Drink to Me Only With Thine Lies

Those classic club tales tantalize, whether you’re sober or besotted

"...are called. And the ur-version of them is probably Lord Dunsany’s Jorkens stories...."

July 20, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...Michael E. Johnson backed by Kyle Brock & Tommy Taylor; 5) Eric Johnson surprise finale..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

The LEGO Batman Movie

The Dark Knight returns to Legoland

"...Where the 2014 feature film by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller sneakily posed the individuality-vs.-conformity dilemma often..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Zilker Theatre Productions' Shrek the Musical

The lovable ogre and company spring to life on the Hillside stage with loads of laughs and professional polish

"...up Kyle G. Stephens' Shrek, with Andrew Cannata's stumpy Lord Farquaad and Bobby Tschoepe's Pinocchio as standouts. Stephens' Scottish..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Warcraft

No fun storming the castle in this lousy adaptation of the hit video game

"...made the online game/lifestyle so endearingly addictive. This isn’t Lord of the Rings, or even, heaven forfend, J.R.R. Tolkien’s..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Bigger Splash

Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, and others meet and mix in the sun

"...here. Aside from Fiennes (whose playful theatricality could put Lord Voldemort to shame), the actors underplay their roles, which..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moontower Review: Blue Moon

No-holds-barred set successfully pushed the comedy envelope

"...on each. They were topics like loneliness, breakups, the Lord, the fun of aging, the fun of Fleshlights, and,..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

The Boy and the Beast

Japanese anime film is a fully immersive experience

"...parallel Tokyo ruled by beasts and overseen by aging Lord Soshi (Tsugawa), and is rife with kendo-style battles over..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW List No. 7

Music fest drafts Dion, Børns, Sun Kil Moon, Faust and 143 more

"...folkers The Head & the Heart, Oregonian doom metallers Lord Dying, dark comedy rapper Open Mike Eagle, garage psych..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

Watch and prepare for your Oscar pool

"...world where the true superheroes are Krishna, Lakshmi, and Lord Hanuman...."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Stories Without Words

Would I miss Israel for Israel? I worried.

"...prayers. Even a nonbeliever believes: Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One...."

Jan. 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Fantastic Fest 2015: The Boy and the Beast

Anime with heart, brains, and action

"...prove himself to be worthy to become the next lord of beasts, but he's running a poor second to..."

Sept. 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

San Andreas

This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a guffaw

"...is about to marry the sort of unctuous billionaire douche-lord (Gruffudd) that just has to get smushed by a..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free Week Live Shots

"...Lord Buffalo, O'Conqueror, Wiretree, Emily BellLamberts, Jan. 3..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Feature by Michael Toland

William Goss' Top 10 List

"...6)The Lego Movie Phil Lord and Christopher Miller transformed a feature-length commercial into a..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by William Goss

DVDanger: Horror in 150 Words or Less

Putting a stake through some recent terror releases

"...Barker’s Nightbreed. Now, his second most-underrated film – 1995’s Lord of Illusions – gets the director’s cut/special edition treatment...."

Dec. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hector and the Search for Happiness

Simon Pegg stars as a shrink trying to heal himself.

"...the form of a novel, in this case François Lelord’s Hector and the Search for Happiness...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Everybody Was Gun Fu Fighting

Keanu Reeves and Adrianne Palicki on John Wick's ground-and-pound action

"...dragged back in when the son of a gang lord (Game of Thrones' Alfie Allen) crosses a moral line...."

Sept. 26, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Maze Runner

Of all the dystopian teen fables, this one based on James Dashner’s popular novel is one of the best.

"...those walls are enough to engage our interest. Think Lord of the Flies crossed with underrated sci-fi puzzler Cube...."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Let's Be Cops

Friends pose as cops are are mistaken for the real thing; episodic hijinks ensue.

"...the cheeky antics of Edgar Wright’s Hot Fuzz or Lord and Miller’s Jump Street films, but the viable chemistry..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Always Darkest Before the 'Dusk'

Wilmer Valderrama on the twists and turns of Carlos the killer

"...TV show, he was a strangely suave Mexican gang lord, one with a secret. Now viewers know that secret...."

May 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Reading to Celebrate All Year

Writers highlighted on the last day of Black History Month

"...The Good Lord Bird by James McBride won the 2013 National Book..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Homefront

This Jason Statham actioner is mostly predictable, but throws a few curveballs and ends up being surprisingly entertaining.

"...son of an imprisoned biker-gang leader and criminal drug lord. Using his stripper, drug-dealing and -using girlfriend Sheryl Mott..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Five Decades of The Doctor

Our resident Brit examines the 50th anniversary of 'Doctor Who'

"...space faring lion men (Warrior's Gate). His fellow Time Lords regarded him as a useful menace, the troublemaker they..."

Nov. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2013

Oct. 28, 2013. 36 photos.

"...to act, Flynn said his wife, the actress Lili Taylor, coached him to “just let [Dano] take the lead.”..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Photo Gallery

Housecore Horror Live Shot: Dirty Dog Bar

Metal fest's first night opens with pianos, closes with a brawl

"...That left Lord Dying to pick up the pieces. The Portland foursome..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...name of the 19th century poet laureate is "Alfred, Lord Tennyson." But some refer to him mistakenly as "Lord..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Texas Book Festival Announces Full Lineup

From R.L. Stine to Reza Aslan, 225-plus converge on the Capitol

"...stories in a cemetery, and James McBride (The Good Lord Bird) will be singing spirituals over in the music..."

Sept. 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

I Declare War

A bunch of sixth-graders playing capture the flag in the park lays the groundwork for a disturbingly inventive film.

"...the narrative in I Declare War stops short of Lord of the Flies, it’s a mistake to view the..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Purge

Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey star in this suspenseful horror film that's set in the near future and poses dark possibilities and even darker lighting.

"...the occasion to vent their anger toward those who lord over them the rest of the year?..."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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