Stranger Things Blasts Local Synth Quartet Survive Into Orbit

Scoring the Netflix summer hit

"...A metallic bounce keeps it from careening into orbit...."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Caught in the Orbit of 'Shatner's World'

Bad Billy re-runs his life from Captain Kirk to Denny Crane

Jan. 11, 2013 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Planet K Disrupts Bee Cave's Orbit

Judge denies temporary injunction against Planet K

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Long Shot

Timely political rom-com finds new common ground for opposites attracting each other

"...When a chance encounter puts them in the same orbit again, Fred joins Charlotte’s staff as a speechwriter and..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Phantom Thread

Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson reunite for one last glamorous yet muscular tale

"...plays Alma, a shy immigrant waitress pulled into the orbit of Day-Lewis’ Reynolds Woodcock, London’s star dressmaker, and his..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Personal Shopper

A ghost story exploring the ineffable

"...rather plain, yet the film sucks you into its orbit with its sensual pleasures that defy satisfaction. You can’t..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hidden Figures

True story of NASA's black women mathematicians

"...work helped NASA launch the first manned vessels into orbit reveals as much to us about the present-day state..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ghostbusters

Controversy aside, this reboot fails to hit the mark

"...she’s its anchor – the solid center around which orbit Wiig’s deft deadpan, Jones’ fuck-all-y’all forthrightness, and McKinnon’s basement-lab..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hail, Caesar!

The Coen brothers celebrate and eviscerate old Hollywood

"...and elastic musicals, while keeping everything spinning in the orbit of planet Coen, Hail, Caesar! is at its best..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mortdecai

Johnny Depp fails to unleash his inner Peter Sellers in this globetrotting spy comedy.

"...black hole sucking in the superior actors in his orbit like McGregor, Paltrow, Goldblum, all more or less playing..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thor: The Dark World

The Marvel cinematic universe opens its gates once again, and The Dark World does not disappoint.

"...gets poxy with said aether, Thor swoops into her orbit, bad penny/bonny baddie Loki (Hiddleston) gets called back from..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Elektra Luxx

Carla Gugino heads up this daffy film as the eponymous porn star, now retired, pregnant, and prone to self-reflection and the occasional moment of doubt.

"...characters – and we do mean characters – who orbit Elektra that are both the most distracting and the..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Country Strong

It's Nashville-on-the-rocks as Gwyneth Paltrow takes a starring turn as an alcoholic singer trying to make a comeback.

"...addiction and three Nashville players snared in her devastating orbit. Paltrow plays chart-topper Kelly Canter, hatched from rehab at..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Visitor

The writer/director of The Station Agent is back with another interpersonal drama that is strangely both predictable and unpredictable.

"...life, in which people enter and depart another's personal orbit without causing earth-shattering alterations in behavior or relationships. By..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eastern Promises

In Cronenberg's film about the Russian mob in London, the director and star Viggo Mortensen relates a corker of a story.

"...written in Cyrillic, which eventually leads Anna into the orbit of grandfatherly Russian mobster Semyon (Mueller-Stahl in a performance..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

21 Grams

Powerful performances resonate in this devastating and weighty follow-up picture from the director of Amores Perros.

"...accidental death jags these dissimilar lives into the same orbit: Jack (Del Toro), a recovering alcoholic, an ex-con, and..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Astronaut's Wife

"...returns to earth after a mysterious explosion in low-earth orbit, he comes back a changed man. Sure, all his..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

"...capabilities appear to diminish into the shadow of Ricci's orbit. Her adolescent awkwardness seems more a part of her..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Into the Capsule

Cold War space thriller gets Texas premiere

"...tells a "what if?" story of the UK in orbit...."

Sept. 20, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Artists' Guide to the Galaxy

Three Austin visual artists -- Steve Schwake, Clare Christie, and Marie Parker -- share their impressions of life in Austin and the development of their work, defining the orbit success for their respective worlds.

"...To a rock singer, success has a definite orbit: It's the trajectory that includes a platinum disc or..."

May 25, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

Matthew Shipp

"...Matthew ShippNew Orbit (Thirsty Ear) For Matthew Shipp, a relentlessly aggressive pianist,..."

June 15, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

William Orbit Pieces in a Modern Style (Maverick)

"...William OrbitPieces in a Modern Style (Maverick) William Orbit has been..."

June 2, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Understanding the Science Behind the Total Solar Eclipse

Front-row seat to a celestial show

"...strip of land called the path of totality. The orbits of the moon around the Earth, and the Earth..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

Perseid Meteor Shower 101

We chat with the experts about when and where to see the night-sky show

"...Ries. Showers occur when the Earth travels through the orbital path of the comet, which is littered with debris..."

Aug. 9, 2016 Chronolog Post by Ashley Moreno

Sxsw

"...ORBIT: The first time I saw Orbit they played an..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Love Lies Bleeding

Kristen Stewart stars in a blood-soaked romance for the ages

"...who can’t help but be drawn into each other’s orbit, no matter the consequences. Their chemistry is powerful enough..."

March 15, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Flora and Son

Joseph Gordon-Levitt steals the show in this Irish musical drama

"...to impress him and anyone else within her loopy orbit, including the handsomely blue-eyed but irresponsible ex who fathered..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Paris, 13th District

Love and sex in this Paris-set adaptation of Adrian Tomine’s comics

"...ex-lovers who can’t quite get out of each other’s orbit. It just depends when you see their very average..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Moonfall

Disaster flick + Dyson sphere = Roland Emmerich’s latest

"...when scientists discover the moon is falling out of orbit. With the help of conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (Bradley)..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Swan Song

Meandering story of nearing death flies on Udo Kier’s wings

"...the anchor, and everyone around him is just in orbit (Jennifer Coolidge as rival beautician Dee Dee Dale is..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

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