Don't Call Roland Emmerich the Master of Disaster

The director talks sneaking his epic sci fi past the studio

"...as the unlikely team of discredited astronaut Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson), rising NASA bureaucrat Jocinda Fowl (Halle Berry), and..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Video: Pataphysics’ Cubicle Daydream

Clip employs Reggie Watts and rising director Ambar Navarro

"...any of the Eighties-styled visualizations came to be, Austinite Patrick Healy took inspiration from outside the office...."

April 9, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...it was not their house that was haunted. Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Review: In the Tall Grass

Stephen King/Joe Hill story finds terror in the tiniest blades

"...The performances are all solid (with Patrick Wilson injecting some extra glee into his unhinged character),..."

Sept. 28, 2019 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Commuter

Liam Neeson still has a very particular set of skills

"...Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Elizabeth McGovern and Sam Neill...."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Arty

First titles, plus Nicolas Winding Refn on exploitation

"...times horrific Western about a group of men (including Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and Richard Jenkins) who set out..."

July 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

Film news, SXSW edition

"...rights to Space Station 76, which stars Matt Bomer, Patrick Wilson, and Liv Tyler. Meanwhile, comedy Buzzard goes to..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Time Is on My Side (and My Other Side)

Wrap your head around wibbly-wobbly time-travel features like 'The Infinite Man'

"...SXSW, with Jack Plotnick (Wrong) directing Liv Tyler and Patrick Wilson in retrosci-fi comedy Space Station 76, the Spierig..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mad Men

The 22nd annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature by Monica Riese

The Winners

"...Patrick Wilson, "Miss Grace and the Perpetual Coffee Shop"..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature

Insidious

Insidious, from the original Saw team, lacks thrills and originality.

"...Directed by: James Wan. Starring: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell,..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Morning Glory

Well-acted and ingratiating, this rom-com starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, and Diane Keaton should still be tarter than it is.

"...Roger Michell. Starring: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum and John Pankow. Remember Albert Brooks'..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The A-Team

It's the latest old TV show to be remade as a contemporary feature film and fares just about as well as the rest.

"...Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton Jackson, Sharlto Copley and Patrick Wilson. The A-Team is a product that begs to..."

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Watchmen

Although this hotly anticipated film has ideas galore, it remains bizarrely cold and uninvolving.

"...Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson and Carla Gugino. "Nothing ever changes," opines the..."

March 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera

The plodding stage musical finally comes to the big screen, its relentlessly bombastic score intact with a vengeance.

"...Directed by: Joel Schumacher. Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Simon Callow and Ciarán..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem , more announced for 2024 festival

"...Audrey Director: Natalie BaileyProducers: Michael Wrenn, Dan Lake, Shannon Wilson-McClinton, Diya EidScreenwriter: Lou Sanz Self-appointed Mother of the Year,..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Ameen, Lucy Griffiths, Michael Hyatt, Peter Vack, Hope Olaidé Wilson, Souléymane Sy Savané, Craig muMs Grant, Bill Sage (World..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Lichtenstein Producer: Steven Cantor, Brad Lichtenstein, Jamie Schutz, Santana Wilson (co-producer) Three strangers' lives become inextricably entwined by a..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Doug Benson and Master Pancake undertake their annual St. Patrick's Day roasting of a Leprechaun film, as his 2018..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Maps, Balls, and Testifying

The testimony gets mighty strange at the re-redistricting trial.

"...in the congressional re-redistricting federal trial proceeded, Rep. Ron Wilson, D-Houston, offered to show his balls to H. Lee..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...D: Richard Donner; with Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...John Hughes film, Shore's directorial debut is adapted from Patrick Wilde's play, What's Wrong With Angry? and tells the..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Becky

Because sometimes you just have to deal with a few neo-Nazis the old-fashioned way

"...and Cary Murnion. Starring: Joel McHale, Kevin James, Lulu Wilson, Amanda Brugel, Robert Maillet, Ryan McDonald and Isaiah Rockcliffe...."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...Gupta, Max Rose, Merrin Dungey, Chloe Perrin, Kurt Carley, Patrick Fischler, Wilmer Calderon, Tom Wright, Laura Margolis (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

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

"...co-founder and drummer Mick Fleetwood; and B-52's singer Cindy Wilson...."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Macon Blair Wins Sundance 2017

Grand Jury prize-winner tops the list of locals done good – and bad – at Park City

"...love as a form of survival." Loser (Runner-up): Cody Wilson, King of the Austin Libertarian Tech Bros..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

For Whom the Bells Toll

Lege enacts campus carry on the 50th anniversary of the UT Tower shooting

"...perched on the tower's observation deck. He hit Claire Wilson James, then 18 years old and eight months pregnant,..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...sociopath's growing fascination with death. Cast: David Morse, Rainn Wilson, Jared Breeze, Bill Sage, Mike Vogel, Zuleikha Robinson, Aiden..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Capitol Chronicle

Proposed New Air Pollution Rules for Houston Cover a Multitude of Industrial Sins

"...releases. "Obviously there's been a massive underreporting," TNRCC spokesman Patrick Crimmins told the Chronicle. "But the EPA method doesn't..."

June 7, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...into a desperate fight for his own soul. Cast: Patrick Schwarzenegger, Miles Robbins, Sasha Lane, Hannah Marks, Mary Stuart..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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