Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...to see the film 60 times in 14 days. James Dobson, founder of Christian-values group Focus on the Family,..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Beowulf

The irony inherent in using 21st century motion-control technology to tell a tale approximately 1,400 years old is just one of many bizarrely entertaining aspects of Beowulf.

"...is crackerjack popcorn entertainment. The 3-D effects, developed by James Cameron's Lightstorm Productions for that director's own Aliens of..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Watch it, Charlize; Elvis on fire; and is Stephen saying what we think he is saying?

"...Mel Gibson, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Richard Gere, James Cameron, and Olivia Newton-John must have some pretty things..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

NFL Preview

"...of the playoffs. Keep your eye on rookie receiver James Jones, he could be rookie of the year. 1)..."

Sept. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Catholics Start Campaigning

The Catholic League starts to position itself to lobby presidential candidates, and defend Christmas.

"...session." There's Madonna, of course. And then there's the James Cameron "tomb of Christ" documentary. They really didn't like..."

Aug. 15, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Cinema of Possibilities

Low budget or big, the energy and imagination of the grind-house circuit is reborn in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's tribute

"...directed by Richard Brooks and starring Gene Hackman and James Coburn. The female lead was Candice Bergen, which is..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Carpenter's Apprentice

Robert Rodriguez on "Planet Terror"

"...AC: Along with George Lucas and James Cameron, you were one of the first directors to..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Panels

"...Sam Raimi, Robert Rodriguez, John Hughes, and, of course, James Cameron...."

March 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tales of Bill Paxton

James Cameron - nicer than you know, according to Texas Film Hall of Fame inductee Bill Paxton.

"...For those of you who think that Titanic director James Cameron should just keep his head under water without..."

March 11, 2007 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Report Calls for Texas Death Penalty Reform

And people in hell want ice water

"...science (as in the arson-murder case of executed inmate Cameron Willingham), and flawed psychological evidence offered by dubious experts..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Election Info

Dates, voting locations, and ballots

"...AIDS Services of Austin, 7215 Cameron, 2-5:30pm Thursday, Oct. 26Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center, 4800 N...."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Shortbus

John Cameron Mitchell's sophomore film effort asserts – with great gusto and even a brass band – our universal right to sexual happiness.

"...Directed by: John Cameron Mitchell. Starring: Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, PJ DeBoy, Jay..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...indie candidates Kinky Friedman and Carole Strayhorn, and Libertarian James Werner. – Amy Smith..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

Poseidon

A handful of talented actors checked their egos at the door in hopes of … something, but this Poseidon is a wash.

"...it hardly bears viewing. (Come to think of it, James Cameron did a much better job, giant CGI wave..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Endorsements

"...8: Rodney Ahart The choice between Rodney Ahart and James McGuffee boils down not to strength of qualifications, but..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Doom

Doom is not so much a film as a marketing tie-in, albeit one with some exceptional production values.

"...to Speed, and Doom looks good, sort of like James Cameron’s Aliens but with even more claustrophobia. But who..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nominations for the 2004-2005 B. Iden Payne Awards

A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.

"...James and the Giant Peach, Scottish Rite Children's Theatre..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature

Cause and FX

Highway 71 Productions' Brian McNulty on rethinking the business

"...and set the price. That changed when people like James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez began to take more of..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Texas prosecutors use the 'law of parties' to widen the net for capital punishment

"...those carrying the possibility of a death sentence, said James McCorquodale, a Dallas attorney who has challenged the use..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Overnight Sensation

Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) world

"...It's a big, Jerry Bruckheimer version of Dracula, the James Cameron version. It's Black Hawk Down meets Dracula...."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Skip Cameron, president..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column

Austin Film Festival Parting Shots

'The Loss of Nameless Things' gains studio attention

"...in 1978 – is receiving attention from people at James Cameron's Lightstorm Films. Rose's film is one of the..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...appeal Monday's ruling, made by a visiting judge from Cameron who decided that SOS had no legal standing to..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TCB

You don't need money with a face like that, now do you honey?

"...West's Stetson is a result of Los Angeles-based president Cameron Strang's lengthy courtship of Yoakam, whom he convinced to..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Escape From New York (Special Edition)

Subsequent to both The Warriors and Mad Max, yet predating Blade Runner by a year, Escape From New York laid the groundwork for John Carpenter and Kurt Russell's ensuing masterpiece, 1982's The Thing

"...doubling for downtown NYC; one of Escape's matte painters, James Cameron, obviously siphoned off no small amount of stimulus..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

If John Lennon had attended this weekend's ACL Fest blowout he might have screamed, "I've got blisters on my feet!"

"...said Susan Antone, also naming her former employer Etta James and Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. At least everyone..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Articulations

More budgetary bloodshed in the UT College of Fine Arts, as Daniel Johnson, nationally renowned early music specialist and director the UT Early Music Ensemble for 17 years, has been cut loose from the School of Music.

"...the College of Fine Arts' two longtime prop masters, James Cameron and George Wenning, as well as the closing..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Owing to budget woes in the College of Fine Arts, the UT PAC Prop Shop is closed for business, and local choreographers and dance companies earn national awards and international gigs.

"...Shop got the axe, and its two props masters, James Cameron and George Wenning, were fired. The move drew..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...by underwater-camera designer Vince Pace (www.pacetech.com) and Titanic director James Cameron, was thus named because its lenses can converge..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

TCB

"...22 DVD of Austin scene doc Heartworn Highways, featuring James Szalapski's original 1975 film, plus new footage of Guy..."

July 25, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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