Highest Highs, Lowest Lows: Good Looks’ Jake Ames Discharged From Hospital After Being Hit by Car Following Triumphant Release Show

Beloved guitarist caps “miraculous” recovery by playing a song

"...above the stage, the band was in that psychic zone where every note sounds golden, and Hotel Vegas hit..."

April 15, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Complete Jake Langley

Guitarist makes dazzling choices and then some

"...Jake Langley of Toronto may be a relative newcomer to..."

March 28, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Getting Schooled by Jake Busey on 'From Dusk Till Dawn'

The show's own Basil Exposition delves into the snake cult myths

"...Till Dawn, that would make Professor Tanner, played by Jake Busey, the most dangerous man in the room. "I..."

April 15, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One Hour Photo

"...Dylan Smith, Michael Vartan, Connie Nielsen and Robin Williams. One Hour Photo offers a very interesting snapshot of some..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Star Wars: Episode One – The Phantom Menace

It's time to find out if a 3-D lightsaber is any more effective than 1999's 2-D model.

"...Directed by: George Lucas. Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Jake Lloyd, Natalie Portman, Pernilla August, Ahmed Best, Samuel L...."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Otis Wilkins & Jake Lloyd’s Rock Star Collab and Four More Songs from Austin Artists

New music picks from More Eaze, promqueen, Being Dead, and RF Shannon

"...Otis Wilkins & Jake Lloyd, “Bubble Shuffle”..."

April 21, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Panel: A Conversation With Jake Gyllenhaal

Acclaimed actor talks about fear and apathy

"...When Jake Gyllenhaal is considering taking on a role, there's one..."

March 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd

Austin filmmakers need your crowdfunding help

"...project? "Conversion Therapist," an LGBTQ horror starring transgender actress Evalyn Jake. Fonté filmed the short last fall, and is now..."

June 8, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Jake Gyllenhaal Is An Axe Murderer

Right now through the prism of actors in music videos

"...I think Jake Gyllenhaal does, which might be why the Academy Award..."

Jan. 22, 2014 Music Post by Lexie Maravich

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro

Carson Brock's grandmother is looking out for him, and other tales from the 'bless their heart' file

"...days of rock & roll debauchery that I might one day be cheerleading youth musicians and fielding inquiries from..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser

One Ounce Opera’s Second Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Art Song

This second program of new art songs proved the form is not just alive but relevant

"...a previous century but a work that is, as One Ounce Opera says, fresh-squeezed. And indeed, the cycle with..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW: A Cold One With Joe Swanberg and His 'Drinking Buddies'

The festival's oddest and most comfortable press gathering

"...probably look back on this SXSW as a good one. On Sunday he finally got to see his performance..."

March 14, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': Week One

And like that, we're back

"...with exclamatory emails about sleeper dominance and Monday night one-point swindles...."

Sept. 7, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Me Talk Dirty One Day

Bryan Poyser and Jacob Vaughan come clean on their 'Dear Pillow'

"...search for the meaning of sex and a clear phone connection. It's called Dear Pillow and, to get this..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Screens Feature by John Pierson

Little Men

Friendships are tested in this bittersweet coming-of-age tale

"...York is too amorphous and fluctuating to finger any one filmmaker as its definitive chronicler. But what incredible inspiration..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Just My Luck

Lindsay Lohan takes on a grown-up role, but we can't tell the difference.

"...unrealistic New York apartment, and gorgeously dazed admirers. Enter Jake (Pine): fumbling, stumbling, can’t catch a break, but really..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Training Day

"...it,” wife Lisa (Ayanna) tells her rookie cop husband Jake (Hawke) at the outset of his first day as..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Never Back Down

Never Back Down is like The Karate Kid meets Fight Club by way of Abercrombie & Fitch.

"...maybe a little Rocky thrown in for good measure.) Jake (Faris), a hot-headed hottie with a big temper, finds..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Taking cues from Ray and Walk the Line, this comedy biopic spans 70 years in the life of its hero, the fictional music legend Dewey Cox.

"...Directed by: Jake Kasdan. Starring: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Kristen Wiig,..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Eruption

Church on Monday guitarist Jake Langley transcends jazz

"...it orbits the man behind a set of keyboards someone managed to get up the venue's narrow staircase: Dr...."

March 28, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Zac Efron and Adam Devine are a bratty fraternity of two

"...Directed by: Jake Szymanski. Starring: Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick, Adam Devine, Aubrey..."

July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

When Is Tomorrow

This filmed-in-Austin movie about two former best friends moving in different directions is purposefully disheveled and expertly ramshackle.

"...ramshackle, as if its filmmakers decided to celebrate their monetary limitations rather than fight them – a bold move..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

High adventure and fun times in an unexpectedly entertaining sequel

"...Directed by: Jake Kasdan. Starring: Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart, Dwayne..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sleeping With Other People

Raunchy but sweet rom-com stars Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis

"...fun and games, Leslye Headland’s romantic comedies now number one mainstream, modest hit she scripted – 2014’s About Last..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Repo Men

Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play repo men in this future world where body parts can be bought and sold but also repossessed.

"...and RZA. Where has all the fun science-fiction filmmaking gone? I mean the kind Ray Bradbury dreamed up, the..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Time to Kill

"...Dutton, Ashley Judd, Patrick Mcgoohan, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, Tonea Stewart and Chris Cooper. They sound so very Ecclesiastical…..."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked in New York

"...Griffin Dunne and David Johansen. Hallucinatory hiccups. That's what Jake, the young writer hero of this Dan Algrant film,..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Big Kill

Low-budget Western rides high in the saddle

"...run out of Mexico by the local militia, gunslingers Jake (Martin) and Travis (Hummel) find themselves broke on the..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Everybody Wants Some!!

Time moves on, but Richard Linklater's characters still walk and talk

"...keenest, cleverest trick: the ability to make something sweet, honest, and true out of the ephemeral marginalia of youth..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Goodbye Lover

"...Directed by: Roland Joffé. Starring: Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Ellen DeGeneres, Don Johnson, Mary-Louise Parker, Ray McKinnon, Alex..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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