see this so-called comedy, it will be hard to remember that Cedric the Entertainer is actually funny. Or rather, he can be.

"...entirely forgettable comedy from the director who brought us Encino Man, the talented comedian mugs his way through an..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

TV Eye

There's only one other way to receive a second chance in this country: Get yourself a reality show

"...moving on to TV (Totally Pauly, MTV) and movies (Encino Man, Son in Law) and, then, kerplunk. His career..."

July 15, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Twenty Bucks

"...Hunt (Year of Living Dangerously) is the first of many such people, playing a mystical street person who believes..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Son-in-law

"...here in which Shore actually behaves like a recognizable human being with some semblance of feelings, emotions and conscience...."

July 2, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

School Ties

"...Directed by: Robert Mandel. Starring: Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, Andrew Lowery..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us

Film on the Web, part II: the movies

"...the past two decades, the indie scene has produced many directors, some quite independent-minded, that did join Hollywood's major..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Shortcuts

"...business community and the non-registered public to browse the many booths displaying cutting-edge and interactive technologies for $25 a..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Column

Fantastic Fest Review: Barbarians

English dinner party drama goes straight to darkest hell

"...Director and writer Charles Dorfman’s debut feature is a corker of a good time..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

My Cousin Vinny

My Cousin Vinny combines a good dose of Northeastern pomposity and Southern ignorance to produce a great comedy.

"...of this variety -- like The Beverly Hillbillies and Encino Man -- exhaust that gag down to a mere..."

June 1, 2001 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

In Memoriam: Bill Wittliff

Legendary writer/photographer/collector/benefactor dead at 79

"...Stallion, The Perfect Storm, Legends of the Fall, Raggedy Man, Red Headed Stranger, Honeysuckle Rose, Country, Barbarosa, and A..."

June 12, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974

"...shadow of the UT Tower (the site of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree only 8 years before), and shot..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A League of Their Own

"...Mike Judge (creator of Beavis & Butt-head); and Wing Commander, directed by Chris Roberts (creator of the bestselling computer..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Burn, Baby, Burn

On Fahrenheit 451 and why good democracy should make you feel bad

"...decided to ban a book called Amos Fortune: Free Man from all school libraries. They claimed the biography of..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Telling Stories

Bill Wittliff seeks the "yes" in his debut novel, The Devil's Backbone

"...with the very Texas screenplays of Honeysuckle Rose, Raggedy Man, and the recent (though 39 years in the making)..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Off the Record

The Low Lows make a fresh start in Austin, Jon Dee Graham returns to the stage, Tim Kerr and Mark Arm talk Monkeywrench

"...Metallica," rapped Ben Harper just prior to Sunday's Nike+ Human Race, the worldwide 10K marathon that registered nearly 14,000..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Short Cuts

"...Bill Wittliff is a man of many hats. He is a screenwriter (Legends of..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Harry Nilsson

Record review

"...its famous cover shot taken in friend George Harrison's mansion, followed up the commercially successful Nilsson Schmilsson. There's Son's..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Signal Hill: Stories

The characters that inhabit the four short stories and a novella in Alan Rifkin's slim volume are all strikingly out of place and emotionally disconnected.

"...his estranged father living in the hills of upscale Encino in "After the Divorce." "The Honor System" details an..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Signal Hill: Stories

The characters that inhabit the four short stories and a novella in Alan Rifkin's slim volume are all strikingly out of place and emotionally disconnected.

"...his estranged father living in the hills of upscale Encino in "After the Divorce." "The Honor System" details an..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

In Person

"...In a Narrow Grave, a collection of essays from Encino Press; in one of those essays he postulated that..."

April 24, 1998 Books Feature