Terminator 2: Judgment Day

This one hails from back in the day when James Cameron and ILM still had something to prove.

"...$88 million, James Cameron's latest magnum opus is by far and away the most expensive Hollywood movie ever released...."

July 5, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Studio to Develop New Star Wars Mobile Game in Austin

Zynga hiring developers, artists, engineers for Austin office

"...Possibly most famous for developing Words With Friends and Farmville, the San Francisco-based mobile gaming developer announced today that..."

Nov. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Performers Find Unexpected Side Effect of Pandemic: Attentive Audiences

Intimacy and reverence endure at socially distanced shows

"...think that’s because when you’re sitting in a chair, far away from anyone else, there’s an intimacy where it..."

Oct. 5, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Wolf House

Chilean found footage animation is a technical miracle

"...squads took dissidents there to torture, maim, and kill, far away from prying eyes. There's a knowing nod to..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Reality Queen!

Celebrity spoof is less fun than mocking tabloids

"...good look), a fake Larry King (Fleischer, so so far away from Who Framed Roger Rabbit), and Mike Tyson..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Good Liar

Mirren and McKellen cross paths in this retiree con flick

"...Ian McKellen interact in virtually any situation and come away immensely satisfied. A perfect example of this was seeing..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jane

The life of famed anthropologist Jane Goodall

"...had theorized all along, that chimpanzees were not too far away from their cousin Man: They were social beings,..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Tillie Walden: Talking Comics

"If it was torture, I’d’ve given up by now.”

"...it seems – albeit ever upward, we reckon, as far as her career’s trajectory is concerned...."

Nov. 1, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Snowman

Jo Nesbø's crime series hits the big screen

"...Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø’s novel is about as far away from Ian Fleming’s Jamaica-penned series as anyone could..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kicks

A boy and his Air Jordans

"...instead of, say Middle Earth, Hyrule, or a galaxy far, far away...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Belle & Sebastian Hikes Energy Rates

Time to dance with the Scottish posh pops – Friday at the Moody

"...bedroom songs, the Glasgow sextet put out an album far better suited to dance clubs. Founding keyboardist Chris Geddes..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Music Post by Abby Johnston

DVDanger: Every Day Is Halloween

See No Evil 2, The Houses October Built, and LFO

"...And then it's all gone, like candy wrappers blown away in the fall wind...."

Nov. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Actual Innocence

Austinite wrongfully convicted for a decade-old school prank hopes to clear his name

"...incident, Gorbet reviewed the file and said that as far as he can remember, it accurately records what happened.)..."

July 29, 2011 News Feature by Caitlin Meredith

Hanna

Hanna is a through-the-looking-glass, arthouse action minimasterpiece.

"...arrow, stalks some four-legged prey with cool aplomb. Cloistered far away from the real world by her father since..."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shrek Forever After

What’s an ogre with a midlife crisis to do? The Shrek series closes by reminding us "it's a wonderful life."

"...been born. It turns out that the land of Far Far Away would have been a completely alternate universe..."

May 21, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blake Behind Bars

To write a parody of prison movies, Naughty Austin's Blake Yelavich sentenced himself to 27 films in the big house

"...artists do for their art. Spend untold hours locked away in rehearsals. Dig deep inside for that most vulnerable..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shrek the Third

The big, green cash machine has finally run dry, perhaps not of box-office power but most assuredly of the caustic wit that made the first two films so winning.

"...begins with the death of the Frog King of Far, Far Away (Cleese in a too-brief cameo), an ill-omen..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eragon

Dear George Lucas … It's bad enough that you've cloaked your true identity behind that of the 15-year-old bestselling novelist Christopher Paolini, but did you have to remake Episode IV all over again? With friggin' dragons?!

"...C'mon, man, give us a little credit: An orphaned farm boy raised by his uncle who harbors a secret..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oh, Give Me a Home

The 20th 'New American Talent' exhibition reveals a country struggling with isolation and power

"...viewers hope to find: art as a provisionary home away from home."..."

July 1, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

The Truth About Charlie

"...with jostling crowds, squealing tires, and music heard from far away, as lavished over as the art design, and..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...soon to be "flagship" Whole Foods just a block away...."

June 21, 2002 Column

The Death and Life of Free Radio

Austin microradio lived fast and died young -- can the movement live to broadcast another day?

"...received only to the point where the earth curves away beneath them; after that, like Wile E. Coyote running..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Postmarks

Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...Freedom of speech should only go so far, and when you are paying disrespect to any people,..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

Judy Berlin

"...spiritless characters with a tender touch; it's about as far away from Hal Hartley as you can get, but..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pushing Tin

"...to his contented, Jersey-girl wife Connie (Blanchett, looking as far away from Elizabeth as possible). Nick's perfect world takes..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Class Struggle

UT Big Wheels' Perks Outweigh Staff's Paychecks

"...University of Texas. But he got a $643,000 going away present and, as an extra bonus, he gets to..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Texas Platters

"...Jim Heath saw the light. Beg him to turn away from the fat, greedy hand of the Man -..."

April 17, 1998 Music Review

Toast to an Artspace About Art

Pro-Jex's Tunnel of Art on Fifth Street Was More Than a Gallery, Much More

"...and Star and Becky, the shop's owner, don't throw away days fretting over Neil's fate, that is to be..."

April 3, 1998 Arts Feature by John Spong

Flip the Switch

"...How many tickets have you sold so far?..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Show Low is the name

"...town, and I have no idea why. It's not far from a place called Fool Hollow. Founded in 1871,..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Column

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