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 Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen's lovingly rendered stop-motion Joe Young has been replaced by Rick Baker's too-realistic animatronics..."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

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

My Name Is Joe

"...Lewis, Louise Goodall and Peter Mullen. “My name is Joe.” The words tell only half the story. The other..."

March 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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

Killer Joe

Matthew McConaughey's Killer Joe is sociopathy incarnate; William Friedkin adds visual punch to the venality within Tracy Letts' screenplay.

"...Bug, which was also originally a Letts play), Killer Joe would have made for some fine grindhouse fare back..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

Joe the King

"...old daze of mid-Seventies upstate New York, where 14-year-old Joe Henry (Fleiss) sad-sacks his way through a daily grind..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

A Regular Joe

The Revelations of Filmmaker Joe Christ

"...The late Mike Wilson in Joe Christ's Sex, Blood & Mutilation photograph by Amy Shapiro..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature 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

A Cuppa Hot Joe

On a comedy club stage, News Radio star Joe Rogan exudes a mad joy for life in all its insanity, depravity, and delicious dirt; if Henry Miller had done stand-up, it would have come out like Joe Rogan's act.

"...Joe Rogan is a ranter. Throw out any topic, from..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

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 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

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

This overflowing action stew is loaded to the brim with half-formed ideas, action stereotypes, and hints of characters.

"...G.I. Joe began life as a very popular toy line, but..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Worldview to Produce David Gordon Green's 'Joe'

First 'Killer Joe,' now 'Joe'

"...year, what with producing William Friedkin's chicken-fried noir Killer Joe as well as Eli Roth's upcoming The Green Inferno,..."

Sept. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

"Joe Swanberg's Quiet City"

"...but there's a funny story here. Better to let Joe and Aaron tell it in their own words as..."

March 13, 2007 SXSW Post by Spencer Parsons

Ex-NFL Star Joe Barksdale Gets Sincere

Stream today’s EP drop from retired footballer turned Austinite

"...Joe Barksdale defies most stereotypes used to describe football players...."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Post by Derek Udensi

UT English Professor Joe Slate Dies

Slate provided inspiration, support for Austin's first French bakery

"...profs in our food section, but unbeknownst to many, Joe Slate had a serious impact on the Austin food..."

July 28, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

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

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 Kubert, RIP

The brilliant comics artist and teacher has died at age 85

"...shrinks considerably. Among the latter, you'd have to include Joe Kubert, who died Sunday at the age of 85...."

Aug. 13, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Joe Lansdale, His Ownself, at Bookpeople

Joe Lansdale at Book People Thurs, April 5

"...pine for new work from Texas's own national treasure, Joe R. Lansdale, Nacogdoches native and genre-defying literary genius nonpareil...."

April 3, 2012 Books Post by Marc Savlov

Joe Montana – Nice Guy, Pretty Good Football Player

"...was the only kid in my class that said Joe Montana (and his 49er gang) couldn’t be beaten. I..."

July 2, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Joe Strummer: 'Punk Rock Warlord'

"...and roll balcony. I’d swear on the soul of Joe Strummer that Clash show was just prior to the..."

May 15, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Meet Joe Black

"...Hopkins, and before long Death, under the moniker of Joe Black, is attending Parrish Communications board meetings, wrapping his..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

10 Minutes With Joe Ely

“It’s either being creative or I’m bored easily”

"...Joe Ely marks his 70th birthday Friday night at the..."

Feb. 9, 2017 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

It's About Bloody Time: Austin's First Trader Joe's Opens Today

The beloved cult grocery chain opens its first of three Austin stores.

"...and bottles of Two-Buck Chuck across state lines, Trader Joe's has finally landed in Austin. Its first of three..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

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

At the Crossroads: Joe Nick Patoski’s Austin to ATX

Book, launching Feb. 13, tracks Austin’s evolving character

"...For Joe Nick Patoski, Austin is a city like no other,..."

Feb. 11, 2019 Arts Post by Lauren Jones

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

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