Fantastic Fest Review: My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

Remarkable animated adventure from graphic novelist Dash Shaw

"...and then mainstream, commercial boy’s adventure comics, like the Marvel or DC comics,” said Shaw. “And I liked both..."

Sept. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Lee Majors Can't Stop

The Six Million Dollar Man visits Wizard World

"...5.30pm: A crash course in Marvel history, as writers Danny Fingeroth and Paul Benjamin pull..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Awful/Lucky Martha Kelly

Austin comedian Martha Kelly has two ways of looking at her improbable path to fame

"...a small part in the upcoming Spider-Man movie from Marvel Studios. (She's not at liberty to say what the..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

Page Two: Otto Binder Had a Vision

The great science-fiction and comic book writer already had a name for Trump back in the 1950s – Bizarro

"...reigned as one of the main writers on Captain Marvel. He was responsible for 986 scripts for Captain Marvel..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Kubo and the Two Strings

Sublime animated movie is disguised as kids' fare

"...another feather in the cap for Laika, and a marvel to behold...."

Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Austin Collectors Show Off Their Toys

Lights, camera, action figures!

"...was in London, watching his Doctor Strange script become Marvel's next blockbuster, he had one day off. So, naturally,..."

July 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Kiwi comedy offers a wealth of belly laughs

"...is tapped to direct the new Thor: Ragnarok for Marvel next year, and let’s hope his singular voice doesn’t..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Killer Lineup

Black Widow Cinema brings a much-needed dose of "lady vengeance" to Austin

"...Tilda Swinton in a formerly Tibetan character role for Marvel's upcoming Doctor Strange. When Pryor and Herreras choose to..."

July 8, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Chill Places to Cool You Off

The summer heat is your enemy. Let these locales be your refuge.

"...itching to see The Angry Birds Movie or whatever Marvel has most recently congealed out of money, leftover CG..."

June 13, 2016 Columns Post by Tucker Whatley

More Than a Femme Fatale

Ruth Negga on killing it in AMC's Preacher

"...John Boyega's Star Wars casting, and the excitement over Marvel's Black Panther film. "Finally! I will not be limited..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Looking at the Big Picture

Paramount Summer Classic Film Series goes large

"...from the August 1938 issue of Astounding Stories. A marvel of claustrophobic paranoia in which an alien shape-shifter begins..."

May 20, 2016 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Vote No on Prop 1

You mean the election already happened?

"...Currently I marvel at the demented poetry of liberal condemnation. Just say..."

May 13, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Captain America: Civil War

It's a Marvel Universe, and we all just live in it

"...Nobody ever accused Marvel Studios of not playing the long game. With Captain..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Drag Queens of Cosplay

HavenCon unites queer and kinky gamers in Austin

"...their favorite characters from the verses of DC and Marvel comics, Star Wars, and Disney. Queens strutted offstage to..."

April 25, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Faye Fearless

Underbelly's Alice in Wonderland

This new adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic sends its audience down the rabbit hole – and all over the Zach Theatre campus

"...smoothly the whole operation moves, then you may well marvel at the ingenuity and coordinating skills of Bender and..."

April 8, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Winter Soldier Is Coming

Wizard World bringing Captain America star to Austin

"...But with Stan returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe this summer for Captain America: Civil War,..."

April 5, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Saw the Light

The sad but mercurial life of Hank Williams is put to screen

"...actors most widely known for playing characters in the Marvel Universe, can effectively portray the great but tragic C&W..."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Overwrought take on DC Comics’ two most popular characters

"...of the forthcoming Justice League – DC’s answer to Marvel Studios’ Avengers franchise. Granted, there are enough finely choreographed..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Oh, Death

Remembering the late Steve Levitan, and a long-ago afternoon with him boxing Wendell Crowley's comics collection

"...that featured the comic book company's biggest stars: Captain Marvel, Spy Smasher, and Bulletman...."

March 25, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Yes Queens

RuPaul’s Drag Race season 8 sizzles at Austin premiere party

"...Fellow comic book (Marvel baby) lovers geeked out over cosplaying queen, Dax Exclamationpoint...."

March 23, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Dan Gray

10 Cloverfield Lane

Unrelated Cloverfield follow-up is a dandy suspenser

"...expectations to frankly impossible levels. (I’m talking to you, Marvel Studios.) So when I first viewed the total freaking..."

March 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Announces Keynotes

Fest releases full schedule, plus convergence details

"...such as Gaby Hoffmann (Girls, Uncle Buck); Don Cheadle (Marvel's War Machine), whose Miles Davis' biopic Miles Ahead screens..."

Feb. 16, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Deadpool

This sassy superhero movie is not your child’s comic-book origin tale

"...the average viewer and nirvana for connoisseurs of the Marvel Universe. The opening credits immediately attune viewers to the..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Like to Watch

Counter-programming for the Big Game

"...• Marvel's Agent Carter, already pretty much perfect in its first..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Hideaway

A descendant of the father of our country in the Antone's House Band? For three decades now, believe it!

"...One night blues guitar marvel Albert Collins – "The Ice Man," "The Master of..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Music Feature by Sarah Brown

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2015

"...thing in a summer overcrowded with CGI dinosaurs and Marvel superheroes...."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Cargill Gets Strange

Local author revealed to be Marvel's hidden scripter

"...working on the script for the upcoming adaptation of Marvel's supernatural adventure series Doctor Strange...."

Dec. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Mondo Gets Marvelous

Exclusive look at Nightcrawler print from new Mondo show

"...With great power comes great responsibility. When Marvel Comics agreed to let local print experts Mondo unleash..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Gets the 3-D Treatment From Zebra Imaging

These are the holograms you're looking for

"...stored on an astromech droid, they're still a technological marvel. Instead of the old technique of painstakingly capturing a..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dinner Lab + Phaidon = Magnus Nilsson's Nordic Feast

Not even an army of frost giants could keep us from this culinary event

"...as depicted by Jack Kirby in the pages of Marvel comic books hundreds of years after Snorri Sturluson wrote..."

Nov. 16, 2015 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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