Money Monster

George Clooney plays a cable-TV guru taken hostage by an irate viewer

"...and rank opportunism. The creative people behind the anti-capitalist-ish Money Monster may indeed have sincere intentions, but what comes..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Money Talks

"...of its long free fall with The Nutty Professor, Money Talks is the sort of fiery, catastrophic auguring-in he..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

SXSW Film Review: Breaking a Monster

Kids today, with their million-dollar recording contracts...

"...a car is a major story. And Breaking a Monster is that story...."

March 15, 2015 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Monster Magnet Comic Con: Dave Wyndorf

A G-rated ‘Last Patrol’ from the Silver Age

"...Monster Magnet hasn’t toured the U.S. in over a decade,..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Rick Baker: Monster Maker

An American Werewolf in London

"...RB: I'm a fan of the monster stuff first and foremost. They're what made me want..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Don't Feed the Monster

"...a tiny bit of the lifeblood from a bloodsucking monster. Take the money you save and buy good local..."

Jan. 22, 2008 Postmarks

The Q&A Hole: Can Money Buy Happiness?

With Edmo, Carina Magyar, and … Gloria Steinem? Yes, and more.

"...CAN MONEY BUY HAPPINESS?..."

Oct. 18, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

His Opinion Is Different From Mine, So He Is a Corrupt Monster

"...letter with that slant, they're more than likely making money off the tolls. So I Googled the author, John..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Postmarks

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...adventure in this big-budget version of the world of monsters, rogues, and gelatinous cubes...."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Titan, King, God, Monster

Ray Harryhausen in Austin, Tuesday, March 28

"...There are gods and monsters for real, flickering 24 frames per second on the..."

March 24, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Horror Director Larry Fessenden Gets Depraved

Indie cinema's king of fear on creating a very modern Prometheus

"...his modern version of Frankenstein, where terms man and monster are so constantly switched and conflated, he may have..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...Saber Tooth Kitty. For years, my backyard sandbox-cum-mudpit was Monster Island, and, three decades later, I remember painstakingly constructing..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Disaster Movie

We're running out of genres to spoof: This time it's disaster movies.

"...natural disaster disguised as a filmmaking team, a Hollywood monster wreaking havoc on the minds of America’s youth and..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Latest dinosaur romp sticks to the equation, but still evolves the action

"...and fantasy sequences of his previous work in A Monster Calls, Bayona proves himself to be a dynamic visual..."

June 22, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

It's Alive!

The unassuming, 42-year-old Bill Jones is Austin's premier garage-kit model maker, and that Godzilla leering down at you from the corner of the room is only 1 / 500th scale. Lucky you.

"...Austinite Bill Jones lives in a house full of monsters. Behind the carefully manicured façade of his Cherrywood Avenue..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Five Faces of Frankenstein

This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster

"...Austin alone, five radically different variations on Mary Shelley's monster and his maker are on offer this Halloween season..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Man Bites Dog

"...crew acquaint themselves with the daily rituals of this monster (“I like to start off each month with a..."

April 2, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kickstarter's Dark Side

Don't forget your due diligence

"...when you thought Kickstarter was a fairy land where money magically appeared for worthy artistic endeavors and nary a..."

May 2, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Immigrant

Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix star in James Gray's latest New York opus, a story about a woman turned out from Ellis Island to fend for herself on the mean streets of New York.

"...the burlesque hall he runs. Ewa needs more – money for her sister’s treatment, to prevent her deportation –..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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Kevin Spacey plays Mephistopheles to a cadre of M.I.T. whiz kids, who do a better job of counting cards at the Vegas blackjack tables than counting their loot.

"...in favor of fluttery Vegas montages of cards, lights, money, and pretty, young faces in thrall to the gods..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Preaching to the Choir

Quiet Company high priest Taylor Muse still has faith all right. It's called trust.

"...and biblical, now roils aggressively secular. On "Set Your Monster Free," a lovely acoustic ballad, Muse refutes the existence..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Music Feature by Dan Solomon

The Luv Doc: Doesn’t Love Dogs

Like people don't already know you're a monster

"...like, "I prefer cats," or, "Shouldn't we spend more money, time, and energy on our children?" or, "I'm too..."

May 19, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...staff to the wrestling ring: SXSW just unleashed a monster wave of guests, speakers, and extra film titles for..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Flapper Era

What 'Flappy Bird' can tell us about the present and future of game design

"...When we left him, Nguyen was making money hand over fist and becoming an overnight sensation, for..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Zeroing in on Zuniga

Place 5 CandidatesTarget the Man With the Money

"...in his favor. Plus, he is not the evil monster his opponents have portrayed him to be. In person,..."

April 18, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

My Friend Coffin Joe

Brazilian iconoclast unleashed at Death By Fest

"...Maniac. Pioneer. Debaser. Maverick. Monster. Hero. Part shaman, part provocateur, part surrealist nightmare, Coffin..."

Oct. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mondo Con: The Third Coming

Print, poster, and collectibles celebration announced

"...change their name to "Shut Up and Take My Money." The Austin-based print and collectibles company just announced that..."

July 27, 2016 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Burning Down The Barn

Director Justin Seaman on the joy of rubber and gore

"...he said, "but I’m a real fan of The Monster Squad. That’s my heart and soul, that’s what made..."

July 14, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Great Austin Beer Scavenger Hunt

SXSW is brewing

"...descending audience were very small children unaware of the monster hiding underneath the bed...."

March 10, 2016 Food Post by Eric Puga

The AggreGAYtor: February 1

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...to bat. Today’s AggreGAYtor’s been bitten by the green-eyed monster...."

Feb. 1, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

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