Room

Emma Donoghue's screen adaptation of her bestseller is a knockout

"...screen adaptation of her much-in-demand novel, and Lenny Abrahamson (Frank) directs with great sensitivity and ingenuity, though what ultimately..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"I'll Be It" at Pump Project

The exhibit of four Austin artists' work at Pump Project exposes the fun of objecthood

"...local artists: Jade Abner, Michael Muelhaupt, Rachael Starbuck, and Frank Wick. Some employ commercial mediums like vinyl, steel, and..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Beef Sumo Needs Your Help!

Austin children’s book author Keith Graves re-animates

"...“The stop-motion version of Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance cackles and..."

May 1, 2015 Arts Post by Raoul Hernandez

Zak Starkey Ignites the Who

Frank Erwin Center career overview transcends

"...Starr among his closest friends. Monday night at the Frank Erwin Center, Moony was alive and quakin’ in the..."

April 28, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Harmontown

Mad genius TV writer Dan Harmon (Community) embarks on a 20-city tour taping his popular podcast in front of live audiences.

"...and Jack, The Sarah Silverman Program) and affectionate but frank testimonials from his friends and co-workers...."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

College Tuition or Michael Bublé?

Canadian Sinatra just wants ‘To Be Loved’

"...Wrapping his velvety voice around 9,000 fans at the Frank Erwin Center Sunday, Michael Bublé made good on the..."

Aug. 5, 2014 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Korengal

This companion piece to the Oscar-nominated documentary Restrepo revisits the men who fought in Afghanistan's deadly Korengal Valley.

"...Remarkably frank, Korengal espouses no one clear sentiment towards war. This..."

June 27, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

Animated Dorothy goes back to Oz for further adventures.

"...upping the attendance to seven. The stories that L. Frank Baum wrote have been spun off, remade, and adapted..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Monuments Men

George Clooney's star-studded account of the Allied rescue of the stolen art treasures of WW2 has many great scenes but no center.

"...is not without its charms – many, in fact. Frank Stokes (Clooney) convinces the U.S. president that saving the..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Labor Day

An escaped convict finds a family of sorts in this new drama by Jason Reitman.

"...He is wounded and bleeding. Nothing if not honest, Frank (Brolin) explains that he is an escaped prisoner having..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Gimme Shelter

Vanessa Hudgeons stars in this bland exercise in very serious and meaningful young-adult drama.

"...fit in anywhere until she encounters the overly saintly Frank McCarthy (Jones) while recovering in the hospital after a..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Wolverine

With perma-snarl intact, Hugh Jackman is back as the Wolverine hunts new prey in Japan.

"...X-Men pictures, screenwriters Christopher McQuarrie, Mark Bomback, and Scott Frank do get some mileage out of the setting, pitching..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The AggreGAYtor: June 26

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...takes a stand, SCOTUS sits the bench, and Barney Frank is frankly blunt, as your AggreGAYtor runs out the..."

June 26, 2013 Qmmunity Post

The AggreGAYtor: April 8

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Rick Perry walks on water, Barney Frank visits Texas, and Snoop Lion pours one out. Today's..."

April 8, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: January 22

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Frank Bruni bores his way to glory, Karl Lagerfeld embroiders..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: December 17

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...his hater badge, Matt Damon keeps it classy, and Frank Ocean considers throwing in the towel. In the meadow..."

Dec. 17, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: November 21

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Frank Oceans declines definition, Meredith Vieira gives us a view,..."

Nov. 21, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: November 14

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Pat Robertson says “hubba hubba,” Frank Ocean hangs with the Kaiser, and Rahm Emanuel goes..."

Nov. 14, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

This third film in the tween series is funny without being in any way condescending to its target audience.

"...means playing video games 24/7, but for his dad Frank (Zahn, excellent), it means getting the kid a summer..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wild Worlds of UT's Game Camp

Middle-schoolers learn that gaming is in the details

"...old as time: a badass unicorn needs to protect Frank the Narwhal while supplying said narwhal with tacos. Why..."

July 26, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Sanctum

When spelunkers rappel into a remote cave and get trapped by storm runoff, the plot and dialogue become as soggy as the characters.

"...deep-diving melodrama, The Abyss. But Sanctum, which follows spelunker Frank (Roxburgh, fittingly flinty), his estranged rock-climbing offspring Josh (Wakefield),..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get Low

Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Bill Murray all in one odd drama: What more is necessary?

"...to the preacher, who, flummoxed, declines his services. Enter Frank Quinn (Murray), the whiskey-snorting owner of the local funeral..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Death at a Funeral

A remake of a 3-year-old British comedy, Death at a Funeral transfers its farce from a predominantly white cast to predominantly black.

"...had an early patent on gallows humor, too, but Frank Oz's 2007 Death at a Funeral was a dud,..."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Good Night Austin, Texas, Wherever You Are

Dweezil Zappa returns some ‘Bongo Fury’ to Austin, this time at Stubb's.

"...into perspective. The first rock show I attended was Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention at the Fillmore..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Whatever Works

Confessions of a cranky misanthrope.

"...of its way to mock the pious self-delusions of Frank Capra’s classic It’s a Wonderful Life, Whatever Works offers..."

July 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Outrage

The objective of this documentary by Kirby Dick is to out closeted gay and lesbian policymakers, whose hypocrisy harms the GLBT community.

"...In one of the film’s many interviews, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., perhaps the most prominent self-declared gay congressman, states..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lightweight Lightning Lives Up to Its Billing

Boxing fans got what they came for last Saturday night

"...James “Mandingo” Kirkland, but on Saturday night at the Frank Erwin Center Austin was introduced to the Lightweight division..."

April 7, 2009 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience

The tween music sensations take to the big screen.

"...3-D technology), might as well be bobby-soxers weeping for Frank Sinatra at the Paramount in 1942. They are all..."

March 6, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Inkheart

This fantasy adventure, in which characters come to life when the books they're in are read aloud, boasts a strong cast and an ingrained love for reading and the well-told tale.

"...villains. Along the way, Helen Mirren, a unicorn, L. Frank Baum's flying monkeys, and a minotaur arrive, vying for..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

House

In this Christian horror film, a mad killer who claims to have slain God, torments two couples seeking shelter.

"...A Christian-themed horror film adapted from Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti's novel of the same name, House has been..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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