Monster-in-Law

This banal and lukewarm slice of romantic comedy is as soft and ephemeral as any colorized Ted Turner outing.

"...comeback script worthy of Fonda’s edgier talents. Apparently not. Monster-in-Law is a banal and lukewarm slice of romantic comedy..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Running to Stay Sober in Woke the Monster

Austin filmmaker Andrew Shebay on addiction and virtual fests

March 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Low Point in Casting First Stones

Arlington church denies funeral for gay man. Surprise.

Aug. 10, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Fantastic Fest Interview: Nail in the Coffin – The Fall and Rise of Vampiro

The split life of a lucha legend and a father from Canada

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Thing in the Lake

Feb. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Solving a Mystery That Should Stay Unsolved in Doe

Other Worlds Austin screens amnesia thriller with a twist

Oct. 16, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Politics

The Top Ten Political Stories of 1997

Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature

Zeroing in on Zuniga

Place 5 CandidatesTarget the Man With the Money

April 18, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

Former DA Anderson Pleads Guilty to Withholding Evidence in Morton Case

Will do a turn in jail and surrender his law license

Nov. 8, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Cured

The zombie apocalypse is over. So now what?

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

All I See Is You

A blind woman who regains her sight starts to see things differently

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

High-concept farce crashes down pretty low: Think Fatal Attraction meets X-Men and you basically have the gist.

"...you can experience from his stand-up work. While Sykes (Monster-in-Law) doles out her all-too-familiar schtick, she still manages to..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

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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.

"...screenplay by Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb, director Luketic (Monster-in-Law, Legally Blonde) has a plodding approach to the events..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Pot Smokers

What kind of monster doesn't feel a paternal urge to shelter the innocent?

July 29, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Rachel Getting Married

Anne Hathaway tears up the screen in Jonathan Demme's new film about a self-absorbed woman who wreaks family havoc while out of rehab to attend her sister's wedding.

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Review: The Cured

Grief, guilt, and terrorism explored in Irish zombie drama

Sept. 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Blackness And Shadows

Period piece "The Black Torment" and the world's end in "Dead Shadows"

May 3, 2014 Screens Post

It Begins! SXSW Announces First Bands

Plus application date extended, and Hurricane Sandy relief fund

Nov. 9, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Tout Va Bien

Jane Fonda is a fixture in the American imagination – and as it turns out, the French imagination, too

"...and comeback kid, whose first movie in 15 years, Monster-in-Law, recently opened at No. 1. Lately, Fonda has been..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vault: “The Guilt of Frank Sinatra”

As ASO toasts Sinatra in concert, we revisit a Michael Ventura classic

Dec. 29, 2015 Arts Post by Michael Ventura

It Came From the Back Yard

House of Torment's yearlong scare tactics pay off in Halloween screams

Oct. 3, 2008 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

The monsterific animated franchise lumbers back out of the tomb

Jan. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Crónicas

John Leguizamo plays a TV reporter in Ecuador in a film that examines the ethics of tabloid journalism.

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Napster Gone Barbados

What if Napster went offshore?

Aug. 24, 2001 Music Feature by Tim Quirk

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Incendiary: The Willingham Case

The "junk science" used to make the case for the Texas execution of Cameron Todd Willingham for the arson murders of his children is persuasively laid out in this locally made documentary.

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Cummings Hunts The Wolf of Snow Hollow

The actor and director talks bloody myths and drive-in premieres

Sept. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Les Misérables

This extravagant adaptation of the monster-hit musical is a little pitchy, but it's still a potent piece of cinema.

Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jeepers Creepers 2

This horror sequel is more snooze than nightmare.

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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