Ready or Not

Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy

"...new in-laws were going to hunt her down with guns, knives, axes, spear guns, and crossbows as part of..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Far Off Place

"...Thompson, Sarel Bok and Maximilian Schell. There are big guns all over A Far Off Place: Uzi-bearing bad guys,..."

March 19, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

Texas-set comedy riffs on Lysistrata

"...the women want the men to relinquish all their guns after a mishap occurs when a schoolboy “borrows” his..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

They All Start Out the Same

Guns and the law

"...says Greg Karim, the Austin Police Department's firearms examiner. "Guns, or as they're described, as 'arms,' are written into..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lord of War

Gattaca writer-director Andrew Niccol shines his usual cynicism on the subject of gunrunning in his new film, a strange amalgam of compelling visuals and fascinating vocational details forged with deep moral ambivalence and often hollow didacticism.

"...purpose in life, he has the breakthrough revelation that guns are what makes the world go ’round. He even..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Walking Tall

Contemporary remake of the 1973 grassroots classic retains and updates the basic plot while losing much of the original’s heart and soul.

"...them with his big four-by-four stick, having sworn off guns despite being a decorated former member of the U.S...."

April 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Burnt Money

"...aren't putting holes in each other with barking submachine guns, they're likely drilling some other type of hole, and..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Outlaws

"...culture twang. Truly, those who do not remember Young Guns are condemned to remake it, but it's audiences who..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Campus Carry, Coming to a Community College Near You

Take your guns to school

"...using exclusion zones – areas under the law where guns are banned for safety purposes – if they're created..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Bill of the Week: Closing the Gun Show Loophole

Ellis proposes universal background checks

"...ranked fourth in the country in the export of guns used in crime, according to Mayors Against Illegal Guns...."

March 9, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Of Sonograms and Airport Scanners

How an intrusive probe is not like a body image (apparently)

"...certain challenge in seeing how Republican lawmakers can back guns on campus and intrusive fetal sonograms, but are up..."

March 22, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Taking Aim at the Tijuana Drug Cartels

With their trusty slingshots at the ready, Tijuana police strike out to combat violent drug cartels

"...station in the city and seized all the officers’ guns in order to have them checked out – apparently..."

Feb. 6, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Playing With Fire

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

"...of Satan run amok in the place, aiming nail guns and fireball pistols at their adult caretakers and serving..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gun Activist Cody Wilson Gets Probation in Sex Case

The man behind 3D-printed guns takes plea deal after high-profile arrest

"...activist who made his name building and distributing 3D-printed guns, was sentenced on Sept. 12 to seven years probation,..."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Feature by Roxy Bonafont

Open Carry for School Marshals?

Senate wants to let school districts decide if marshals can open-carry guns on campus

"...to decide if they want their marshals to open-carry guns while on campus...."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Wedding Guest

A simmering thriller of international abduction and pursuit

"...once in Pakistan to purchase a burner phone and guns? Curiosity only mounts when he kidnaps a young Punjabi..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

12 Strong

High-tech bombs and horseback soldiers fight together in the U.S. war in Afghanistan

"...This would seem like ideal fodder for a "God, guns, and the Star-Spangled Banner" take on the story. The..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Antibirth

A party girl discovers she's pregnant

"...comes across as a post-millennial splatterpunk barrage of guts, guns, and girls gone wild – sorry, no God here...."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tower

Austin-made doc re-creates the UT Tower massacre with stunningly powerful immediacy

"...gained in the intervening half-century when it comes to guns in the streets and spent bullet casings on the..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free State of Jones

Matthew McConaughey stars in pic about little-known Civil War event

"...their leader, Moses (Ali). The group eventually acquires some guns, and Knight proves to be a natural leader of..."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AmeriGeddon

A call to action for the black-helicopter crowd

"...near-future America in which citizens are stripped of their guns under martial law. The story of a group of..."

May 13, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Public Notice: Out of Their Cold, Dead Brains

GOP refuses to be sensible about guns

"...require firearms dealers to report more lost or stolen guns on a timely basis. We're working with advocates to..."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

American Sniper

Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper tell Chris Kyle's war story.

"...With it, the filmmaker revisits his long preoccupation with guns and their capabilities, although the recoil of American Sniper..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Interview

See how a goofy comedy can spark an international incident.

"...film makes a tonal shift and becomes an all-out, guns-ablazing action picture. It’s bloody and violent (and – spoiler..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Pressley Fiasco

Pressley counterattacks … and the "Statesman" scuttles

"...questions about her oft-expressed views on fluoride, smart meters, guns, or 9/11 conspiracies – unless, of course, they’re softball..."

Nov. 4, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese's latest take on the American hoodlum is a relentlessly wild ride.

"...Gangs of New York. Here the thugs wield not guns and cudgels but telephones and the art of the..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Expendables 2

This who's who of action stars even features Schwarzenegger in his movie comeback.

"...Barney Ross, leader of this team of grizzled, hired guns, is again corralled by Willis' Mr. Church into saving..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Here & the Now: Best of 2012 (So Far)

Sampler mixtape for the first half of the year

"...both old and new names. Newcomers JD McPherson, Crooks, Guns of Navarone, and John Fullbright lead the way, but..."

July 11, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The FP

This potential cult-movie masterpiece is likely the most original dance film you'll see this year.

"...that these two gangs battle not with knives or guns – shit like that is so now – but..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Haywire

A technically exemplary but otherwise unremarkable piece of fisticuffs filmmaking.

"...Unsure who to trust, Kane wields both her omnipresent guns and her body as fluidly as any ballerina, making..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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