SXSW Picks and Sleepers

The Blurbing of SXSW 06

"...craft has never sounded better. – Margaret MoserMARY LOU LORD8pm, Soho Lounge Starting from the "busk anywhere anytime for..."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature

Mrs. Henderson Presents

This staid British music-hall drama seems calculated to earn Judi Dench lots of award notices. Mission accomplished.

"...nude girls as their theatre’s new hook. The reluctant Lord Chamberlain (Guest), who’s in charge of licensing shows, gives..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Good Woman

Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan is here set among Jazz Age expatriates cold-chillin' on the Italian coast, and the result is not quite as dishy as one might hope.

"...new husband (Umbers) to Amalfi and ingratiates herself into Lord Windemere's checkbook, ostensibly as his mistress. She raises eyebrows..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Tristan & Isolde

This new version of the timeless love story is a dopey, mopey, all-around bore.

"...orphaned youth, Tristan, taken in by his kindly uncle, Lord Marke (Sewell, uncharacteristically cuckolded); and a sad-eyed Irish lass..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

King Kong

Jackson's remake is a corker of an action/monster movie: part RKO serial; part square-jawed, manly romp; and part classic journey into the unknown that recalls and references Heart of Darkness.

"...again, comes from advances in special-effects technology. Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings’ Gollum) played Kong for the motion-control..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Fusillade No. 1 in Disney's presumed seven-film adaptation of C.S. Lewis' beloved children's tales is marred by dodgy CGI work and windy pacing.

"...But still, as a broadside across the bow of Lord Jackson and his rampaging WETAns, this is a puny..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Elizabethtown

Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy doesn't make the attraction between the characters played by Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom believable and then goes off in dozens more unprofitable directions.

"...It’s a black day for Seattle resident Drew Baylor (Lord of the Rings’ Bloom), whose crowning moment as the..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Why Can't Americans Be More Intolerant, Bigoted, Small-Minded, and Prejudiced?

"...Dear Editor, The Lord said to his disciples, anything they ask if any..."

Oct. 12, 2005 Postmarks

Transporter 2

For all its gimmicky mayhem, Transporter 2 is an improvement over the original, completely setting aside such yawn-inducing cinematic standbys as a romantic interest and realism.

"...school. When the tyke is kidnapped by Colombian crime lord Gianni (Gassman) and his improbably leggy moll Lola (supermodel/singer..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

99 Bands

Ninety-nine local bands on Red River waiting to be heard

"...62: The Lord Henry..."

July 8, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Letters at 3AM

Our Ecstatic Days' is that rarest of creatures: a great novel. The first great American novel of the 21st century. Steve Erickson has discovered the secret of creating a novel that is not a book but an organism. Proust did it. Joyce almost did it. Faulkner sometimes did it. Marquez did it. Yes, that's the company Steve's keeping in Our Ecstatic Days.'

"...summarized the message of Our Ecstatic Days as "Lord, protect my child." But may it not be said..."

March 4, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Fudging the Numbers

"...24 Jimenez, Eduardo 356.74 28 Davis, Billy 268.25 27 Lord, William 356.74 29 Ralls, Robert 260.75 15 Lucas, James..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature

Every Woman Everywhere

UT, ALLGO, and Resistencia honor the life and work of the late Gloria Anzaldúa

"...Anzaldúa (as well as cohorts like Cherríe Moraga, Audre Lord, Barbara Smith, and others) began writing about the lesbian..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

'Lost' is 'Gilligan's Island' meets (choose one): 'Rashomon,' 'The X Files,' 'The Twilight Zone,' 'Survivor,' 'Lord of the Flies.' But it's also one of more interesting new shows this season.

"...one): Rashomon, The X Files, The Twilight Zone, Survivor, Lord of the Flies. Those are the various comparisons I've..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Last Flight Out

Righteously mediocre stuff from the "film ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association"

"...(González) and while on the lam from bullhorn-happy drug lord Salazar (Moreno), Anne slowly brings Dan into the fold..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

All sugar, no spice in this modern-day fairy tale

"...contender for the crown jewels, a smooth operator named Lord Nicholas (Pine), who is egged on by a Machiavellian..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kevin Fowler

Texas platters

"...If the Lord truly loves the drinkin' man, Kevin Fowler's heavenly acreage..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Music Review by Christopher Gray

I, Robot

This summer, Will Smith saves the world from … robots.

"...in much the same fashion as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, by having the actor Alan..."

July 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Chronicles of Riddick

Vin Diesel revs up the sci-fi franchise.

"...nicely deemed the Necromongers, who are led by their Lord Marshal (Feore) and who, like those pesky Borg before..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 'N' Word

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

"...South Mall weren't invited to see them play the Lord of the Rings Oscar party this year...."

May 21, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two

A few modest school-finance proposals

"...in such an intimate way that I think the Lord is even asked to help with grocery brand choices...."

April 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Never Die Alone

Every known hip-hop gangster cliché comes to the fore in this film starring DMX and David Arquette.

"...writer Arquette unraveling the post-mortem life of vile drug lord King David (DMX, who admittedly does badass like a..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...on a beer-soaked platter. Drawing from the Georgia Satellites, Del-Lords, Steve Earle's Dukes, the Backsliders, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd,..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Get Me Back to Austin

Five reasons to the celebrate the 2003-04 Austin Music Awards

"...Rodriguez to give gracias to for one-half of Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez. "Wild Thing," of course, accounts for..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Whole Universe Rocks

The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "Make It New" explores how modernism changed everything.

"...imaginary, that artists found to replace the one Alfred Lord Tennyson lost behind the veil. For this was a..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Fudging the Numbers

"...24 Jimenez, Eduardo 356.74 28 Davis, Billy 268.25 27 Lord, William 356.74 29 Ralls, Robert 260.75 15 Lucas, James..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature

ACL Fest Interviews

"..."Sometimes I had to say, 'Lord, I messed up big time! I mean, would you..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Jesus said, "Many of you will come and say Lord, Lord. And I will say, I do not know..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column

TEXANS OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST REDISTRICTING

"...Jesus said, "Many of you will come and say Lord, Lord. And I will say, I do not know..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Postmarks

The Reason Why

"...-- Alfred, Lord Tennyson..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by George McGovern

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