On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter

Everything you wanted to know about riding and racing motorcycles is revealed in this encyclopedic doc.

"...for a film produced and distributed by a go-go energy drink like Red Bull...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Whiplash

A student's desire to become a better drummer comes at the cost of becoming a supplicant to a monstrous teacher.

"...If recent release Birdman borrowed a cup of energy from its drum score, then Whiplash, about a young..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ACL Live Shot: Tune-Yards

Iggy Azalea, Lana Del Rey: pay attention to Merrill Garbus

"...powerful female performers, Tune-Yards electrified the afternoon with technicolor energy...."

Oct. 5, 2014 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

Weird City Hip-Hop Live Shot: Austin’s Own

Grassroots local bill represents – raw, hungry

"...– working a genre that necessitates consistent bursts of energy. The homegrown local bill at Beerland Friday night also..."

Sept. 27, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

The Quiet Ones

The venerable Hammer Film studio gets into the found-footage horror genre.

"...Harris), she has an ability to manifest negative emotional energy in the disguise of paranormal events, such as telekinetically..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Walking With Dinosaurs

This visually ambitious animated film looks promising until its corny plot gets going.

"...accurate geographic and environmental settings. Unfortunately, all the sophisticated energy used to create some kind of tangible verisimilitude is..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Runner Runner

A Princeton student and online gambler gets entangled with the operation's devious mastermind in Costa Rica.

"...light, but the film has none of the loose-limbed energy of Furman’s stealth hit, The Lincoln Lawyer...."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Trash Dance

The process used by Austin choreographer Allison Orr to create this dance piece for garbage trucks and sanitation workers is revealed in this fascinating documentary record.

"...explains, is simply the coordination of space, time, and energy, then the orchestration of garbage trucks, trash receptacles, and..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Promised Land

Matt Damon and John Krasinski star in this modern morality tale about fracking in America; Gus Van Sant directs.

"...Steve Butler, who has been hired by a big energy company to buy up the rural land from the..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Royal Affair

Palace intrigue, bodice-ripping, and revolutionary thought: If only this costume drama about Danish monarchs behaving badly delivered on its promise.

"...the film, heavy with solemnity and gasping for the energy of improvisation, is not. (The framing device is a..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Holy Motors

Holy Motors; hot damn. This French firecracker is set to detonate.

"...shores in some time. Yet for all its disruptive energy, Holy Motors is also a thing of sublime beauty...."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Who Loves the Sun

Doc 'Solar Mamas' premieres on KLRU tonight

"...impressive new documentary about women training to be solar energy engineers in India...."

Nov. 5, 2012 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

AE Rate Gate

Shockingly, nobody wants to pay more for electricity

"...It wasn't all that long ago when Austin Energy was the city's shining star, a national leader in..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Post by Amy Smith

The Sitter

Jonah Hill plays the world's most irresponsible babysitter in this new movie from David Gordon Green.

"...at the same itchy spirit of anarchy. There's real energy to the way Gordon Green and Cinematographer Tim Orr..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Don't Know How She Does It

Sarah Jessica Parker stars in this comedy about working-mom woes.

"...knew it was a snore). Too much time and energy is directed toward that go-nowhere story, wasting the film's..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ERCOT Issues Level 2 Power Emergency

Rolling blackouts at industrial facilities may happen

"...just Tweeted that it is issuing a Level 2 energy emergency. This means that, among large industrial users, rolling..."

Aug. 4, 2011 News Post by Lee Nichols

Green Lantern

The beloved comic-book hero rediscovers his powers on the big screen.

"...bequeaths the titular torch and ring containing the “emerald energy of willpower" to a perplexed/bemused/irritating Hal. As it turns..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cars 2

This Pixar sequel pops on the screen, but the story line is stuck in neutral.

"...feature, Cars 2, vrooms onto the screen with turbocharged energy that never lets up until it reaches the finish..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Conspirator

Robert Redford directs this historical movie about the trial of Mary Surratt, who was convicted of conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.

"...Yet the film has little flash of life and energy. From the hurried opening that details the events on..."

April 15, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Oliver Stone delivers an enlivening and wickedly entertaining take on the occasional angels and plentiful demons that have run the country into financial ruin.

"...bucks, but mostly so he can help fund green energy research to gain the approval of his liberal blogger..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Inception

Nolan's first film since The Dark Knight is a heist picture with an inventive twist.

"...idea in the head of an heir to an energy conglomerate (Murphy). Inception is unproven – though not untested,..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Future of Electricity

Watch the Austin Energy GM candidate forum [video]

"...The forum between Austin Energy General Manager candidates Larry Weis and David Wright took..."

July 6, 2010 News Post by Jillian Richardson

The Daily Hustle: 6/23/10

Who is in control here?

"...meeting: emerging opposition to the development agreement for Austin Energy's Control Center, and the release of the city's new..."

June 23, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Island

This manic family comedy starring Andy Garcia and Julianna Margulies has a basic goodness of heart that is counteracted by clunky mechanics.

"...comedy of errors, City Island expends a lot of energy spinning the action ever zanier and zanier, to no..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Date Night

Steve Carell and Tina Fey star as a married couple in this wan comedy that tones down their edge for popular consumption.

"...responsibilities dominate their lives and leave little time and energy left over for romantic pursuits and time alone as..."

April 9, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Edward and Bella are back for more thwarted young vampiric love.

"...successor, Weitz, brings zero sense of play or sexual energy to the piece. It’s as if everything’s been buffed..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beeswax

This Austin-shot indie from Andrew Bujalski is a remarkably naturalistic slice of life.

"...extreme close-up of late-twentysomething naifs trying to gather enough energy to flail about, emotionally or otherwise. There are moments..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Jeremy Piven stars in this swift-moving, cynical, equal-opportunity offender about a team of used-car liquidators.

"...of July weekend blowout sale. Deriving much of its energy from Piven’s tightly wound Don Ready, head of the..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brewster's Big (Pre-)Announcement

Place 5 council member to confirm mayoral run Monday

"...be making his anouncement at the offices of solar energy firm Heliovolt at noon Monday (btw, he's also looking..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

College approaches, but that's no reason to stop singing and dancing.

"...the frame to its outer limits. Full of color, energy, precision, and creativity, Ortega's choreography unleashes the true spirit..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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