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The GI Joe Stop-Motion Film Festival

"...In 2005, Gio Toninelo relocated some of his bravest G.I. Joes from..."

July 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Plastic Platoon

Paul Hanley and Kieran Healy on their 10-year tour of duty to make a stop-motion Vietnam epic starring action figures

"...So we lost that one for the Gipper, sure, but in artistic – and specifically cinematic –..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Collectible GI Joe: An Official Guide to His Action-Packed World

"...The Collectible GI Joe An Official Guide to His Action-Packed World..."

March 3, 2000 Books Review by Robert Faires

Kickstart Your Weekend: The Austin Toy Museum

New collectibles archive launches fund raising with party

"...is simple: To have visitors come in, see an original Teddy Ruxpin, or an original 1975 Whiting Shrunken Head..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playing With Fire

There's no spark in this joke-free firefighters-versus-kids flop

"...oxygen molecules bumping into each other. Playing With Fire begins with the dramatic aerial entrance of the firefighting foursome..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Revenge of the Return of the Son of the Graphics Giveaway Begins!

If Scrooge McDuck, Bruce Wayne, and Veronica Lodge are giving away millions, it can only be Free Comic Book Day, Part IV

"...Scrooge McDuck isn't ordinarily one to give things away, but this Saturday he's giving away millions..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Behind Enemy Lines

"...as a disenchanted Navy navigator who, as the film begins, has just given official notice that he wants out...."

Nov. 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nearly 50 Food, Music, & Arts Festivals to Keep You Busy This Spring

From barbecue to burlesque, something for every Austinite this season

"...from Austin, Houston, and San Antonio vendors, plus a doggie play park and arcade powered by Epic Fun. April..."

April 3, 2019 Events Post by Alyssa Hiarker

Everybody Was Gun Fu Fighting

Keanu Reeves and Adrianne Palicki on John Wick's ground-and-pound action

"..."which I think helps him be not the reprehensible, pathological, sociological killer that he could be. He's just really..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend: The Austin Toy Museum

Celebrate your collecting obsession with Austin's newest museum

"...and an incredible selection of video consoles from the original machine, the Magnavox Odyssey, through the seminal Colecovision (and..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Larry Fessenden Goes 'Beneath'

Horror auteur talks giant fish and the state of indie terror

"...and swimming. When they ignore the stories about a giant fish in the lake, it comes back to bite..."

March 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Things Baymageddon Taught Me

No pain, some gain from last weekend's Michael Bay marathon

"...Maybe this infamously crusty director does have something to give the world. I mean, the Transformers films still suck,..."

April 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

WWE Presents Raw World Tour

"...Don't expect the star of The Tooth Fairy and GI Joe: Retaliation to show up (Dwayne don't do house..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Godzilla Attacks Austin Books

Local kaiju artist Matt Frank signing new comic today

"...that's him.) So how did he get the high-profile gig? "As my mom always says, the squeaky wheel always..."

March 30, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

How to Speak Geek

SXSW Interactive has landed. Can you talk the talk?

"...binary one – specifically that of those Internets, where, judging by some of the titles of the panels at..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Mike Kanin

Wide Stance Under the Mistletoe

Something surprising under the Christmas tree!

"...would expect from a modern boy, including flexible limbs. Tragically, no built-in superpower-activated wide stance, which would be this..."

Nov. 27, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Good Humor Man

Former 'Seinfeld' writer Pat Hazell is funny, upbeat, generous, and, oh, yeah, he lives here now

"...to double a lot of the props. I have GI Joe sheets that will go on one of the..."

May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

TV Eye

This ain't your grandma's antiques show

"...Experts say the advent of color TV marks the beginning of modern pop culture. The 1950s are a unique,..."

June 10, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Iron Chef, the addictive and absorbing Japanese show which presents cooking as a sports event, comes to Manhattan with Iron Chef NY Battle, which pits Japanese chef Masaharu Morimoto against American Bobby Flay.

"...Iron Chef episode, said, "I've got to beat that GI Joe expat!" If memory serves me right, the opponent..."

June 23, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

We are Waiting for Sockot

Theatre Editor Robert Faires offers this hand-warming way to ring in the New Year.

"..."They give birth astride a grave, the light gleams an instant,..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Robert Faires

Doomed to Repeat It?

Former Students, Profs, and Lawyers Remember

"...Herman Sweatt waiting in a UT registration line photograph courtesy Texas Student Publications There's a former..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Cristina Smith

Here We Go Again

The redistricting case resumes: one more battle in a protracted war.

"...defendants (effectively the state of Texas) is that the Legislature has the constitutional responsibility and authority to draw congressional..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Column by Michael King

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Aziz Ansari launches comedy fest with killer set at Bass

"...Joe Mande, a Los Angeles-based comedian and writer for Parks..."

April 21, 2014 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...Blues and on Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time, Big Joe Turner's last album, Toni Price's Swim Away, Duke Robillard's..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

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Chapter Two: The Re-Redistricting Hearings Produce Much Heat, Little Light

"...congressional re-redistricting that is the subject of the special legislative session that opened Monday, June 30. The 15-member committee..."

July 4, 2003 News Column by Michael King

TV Eye

News From the Front

"...with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, led by U.S. Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif. "We will not settle for separate but..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...me of the PATRIOT Act, where officials label horrible legislation with cute names, and the people roll over and..."

April 21, 2006 Column

Naked City

The feds give their blessing to the new map, though the courts may still object

"...Tina Benkiser. The Chutzpah Prize goes to U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, who declared, "This decision is great news for..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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