Night at the Museum

Amid crummy sight gags and predictable physical comedy, sputtering scenes, and the stale and watered-down Stiller in another nonsense story, Night at the Museum is at best a rotation of backdrops for a parade of visual effects.

"...some hippie chick in a buffalo-skin straitjacket after a bad trip at Woodstock ’94 makes me sad and uncomfortable...."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Shawn Badgley

Inside Man

Although with Denzel, Jodie, and Clive in tow it would be difficult to go wrong, Spike Lee and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz have created a truly original film from various shopworn genre clichés.

"...apparent. Inside Man takes pointed and well-deserved jabs at everything from post-9/11 treatment of nonwhites to, ultimately, a scheming..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shrek 2

Shrek reloaded: DreamWorks discovers that it's easy being green.

"...is "Be yourself") and manage to take potshots at everything from Starbucks to Hollywood (which is nicely caricatured here..."

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shallow Hal

"...to the notion that beauty is only skin deep, everything in our hero's mind's eye and the movie's basic..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Domestic Disturbance

"...the postmodern attributes of a male melodrama. You see, everything in Frank (Travolta) and Susan's (Polo) divorce is going..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Original Sin

"...seething little passages featuring ill-at-ease characters caught up in bad fixes and worse endings. Woolrich was subtle, like the..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Josie and the Pussycats

It's far more subversive than the Seventies Hanna-Barbera cartoon on which it's based.

"...cutting, subversive, pop-culture sociology text that manages to skewer everything from the current deluge of craptacular boy bands to..."

April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Antitrust

"...schemers, killer sesame seeds, dead code poets societies, laughably bad CGI mansions -- and then some. The trouble is..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cookie's Fortune

This honeysuckle-flavored comedy scripted by Anne Rapp is as sweet and refreshing as anything Altman's ever done.

"...the dynamics of life in a small town, where everything is everybody's business and a man's guilt is a..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Paulie

"...seen from a parrot's point of view. Not a bad track record for what appears to be more or..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wedding Singer

"...when she said yes. In a brilliant show of bad taste and even bigger, badder hair, she leaves him..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Magoo

"...Supercop and Rumble in the Bronx comes this disastrously bad live-action version of the not-very-revered Sixties cartoon. Nielsen once..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pest

"...for his roles in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar and the TV skit show House of..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Stupids

"...this crap about a family of morons who misinterpret everything because they don't have a single brain between the..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight

Good performances and lots of blood and gore can't save this illogical TV-to-screen story from itself.

"...fun to see genre vet Dick Miller, star of everything from Roger Corman's A Bucket of Blood to Joe..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Coneheads

"...Jason Alexander, David Spade, Michael McKean, Chris Farley and Sinbad. What could have resulted in a 90-minute blow-up of..."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pet Sematary Two

"...(with ghastly consequences, heh, heh, heh). Things go from bad to worse, as unnecessary corpses begin piling up and..."

Sept. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gibby Speaks!

Gibby Haynes talks about his problems.

"...fanzine that him and his buddies had. It’s too bad they didn’t continue on making it. They totally could..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Alejandro Escovedo Hosts Matt McCormack Benefit

‘I looked at the windows to see water coming through them’

"...ShaShai and her bandleader husband Matt McCormack, who lost everything last Halloween in the torrential rain that devastated the..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Opinion: Celebrating Our New American Values

After the election, a Swiftian reevaluation of what is good and what is bad

"...immigrants were good, but now I know immigrants are bad...."

Nov. 22, 2024 Column by Lawrence Baines

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...The city of Austin's Communications & Public Information Office is, among other things, in charge..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Luv Doc: Tell It Like It Is

Not everything you hear is true

"...you would be wrong. I am saying that not everything you hear is true. I have shaken a lot..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Music: Must-See R&B

Rhythm and blues and everything in between

"...D'Angelo, Prince, and Michael Kiwanuka emerge in his modern R&B, but a lyrical nod to Funkadelic on "Powers" demonstrates..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Luv Doc: Road Trip!

Traveling is stressful – especially for people who like everything screwed down tight

"...Traveling is stressful – especially for people who like everything screwed down tight. My guess is that ol' whiny..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

The Ballad of Davy Jones

Hickoids guitarist keeps breathing

"...took the miscreant pledge and remained loyal to rock & roll. Debauchery was no stranger...."

May 22, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

DVD Watch: 'Hill Street Blues'

An aural history of the cop show that changed TV

"...Before Breaking Bad. Before The Wire. Before The Sopranos. Before NYPD Blue...."

April 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Austin Scared Stupid

Once again, everything hits at once

"...are packed. As it happens so often in Austin, everything hits at once...."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: 'Crimewave'

Sam Raimi's weirdest, plus nunsploitation and swinging sleazy London

"...dramas, and then there's the crazy bastard who throws everything at the screen and sees what sticks. Sensible Sam..."

May 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

More Q&A with Marc Ott

The new city manager on council initiatives, city planning priorities, and the change in the weather at City Hall

"...– outweighs anything that one might consider to be bad. Politically, obviously, I suspect that Austin is one of..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Wedding Banned

Local DJs pick the songs that don't suck at weddings

"...carefully crafted iTunes playlist control the dancefloor. Not a bad option, though it leaves you on your own for..."

May 13, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

« 1    ‹ BACK    3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12     NEXT ›    34 »