Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

The wimpy kid returns for a reboot

"...energy levels rather than credible characterizations. Call it the Nickelodeon style of acting: Mugs for everybody!..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mondo Gallery Turns the Channel to Nickelodeon

Plus exclusive first look at Avatar print

"...We are all Nickelodeon kids. It doesn't matter whether you grew up with..."

Dec. 8, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch: Across Steven's Universe

The curious connection between programming and content

"...Legend of Korra, a beautiful sequel to the life-changing Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender, jumped from weekly airings..."

Aug. 31, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

I Like to Watch

Our new TV columnist wants to believe

"...TV shows that would tell you the truth were Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel The Legend..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

Goosebumps

The ever-popular YA novels spring to life with Jack Black

"...in short order. This is the stuff of the Nickelodeon school of comedy. (The one notable exception: when doofus..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ariana Grande’s Tween Spectacle

TV star’s vocal prowess matches her debut arena spectacle

"...The 22-year-old Nickelodeon sensation arrived no stranger to success, having had two..."

Oct. 14, 2015 Music Post

You Are Entering Harlan County

Justified creator Graham Yost exits Kentucky for the ATX Television Festival

"...worked on, back in the beginning of time, at Nickelodeon 25 years ago, called Hey Dude. And also Joelle..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

HavenCon: the Happiest Fest in Texas

Cosplay madness, writing LGBT, and Janet Varney talks Korra

"...talent, voice actors Janet Varney and P.J. Bryne from Nickelodeon’s animated series Legend of Korra, (today at 3pm in..."

April 5, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Nina Hernandez

UT's Student Government Winners Mix Substance With Satire

UT elects satirical candidates for student government

"...about the statue's removal, but also argued that former Nickelodeon stars Drake & Josh "would have never supported a..."

March 27, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Knifight

"...spooky sample preceding "A Perfect Way to Die," which Nickelodeon nerds might recall from Nineties fantasy-horror series Are You..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Review by Neph Basedow

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water

The lovable gang from the animated TV show leaves Bikini Bottom to come ashore.

"...the anarchic charms of both that film and the Nickelodeon series that introduced the world to the wide-eyed, high-pitched..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Belated Moody New Year… from Ice Land!

Wherein the GP hits Galveston, freezes tuchas, and talks like penguins

"...Land, a 900-tons of ice collaboration between Moody Gardens, Nickelodeon, and dozens of ice sculptors brought in from Harbin,..."

Jan. 7, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

DVDanger: Drawn to the Screen

Some animated selections from beyond the House of Mouse

"...examples of serialized Americanized anime ready to cue up. Nickelodeon's successor to the massively successful and beloved Avatar: The..."

Dec. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Music DVDs

"...on MTV or affiliated channels VH1, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon, most of it recorded after R.E.M.'s rise to superstardom..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Video Game News Bites

ATX's first LGBT gaming con, SXSW announces Gaming Awards hosts, & more

"...may know Varney as the voice of Korra on Nickelodeon's The Legend of Korra or perhaps you remember her..."

Dec. 11, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Penguins of Madagascar

You can hardly lose with animated penguins … and how about that cameo from Werner Herzog?

"...from DreamWorks Animation. Regular viewers of the Emmy Award-winning Nickelodeon series The Penguins of Madagascar – a spin-off of..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Book of Life

Dia de los Muertos provides a colorful and vivid background for this animated film.

"...animation (most notably as one of the creators of Nickelodeon’s El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera) to the..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dames, Turtles, and More

The dog days of summer meet the heat of Austin film news

"...one of the indie mega-success stories of the year. Nickelodeon announced this week that it has ordered a new..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Boob Tubistry

ATX Television Festival caters to – and initiates – a new kind of fandom

"...What about a reunion screening of Hey Dude, the Nickelodeon show Yost wrote for in the late Eighties? Or..."

June 6, 2014 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

Paramount Has Your Dollar Theatre Beat

Opening night of the Paramount100 does silent cinema right

"...For its first evening, the theatre transforms into a nickelodeon during Early Silent Cinema: The Nickelodeon Years. Patrons can..."

Jan. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

DVD Watch: Combat Girls

The dark shadow of a post-Hitler youth, plus new releases

"...The Legend of Korra Book 1: Air (Nickelodeon) Short synopsis: Avatar: The Last Airbender is the best..."

July 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Yehudi Mercado Brings a Cartoon Rodeo to Austin Books

Celebrating the release of 'Pantalones, TX' this Saturday

"...ago, there was a show called El Tigre on Nickelodeon? But it was still a little like white-people's version..."

March 6, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fun Size

Broad-stroked but often funny, this is a teen tale of a Halloween night that doesn't go according to plan.

"...High school senior Wren (Victoria Justice, of the Nickelodeon show Victorious) just wants to forget her troubles at..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

We Are Most Amused

The Austin History Center celebrates the city's movie houses of yore

"...1900s, these storefront theatres, picture palaces, amusement houses, and nickelodeons lined Congress Avenue and Sixth Street by the dozens...."

March 30, 2012 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

'Karma' Chameleon

Is crowdsourced content the wave of the future?

"...anchors. The first is Albie Hecht, former president of Nickelodeon and onetime creator and president of Spike TV. He..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Friday Blingee: Reed Cooks a Pizza

Child-actor shows true colors and we loves it!

"...There's this Nickelodeon show iCarly, and it stars (an openly gay?) kiddo..."

Jan. 18, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

The Last Airbender

M. Night Shyamalan's live-action film is based on a popular animated series on Nickelodeon, and although the movie retains the series' mythology, it loses all its humor and suspense.

"...the imagination of James Cameron but, rather, the animated Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Replete with its own..."

July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lone Stars in Good Company

Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards 2010

"...video for Elephant Parts and conceiving and executive-producing the Nickelodeon show Pop Clips, which inspired MTV. Nesmith's award will..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Masters and Commanders

Meditations on moving forces

"...revealed to Linklater that, despite my ever-growing fascination with Nickelodeon's iCarly series, I had not realized it stars Miranda..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Unlike Twilight, the other vampire series based on young adult novels, Cirque du Freak isn't afraid to laugh at itself or the conventions of the genre.

"...du Freak’s Reilly, Dafoe, Hayek, and a pair of Nickelodeon-brand teens, whose characters are but pawns in a cosmic..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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