Kingsman: The Secret Service

This comic-book riff on James Bond films finds fun amid the ultraviolence.

"...Richmond Valentine (Jackson), who ironically responds to the violent mayhem he unleashes with an uncontrollably violent autonomic response of..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cookout

Don't get burned on these leftover stereotypes.

"...what the filmmakers no doubt hoped to be "comic mayhem" – distracts from the most interesting, and by the..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rocketman

"...bumbler been hurled into outer space. It's all solid mayhem-in-a space-capsule fun, but I'm betting that this type of..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...from the incongruos matter-of-factness with which most of the mayhem is presented. Malick's script, inspired by the 1958 Charles..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...the club to look for it. – Michael Toland Mayhem Reigns at Mohawk..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 1

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 4-8

"...Fargo and The Big Lebowski Mayhem and murder as only the Coen Brothers can deliver..."

July 4, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2017

"...Okja, Nocturama, Mayhem, Brigsby Bear, A Ghost Story Most Overrated..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Housecore Horror to Open the 'The Profane Exhibit'

Festival to debut extreme horror anthology

"...Zombie Girl) plus metallers Rune Eriksen and Sven of Mayhem (Hmm. With Mayhem vocalist Attila Csihar providing a live..."

May 16, 2013 Screens Post

Totally Tommy Lee

Tommy Lee and his Jerry Springer problem.

"...different about recording this album from the Method of Mayhem project?..."

July 12, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Media Clips

After working out some of its kinks, Austin's all-news cable channel, News 8, earns a high "C" for constant availability, lengthy news segments, and decent-quality programming.

"...a conservative approach to covering violent crime and other mayhem, which other stations often play up to absurdity. Perhaps..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Play on Worlds

Now Playing

"...Magic and Mayhem Mythos Games,Bethesda Softworks/PC..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...open records request, Wynne Transportation paid the anti-government organization Mayhem Solutions over $20 million for busing services. The SPLC..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature

SXSW Film Review: Azrael

The left behind navigate a supernatural horror

"...bloodied heroes” that began with Joe Lynch’s workplace comedy-horror Mayhem and continued with the equally gorily hilarious Ready or..."

March 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Silent Night

The action's too familiar in John Woo's gimmicky revenge flick

"...four John Wick movies. The most stylish moment of mayhem involves Kinnaman’s character shooting his way through a paper..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Scare Package

Horror-comedy anthology pays tribute to the golden age of VHS

"...there's a wraparound that creates an excuse for the mayhem – although, in an entertainingly tricksy fashion, there's a..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mafia Mamma

Even Toni Collette can't earn this mafia spoof rispetto

"...other things) in a rat-a-tat-tat gangster setting of murderous mayhem. It’s like someone’s always turning the knob in one..."

April 14, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Scream VI

The meta-horror franchise gets less meta, more brutal

"...that have resurrected their seemingly indestructible purveyors of murderous mayhem long after they should have remained dead and buried..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...lies in their unflagging ferocity and predilection for all-out mayhem. Cathartic revenge-anthem ragers like “Groping Dogs Gushing Blood” and..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Statham and Ritchie reunite for an oddly monotonous spy flick

"...as a Hollywood star who gets dragged into the mayhem...."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: The Play That Goes Wrong

Physics and farce join forces to surprisingly hilarious effect in this Georgetown production

"...lines during the production that quickly escalate into all-out mayhem and the potential for loads of laughs at the..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Kids vs. Aliens

Gory romp that does exactly what the title says

"...suddenly bursts into brutal UFOlogy, it was stripped down mayhem, and also a proof-of-concept for his latest feature, the..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Plane

Gerard Butler ages surprisingly well into elder action hero status

"...the airline to retrieve the survivors. It’s the usual mayhem, just enough to get the blood pumping...."

Jan. 13, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fantastic Fest Review: V/H/S/99

The found footage anthology goes back to the '90s

"...to our interview with the directors and producers, "Millennial Mayhem in V/H/S/99," Sept. 23. V/H/S/99 U.S. Premiere Wed., Sept...."

Sept. 27, 2022 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

The Chronicle’s Complete Guide to the Minions

Your yellow pals, from Despicable Me to Rise of Gru

"...guys who pack the punches, whether they are bringing mayhem to a plane ride or mooning the audience with..."

June 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Halloween Kills

The Shape is back from the dead again

"...lodge in the brain longer than any of Michael’s mayhem. Maybe it’s just because Green sidelines the characters in..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Copshop

Suspend disbelief for this splendid symphony of blood and bullets

"...and later the psychotic Anthony Lamb (Huss) comes a-callin’. Mayhem ensues as the precinct is repainted in highlight splashes..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

F9: The Fast Saga

Script? We don't need no stinking script in the Toretto crew's latest

"...Team Toretto. As far as riotously over-the-top, rip-roaring automotive mayhem and the sternum-shattering sound design of a modded-out, 6.2-liter,..."

June 25, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2

Horror comedy sequel tries to bite into new laughs

"...casualty with little-to-nothing making it worth the 90 minute mayhem...."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Avery Wohleb

Sound of Violence

Murderous melodies never hit the right note

"...It’s between these sequences of murderous musical mayhem that things really deflate. The script flounders when looking..."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Bloody Hell

Australian horror-comedy is deliciously twisted riff on the eurotrip

"...drama Tiger, he's ricocheted into a realm of scarcely-controlled mayhem that could have easily disappeared into the realm of..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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