Hop

Some films are saccharine, but Hop is pure sugar – processed sugar.

"...Chelsea Handler. Some films are saccharine, but Hop is pure sugar. This Easter-themed hybrid of live action and digital..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Killer Inside Me

Director Michael Winterbottom makes some fatal storytelling miscalculations in this screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel that stars Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson.

"...film is miscalculated, although the primary offenders are the casting of reedy-voiced Affleck in the title role and the..."

July 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Whip It

Drew Barrymore makes her directing debut with this Austin-set story about the modern age of roller girls.

"...journey believable. A subplot regarding a love interest is pure window dressing, though. The heart of the movie belongs..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Res Publica

Citizen's calendar, Dec. 18-25

"...PURE CASTING/AFFORDABLE HOUSING RALLY Join PODER (People Organized in Defense..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature

Snow White and the Huntsman

Ambitious, brutish, and ruthlessly unromantic, this feminist reworking of the fairy tale has us under its spell.

"...ambitious, brutish, ruthlessly unromantic – has the right idea casting its heroine as a Joan of Arc-type crusader and..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt's metaphorical novel gets an award-season adaptation

"...feelings of entrapment, his errant desire to keep something pure in the world, his secrets, but primarily his mother...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Cast Away

Pure Castings, Zavala Elementary, pollution, jobs ... and the neighborhood

"...Since 1968, the Pure Castings Co. foundry has poured molten metal at its..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

17 Again

Tween idol Zac Efron graduates into a nonsinging and nondancing world in this body-switch movie, and the result should keep ’em coming back for more.

"...movie were a grain, it would be classified as pure corn. Age-reversal movies have a fine Hollywood tradition and..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

U-571

"...as Cameron's nor as sickeningly gritty as Peterson's. It's pure Hollywood all the way, from the casting on down..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

When Does Toxic Become Too Toxic?

"...in environmental chemistry to understand the pollution readings from Pure Castings Co. – and even then, not everyone agrees..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hummingbird Project

Who knew you could tell a character story about laying fiber-optic cable?

"...data transmission through neutrinos (an idea that seems like pure science fantasy, but was first successfully achieved in 2012..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Identity Crisis

The Double, Filth, and Moebius melt minds

"...words, The Double (Magnolia) sums up that moment of pure existential fear that our lives are not our own...."

Aug. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Green Thoughts in a Green Shade

Adler and Martinez debate enviro records and policies

"...• Both support moving the Pure Casting foundry out of its East Austin neighborhood, but..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Post by Michael King

DVD Watch: 'To Be or Not to Be'

Lubitsch's 1952 film casts Jack Benny as a Nazi?

"...against communism, Ninotchka, Ernst Lubitsch upped the ante by casting Jack Benny in a drama about Nazism. At least..."

Aug. 27, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Wish List

Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most

"...Relocation of Pure Casting..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Features Feature

Res Publica

Citizens calendar, Aug. 20-27

"...Meet other greens, discuss the issues surrounding East Austin's Pure Casting facility, and help draft a letter to City..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature

Compose Yourself

SXSW Film announces first wave of conference sessions

"...one was proposed former Austinite Kyle Henry – and Casting on a Budget: Get the Best and the Rightest)..."

Oct. 26, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Adonis Rising

Matthew McConaughey

"...the law but doesn't end there. It was risky casting for Schumacher and Grisham to put a virtual unknown..."

July 26, 1996 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Heavy Western

The Derailers

"...titled Watermelon Records debut, Jackpot, a tune called "100% Pure Fool": "I'm one hundred percent, not ninety-nine and nine..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Matthew McConaughey: Lone Star Rising

The Luck of the Drawl

"...sitting nearby - a movie producer doing preproduction and casting work on Austin independent legend Richard Linklater's second feature,..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Matt Zoller Seitz

Song for My Father

An epic and personal reminiscence of Don Walser and what he meant to Austin

"...held my rapt attention. It was a sound so pure and controlled that it completely overshadowed the otherwise genius..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Mark Rubin

Labyrinth of Cinema

House director’s love letter to movies, peace, and history

"...(His Motorbike, Her Island), to his powerful anti-war trilogy (Casting Blossoms to the Sky, Seven Weeks, and Hanagatami)...."

Dec. 31, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Ron's Gone Wrong

Number Five, er, Ron is alive in this animated tech fable for kids

"...always good, and Zach Galifianakis as Ron … perfect casting. He totally brought that B-bot to life. I love..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

The Green Knight

Dev Patel and David Lowery enchant with this astounding Arthurian myth

"...Britain is imploding through insularity, this simple act of casting reopens a door. The Arthurian myths remain because we..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Labors of Love (and Money)

Film production services melting pot Arts+Labor eyes a commercial expansion

"..."That means being able to migrate between commercial and pure creative endeavors. It also means we're constantly trying to..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Far From the Madding Crowd

This Thomas Hardy adaptation is a reflection of our times

"...true character of poor Tess of the d’Urbervilles (“A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented”) or the rough plot of The..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

McFarland, USA

Despite heavy sports-underdog cliches, this film with Kevin Costner as the coach of an all-Latino high school track team taps into a lot of modern realities.

"...on their first night in town doesn’t serve burgers. Pure hell for gringos indeed, and then there’s those loco..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Forgive, Divine

Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling reunite in 'Only God Forgives'

"...almost a mute show. "Word is logic. Music is pure emotion," the director explained. "If I started to explain..."

July 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Les Misérables

This extravagant adaptation of the monster-hit musical is a little pitchy, but it's still a potent piece of cinema.

"...has its own actors snotting into their sleeves. I’m casting no stones here: The quality-assurance boast of that monster-hit..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nanny McPhee Returns

Emma Thompson stars as the titular nanny in this family film, which she also wrote.

"...the audience I watched it with). Ifans is a pure comic delight as Phil, the scheming but hilarious wastrel..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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