Another You

"...believe? Or was it sheer desire to produce a knock-off of other successful Wilder/Pryor combinations? Director Phillips has had..."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Menace II Society

"...eternal dead ends of the 'Hood. When O-Dog goes off and kills a Korean grocer and his wife, Caine..."

June 4, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Santa Clause 2

"...Eric Lloyd, Elizabeth Mitchell and Tim Allen. Like its boffo predecessor from 1994, Santa Clause 2 is an amiable,..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dark Phoenix

The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told

"...Yet the X-franchise has often been overshadowed by its offspring, not least because of cinematic self-sabotage. While it's had..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Playback: David Yow Meets the Jazzus Lizard

David Yow fronts the Jazzus Lizard, Cherubs knock off 22 years of rust, Preston Hubbard dies, and Blind Lemon Jefferson gets kicked off Texas license plates

"...The official rock & roll handbook states: "A famous frontman should..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Texas Rollergirls: The 2012 Outlook

Before this weekend's bout, what did we learn from the season opener?

"...Let's call last month a chance to knock off some rink rust: This weekend's Texas Rollergirls bout..."

April 20, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Overlord

How do you make killing Nazi zombies this dull?

"...given little to do with the cardboard villain S.S. officer than strut, preen, abduct children, and play as a..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Girls on the Bus

Girls groups, from the back of the bus to Rhino Records.

"...vacant lots. Today, Sabo Road has its own exit off the Sam Houston Tollway and horny toads are on..."

Feb. 6, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Austin Heart and Chicano Soul

"...assimilated music and culture after rock & roll took off in the 1950s. Molina also authored The Old Barrio..."

June 4, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

'Friday Night Lights': Leopards, Buffaloes, Hippos, Panthers Lead Week 6 Menagerie

"...52-0 blowout over LBJ last night. (Stamp Cedar Park's playoff passport too, though the T-Wolves were lucky to get..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Q&A With Comedian Tig Notaro

Showtime documentary airs Friday

"...In the documentary Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro, co-directors Michael LaHaie and Christopher..."

April 15, 2015 Screens Post by Andy Campbell

This Comic Does House Calls

Knock Knock It's Tig Notaro

"...Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro, a documentary special filmed by..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Following January’s tease of six titles, SXSW Film has..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Chocolate

This spicy Thai actioner comes from the director of Ong Bak.

"...martial arts movies since Gordon Liu kicked the hinges off The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Chocolate, the new stunner..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hard Word

"..."You smell better than Christmas dinner!" They like to knock over banks, but they’re principled: Dale reads self-help books..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bad Moon

"...wills, although it looks like Thor may have bitten off more than he can chew when he finds himself..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Copycat

"...about a serial killer, but it's too gimmicky to knock you on your ass; you may marvel at some..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Election Ticker: Race for Austin's Next Mayor Heats Up

Israel kicks off quest to make history in mayoral race, plus more news

"...the Parque Zaragoza Rec Center, state Rep. Celia Israel officially launched her campaign to be Austin's next mayor. If..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The New Mutants

The last of the X-Men finally get to the screen

"...Why and how are they there? That's all explained off-camera, but somehow they ended up in the not-so-tender care..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Eye

In this Hong Kong horror remake, Jessica Alba stars as a blind violinist whose cure turns out to be worse than the disease.

"...Note to Hollywood: For the love of Nobuo Nakagawa, knock it off already with the abysmal remakes of superior..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie

"...you get the idea), but you might want to knock that down a notch for each year above, say,..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Nick Barbaro

Free Fire

A delirious shoot'em-up comedy

"...concrete rubble, the better for wayward ballistics to ricochet off of and puncture countless times, once the deal goes..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Actor Martinez

A meta-movie about a struggling actor

"...but merely stacks them up in an attempt to knock them down. It’s an intriguing proposition, yet Actor Martinez..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tomorrowland

Seeming more like a calculation than a flight of fancy, this adventure tale has both hits and misses

"...There’s much to applaud and much to knock in this Disney action adventure. Tomorrowland breaks the mold..."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

30 Minutes or Less

Jesse Eisenberg reunites with his Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer for this action comedy about a hapless victim forced to rob a bank or be blown up.

"...an exotic dancer (Kajlich). So they order a pizza; knock out the hapless victim who happens to be Nick;..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lethal Weapon 4

"...daughter (by rookie detective Lee Butters (Rock, wildly firing off comic rounds like a blind sniper with his hair..."

July 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Godzilla

"...kept out of the pages of Entertainment Weekly and off Harry Knowles' website (no mean feat) by his handlers,..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Single White Female

"...of this movie is that it successfully pulls it off. With an astute use of mirrors, reflecting surfaces and..."

Aug. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Opportunity Knocks – Not Once, but Twice

A boy’s chance meetings with the stars of 'Boyhood'

"...life for us as my wife and I traded off on time spent caring for our first child and..."

July 16, 2014 Screens Post by Rob D'Amico

Texas Platters

"...a rather middlin' local artist who has merely glanced off the national scene for the whole of his 30-plus..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Music Review

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