Texans to Watch, Indie Film Edition

Joe Nicolosi and David Lowery make the list

"...Texas directors Joe Nicolosi and David Lowery top Filmmaker Magazine's just-announced roundup..."

July 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Submarine

This British film is a bracingly deadpan coming-of-age story that proudly wears its Wes Anderson influences on its sleeve.

"...Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine and Lily McCann. Adapted from Joe Dunthorne's novel and presented theatrically by Ben Stiller, Submarine..."

June 17, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rock the Block

Joe Cornish on working-class angst and alien invaders in Attack the Block

"...the blood-crazed alien invaders will. That does not stop Joe Cornish from calling his directorial debut "very much a..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Red

Over-the-hill crime-fighters band together to save their own in this smirky, goofy mashup of a rom-com and action picture.

"...permanently. Allied with Frank is Freeman's smooth talking, rest-home-residing Joe, Cox's bearish ex-Soviet superspy Ivan, Malkovich's justly paranoid comic..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jack Goes Boating

Philip Seymour Hoffman directs and stars in this drama about a nebbishy middle-aged man with minimal social skills.

"...that doesn't make him an any more interesting everyday Joe than he is...."

Oct. 1, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Feral Lansdale

Joe Lansdale heading to Austin, and Bubba's comin' with him

"...up an chance to drink in the presence of Joe Lansdale. On June 16 the king of East Texas..."

June 8, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ACL Day 3: Rodeo Day

Next Up susses out the last day of ACL Fest 2009

"...last day for my shoes. I headed to Black Joe Lewis...."

Oct. 5, 2009 Music Post by Aaron Miller

House Passes Budget

Reps unanimously approve $178 billion proposal for 2010-11 a bit before dawn

"...Full press release from Speaker Joe Straus after the break...."

April 18, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

New Republican Values: Theft Is Okay

GOP candidates use copyrighted works without permission

"...by Leibowitz back during the primaries, attacks candidate Larry Joe Doherty for some allegedly racially insensitive remarks. (At the..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Freaks and Geeks alum Jason Segel stars in this new sex comedy from the Judd Apatow production factory.

"...found a comic niche to call his own. His regular-joe features make him perfect for "buddy" parts, but there's..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ACL 2008!

The lineup has arrived, calm down.

"...the local delegates (White Denim, the Strange Boys, Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears)...."

April 15, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

HighTone Records RIP

A roots label goes under; a Geezer cries

"...best work of local faves like Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, and Dale Watson. It brought worldwide attention to..."

April 2, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Dem Endorsement Roundup

Dukes shut out in big endorsement meeting of Democratic clubs.

"...and Dan Grant enjoyed a clean sweep over Larry Joe Doherty in the race for Congressional District 10. Candidates..."

Jan. 17, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Now What Does This Say About the Texas Democratic Party?

CD 10 candidates line up some, um … powerhouse endorsements.

"...the Congressional District 10 race, Dan Grant and Larry Joe Doherty, have lined up a few...."

Jan. 15, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Where Sport and Entertainment Collide Midair

TNA Wrestling to come to Austin next week.

"...Get your "Joe Is Gonna Kill You!" chants ready, because TNA Wrestling..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

'Tuna Does Vegas'

New Tuna comedy does such brisk box office, one-week Paramount run extends to three

"...for Tuna – specifically, the kind cooked up by Joe Sears and Jaston Williams in their trilogy of comedies..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Underdog

A mad scientist's experiments provide a beagle with superpowers and the ability to speak in this children's comedy based on an old cartoon.

"...new cartoon. I mean, movie.” Disney’s big-screen vehicle for Joe Harris’ kitschy 1964 series has real live dogs, but..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Surf's Up

This animated avian surf epic is most alive when its radio-friendly pop hits accompany beautiful CGI waves.

"...titan LaBeouf), a cute girl lifeguard (Deschanel), and Chicken Joe (Heder), a Spicoli-esque sidekick who gets all the laughs...."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Beyond the Gates

With infinite grace but no real suspense, Beyond the Gates bears dramatic witness to the Rwandan ethnic genocide of the last decade.

"...more quickly and astutely than his starry-eyed, idealistic assistant Joe Connor (Dancy). (When pointedly asked by a female friend..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Disturbia

Up-and-comer Shia LaBeouf is a young actor to watch, but he’s had better opportunities than this teen thriller to show what he’s capable of.

"...techno-thrillers like Coppola’s The Conversation or fear-of-neighbors comedies like Joe Dante’s The ’burbs. In Disturbia, LaBeouf plays Kale, a..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gojira Smash

Shifting into interstellar overdrive with Gojira

"...Records debut From Mars to Sirius. Singer and guitarist Joe Duplantier is the first to take the plunge...."

Feb. 15, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2007

The boys are back with their hyper-filthy animation show.

"...perfect hand"). There's the bad: Festival staple "No Neck Joe" is just plain played-out and should have been retired..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Voice Mail Message From Bob Stoops

"...Hey Joe! Pick up, man. It's Bob, the coach, calling for..."

Nov. 27, 2006 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Flags of Our Fathers

The first half of the film continues Clint Eastwood's ongoing deconstruction of America's hero myths but then detours into some uncharacteristically sentimental mulch.

"...thematic assault. The picture in question is of course Joe Rosenthal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of six faceless soldiers –..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Idiocracy

Mike Judge's underrated comedy Idiocracy is the story of a man who awakes 500 years in the future to find a society so dumbed-down that he instantly becomes the smartest person alive.

"...experiment is forgotten when the base is decommissioned, leaving Joe (Wilson) and Rita (Rudolph) to wake up 500 years..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Passing Show

This rock documentary about musician Ronnie Lane can be described in one word (or is it three?): Ooh la la.

"...are music luminaries such as Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend, Joe Ely, and Rich Brotherton. Lane’s eccentricities and gullibilities are..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Joe Moreno laid to rest

"...Rep. Joe Moreno was supposed to be reminiscing with his colleagues..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Hunting of the President

This Friend-of-Bill doc recounts the hard-right campaign to cut short the Clinton presidency.

"...this Friend-of-Bill production (based on the 2000 bestseller by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons) and its undeniably one-sided version..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Michael King

Twilight Samurai

A near masterpiece, this atypical samurai movie is more an epic of the heart than the battlefield.

"...(and potentially more accurate) as father, husband, and average Joe, and although there are a pair of rivetingly staged..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Return

A long-absent father returns to his family in this prize-winning Russian drama, and for his two young sons the unexplained reason for his return is as mysterious as his absence.

"...the Soviet's own big, bad dad – Bloody Papa Joe – but I think it works even better if..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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