Leaving Las Vegas

"...Directed by: Mike Figgis. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue and Julian Sands. Leaving Las Vegas..."

Nov. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saint John of Las Vegas

Although the film sounds like a sure bet on paper, this comedy starring Steve Buscemi sadly comes up solid snake eyes.

"...like a sure bet on paper, Saint John of Las Vegas sadly comes up solid snake eyes. Written and..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The legend of the gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson abides in the performance of Johnny Depp.

"...Watching the film version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is something like that experience. Not very much..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Viva Las Vegas

Behind the scenes of Cirque du Soleil's Viva Elvis and Love

"...Rock & Roll has reclaimed his throne on the Las Vegas strip. Attended by the likes of Gene Simmons,..."

Feb. 24, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

SXSW Interactive Launches New Las Vegas Event

V2V to focus on start-ups

"...engineers a whole new event to take place in Las Vegas. Dubbed V2V, the four-day fest serves to both..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Interactive Launches New Las Vegas Event

V2V to focus on startups, take place August 2013

"...engineers a whole new event to take place in Las Vegas. Dubbed V2V, the four-day fest serves to both..."

Oct. 23, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc Recommends: ASA’s Viva, Las Vegas!

Austin Music Hall, Saturday, June 19, 2004

"...of your life. What would a gambler do? In Vegas, the gambler would still be at the craps table,..."

June 18, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Looking for Las Vegas

An Austin playwright discovers Sin City by going to Louisville

"...I look down. Seat 1-A. First class. Any further up and I'd be flying the plane...."

May 5, 2006 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

Viva Las Vegas Recap

Benefiting Aids Services of Austin

"...Viva Las Vegas was a little bit of Vegas nightlife mixed..."

March 5, 2009 Events Post by Logan Youree

No Las Vegas-style Casino Gambling in Eagle Pass, at Least for Now

"...for now – the Kickapoo tribe’s efforts to add Las Vegas-style casino gambling to its reservation in Eagle Pass..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Post by Kimberly Reeves

Luv Doc Recommends: Viva Las Vegas Feast and Elvis Birthday Combo

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Monday, January 8, 2007

"...puts you over. Or it could be the Viva Las Vegas screening at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown this Monday. Elvis’..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: Viva Las Vegas

Austin Music Hall, Saturday, June 24, 2006

"...AIDS Services of Austin presents its 13th annual Viva Las Vegas fundraiser, a faux gaming themed party featuring gambling,..."

June 23, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

What Happens in Vegas

Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher – two Hollywood actors known for their prankishness and pluck – never manage to convince us that this Sin City comedy is fun.

"...O'Connell. For all its bright lights and ersatz glitz, Las Vegas can be a dispiriting place, loud and desperate,..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Honeymoon in Vegas

"...Directed by: Andrew Bergman. Starring: James Caan, Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker. The challenge Bergman seems..."

Aug. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

City Staffers in Vegas’ Tesla Tunnels: Still Not Clear Why!

Neither Project Connect nor AUS needs the Boring Co.'s services yet

"...authorized 10 of her staff members to fly to Las Vegas last week to visit two tunnels built by..."

April 22, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Dylan Plays Vegas

"...Jason Stout Drive Lake Mead Boulevard east out of Vegas toward the jagged mountain range. Just before you crest..."

July 9, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

The Cooler

The performances of William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, and Maria Bello shine as brightly as the lights on the Vegas strip where the film is set.

"...Paul Sorvino and Estella Warren. Something of the old Las Vegas is captured in The Cooler: the land of..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Best of the Best Two

"...have -- for some unexplained reason -- relocated to Las Vegas to open a martial arts school for kids...."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

'One From the Heart'

Coppola's critically, commercially, and conversationally ravaged Las Vegas romance makes a comeback

"...Driver (1976), New York, New York (1977), and The Last Waltz (1978), but none was a major commercial hit,..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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Kevin Spacey plays Mephistopheles to a cadre of M.I.T. whiz kids, who do a better job of counting cards at the Vegas blackjack tables than counting their loot.

"...the mental quickness to count cards and take the Vegas blackjack tables for tens of thousands of dollars a..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Beach Bum

Fear and loathing in Florida with Korine and Matthew McConaughey

"...drum and a mouthful of gibberish poetry. That moment lasts 95 minutes, and it is glorious...."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Dan Gentile

Police Chief: ACL Fest Will Be “Safest Part of the City”

Shooting at Las Vegas festival prompts press conference on security

"...mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, which left at least 58 dead and hundreds..."

Oct. 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Grand

There's some truly hilarious material (though not nearly enough) in this partially improvised movie about characters competing in a Las Vegas championship poker tournament.

"...movie about several characters who are competing in a Las Vegas championship poker tournament. A 20-minute package of those..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi play squabbling old-school magicians whose reign on the Vegas strip is threatened by a daring stunt magician played by Jim Carrey.

"...The Las Vegas stage act of showbiz magicians, Burt Wonderstone (Carell)..."

March 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Very Bad Things

"...buddies take off for a weekend bachelor party in Las Vegas. Along for the ride are brothers Michael and..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Show Dogs

Unfunny canine buddy-cop comedy is no man's best friend.

"...named Max goes undercover to compete in a prestigious Las Vegas dog show as part of an assignment to..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Greatest Showman

Don't be fooled by this whitewashed version of the great huckster

"...preceding it. This isn’t a movie musical. It’s a Las Vegas revue featuring songs aiming for high rotation on..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

All Eyez on Me

Keep ya head up but don't expect too much from this biopic

"...the way to the rap icon’s still-unsolved murder in Las Vegas, at the age of 25. Only in the..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sleepless

A shady cop searches for his kidnapped son

"...Foxx is the story’s central character Vincent Downs, a Las Vegas detective who, with his partner (T.I.), is on..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Kevin James' Segway-riding security guard is back

"...mall under security guard Blart’s barely competent watch to Las Vegas, where Blart goes to attend a mall-cop convention..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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