Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

"...Directed by: Steven Wright, Michael Moore and Mike Leigh. Starring: Steven Wright, Rowan..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

sxswf: Kill List's Michael Smiley Speaks

The star of Spaced, Down Terrace, and Kill List talks shite.

"...Fans of Edgar Wright's über-geek BBC 4 television series Spaced will recognize the..."

March 14, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Sugar Hill

"...Directed by: Leon Ichaso. Starring: Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright, Theresa Randle, Ernie Hudson, Abe Vigoda, Steve J...."

March 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Great Scott!

Edgar Wright and his Scott Pilgrim cast touch down in Austin

"...That's the name of the fictional band in Edgar Wright's brilliantly rollicking adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's six-volume series..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

This glad-hearted and furiously funny piece of pop entertainment stars Michael Cera and is told in the vernacular of video games.

"...Directed by: Edgar Wright. Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong, Kieran..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Home at the End of the World

Michael Cunningham's novel is the basis for this story of a love triangle in which everyone's in love with Bobby (played by Colin Farrell).

"...Directed by: Michael Mayer. Starring: Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright Penn,..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hot Fuzz

Simultaneously smart and silly, Hot Fuzz demonstrates that it's not necessary to be a buffoon in order to lampoon.

"...Directed by: Edgar Wright. Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine,..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hanna

Hanna is a through-the-looking-glass, arthouse action minimasterpiece.

"...Directed by: Joe Wright. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander,..."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The World's End

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

"...Directed by: Edgar Wright. Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Rosamund Pike,..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Film roster has arrived, with big features like Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, the debut of Starz's American Gods adaptation,..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

For Greater Glory

This epic starring Andy Garcia about Mexico’s anticlerical Cristero War of the late 1920s is a plodding and poorly plotted tale.

"...Directed by: Dean Wright. Starring: Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Rubén Blades, Santiago Cabrera,..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Putting the Pedal to the Metal

Edgar Wright cranks up the jams for his new film Baby Driver

"...So if you’re looking for fantasy rides in Edgar Wright’s new thriller Baby Driver, he has an important lesson..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Zebrahead

"...Directed by: Anthony Drazan. Starring: Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan, Deshonn Castle, N'Bushe Wright and Ron..."

Dec. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Moneyball

Brad Pitt hits a home run with this film about the inner workings of baseball. It's a film that will appeal to sports fans and nonfans alike.

"...Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Kerris Dorsey, Chris Pratt, Reed Diamond and Stephen Bishop...."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Run Fatboy Run

Funnyman Simon Pegg stars in this soft and plodgy rom-com: Sadly, this by-the-numbers redemption tale careens uncomfortably from sentimentality to stomach-turning sight gags.

"...suspect, countless other fans of Pegg's collaborations with Edgar Wright and Nick Frost – is how utterly unlikable Pegg..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

This Land Is Your Land

This muckraking populist grab bag of a film isn't so much a documentary as it is a harried piece of grassroots agitprop.

"...Directed by: Lori Cheatle and Daisy Wright. It feels like a low blow to point out..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

So I Married an Axe Murderer

Remember when Mike Myers was funny? This film features one of his best performances as a poet who reluctantly marries, then fears that his bride (a meat butcher) is a bluebeard.

"...appeal. Every cameo -- Phil Hartman, Alan Arkin, Steven Wright, Charles Grodin, Michael Richards -- is choice, and the..."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islamic State

by Lawrence Wright

"...Lawrence Wright describes his arrival in the Middle East as "an..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Michael King

Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...the days after Sept. 11, 2001, Austin author Lawrence Wright (Remembering Satan, God's Favorite) went to his editor at..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

Undead

This Australian horror film arrives at the tail end of a recent and very substantial cinematic zombie overdose. Unfortunately, there are only so many ways to slice the walking dead.

"...Directed by: Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig. Starring: Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay,..."

July 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Speechless

"...Directed by: Ron Underwood. Starring: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Christopher Reeve, Bonnie Bedelia, Ernie Hudson,..."

Dec. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Human Factor

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost on romantic zomedy 'Shaun of the Dead'

"...preview at the Alamo, Simon Pegg (star, co-writer), Edgar Wright (director, co-writer), and Nick Frost (co-star) sat down to..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

SXSW Film Review: 'For Those In Peril'

Melancholy seafaring tale shocks in the end

"...In his feature-length debut, writer/director Paul Wright’s vision in blue-gray and blood red is a psychological..."

March 12, 2014 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

News Ticker: November 5

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Jim Wright votes, Joaquin Castro gets hitched, and John Cornyn raises..."

Nov. 5, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Quills

"...Directed by: Philip Kaufman. Starring: Billie Whitelaw, Amelia Warner, Michael Caine, Joaquin Phoenix, Kate Winslet and Geoffrey Rush. “Tell..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ben Wheatley Catches Free Fire

Director on making his U.S. action debut

"...UK's leading directors arriving with American crime films. Edgar Wright unleashed Baby Driver, which he described as a 90-minute..."

April 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Film Hall of Fame 2013 Goes Extra-Terrestrial

Elliott, Buttercup, Ma Kent, and Ned. Ned! join roster

"...nominees and beloved character actors. Actors Henry Thomas, Robin Wright, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Annette O'Toole all enter the hall,..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...plus you’ll-never-believe-this docs like Ben Steinbauer’s Winnebago Man and Michael Paul Stephenson’s Best Worst Movie (it’s Troll 2, in..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Piñero

This film is a sympathetic biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican writer Miguel Piñero (author of Short Eyes).

"...Bratt, Talisa Soto, Giancarlo Esposito, Rita Moreno, Nelson Vasquez, Michael Wright and Mandy Patinkin. Her name is Sugar (Soto);..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Trial and Error

Questions raised about whether cards were stacked against Davidians in their civil suit against the federal government.

"...Right after the Waco verdict was announced, Michael Bradford, the U.S. attorney who served as the government's..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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