G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Hasbro brings their boy toys to life with this story about an elite fighting squad.

"...I would run faster and jump higher. In G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, it appears that the military..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Joe

Nic Cage and David Gordon Green are at the top of their games in this Larry Brown story, while young Tye Sheridan is an actor who's already achieved greatness.

"...This movie Joe is an average Joe only in the sense that..."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Joe Somebody

"...spectacles. This year's entry in this dubious category is Joe Somebody, a fable of sorts about a nebbish named..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mighty Joe Young

"...updating. Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen's lovingly rendered stop-motion Joe Young has been replaced by Rick Baker's too-realistic animatronics..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joe's Apartment

"...Mahmud Bey and Jim Sterling. That the advertisements for Joe's Apartment proudly proclaim it to be “MTV's First Movie”..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Genuine Joe Coffeehouse: To Close, to Move, to Celebrate

Local longtime java joint gets filmed, fêted by its own barista

"...The venerable building that’s been home to Genuine Joe Coffeehouse at 2001 W. Anderson is being sold, local..."

May 11, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

A soldier returns home in Ang Lee's war movie

"...Directed by: Ang Lee. Starring: Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Arturo Castro, Steve Martin, Vin Diesel,..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lit-urday: Joe, the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend

The story of one man’s witness to history and life in bondage

"...It's been a long week, and now you deserve to have one day..."

Oct. 31, 2015 Books Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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

The festival's oddest and most comfortable press gathering

"...themed, the result is cloying and dull. But when Joe Swanberg and his cast just sat around drinking microbrews..."

March 14, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Joe Gould's Secret

"...if not faithful to Mitchell's classic 1942 profile of Joe Gould, the legendary irascible Greenwich Village bohemian. Make that..."

April 28, 2000 Movie Review

Meet Joe Black

"...guide,” he tells an understandably stunned Hopkins, and before long Death, under the moniker of Joe Black, is attending..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Friend Coffin Joe

Brazilian iconoclast unleashed at Death By Fest

"...Hero. Part shaman, part provocateur, part surrealist nightmare, Coffin Joe is the genre-shredding legend of Brazilian horror. But to..."

Oct. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Long in the Tooth

Songwriting 101 from Billy Joe Shaver

"...ol' denim sleeves and crank out gold like Billy Joe Shaver, the poet laureate of the outlaw ilk whose..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Billy Joe Shaver Dead at 81

Country songwriting sage gets his wings

"...Billy Joe Shaver left this world today at a hospital in..."

Oct. 28, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Music of the Mind: Joe Pug

Local transplant trades the hammer for the pen

"...Joe Pug moved to Austin four years ago to be..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Joe Kubert, RIP

The brilliant comics artist and teacher has died at age 85

"...You can create a very long list of comics artists whose work is visually arresting,..."

Aug. 13, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Adam and Joe go to 'Holliston'

FEARnet launches first original sitcom tonight

"...mind. But rising cult move makers Adam Green and Joe Lynch think they can change your mind with Holliston,..."

April 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Unabridged Billy Joe Shaver

Country outlaw wanted – alive and kickin’

"...When I rang Billy Joe Shaver two weeks ago about his new album Long..."

Aug. 5, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Long Center: Opening was, in a word, grand

In artistry and style, the gala opening for the Long Center was an evening worthy of a facility 16 years in the making

"...so much blood, sweat, and cash into making the Long Center happen had only one chance to open it,..."

April 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Long Center: Grand gift takes campaign over the top

The Long Center received $5 million from the Sybil B. Harrington Trust, which put the organization over its $77 million fundraising goal

"...and it almost always turns out to be a long, slow slog. That certainly seemed the case with the..."

May 11, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Into the Night With Joe Taslim and Timo Tjahjanto

Indonesian action flick The Night Comes For Us pulls no punches

"...Want to make Joe Taslim happy? Tell the Indonesian action star that his..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Joe Gracey RIP

Once-time radio DJ Joe Gracey dies

"...Joe Gracey, once the best-known radio voices of Austin, Texas..."

Nov. 17, 2011 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Joe Lynch Unleashes Mayhem

Corporate horror/comedy is his most personal film to date

"...Joe Lynch doesn't make introspective films. He makes movies about..."

March 16, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Force Is Not Strong With Joe

MSNBC anchor gets sulky and dismissive about bloggers

"...Remember Joe Scarborough? He's MSNBC's token Republican bounced up to the..."

Aug. 27, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Joe Lansdale's 2011 Plans

Mucho Mojo author talks World Horror Con, Michael Moorcock, and film plans

"...definitely be attending is the author with Mucho Mojo, Joe Lansdale. "I'm the toast master," he explained recently, "so..."

April 4, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Larry Joe Doherty's Mitt Romney Connection

Democratic congressional candidate's finance chair held a fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate.

"...made a post on Jan. 8 noting that Larry Joe Doherty’s finance chair, Jim McIngvale – aka “Mattress Mac”..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg's Horrible Times

Parental perils in Proxy and The Sacrament

"...Horror movies, says Joe Swanberg, are "definitely not the kind of films that..."

Aug. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Last Week in Live Music: Blackillac, Hong Kong Wigs, Luck Reunion's Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, and More

"...The Songs I Left Behind: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver at the Long Center on November 22, 2020..."

Nov. 23, 2020 Photo Gallery

Joe Bell

Earnest true story of a father's guilt and contrition over his gay son's death

"...edition, the movie’s titular sobriquet was abbreviated from Good Joe Bell to the less righteous-sounding Joe Bell. That’s proper..."

July 23, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Not All of Me Will Die:
Remembering Joe Watson

In remembrance of The Brick Row Book Shop's Joe Watson

"...i.e. smaller, quieter, and with much smarter people walking along its much shadier streets. The weather even seemed cooler..."

Oct. 23, 2010 Books Post by Sidney Brammer

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