I Feel Pretty

Amy Schumer looks for laughs in body image comedy.

"...encouraging premise of her third leading-role film, I Feel Pretty, is tailored to her uniquely feminist weltanschauung: An insecure..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Kelsey Wilson’s Sir Woman Debuts Third Solo Single

Wild Child singer continues solo excursions with “Speak”

"...the third single from her new solo project Sir Woman. Whereas the singer’s work co-fronting Wild Child explodes bittersweet..."

Nov. 21, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Sir Woman & Friends Dance Off the Lockdown in New Video

Singer collected clips from fans and family dancing to “Making Love”

"...spring and summer. Fresh off her latest project, Sir Woman, capturing Best New Band at the Austin Music Awards..."

May 15, 2020 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Frailty, Thy Name Ain't Woman

"...-- there are two or more women who cleave pretty closely to some medieval male ideal of the Perfect..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Do Right Woman

Polly Parsons, only child of Gram Parsons, comes full circle in Austin with the Hickory Wind Ranch, sober living for women

"...out front and stops, the driver smiling at the woman beside her...."

July 31, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Just Like a Woman

How the men of Naughty Austin's 'Pageant' get their glam on

"...weeks, 66 performances later – and counting. Which is pretty awesome, considering that your average Austin theatre production runs..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Luv Doc: The Woman Who Stole My Husband

A raging bonfire of hate

"...Luv Doc, The woman who stole my husband and caused my divorce got..."

March 6, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Local Musician Is a One-Woman Food and Live Music Show

Dinner With Giulia brings authentic Italian home cooking and original performances to your kitchen

"..."I'm a songwriter. I've been a musician pretty much my whole adult life, even though technically I'm..."

April 12, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Witty, Pretty People

The real deal on Austin as a reality TV casting mecca

"...is a city of very smart, fit, and witty, pretty people. My last feature film was with a company..."

April 2, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Blood Work

"...or less his own age. By Hollywood standards, that's pretty radical -- especially for a 72-year-old man. The character..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Runaway Bride

"...but let's face it: The power teaming of his Pretty Woman co-stars is sure to at least trot a..."

July 30, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

The Matchmaker

"...like a sore thumb. Humor-wise, the verbal jokes are pretty tired, yet occasions for well-choreographed physical humor are also..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wedding Date

Inexplicable Fantasy Romances for the Harried Modern Gal 101 is a more fitting title for this shameless mediocrity.

"...lose no points for comparing it to kissing cousin Pretty Woman, which operated in the same fantastical universe where..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Georgia Rule

Despite the presence of three acting powerhouses – Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, and Lindsay Lohan – this movie about three generations of "difficult" women never rings true.

"...surely the best-looking grandma on the planet. Director Marshall (Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride) usually has a surer hand with..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slums of Beverly Hills

"...no doubt a more realistic depiction of Beverly Hills womanhood than Pretty Woman or 90210...."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Exit to Eden

"...do for bondage what he did for prostitution in Pretty Woman, i.e., sugar it up to make it yum-yum..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Whore

"...film is about as far away from the recent Pretty Woman as possible. Russell has never been one to..."

Nov. 8, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Isn’t It Romantic

Another entry in the bizarre "head trauma leads to female empowerment" rom-com genre

"...to mention last spring’s Amy Schumer vehicle I Feel Pretty), the lesson seems to be that only a brain-rattling..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Maid in Manhattan

"...either will surpass the record box-office numbers of 1990's Pretty Woman -- as MBFGW did recently -- remains to..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sandra Bernhard ♥ America

Sandra Bernhard returns to Austin for We're Still Queer Honey!

"...the tuna sandwich story in memoir Confessions of a Pretty Lady. It could have been the definitive characters on..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

Gretel & Hansel

The woods are dark and deep, but far from lovely ...

"...films from the previous decade. Meanwhile, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House is a neu-tragic..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Break-Up

Thirtysomething icon Jennifer Aniston grieves a failed relationship in one half of the movie, while thirtysomething icon Vince Vaughn grows up in the other.

"...this considerably anticipated matchup between lovable Vaughn and the Woman Who by All Rights Should Have Had Brad’s Baby..."

June 2, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Gabriela

"...juicy quote calling it, “the best love story since Pretty Woman” and “a passionate love story set against the..."

May 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Someone Like You

"...through. So she bunks out with another co-worker, serial womanizer Eddie (Jackman). After Jane stumbles across the aforementioned old..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Little

Time goes backward in this riff on Big (or maybe it just feels that way)

"...Sanders (Hall) is a high-powered, wealthy, bossy, sharp-tongued, fashionable woman in charge of her own tech company. She’s also..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Gender Studies

Kino goes back to the classroom with How to Be a Man and How to Be a Woman

"...to Be a Man and How to Be a Woman and curated by the A/V Geeks' Skip Elsheimer. Frankly,..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Mother's Day

The movie is a moneymaking contrivance, just like the holiday itself

"...Mindy on TV and directed such movie hits as Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries. Lately, however, Marshall has..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No Looking Back

"...Right; that is… unless you happen to be a woman stuck in an Edward Burns movie. Actually, the men..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lauryn Paige Fuller Story

Eighteen-year-old Donald Scott Fuller was brutally murdered last year. Jordan Smith explores

"...with streaked blond hair and a baby face, the woman older and solemn, a look of distrust in her..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

The Ottoman Lieutenant

Corny romance set during the Armenian Genocide

"...taboo love between a Muslim man and a Christian woman develops further once Lillie arrives at the clinic, where..."

March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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