Austin Film Festival Lands The Whale

Brendan Fraser's Venice smash to open fest, Oct. 27-Nov. 3

"...Austin Film Festival is bringing home a leviathan: The Whale, the new feature from Black..."

Sept. 8, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Latest Effects of Coronavirus on Texas Elections

Abbott postpones run-offs, Dems sue to expand vote-by-mail

"...Two major developments: Gov. Greg Abbott postponed the primary run-offs to July 14, and the Texas Democratic Party sued..."

March 23, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Playing With Fire

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

"...some snoopy specter, the two younger spawns of Satan run amok in the place, aiming nail guns and fireball..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wonder Park

PG-theme park adventure we're all tall enough to ride

"...energy and imagination. She's who the talking animals that run the park (Oliver playing to expectations as a prim..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Breaking In

Getting locked out of your house without keys has never been more dangerous

"...at nothing to protect her cubs. In the better-than-expected home invasion thriller Breaking In, a plucky Gabrielle Union (who..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Leisure Seeker

Mirren and Sutherland reunite for a painful road trip.

"...away from their helicoptering kids (Moloney and McKay) and home in Wellesley, Mass., where John was once a professor..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Bad Batch

Ana Lily Amirpour's psychedelic Western

"...scene with her festival darling, 2014’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, a deadpan, moody vampire romance with..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Before I Fall

"...with her friends in a car crash while driving home from a party, but instead relives the same day..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Mathematics prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan is the subject of this biopic

"...that continually cuts back to Ramanujan’s wife pining at home in India is prolonged and unproductive. In the final..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lost River

Ryan Gosling's controversial debut as a writer/director finally arrives

"...from its borders. The landscape is dotted with abandoned homes and businesses; but for the characters we encounter in..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gimme Shelter

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

"...emanates from her ravage and ruin. Escaping from this home, Apple tracks down her successful Wall Street father, Tom..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Turkey Day Movie Time-Outs

Alamo screens 'Chicken Run,' 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles'

"...no further than these two family-friendly holiday classics, Chicken Run and Planes, Trains & Automobiles...."

Nov. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Eli Black

Darling Companion

Diane Keaton leads a wonderful cast in this so-so story about a lost dog and its unmoored people.

"...spouses: Both make fine companions until they misbehave or run away. Lawrence Kasdan, the filmmaker who so well encapsulated..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Know Your Enemy: Nashville

Round Rock takes on the Sounds

"...Storm Chaser only went 3 for 17 with a home run. That was not the norm since he has..."

May 7, 2011 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Roller Derby Update: 9/18/10

Lonestars finish the season, Texies pack their travel bags

"...It's Cherry Bombs and Hellcats at home on the banked track, and Texecutioners against Windy City..."

Sept. 18, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Almost Lights Out at the Ballpark

Emo's turns off KOOP, Wheatsville SKUs skewer BookPeople, Waterloo Records grounds Vampire Bats

"...Bats late-season add-on Houshang “the Persian Nightmare” hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

Wheatsville Bags BookPeople

Wheatsville's alternative softballers top the BookPeople Filthy Animals

"...Those little 11 words strung together are as powerful as a slap in the..."

April 23, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

Boot Camp Challenge: Week One

If Barack Obama can become president, I can certainly lose 16 pounds in six weeks

"...and then drink a few more when I got home and I could easily pass out by 10pm. Mission..."

Jan. 24, 2009 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

There Can Be Only One

'Chronicle' beats BookPeople for the millionth time to capture ASL title

"...à la BookPeople supporter Noah after outfielder Dale's eighth-inning home run – his second of the game – that..."

Nov. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Body of War

Filmmakers Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro show the story of a young veteran, crippled after five days of service in Iraq, and his evolution from gung-ho enlistee to passionate anti-war activist.

"...fiancée Brie Townsend, the tribulations of Pvt. Young drive home the human costs of war: This is a film..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lust, Caution

The NC-17-rated passion in Ang Lee's movie is at distinct odds with the chilly film that surrounds its lovers.

"...allow them to discern the context without having to run home and Wiki down. At any rate, Lust, Caution..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unaccompanied Minors

Calling John Hughes: Former Freaks and Geekster Paul Feig has got your number.

"...and Teri Garr. The Breakfast Club in The Terminal? Home Alone meets Planes, Trains & Automobiles? Calling John Hughes:..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ball of Fire

"...Stanwyck is a streetwise nightclub singer/dancer who, on the run from gangsters, ends up hiding out in the home..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Louis Black

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...a fledgling network of roads, a grouping of trailer homes, and three dormitory-sized, log-home-style buildings. It was, to say..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Testosterone

Part colorful noir, part scatterbrained comedy, Testosterone envisions the severed tether of a presumably functional relationship.

"...discover what happened and why that he abandons his home and work and jets off to his ex-flame’s home..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Devil's Island

"...originally used as barracks for the G.I.s, is now home to a ragtag bunch of Icelandic refugees headed by..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

Gratuitous media guides and preseason games.

"...ways we took Williams for granted. All those 7-yard runs that put the offense in strong 2nd and 3,..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

"...day the Cowboys, the Bears on TV. Guys hitting home runs, crack goes the sound, Babe is twitchin' deep..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Newton Boys

"...post WWI-period and known as the Newton Boys were down-home Texas farmboys just looking to grab themselves some of..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bent

"...or straight -- in recent memory, and it drives home the loveless reality of the camps and the indomitability..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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