Gung Ho

Q&A with punk priestess Patti Smith.

"...Denberg had done with music festival headliner Tom Waits, who the longtime local deejay, writer, and music scenester had..."

March 31, 2000 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Untrained, Jumpy, Gung Ho, Armed Yahoos

"...Diana Welch for boldly spending time with untrained, jumpy, gung ho, and armed yahoos as they “patrol” in the..."

Nov. 2, 2005 Postmarks

Westward Ho!

In-progress or proposed developments for near-western Hill Country rise overnight like so many toxic mushrooms

"...can – before the creeks turn muddy, the swimming holes run dry, and the tree-covered hills give way to..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Bumblebee

Transformers spin-off is (checks notes) wait ... good?

"...somewhere, somebody is going to discover a Venn diagram showing the overlap between fans of the Smiths and people..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Flag Flying

Three veterans embark on a road trip in Linklater's latest

"...Nealon (Cranston), a former member of the Marine Corps who served in Vietnam 30 years ago but by 2003,..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Made

Tom Cruise is a pilot who becomes embroiled in the Iran/Contra scandal

"...always had a deft hand at creating multilayered tension shot through with absurdist touches (Go, Jumper), and here he..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ground Truth

Far from being just one more documentary wishing to expose alternative truths about the war in Iraq, Foulkrod's film instead airs some of the hard-won truths learned by American soldiers.

"...Far from being just one more among a recent plethora of documentaries whose makers wish to expose alternative truths..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Great Raid

The single dullest war film of the past decade from the once promising director John Dahl.

"...Cesar Montano. War may indeed be hell, but for those on the home front these days this combatively boring..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men of Honor

"...Jr.. Starring: David Keith, Powers Boothe, Michael Rapaport, Hal Holbrook, Aunjanue Ellis, Charlize Theron, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robert..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

Sweet-natured, unpretentious, and full-throttled comic acting make this reunion movie loopy fun.

"...and Michele (Kudrow) are poor, their idea of ultimate pathos is the scene in Pretty Woman in which Julia..."

May 2, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Rocketeer

An unemployed aviator stumbles upon a jet-pack in this fun adventure set in an idealized 1938 Hollywood.

"...from film critics) these last few years for being hollow, empty things devoid of any real substance, and while..."

June 21, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Profiles

Jody Denberg talks to Patti Smith

"...Smith, high priestess of poetry-and-punk, about her latest album Gung Ho and other matters dear to her heart...."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Patti Smith Gung Ho (Arista)

SXSW Records

"...Patti SmithGung Ho (Arista) Blazing out of a foxhole of loss..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Kate X Messer

Public Notice

This week, your sassy yet totally sincere public service column goes wiggy over the new Patti Smith CDand tells you that her free show at SXSW will benefit a good cause. Other good causes, as usual, are pimped within as well..

"...Gung Ho!"Ours is just a craving, and a twist of..."

March 10, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

It's 2022, and someone thought we need a pro-Vietnam War comedy

"...pro-war idiot wanting to bring his friends from the neighborhood some beer, but throw in the fact that his..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

The Infiltrators

Reckless, heroic, or both? Immigration center story told through reconstruction and fly-on-the-wall footage

"...Buoyed by optimism and burdened with some shocking naivete, in 2012, Saavedra walked up to an ICE..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

First Man

Gosling and Chazelle's moon man biopic soars

"...into the wondrous void to give us a new horizon...."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The China Hustle

The next global economic meltdown, in terrifying detail.

"...It's a story of how two small investment banks – the frat boy Roth..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The 15:17 to Paris

Eastwood cast innovative to re-create the Paris train attack.

"...Directed by: Clint Eastwood. Starring: Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone, Jenna Fischer, Judy Greer,..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

A stellar entry into the beloved franchise

"...Force Awakens was to prove the franchise could survive without George Lucas. Rogue One explored the galaxy behind the..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Wild Pitch of a Life

No No: A Dockumentary chronicles the legendary life of pitcher Dock Ellis

"...much more to the pitcher Dock Ellis than what shone through from that one evening...."

Sept. 5, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Star Trek

Star Trek is an immensely satisfying origin story that introduces the characters we know – before we knew them.

"...Eric Bana, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Winona Ryder, Leonard Nimoy, Anton Yelchin and..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

Even if you're familiar with the details of this legendary game, this suspenseful cultural documentary draws you to the edge of your seat and beyond, back into 1968 itself.

"...on the stands but for the world as a whole. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

World Trade Center

This is not the 9/11 film we expected from Stone, who tells the fact-based story of two individuals who somehow survived the collapse of the World Trade Center and with a remarkable economy of expressionistic detail and bombast.

"...film representations of the attitudes and opinions they themselves hold, rather than anything Stone might have intended to convey...."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All That I Need

Movies this bad don’t often get released anymore, a circumstance that instantly raises the curiosity factor of All That I Need.

"...raises the curiosity factor of All That I Need. Although the film’s national release is quite limited, it is..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...even wrote the article. Journalists are supposed to be hopefully unbiased and have an open mind. I would strongly..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Column

Occupation: Dreamland

In this amazingly candid documentary, soldiers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division talk about their lives and their mission in Fallujah, Iraq, in early 2004, just weeks before the full strength of the Sunni insurgency becomes apparent.

"...filmmakers are bunked with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, who’ve been charged with the mission of keeping the peace..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sky High

An adolescent superhero can't find his niche.

"...been a long time since The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and The Barefoot Executive, two of Kurt Russell’s career..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sahara

Based on the popular Clive Cussler book, Sahara may be asinine, but it’s also goofy, good fun.

"...novelist’s Yankified James Bond-lite, a strapping, bronzed American archeologist who works for a redundantly acronymed outfit called NUMA (the..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

The most costly and the most popular film in South Korean history is also one of the most gripping and epic war films ever made.

"...every now and again like daisies in a charnel house. Jin-Tae (Dong-Gun) and Jin-Seok (Bin) Lee are the siblings..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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