Interstellar

Majesty and mawkishness combine in Christopher Nolan's film about humans' last-ditch attempt to find a habitable planet in another galaxy.

"...wonder – and there’s some of that, too, in Interstellar’s vivid imagining of outer space, in all its terror..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

InterStellar BBQ Shoots for the Stars

The team behind Noble Sandwich brings traditional barbecue to Northwest Austin

"...wafting distance that barbecue has moved into the neighborhood. InterStellar BBQ is the newest creation from the folks that..."

June 14, 2019 Food Feature by Rod Machen

Checking In: Horn Leader Elias Haslanger Gets Interstellar

Native ATX saxist homeschools himself in advanced John Coltrane

"...Later, I got into Interstellar Space by ’Trane. This is a very advanced recording..."

Dec. 7, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Interstellar Friendship in Elijah and the Rock Creature

Canadian kid-friendly sci-fi story playing Other Worlds Austin

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Post by Shalavé Cawley

All Over Creation: Solstice Savings Time

How A Christmas Carol and Interstellar instruct us in surviving the holidays

"...even light. One plays a prominent supporting role in Interstellar, and seeing Christopher Nolan's film got me musing about..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Star-Lord and co. return in the popular Marvel series

"...some ultra-powerful Doomacell batteries from a golden-skinned race of interstellar perfectionists led by Debicki’s Ayesha, these familial conflicts –..."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Riddick

In this third outing, the science-fiction antihero played by Vin Diesel is stranded on an inhospitable planet.

"...another decade passes. As Riddick – the hulking, razor-blades-and-infant-blood-voiced, interstellar badass with the googly eyes and a penchant for..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men in Black 3

Josh Brolin's spooky good impersonation of the younger Tommy Lee Jones is the only fresh thing happening in this sequel.

"...with an eye-popping menagerie of out-of-this-world oddities and outré, interstellar grotesques – not the least of which is Andy..."

May 25, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Although it tries mightily to top 2005's origin story by introducing fanboy favorite the Silver Surfer, this film is nevertheless relentlessly dull and curiously bombastic.

"...old nemesis Dr. Doom (McMahon) and that effortlessly cool interstellar chromium ho-dad. It's not just that the dialogue throughout..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Starship Troopers

In this spectacle, lethal insects from outer space do battle with student soldiers. When in Austin recently, Oliver Stone called Starship Troopers "One of the best war films in recent years."

"...an invasion of giant extraterrestrial insects who can travel interstellar space and annihilate millions with blasts of nuclear plasma..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Arrival

"...alien power station that is the vanguard of an interstellar invasion intent on “terraforming” the earth to make it..."

June 7, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Building the Perfect Beast for Skylines

Director Liam O'Donnell on evolving the Skyline aliens

"...series? Especially when the first film revealed that the interstellar invaders were harvesting human brains to run their slave..."

Dec. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Way, Way Outer Space

Dusting off Starcrash, an interstellar swashbuckler

"...For those who have only seen Cozzi's valentine to interstellar swashbuckling as a washed-out, scratch 'n' splice midnighter (or..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

PG: Psycho Goreman

Splattertastic creature feature flips the evil script on Power Rangers goody-goodies

"...a couple of kids unearth the tomb of an interstellar force of malice, the Archduke of Nightmares, but also..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Skylines

Bonkers SF franchise finally goes into space

"...end quite the way humanity had hoped. The body-harvesting interstellar fiends are somewhat vanquished, but at a terrible cost...."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars

Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke

"...Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat The Imitation Game, Alexandre Desplat Interstellar, Hans Zimmer Mr. Turner, Gary Yershon The Theory of..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan's roaring, terrifying, and carnal tale of the father of the atom bomb

"...layered it in Inception, been adrift in it in Interstellar, and traveled through it at three different velocities in..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Noble Sandwich Co. Closes Remaining Location on Burnet Road

Delivery apps turn out to not be the fix; Interstellar BBQ remains open

"...Earlier this year, the 620 location was transformed into Interstellar Barbecue, a stellar addition to a crowded field. When..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Food Post by Rod Machen

Mothership Connection

Space is place for the hip-hop race

"...from Parliament's "Mothership Connection" didn't bother hiding the group's interstellar fixation. George Clinton's brainchild elevated funk to inconceivable levels..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Best Outside-the-Box Barbecue (and Barbecue-Adjacent) Dishes in Austin We Ate This Year

Brisket tacos, nanner pudding, and mutton cooked low and slow

"...Sliced brisket taco, Interstellar BBQ Yes, a second brisket taco on the list,..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Food Feature by Rod Machen

The Marvels

Lower, lesser, slower, baby

"...and by far the worst song-and-dance sequence, an interminable interstellar community theatre effort that's a far cry from Captain..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

65

Adam Driver takes on dinosaurs as a space traveler in the wrong era

"...ago, on a fictional planet in a gaseous galaxy, interstellar pilot Mills (Driver), at the insistence of his partner..."

March 17, 2023 Movie Review by Dex Wesley Parra

Kids vs. Aliens

Gory romp that does exactly what the title says

"...any director with a grasp of teenage carnage and interstellar uproar should know how to make a decent movie...."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Prey

The Predator franchise goes historical and stays bloody

"...have taught us anything about the Yautja, the mandible-faced interstellar hunters that have plagued humanity for millennia, it's that..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nope

Jordan Peele's sci-fi horror/satire on minor celebrity is a "yeah"

"...– the photo that will make them rich, proving interstellar life has visited Earth...."

July 22, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dune

The science-fiction epic gets the screen treatment its scale demands

"...familiar to many: In a very, very far future, interstellar space travel is made possible by spice, a mysterious..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Demonic

Neill Blomkamp takes us head first, straight to Hell

"...why it's his best feature since he unleashed hapless interstellar bugs on Johannesburg, while still serving up a radical..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Occupation: Rainfall

Part two of the Australian alien invasion epic

"...Outback Okkers leading the resistance against a bunch of interstellar bug-eyed bastards...."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Vast of Night

Jaw-dropping reinvention of the UFO scare genre is audacious and brilliant

"...a more elegant introduction to a Fifties tale of interstellar incursion than setting your story in small-town New Mexico?..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...service the Orchard. Extraterrestrial synths utilized on latest release Interstellar Child come into earshot on May 31. The Houston-born..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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