Tomorrowland

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

"...to applaud and much to knock in this Disney action adventure. Tomorrowland breaks the mold and becomes something quite..."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Flight

"...half-hour or so, Flight keeps us rapt with thrilling action and a troubling moral quandary. You strap in for..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...debut, Lost River. But now he's bringing his Hollywood action hero persona to town with the world premiere of..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Bringers of Joy

20,000 Austin kids are happily learning to make positive change in their lives through Creative Action

"...Or maybe you have heard of Creative Action, formerly Theatre Action Project, most likely from its afterschool..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

Gundam toy animé.

"...off looking elsewhere. With its overreliance on oddly edited action sequences that seem to drag on for ages and..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The King and I

"...vanity, chauvinism, and dictatorial control over his subjects' private lives. These are conflicts best appreciated by adults. Likewise the..."

March 19, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Other Worlds Austin Warns You: It Came From the Desert!

Monster-sized insect movie gets its Texas premiere

"...Rampage, or third-person challenges like Tomb Raider. Now 32-bit action-adventure gets its day on the big screen with Amiga..."

May 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cinderella

Simple, elegant, and lovely, this live-action fairy tale enchants

"...series Once Upon a Time, in which fairy-tale characters live a dual existence in the real world of a..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Intergalactic Nemesis Strikes Back

The live action graphic novel debuts book two this week

"...a pan-galactic trip (well, to the nation's stages) Austin's live action graphic novel The Intergalactic Nemesis lands at home..."

June 7, 2012 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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.

"...vehicle for Joe Harris’ kitschy 1964 series has real live dogs, but it’s pretty much a cartoon and not..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Tokyo Ghoul: 'S'

Manga adaptation leans into its kinky subtext

"...The first live-action film of Sui Ishida's long-running and gory manga Tokyo..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

From Stage To Print

The comic of live-action graphic novel The Intergalactic Nemesis

"...This weekend, live-action graphic novel The Intergalactic Nemesis is making its big..."

Sept. 4, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Johannes Roberts Says Welcome to Raccoon City (Hope You Survive the Experience)

How the latest Resident Evil film goes back to basics

"...Across 25 years, 28 games, six live action films, and four animated films, Resident Evil has..."

Nov. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Up Too Early

Google streetview fashion critique from Willie Nelson Boulevard

"...you're really drunk - sort of like a high-stakes live action game of Frogger...."

July 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

Fantastic Fest: 'The Intergalactic Nemesis'

Austin's own living graphic novel makes a Fantastic debut

"...hotly anticipated one-man show Nevermore. But there's nothing like live action graphic novel The Intergalactic Nemesis...."

Sept. 26, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW TV Review: American Born Chinese

Disney+ graphic novel adaptation is not just another superhero show

"...When Disney+ picked up a live action adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel American..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

"Jane! Stop This Crazy Thing!" (The Downside to Galaxy Highland Theater's New Robotic Seats)

Five Films We Don't Want to See in D-Box

"...(and girls) to feel like they're part of the action on-screen, we're going to bet that it's not recommended..."

May 18, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Austin Makes the MovieMaker Magazine List of Best Cities for Filmmakers

Even in the pandemic, the city stays a home for filmmakers

"...is one of the best places in America to live and work as a moviemaker, and the top city..."

Jan. 25, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain

Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender

"...is dead, they said. Creating animation by drawing over live-action footage is too complex, too costly, too demanding in..."

Nov. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Vortex's Performance Park

Whatever you want to call this play/scavenger hunt/immersive live roleplay, it’s a one-of-a-kind, wonderful theatrical experience

"...It is simultaneously a play, musical, game, scavenger hunt, live-action roleplay, immersive performance art, and more. I went twice..."

May 4, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The Wonderful World of Mondo

The local print icons talk about their new Disney show

"...We live in a Disney world. Just ask artist Mike Mitchell,..."

March 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Work Release

"...up for airing by a then-comedically challenged Saturday Night Live, and later, in the wake of the unexpectedly wild..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Richard Linklater's Memories of the Moon in Apollo 10½

The filmmaker's childhood in space race-era Houston recalled through Austin-made animation

"...be best known for his ambitious and often experimental live-action films like Slacker and Boyhood, but he's also pushed..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Beloved animated series gets a baffling meta makeover

"...animated sequels? Then how they moved on to CG-driven live-action remakes that generally proved how great the originals were?..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Johanna D'arc of Mongolia

"...Horses and Camels. The title of Ottinger's movie promises action, conflict, and exotic adventure. So does its premise: seven..."

Feb. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Chris Walters

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...and the season is generally heavy on big-budget fantasies, action spectacles, sequels, and superhero derring-do. (More and more, some..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Can the Bands Play On?

The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame

"..."Live music in Austin is facing a life-or-death crisis."..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Little Mermaid

Inessential remake of the Disney classic is bloated as a puffer fish

"...be cannibalized in decades to come for more redundant live-action features like The Little Mermaid...."

May 26, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mulan

Forget the cartoon, Disney goes back to the source for the Chinese warrior legend

"...Disney’s ongoing money-minting operation converting its animated pictures into live-action do-overs; I’ve grumbled plenty. But the tale of the..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

This fourth entry in the Tom Cruise film franchise is the best of the bunch; it's wacky and keen to please.

"...or maybe I'm just suffering from sequelitis, but my reaction to Ethan Hunt's fourth impossible mission on the big..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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