Cry Wolf

A tech-centric but bloodless teen horror thriller that works best as a stinging critique of post-adolescent whininess.

"...is the audience. And then, like clockwork, a real maniac shows up – or does he? Despite an ambitious..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Lights

Leave it to the French to fashion an anguished psychological thriller that, in its last moments, also turns out to be a tender love story.

"...man, believably shifting from placid office drone to wounded maniac. Director and co-writer Kahn’s music choices also provide an..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Object

A shy office drone orders a life-sized plastic doll off the Internet, to predictably disastrous results.

"...calling Kenneth at work and eventually heads into full-on maniac mode. Then again, it could be that Kenneth is..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas hills are again alive with the sound of chainsaws.

"...are a debased Texas barbecue clan featuring a chainsaw-wielding maniac as their point man. This new version of Chainsaw..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Rundown

The man-mountain known as the Rock is diminished by all the action clichés in his new picture.

"...an amphetamine monologue on the tooth fairy. (Walken’s manic, maniac diatribes are getting weirder and weirder as the actor..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anger Management

"...has Sandler essentially playing straight man to Nicholson’s over-the-top maniac. As the story’s Dr. Buddy Rydell, Nicholson slips into..."

April 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dahmer

"...a presumed victim tries desperately to be what this maniac most needs: a friend...."

July 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jason Ringenberg

"...high-energy country rock, like the set opening "Honky Tonk Maniac From Mars" performed with former local talkin' punk maniac..."

July 12, 2002 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Salton Sea

"...by lack of nostrils, is the kind of movie maniac who uses starving badgers to extract confessions of guilt..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postscripts

First Marco Perella told us about the apparently very funny experience of being a nobody in his Adventures of a No Name Actor; now Bruce Campbell wants us to know what it's like to be both a B-movie king and a regular Joe.

"...can also find Campbell in Lunatics: A Love Story, Maniac Cop, Maniac Cop 2, Thou Shalt Not Kill …..."

June 29, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Flashdance

What a feeling! What an icky, sticky feeling.

"...chicken: beals dancing frenetically in place to the unbearable "Maniac," removing her bra without removing her off-the-shoulder sweatshirt, digging..."

May 18, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Valentine

"...before you can flee to the exit to rent Maniac Cop they begin dying in predictable ways. There's not..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hard

"...instincts prove disastrously wrong and he ends up taking maniac Jack home with him, where the he promptly has..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Too Deep

"...Don Corleone-like head of the Cincinnati underground, a pool-cue-wielding maniac while at work and just your average family Joe..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

Romance on the High Seas

"...Lewis offered up a truly schizophrenic character. An unleashed maniac offering episodes of comedic anarchy as it can barely..."

April 23, 1999 Screens Feature

Wing Commander

"...goes. Along for the ride are his buddy Todd “Maniac” Marshall (Lillard, one of the most consistently entertaining young..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dee Snider's Strangeland

"...Once he gets them in his clutches, the mohawked-and-over-pierced maniac sews their mouths shuts, subjects them to some woefully..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Office Killer

"...A Shock to the System to William Lustig's infamous Maniac (with Kane filling in for Joe Spinell) to Henry:..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beautiful Loser

Keith Ferguson: No Apologies, No Regrets

"...The next segment has New York's Finest surrounding a maniac, about to toss the Net -- a humane method..."

May 9, 1997 Music Feature by Josh Alan Friedman

Broken Arrow

"...a park ranger (Mathis), trying to stop a charismatic maniac from stealing a pair of nuclear weapons -- and..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Client

"...he doesn't tell any of them about the knife-wielding maniac locked up downstairs. Then -- and your honor, this..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Psych, Blues, and Conjunto Festivals Headline Our Crucial Concerts

This week's recommended live offerings

"...last one of them into the mosh. Alongside axe maniac Rasyid Juraimi since 2007 and early days drummer Fitri,..."

April 25, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Markets, Matheson, and More Recommended Events

Fill your weekend with arts, culture, and a bit of capitalism

"...Stallone completely oblivious to Wesley Snipes vamping like a maniac. Is a star-making turn from Sandra Bullock enough to..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Fantastic Fest Review: Terrifier 3

The goriest horror franchise in theatres gets mythological

"...about their cosmology – most hewing close to the Maniac Cop 2 reasoning of "the producers want a sequel,..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Cinema Announces Grow Up, Tony Phillips Anniversary Halloween Screening

Cast, crew of Emily Hagins’ tender Halloween comedy to reunite

"...worry, he doesn't turn out to be an ax-wielding maniac, but he is having a tough time being the..."

Aug. 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Local Rock Weirdos, Death Metal Out-of-Towners, and More Crucial Concerts

They're your ears, do with them what you will

"...seethes like Venom on seminal 1980 bow Heavy Metal Maniac. Need proof? Look no further than the headliners supporting..."

July 26, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Movies, Mothers, and 4th of July Fun Highlights the Week's Events

Make your holiday weekday worth it

"...Everyone thought that only a maniac or a creative genius would dare to bring the..."

June 28, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Milli Vanilli Documentary to Get Award Screening at AFS

Austin Film Critics Association honors local film

"...Mojo Nixon, about the career of the Southern fried maniac; Sorry About the Demon, the new horror-comedy from Emily..."

Jan. 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

More Mondo Departures as Vinyl Leadership Exits

Austin-based soundtrack label sees more changes under Funko

"...release of Jay Chattaway's soundtrack to the 1980 slasher Maniac. That release set the standard for their records: heavy..."

June 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blues, Funk, and La Bamba: Antone’s Austin Blues Festival Returns to Waterloo Park

Home of the Blues revives its genre mosh nearly a quarter-century later

"...shuffling percussion, and Jurassic riffing from co-leader and ax maniac Alejandro Rios grooved the quintet deeply. Meanwhile, the vocal..."

April 30, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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