DVDanger: The Last Survivors

A different kind of post-apocalyptic teen heroine

"...OK with you that we just put your audition and offer on there.' I was like, 'my offer?'"..."

Aug. 4, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Alexandra Essoe Gazes Through Starry Eyes

Horror star talks body image, body horror, and audition angst

"...Take away the blood, murder, and Satanists from Hollywood horror story Starry Eyes, and what..."

Feb. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hercules on Two Wheels

Could bicycling be bigger than baseball again?

"...fact that the French started it 108 years ago and it takes place over three weeks through roughly 2,000..."

Nov. 12, 2011 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

Top 10 Sports Retirements 2010

From 'The Big Unit' to 'The Big Hurt'

"...over, kaput, lights out. Moonlighting as a dancing fiend and making up for lost time with family is paramount..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Restart Your Engines...

RuPaul's Drag Race begins its second season.

"...Race – a cross between America's Next Top Model and Project Runway – a formula that targets to gays..."

Feb. 2, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Full Circle

Pointedly political, yes, but Charles Mee's update of Brecht is also wildly entertaining

"...stood for 28 years as a symbol of oppression, and when it fell, we were told a new age..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Are You Decent?

Dudley & Bob and the footsoldiers in the FCC's war on pop culture

"...with pee jokes. Dale Dudley, leader of the Dudley and Bob morning show, is nervously eyeing comedian Todd Glass,..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...super duper funky are Austin's Mr. Resistor, Trio D-Force, and HairyApesBMX, plus Chicago guests the J. Davis Trio. Plans..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

They Went West

Back in the saddle with a faded genre's favorite stars

"...film stars William S. Hart, Tom Mix, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers were officially immortalized with the issuance of..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Like a Kid Again

For Spy Kids, his first youth-oriented movie, director Robert Rodriguez maintains the spirit of youth - and El Mariachi

"...It's Saturday night, and the sidewalk outside the Paramount Theater is a mob..."

March 30, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Vortex

French cinema’s enfant terrible faces the horrors of growing old

"...Dario Argento, Françoise Lebrun, Alex Lutz, Kylian Dheret, Corinne Bruand and Eric Fourneuf...."

May 6, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Owen Egerton’s Bloody Good Time

Writer/director’s distinctly Austin horror-comedy returns for RTX Austin

"...Ever gone to the movies and found out you're in the wrong theatre, and you..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2022

"...anguish of old age without resorting to his usual stunts...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature

The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes

"...The Happy Bottom Riding ClubThe Life and Times of Pancho Barnes..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Books Review by Ann Guidry

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...from Entertainment Weekly enthuses: "Expect revelations galore about Courtney Love..." but the only revelation inside is how bland and..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

I Love You More Than You Know

In short, this is a joyous book

"...I Love You More Than You Know..."

May 19, 2006 Books Review by John Dicker

Style! Cine! Swashbuckling!

Sampling the latest DVD has to offer

"...among the first titles on DVD were Richard Lester's other two masterworks, The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...The Zombies 7pm, Stubb's The second British band after the Beatles to land a No. 1 in..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

The Luv Doc: Too Much Christmas

Lasting oppression really only works if you have a really good PR campaign

"...Dear Luv Doc, First off, let me say I love Christmas. It is my favorite time of year, but..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Letters at 3AM

Learning about "manhood" from the movies

"...Ocean's Eleven with its remake of 2001. By today's standards, the 1960 version -- starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin,..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Summer Film Previews

Pearl Harbor: From Eternity to Here

"...1941: the "day of infamy," when the Japanese navy and air force assaulted the American fleet in Hawaii in..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

All the Gory Details

The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.

"...A man jumps onto the hood of a car and fires both barrels of a shotgun through the windshield...."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Hard Water

Second Place

"...I climb up on the old wooden Coke crate and imagine walking the plank. Lightning flashes in the stormy..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Sharon L. Dutton

The Dancing Bear

Nick Frost realizes his secret rhinestone dream in 'Cuban Fury'

"...do a dance film. A beautiful, Technicolor, Baz Luhrmann, rhinestones-and-silk dance film." Finally, with salsa-frenzy rom-com Cuban Fury, he..."

April 18, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Hellcats makes for a kicky start to fall programming

"...season is about to explode on the small screen, and the little netlet that could is bolting from the..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Talk about your stakes through the heart -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer moves to the UPN and with that, moves out of Austin

"...could no longer watch the last season of their beloved series. I didn't fully understand their dismay, their panic,..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Desperado HoursFor a Few Dollars More

"...the production strategy adopted by Robert Rodriguez on his brand-new film Desperado, the follow-up to his runaway action hit..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Man With Susan's Plan

"......"

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

O Captains! My Captains!

Star Trek: First Contact

"...Roddenberry's original show in syndication. Along with Batman, Gilligan's Island, and yes, even The Brady Bunch, Roddenberry's unlikely hit..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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