Better Man

Portrait of Robbie Williams as the greatest showman

"...narrative, but he’s also never letting himself off the hook. As a celebrity who shifted endless scandal-soaked tabloids for..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Trouble Overseas: It appears Europe will be on the hook for keeping Russia in check when Trump takes office...."

Nov. 15, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Alex Jones Owes Those Parents: Maybe the Sandy Hook families will get some justice after all. Alex Jones..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...children and staff members who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Jones and his company, Infowars, repeatedly called..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature

The Luv Doc: Office Cuck

Maybe “Remember Fellatio!” will become the new Texas battle cry

"...day knowing that he probably thinks she wants to hook up with him. I’m not being crazy, right? Her..."

March 1, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...families of the children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Massacre...."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Royal Hotel

Disturbing trip to the sexist outback is cut short by a simplistic ending

"...Land) doesn't let Liv and Hanna completely off the hook. There's a sense of the perils of cultural naivety,..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Elephant 6 Recording Co.

History of the psychedelic collective that vibed through pre-millennial indie rock

"...Olivia Tremor Control will provide more of a narrative hook, but that's becoming Elephant 6's Chinese Democracy), but maybe..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Theater Camp

"Let's put the show on in the barn" mockumentary

"...by the movie’s winks and nudges, visualizing a vaudeville hook to yank every showboating thespian offscreen...."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

"My Energy, How I Move": Blakchyl's Evolving Hip-Hop Embodies Austin's Eastside

The 78702 rapper on exploring beyond her comfort zone

"...me, I want her," she desires on the song's hook before transitioning into a hoarse, whispery cadence. A mixture..."

July 14, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Everyone's favorite rule-breaking copper ends up lost in the snow

"...psychopathic plans. Aiding Luther, but hanging off Robey’s blackmail hook herself, is his boss, Odette Raine (the wonderful Erivo,..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Top Embarrassing Moments of Our Worst Residents

They live here, they give (us hell) here

"...the past two years?" Mark Bankston, lawyer for Sandy Hook parents, asked Alex Jones on the stand Aug. 3...."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Not an Actress: Parents of slain Sandy Hook elementary schoolers testified this week to express how Alex..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature

Escape the Field

Labyrinthine thriller knows to just follow the old map

"...ways to turn a modest budget into a killer hook. And while Escape the Field lacks the visual panache..."

May 6, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Sue Foley, Nat Adderley Jr., Cheap Trick, Little Mazarn and Ralph White, High Desert Queen, and the Austin Record Convention

"...with rugged phrasing offering a call-and-response to the vocal hook. Lesser-known covers highlight the LP: her take on Angela..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Flag Day

The Penn family gets in the skin of a counterfeiter and his daughter

"...Notably, Penn doesn’t let himself completely off the hook – there’s not exactly a "happily ever after" to..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Candyman

Cabrini Green’s monster returns to manifest abiding Black fears

"...of the collective unconscious than a ghost with a hook hand, a mutable theme that reflects the world in..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

CODA

Bawdy, touching and exhilarating fishing family drama takes a different look at deafness

"...well as a pugnacious streak, and a mean right hook balanced out only by the chip on his shoulder...."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Forever Purge

The politics are still there, but the kills and thrills disappoint

"...And The Forever Purge needs to hook audiences with its subtext because this is a franchise..."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Paper Tigers

Adorable new look at the oldest martial art story

"...is as much use in a brawl as rubber hook swords, but has learned some ancient healing techniques –..."

May 7, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Monday

Sebastian Stan and Denise Gough let love slip and slide

"...Colette, The Other Lamb) enter their whirlwind romance. Drunken hook-up is probably the best description, as they are thrown..."

April 16, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...ears with easy warmth, and propellant picking presages melodic hooks, but the album straddles two new, distinct territories. A..."

April 9, 2021 Music Feature by Annie Lyons

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...zombie apocalypse, its lyric collides with the naggingly insistent hook, "I want you, but I don't want to/ I..."

March 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hunted

Oddball riff on Red Riding Hood gets weirder and wilder

"...with the fate of Ève, who makes the wrong hook-up in a bar and finds herself gagged with duct..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Sacha Baron Cohen's satirical creation remains hit-or-miss, but those hits ...

"...clear and obvious. When you've got Rudy on the hook, do you really need to shine some random old..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

One Hour Outcall

Emotional, rather than physical, consent is tragically probed in this sex work drama

"...in part to director Cottam's low-key cinematography and Sam Hook's editing, both of which give a vibrancy to what..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Nest

Pretense and aspiration collapse in this dour relationship drama

"...him at all (Durkin doesn't let America off the hook, with an underlying suggestion that Rory's biggest memento from..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jonathan Terrell, Too Rock & Roll for Country, Too Country for Rock & Roll

The inward-facing cowboy trims the fat and lets his second solo LP dictate itself

"...Wes Cargal, then caught on. Their raucous energy and big-hook rock ballads attracted an audience, prompted 2011 disc Bikini,..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Cut Throat City

RZA takes on New Orleans' history of racism through a B-movie lens

"...the lens of Seventies gangster movies is the right hook for someone who has, in one way or another,..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Spree

Man Bites Dog hits the influencer generation

"...cowriter Gene McHugh don't quite let anyone off the hook, populating the back seat of Kurt's car with a..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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