Just My Luck

Lindsay Lohan takes on a grown-up role, but we can't tell the difference.

"...is the first film in which Lohan portrays a full-fledged adult. As Ashley Albright, she has a fantastically vague..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Common Law

Do I Qualify for Unemployment Benefits?

"...work. The applicant must make an active search for full-time work, be physically able and available for full-time work,..."

May 5, 2006 Column by Brandy Wingate

Trudell

John Trudell, the Native American rights activist and spoken-word artist and musician, is the subject of this reverential biographical portrait that feels more like a press package than a full-fledged biopic.

"...that feels more like a press package than a full-fledged biopic. Trudell first came into the spotlight as the..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hoodwinked

Animated retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood story has sass but little imagination.

"...version of events and it turns out that, upon full disclosure, each has something to hide. The film’s voice..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aeon Flux

Its heart is in the right place, but Aeon Flux's head is just a little too high to make much sense.

"...may be a mess, but it’s a beautiful mess, full of the sort of far-futurist thinking that might be..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Entry

An exotic dancer tests the strength of two couples in this entertaining Bollywood romantic comedy.

"...and over the course of No Entry’s three-hour running time the plot becomes increasingly redolent of The Twilight Zone..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Devil's Rejects

A viciously entertaining psycho-road-movie-revenge-‘n’-wreckage-romance.

"...1,000 Corpses, does more than just exhume a morgue full of genre favorites – it’s also the year’s most..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Four

All four aren't fantastic, but at least two are pretty good in this latest Hollywood take on a classic from Marvel Comics.

"...knowing Hollywood finally got it right. Just not this time. Oddly directed by Tim Story (last seen helming the..."

July 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fearless Freaks

Documentary about the band the Flaming Lips – the crazy/bizarre Oklahoma outfit that, despite itself, rose to national prominence.

"...surreal Okie Noodling a few years back) is a longtime Lips fan and follower of the group. Best known..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film News

Look no further than this alt-weekly's SXSW coverage for proof that Austin is the film capital of Texas, but don't forget some of the stuff going on 'Between the Scenes'

"...Studios, the nonprofit facility of the Austin Film Society, full to overflowing: Truman Capote biopic Every Word Is True,..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Lightning in a Bottle

Ostensibly a record of one mighty blues show, this film goes beyond the tag of concert film and achieves something more: a living history lesson, tracing the evolving sound of the blues.

"...Fuqua. As concert films go, this is heady stuff, full immersion in the blues bath via a February 2003..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...council approval of a scheme that's less than the full Downtown zoning Rainey neighbors and landowners would like, but..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Twilight Samurai

A near masterpiece, this atypical samurai movie is more an epic of the heart than the battlefield.

"...side of the genre: elegiac and gentle and as full of life and family, especially when compared with the..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Place Like Home

The new Garden Terrace development takes a small but serious step toward housing Austin's homeless.

"...VanEgdom's fellow resident Allan Haskell echoes her sentiment. He moved to Garden Terrace, which opened its doors..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Stuck on You

The Farrelly brothers deliver the ultimate buddy movie.

"...pair head out to Los Angeles with a pocket full of dreams and one liver between them. There they..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Honey

Jennifer Alba's hoodrat find her inner Flashdance.

"...a seeker after the hip-hop hoofer flame, divides her time between tending bar at the local megaclub and volunteering..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Madame Satã

Life story of Brazilian drag diva from the last half-century.

"...us in the film’s written epilogue. Made by a first-time feature filmmaker, the project could not have been an..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

"...along with enough formfitting spandex costumes to outfit a full regiment of robotic super-Jolies, in this catty, quick, and..."

July 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kangaroo Jack

"...script, mind you -- just an idea. At the time, we all had a good laugh (“Can you believe..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Drumline

"...(Cannon) arrives at A&T's band boot camp with a full scholarship and a mean swagger. No one can deny..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Understood?

"...Police Association President Mike Sheffield is back on the full-time union beat, just weeks after being moved to the..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Greening It Up

The Texas Green Party holds its convention in San Marcos.

"...founders of the state party, is now the party's full-time organizer as well as its nominee for attorney general...."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Lucky Break

"...Lucky Break is helmed by the director of The Full Monty, Peter Cattaneo...."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

After a Fashion

SXSW Saturday

"...the Drive-By Truckers; it was like stepping into a time machine that took us to some nebulous world populated..."

March 15, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Matter of Taste (Une Affaire De Gout)

"...opens many twisted avenues for discovery, yet by the time it concludes we're only twisting in the wind. The..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Barely Making It

"...confirming that a substantial number of Texans are working full time yet remain unable to meet basic family expenses...."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

The Glass House

"...Noth. The hokey thriller The Glass House is so full of cracks that it's a wonder that it remains..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Vertical Ray of the Sun

"...Hung Tran (The Scent of Green Papaya) takes his time with the film, but once the action picks up,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

American Pie 2

"...wave of the genre rolled in right around the time Wes Craven was priming the splatter pump, and that's..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Baise-Moi

"...its sheer amateurishness. Shot on digital video with a mercifully brief running time, it's all inept, shaky camerawork (realism!)..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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