Mystery Men

Inept amateur superheroes must save the day in this comedy.

"...schooled in the finer points of superhero comedics -- Mystery Men takes potshots at everything from highbrow consumerist gags..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mystery Men Mysterious No More

2008 becomes the election year of "follow the money."

"...If the strategy pays off, Wood expects the money men to back away, or even be pushed away by..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Smart Women, Dangerous Men

Dracula and Fur Tempt Females With the Dark Side

"...(l to r) Elaine Williams, Stephanie Swenson, Martin Burke Women pine for him. Still, he slouches in the corner,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

It's a Mystery to Me

"...illustration by Penny Van Horn Believe it or not, mystery musketeers, there are people in the world who maintain..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Do-Right

Lisa Sandlin's gem of a noir set in 1970s Beaumont is atmospheric, by turns amusing and harrowing, and surprisingly compassionate

"...she started married life with him – but my elementary, middle school, and high school years came with the..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Men With Guns

Plus swords, arrows, and armies, packing heat on dvd

"...versions of the event are voiced; the only consistent element is that there is a dead body -- the..."

June 7, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

"...like a good idea in theory (but so did Mystery Men, which was also penned by Nash screenwriter Neil..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Superhero Movie

Superhero Movie is a tonally confused spoof, which, for once, doesn't go far enough comedically.

"...less than a year after Kinka Usher's thematically similar Mystery Men, is a semismart, affectionate wink-and-nod toward the whole..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Beau Travail

Claire Denis' deceptively dreamlike film about a French Foreign Legionnaire in Northern Africa

"...sun. Their sinewy bodies are a choreography of muscular movement as they exercise and perform their drills. They go..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Twilight

"...Emmet Walsh. Twilight is a good title for this murder-mystery whose best attributes are not the caliber of its..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Paperboy

This lurid Southern tale by the director of Precious shows that he still knows how to push people's buttons – and gather an all-star cast to sell the goods.

"...Daniels remains an awkward director of actors and camera movement, and retains a loose grip on narrative cohesion. A..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Seagull's Laughter

Set in 1950s Iceland, this film is equal parts noirish mystery and coming-of-age tale.

"...the Icelandic snows, all over the map. Part noirish mystery, coming-of-age tale, and lovingly detailed period piece, the film..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hollywood Homicide

"...machismo-overrun professions in Tin Cup, Bull Durham, and White Men Can’t Jump to great success. Would that Shelton had..."

June 13, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Virgin Suicides

"...adolescent - the unspeakable pain and forbidden lust, the mystery and morbidity of it all. The Virgin Suicides follows..."

May 5, 2000 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Exhibitionism

Clay Angels: The Mystery of Brotherly Love

"...Jones, brings to Frontera @ Hyde Park Theatre two men's relationship that is at once unique and universal. Mixing..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Review

Writer Pat Littledog

The Austin-based author of Afoot in a Field of Men is afoot again

"...of her story collection Afoot in a Field of Men. The author Pat/the character Pat is talking to a..."

March 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

If It's Summer, It Must Be Shakespeare

Summer is the time for Shakespeare, so naturally here are a couple of the Bard's plays being staged in the Austin area -- Julius Caesar from the Austin Shakespeare Festival and Two Gentlemen of Verona from Different Stages -- and directors Paul Norton and Norman Blumensaadt to explain how they came to produce them this season.

"...Of course, 80% of the people who auditioned were women, and if you cast traditionally with Shakespeare it's a..."

June 27, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Twisted

Ashley Judd thriller is routine at best.

"...seedier dives in search of anonymous sex (not to mention those curve-hugging black leather and wife-beater ensembles that she..."

March 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Breakfast of Champions

"...so many others before them had failed is a mystery. But one thing they should have been aware of..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get Real

"...Hart. When you're 16 years old, sex is a mystery: it's forbidden, intoxicating, bewildering. For Steven (Silverstone), the gangly..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Volcano

"...glimpse into the geological workings of volcanoes and the men and women who study them, Volcano dispenses entirely with..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hard Eight

Bolstered by terrific performances, Anderson's debut film is a small, deceptively complex, mystery about some gamblers and their quasi-filial bonds.

"...The screenplay by first-time director Anderson focuses on two men whose quasi-filial bond runs even deeper than appearances suggest...."

March 21, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Secret of Roan Inish

"...than legend. Sayles' new film is a swirl of mystery and enchantment, of romance between men and mystical creatures,..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Princess Caraboo

"...and treat her like royalty. But there lies the mystery: royalty or fraud? A muckraking journalist named Gutch (Rea)..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Guelwaar

This comedy of errors is a piercing cultural commentary that examines large issues like the indignity of foreign aid and smaller issues like human vanity and pride. It satirizes African red tape and bureaucracy and casts a gently probing eye toward squabbling tribal differences.

"...This comedy of errors is also a piercing cultural commentary that examines large issues like the indignity of foreign..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Homicide

"...be Mamet's most accessible film, but it combines those elements of the playwright/director's work -- theatricality, stylization, rough poeticism..."

Nov. 1, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Perfectly Normal

"...seen in too many days, and to the gourmet mystery man Alonzo Turner (Coltrane), Renzo may very well be..."

May 24, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Knives Out for Rian Johnson

Talking whodunnits, character actors, and $2 bills

"...some question marks about Rian Johnson making a murder mystery. He said, "When I wrote it, I had trusted..."

Dec. 14, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Professors of Pleasure

Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.

"...the forces below it keeping the ball aloft: three men with leaf blowers. They're carefully coordinating their efforts so..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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