Hoot

First-time producer Jimmy Buffett turns outs an eco-friendly coming-of-age movie based on Carl Hiassen's Newberry Award-winning young-adult novel.

"...its newest bit of sunshine with the somewhat endearing Hoot. The story follows Roy Eberhardt (the doe-eyed Lerman), a..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Gram Parsons Hoot Night

Patterson Barrett pays tribute to godfather cosmic cowboy

"...Age, he’s hosting the 6th Annual Gram Parsons Birthday Hoot at Threadgill’s World Headquarters tonight, Monday, 7pm. This year’s..."

Nov. 5, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Who Gives a Hoot?

"...home, Jones turned to an Austin institution: the ever-familiar hoot night...."

May 14, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Reel Women Host Movie Hoot

Local femme-centric film collective Reel Women presents Movie Hoot: local bands covering film's classic sounds

"...local film scene and the enduring practice of the "hoot nite" -- meet Thursday, May 2, at Club DeVille,..."

April 26, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Luv Doc Recommends: Fleetwood Mac Hoot Night

Club de Ville, Friday, December 2, 2011

"...Health Alliance for Austin Musicians with a Fleetwood Mac Hoot Night. A whole slew of talented entertainers will be..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: Bob Dylan Hoot Night

Emo's, Thursday, November 8, 2007

"...A Bob Dylan hoot night is a genius idea. Damn near anyone can..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: Flaming Lips Hoot Night

Stubb's, Friday, August 3, 2007

"...mess of musicians milling around for the Flaming Lips hoot at Stubb's and the Wilco hoot at Emo’s. Both..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

What a Hoot!

"...judge due to the person’s sexual orientation.” What a hoot! The commission evidently is not intelligent enough to see..."

Dec. 4, 2019 Postmarks

Luv Doc Recommends: Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out With Sticky Fingers Stones Album Hoot

Ruta Maya, Saturday, August 12, 2006

"...Yer Ya Ya’s Out With Sticky Fingers” Stones Album Hoot this Saturday at Ruta Maya HQ. If you weren’t..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

A 1967 Hoot Happening Sampling

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Feature

Luv Doc Recommends: All Over the Map Hoot Night

Threadgill's World HQ -, Saturday, October 15, 2005

Oct. 14, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Sloppy, Glorious, and Completely Indigenous

Austin's Hoot Night Tradition

"...illustration by Roy Tompkins Many "experts" seem to believe..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Live Shots

Weezer Hoot Night

"...anchor themselves there. Such was the fodder for this hoot night featuring local talent. The crowd was a mixture..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature

Early Man

Aardman's prehistoric animation has some evolving to do.

"...startled cavemen kick around its burning-embers remains. It’s a hoot...."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gold

Not much glitters in this uneven film

"...Robert Elswit’s cinematography is lovely, and McConaughey is a hoot to watch, but Ramírez is a dull foil for..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ben-Hur

We're (unfortunately) off to the chariot races again

"...a half-dozen times already. I’d rather howl at camp, hoot at a spectacular failure than nod off at something..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Deadpool

This sassy superhero movie is not your child’s comic-book origin tale

"...self-referential as it can get, which should be a hoot for the average viewer and nirvana for connoisseurs of..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

San Andreas

This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a guffaw

"...perennial "California Gets It" disaster movie subgenre is a hoot. It’s also exactly what you expect it to be,..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get Hard

Send this one directly to comedy jail

"...find homophobic, racist, and just plain idiotic gags a hoot. Beyond a leper’s handful of jokes that actually connect,..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kill Your Darlings

Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsburg in this sweet and sour story about the loves and collegiate years of some of the Beat writers.

"...new, before it became socking; It’s a gas, a hoot, and a tragedy all in one...."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Paperboy

This lurid Southern tale by the director of Precious shows that he still knows how to push people's buttons – and gather an all-star cast to sell the goods.

"...accoutrements and salacious underpinnings, The Paperboy can be a hoot to watch...."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Who knew our beloved president also worked the graveyard shift? This capable rewrite of American history delivers its splatter with a straight face.

"...Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is, in a word, a hoot, and a welcome respite from our current reality of..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Albert Nobbs

This melancholy picture is distinguished by Glenn Close's vanishing act in the titular role.

"...classic male complaint: "Women." The brief scene is a hoot because, unbeknownst to Dr. Holloran, the singular Mr. Nobbs..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sex Drive

Sex Drive is part endearing emo love story, part gross-out semen gag-fest, and, very occasionally, a smart, inspired, non-sequitur-laden hoot.

"...semen gag-fest, and, very occasionally, a smart, inspired, non-sequitur-laden hoot. Anything that features Robot Chicken's Green as a sarcastic..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Freedom Writers

Although based on a true story, this is another movie in which the cute white lady goes into an irascible high school and makes everybody love learnin'.

"...her pickle-sucking, bureaucratic boss (the redoubtable Staunton, who’s a hoot) without getting fired. So if you’re a classroom teacher,..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Wicker Man

Notorious director Neil LaBute's well-intentioned but inadvertently silly film starring Nicolas Cage replaces the vague, sinister paganism of the original with a creepy infusion of earth-mother estrogen gone haywire.

"...by the film's increasingly muddled theocratic thematics. It's a hoot to see him ride around on – haw! –..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

"...the increasingly schizo Andie. It’s meant to be a hoot and a holler – the extremes to which Andie..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cleopatra's Second Husband

"...mark for satirical filmmakers. That said, it's still a hoot when Alexis Arquette, as a hooker in drag, maligns..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Faculty

Co-written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and George Huang (Swimming With Sharks), The Faculty is pure Robert Rodriguez: jam-packed with action, suspense, humor, horror, and plenty of cinematic homages.

"...he chances upon a bizarre, slug-like life form while shooting pictures on the football field one day, Casey unwittingly..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

There's Something About Mary

A classic from the kingpins of comedy.

"...throw themselves at her feet. Stiller is a deadpan hoot, although Dillon's scuzzball private dick is a bit too..."

July 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    16 »