Jungle Cruise

Take the Disney ride with Emily Blunt and the Rock, straight to adventure

"...was Walt Disney I kept thinking of while watching Jungle Cruise, and how comfortably this family(ish) film might fit..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...Banging down hard on her keyboards, singing "Sea Cruise,"Marcia Ball whips her wildly dancing audience into a frenzy..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Beware the Jungle Trap

Director Jim Bryan on Hollywood's seedy and sublime

"...This weekend, his incomplete final movie, 1990's Jungle Trap, has one of its first public screenings since..."

July 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nine Days

Winston Duke sits in judgment on the worth of life in this metaphysical drama

"...last week, I gave the same star rating to Jungle Cruise, a regurgitated bit of disposable entertainment for which..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Haunted Mansion

Second movie based on the Disney ride isn't worth wasting a Lightning Lane booking

"...kicked off a new wave of attraction-based movies with Jungle Cruise, now they've wandered from Adventureland to New Orleans..."

July 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Disney+ Comes to SXSW

Streamer presents three smashes free with local firms

"...Disney’s Jungle Cruise..."

March 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Adam

The Rock joins the DC Universe as the shadowy version of Superman

"...big leagues with last year’s similarly dull Johnson vehicle Jungle Cruise, and now this, the director made his reputation..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Return of Ted Lasso, the Rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, and 44 Other TV Somethings to Consume in July

Also: a Gossip Girl reboot, dueling Love Islands

"...July 2), while the theme-park-to-moving-pictures pipeline will chunk out Jungle Cruise, starring the Rock and Emily Blunt (Disney+, July..."

July 1, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Bloodshot

Vin Diesel at his most Vin Diesel in this smash mouth comic adaptation

"...not earn the box office numbers of Disney’s upcoming Jungle Cruise, but I’d wager far more people will make..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Tropic Thunder

Instead of entering the jungle to find the heart of darkness, Ben Stiller goes in to take aim at the Achilles' heel of Hollywood: its utter pomposity and self-importance.

"...T. Jackson, Danny McBride, Steve Coogan, Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise, Bill Hader and Matthew McConaughey. Instead of entering the..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Free Stuff to Do at SXSW

No badge, no wristband, no problem

"...you're in luck. Watch the streaming service's movies – Jungle Cruise (11:30am), Cruella (3:30pm), and Shang-Chi and the Legend..."

March 11, 2022 Features Feature by Dina Barrish

We Have an Issue: A Mad Dash Through March

SXSW Preview Issue

"...the public, on the lawn at the Long Center: Jungle Cruise (11:30am), Cruella (3:30pm), and Shang-Chi and the Legend..."

March 11, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...fiancée bumps off her mentor. (June 13) SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Keep the River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

"...artist in Fifties New York and traveled to the jungles of Indonesia and Peru and lived among the local..."

April 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Movie Titles for 1997

"...DON'T EAT POETS 2.5 (M.S.) 5/9/97 GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2.5 (M.S.) 7/18/97 GODFATHER, THE 4.5 (M.B.) 3/28/97 GOING..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

'Encryption'

Stephen Pruitt wants you to tune in to the mystery of sounds in the dark

"...Northen Theatre's bobrauschenbergamerica, and Trouble Puppet Theater Company's The Jungle. But every few years, he'll have enough time on..."

July 15, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Beat Box

SXSW: Tee-Double, Jungle Brothers, South Park Mexican, Botany Boyz, Big Daddy Kane

"...That's where hip-hop is today. Dre, DMX, and D'Angelo cruise the upper echelons of the pop charts, creating much-needed..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Join Us For Death Proof At Home

Every Thursday this month we'll live tweet another local classic

"...inside it'll be a blast to take an on-screen cruise around down town with Jungle Julia and the gang..."

April 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Country its spiritual home via raw-throated harmonica riffs that cruise stripped drums and bottleneck guitar. Hooked up with famed..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

T for Texas, T for Tennessee

Nashville twofer invades Austin with proper panache

"...12South neighborhood and you’ll think you’re in Hyde Park. Cruise across the river into East Nashville and you’ll see..."

May 16, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Face Off Recap: The Finale And What Came Before

So what happened to Matt? The long overdue wrap-up

"...fusion challenge, then the contestants had to create a jungle hybrid. This time around someone must have fallen asleep..."

March 29, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

7 & 7 Is

7 & 7 Is

"...get brassy on a Fountain of Wayne-like goose bump cruise. Jared Boulanger needs to cut loose at the crescendo..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Friday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Emo's demonstrated that their Apocalypse Now miasma, tense with jungle rot and deafening, remains Kurtz. – Raoul HernandezNITRO RECORDS..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Rio Grande No Longer?

An overview of the ecological crisis along the Rio Grande

"...Amistad Reservoir and Brownsville. Teams of border patrol agents cruise the landscape in white and green jeeps, hoping to..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Christmas Records

Celtic Christmas Iv

"...Lullaby" does the same with passages from Kipling's The Jungle Book. While this CD definitely carries the feelings and..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...-- same for those Astrud Gilberto lilts, Martin Denny jungle sounds, and Michel Legrand breaks into happy-feeted abandon... She..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Music Review