ACL Music Fest 2014 Friday Listings

Blurbing Friday ACL

"...Jim Eno-produced Blue Planet Eyes waits on deck. – Michael Toland Temples..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The slang-slinging, sewer-dwelling, pizza-loving lot are back.

"...– missteps easily associated with the influence of producer Michael Bay (the Transformers films)...."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Strange Kids Doing Strange Things

Eighties retro-spoofers Strange Kids Club has real mutant turtles

"...is creating new comics, and then there's the upcoming Michael Bay cinematic reboot (sans Vanilla Ice's "Ninja Rap".) But..."

July 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Optimus Prime finds a new pal in franchise addition Mark Wahlberg.

"...Directed by: Michael Bay. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Michael Pollan Preaches It

Author is a fantastic evangelist for better ways of dealing with food

"...Michael Pollan on the page is engaging, informative, and persuasive...."

May 29, 2014 Food Post by Rod Machen

Fast Forward Austin

This is not your standard music festival – you'll hear sounds you've never heard before

"..."out there" pieces scheduled is Brooklyn-based Mantra Percussion performing Michael Gordon's Timber, an hourlong work played on lumber two-by-fours...."

April 11, 2014 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...place on his latest disc Born With a Caul. Michael Toland Matt the Electrician..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Get Caught in a Webb

Highlights from Marc Webb's keynote address

"...enough incendiary action set pieces to blow away even Michael Bay. The notion of tapping Webb to helm 2012's..."

March 9, 2014 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

The Menuhin Competition 2014

"...Double Violin Concerto, Vivaldi's Flute Concerto No. 3, and Michael McLean's Elements, performed by jurors Brian Lewis and David..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Feature

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...and Krisha struggles to keep her own demons at bay...."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Take a Bite of Whole Foods' 'Dark Rye'

Pivot series premieres tomorrow

"...While the first episode introduces host Kirk Lombard, "a Bay Area fisherman and forager," a solid handful of future..."

Jan. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Rage in the Cage

Alamo celebrates the inimitable genius of Nicolas Cage

"...been for recognized action figure icons like Sylvester Stallone, Michael Bay, and Kurt Russell. How does Cage fit in..."

Jan. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...by an innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling” – includes Michael Tully’s Ping Pong Summer, set in 1985...."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ryan Cownie Has Up and Taken Over Avalanche Comedy

And Chris Cubas, on his way to Kansas City, swears this is a good thing

"...AC: OK, say it's a Michael Bay movie or whatever, and some mega-millionaire alien descends..."

Nov. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: 'Halloween'/'Prince of Darkness'/'Eyes Without a Face'

Three throwback horrors for your Halloween pleasure

"...now officially old, but it also means that Anchor Bay can release a new 35th anniversary digibook edition. And,..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I'm in Love With a Church Girl

The title says it all.

"...Directed by: Steve Race. Starring: Adrienne Bailon, Ja Rule, Michael Madsen, Stephen Baldwin, Martin Kove and Vincent Pastore...."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Documentary Reviews

"...very raison d'être of Living Dolls, has to be Michael Sullivan, who has thrived in his Collyer Brothers-like existence..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature

News Ticker: October 21

All the news that's fit to blog

"...why Cruz is choosing to remake the critically panned Michael Bay vehicle, but maybe it will distract him from..."

Oct. 21, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Astonishing comedic dancing by the enchanted lovers stole the show in this revival of Stephen Mills' Shakespearean ballet

"...of busy fairy wings (played by musicians from Peter Bay's Austin Symphony, joined by an angelic chorus directed by..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

News Ticker: September 12

All the news that's fit to blog

"...a giant Jessius Prime and finally end all the Michael Bay nonsense...."

Sept. 12, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

DVDanger: 'The Lords of Salem'

Or, in defense of Rob Zombie as a filmmaker

"...film – that's not my job, that's why Anchor Bay has a PR office – but that I have..."

Sept. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'

The TV show that spoofed cinema, then became a movie, comes home

"...The Iceman (Millenium) Michael Shannon re-enacts the murderous ways of New Jersey hitman..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The World's End

Twelve pints in 12 pubs – what could go wrong for the Shaun of the Dead gang?

"...kisses to George Romero, and 2007’s Hot Fuzz retrofitted Michael Bay’s urban, action, buddy flicks for the fuddy-duddy English..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM: Just Since April

Secret surveillance efforts fly in the face of our Constitution

"...for simply doing his job as a reporter,' said Michael Clemente, Fox's executive vice president for news. 'In fact,..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

The Last Policeman: Countdown City

In which, among other things, an author hits Earth with a huge asteroid.

"...a job, then, to give the attendant story a better-than-Michael-Bay treatment...."

Aug. 7, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fruitvale Station

This hot-button film creates a sad portrait of a young black man unjustly shot down.

"...Directed by: Ryan Coogler. Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Ariana Neal, Kevin..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Range War at the Dobie Ranch

A bulldozer's intrusion onto 'enchanted' property uncovers the struggles of UT's historic retreat for writers

"...Michael Adams, director of the Dobie Paisano Fellowship Program, first..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Amy Gentry

Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 4

With the consent of the governed, the United States government has gone rogue and violated international law

"...Everyone means everyone, and everywhere means everywhere, including Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...."

June 14, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Obama's May 23 Speech

Obama deftly weaves vagueness, misdirection, and a few outright lies

"...with a resolve to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...."

May 31, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Trash Dance

The process used by Austin choreographer Allison Orr to create this dance piece for garbage trucks and sanitation workers is revealed in this fascinating documentary record.

"...In films by the likes of Michael Bay, Paul Verhoeven, and Guillermo del Toro, machines are..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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