Road to Perdition

"...Dylan Baker and Ciarán Hinds. That gunshot to the head in the last moments of Sam Mendes' American Beauty..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Married a Strange Person

"...truth; suffice to say that the Portland-based animator is head and shoulders above Spumco, Spike and Mike, and yes,..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beginners

Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor play father and son in this lovely drama about what happens to both after the older man discovers near the end of his life that he's gay.

"...Directed by: Mike Mills. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Time Code

"...Directed by: Mike Figgis. Starring: Glenne Headly, Holly Hunter, Xander Berkeley, Richard..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Office Space

White-collar prisoners of the corporate office will recognize themselves in this very funny, Austin-lensed movie.

"...Directed by: Mike Judge. Starring: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, Stephen..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

20th Century Women

Bening shines in this tender, heartfelt film

"...Directed by: Mike Mills. Starring: Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann,..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Monsters University

This sequel is a prequel about the school days of the future Monsters, Inc. employees, Sulley and Mike.

"...a blue, no-neck giant named Sulley (Goodman) with a head like a fat thumb – and made a hero..."

June 21, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Management

This romantic comedy about a saleswoman and her stalker strains credibility.

"...On a stopover in Kingman, Ariz., lonely motel clerk Mike (Zahn) takes notice of her and seizes the opportunity..."

July 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Birdcage

Based on its French predecessor, La Cage aux Folles, this American comedy tells the story of two gay men trying to pass as straight for a family gathering.

"...Directed by: Mike Nichols. Starring: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne..."

March 8, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

'The NFL Beat': Senior Bowl Recap

And a li'l Super news

"...I heard one media member ask New York Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin a three-part question about the Super..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Circle Sky

For your resident Head, the Monkees' Michael Nesmith still lassos 'Circle Sky' country-rock

"...Next ... time? Head..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Harsh Times

A gritty drama about a disappointed military vet and his best pal, who are headed in a downward spiral in South Central Los Angeles.

"...crooked cops, where everyone has a gun, a shaved head, and a closet full of sleeveless undershirts. Harsh Times,..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Here Comes the Judge

Beavis and Butt-head's Hollywood Score

"...Looking back, it's a wonder that Austinite Mike Judge's stuttering, onanistically inclined whackmasters Beavis and Butt-head ended..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Twenty-Fourth International Tournee of Animation

"...creeping in left and right (that first Beavis and Butt-head -- “Frog Baseball” -- offering a few years back..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sarah's Muse

Sarah Jarosz, 'tweener' no more

"...her first album was released. Song Up in Her Head on North Carolina roots beacon Sugar Hill Records took..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Will Work for Laughs

Mike Judge clocks in with Extract

"...of the Hill is nearing its final episode, but Mike Judge fans can find an easygoing and sublimely Hank..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Animation Show 2005

This second incarnation of the Mike Judge- and Don Hertzfeldt-produced animation anthology is, if anything, even better than the first.

"...Directed by: Various. This second incarnation of the Mike Judge- and Don Hertzfeldt-produced animation anthology is, if anything,..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Forever Dumb

Beavis and Butt-Head are back

"...It can be easy to forget that Mike Judge's current career started with Beavis and Butt-Head, MTV's..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Rebels With a Cause

Compelling documentary about the Sixties" Students for a Democratic Society includes commentary from such leaders as Tom Hayden and Austin's Alice Embree and Jeff Shero Nightbyrd.

"...camera, a typhoon of white hair rising from her head, her face lined with roadmaps to the Movement. In..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Living Among Us

Bloodless vampire found footage should stay in the shadows

"...In this turgid mockumentary, smug documentarian Mike (Nicholas), and his sound engineer Carrie (Jordan Hinson) have..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Powerhouses Begin to Emerge in the ASL

Waterloo, Wheatsville, and C3 Presents remain undefeated

"...“instant classic.” This was a clash of the titans: Mike Tyson vs. Razor Ruddock; the Monitor versus the Merrimack;..."

April 20, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

View From the Top

"...Ruffalo, Candice Bergen, Joshua Malina, Kelly Preston, Rob Lowe, Mike Myers, Jon Polito and Marc Blucas. No doubt it..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Geek Love

Protector of Cyberspace Mike Godwin

"...plays a victorious David to Time magazine and Nightline's two-headed Goliath. And other tales of geek glory...."

Nov. 1, 1996 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Girl 6

"...Sharpton sermon and nearly half the tender honesty of Mike Tyson. Unable to find a job acting, Girl 6..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Best of the New York Underground

"...one of their girlfriends over spring break. Beavis and Butt-head Come to Life would have been a more apt..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First International Festival of Short Films

"...broader scope than its animated forerunners (i.e., Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation, etc.). With short films ranging in..."

June 18, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Mike & the Moonpies lead a stacked Sagebrush bill, plus Joey DeFrancesco, Destroyer of Light, the War on Drugs, Thor & Friends, and Clem Snide

"...Mike & the Moonpies..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Austin Author Ed Ward Revisits Rock’s First Guitar Hero, Michael Bloomfield

“When you heard Mike Bloomfield play, you got the sense this was the real shit."

"...seasoned session musicians about manifesting the sound in his head. Until a disheveled, frizzy-haired young man walks in from..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Irreplaceable

Co-director Mike Johnson on 'Tim Burton's Corpse Bride' and how stop-motion has done more than survive amid the rise of computer animation

"...Burton's Corpse Bride, a maggot lives in the heroine's head offering advice like some twisted, Peter Lorre-voiced Jiminy Cricket...."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Longhorns Face the Horror of Leach-less Tech

In search of …

"...was to find the hiding place of the mysterious Mike Leach, once the unpredictable but always quotable Texas Tech..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

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