Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

In this comedy sequel, the CG action moves to Washington, D.C., as the Smithsonian's exhibits are put into storage during a renovation.

"...its own spin-off franchise). Director Levy and returning screenwriters Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon have moved the location..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Frank and Jesse

"...Directed by: Robert Boris. Starring: Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton and Randy Travis...."

Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

"...Garofalo, Piper Perabo, Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Randy Quaid, Robert De Niro, Jason Alexander and Rene Russo. Rocket J...."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Air Bud: Golden Receiver

"...Zegers, Gregory Harrison, Cynthia Stevenson, Nora Dunn, Perry Anzilotti, Robert Constanzo and Shayn Solberg. This second installment in what..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Building a Monster: How Gabriel Luna Became the New Terminator

Austin actor on creating "the Ted Bundy of Terminators"

"...monsters that went movie to movie, actor to actor. Boris Karloff may be the most famous Frankenstein's monster, but..."

Nov. 2, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...D: Robert Aldrich; with Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Charles..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...(visual art), Madeline Irvine (visual art), and yours truly, Robert Faires (arts). The Critics Table will present the awards..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Boris and Natasha, The Movie /
Dudley Do-Right

"...Boris and Natasha, The MovieD: Charles Martin Smith (1992); with..."

July 28, 2000 Screens Review by Ken Lieck

Shutter Island

Martin Scorsese's new thriller is set in 1954 in an institution for the criminally insane.

"...designer Dante Ferretti and photographed with horrific flair by Robert Richardson.) Visual comparisons to Scorsese's canny do-over of Cape..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thank God It's Friday

UT grad Christian McLaughlin discusses Spyder Games, his MTV "soap opera on crack."

"...Kent and follows the wealthy progeny of video-game mogul Boris Carlisle as they vie for control of the company..."

July 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

The Bela Lugosi Collection

'Poor Bela,' Boris Karloff once lamented to an interviewer who asked him about his old rival. 'He was his own worst enemy.'

"...Universal, $26.98 "Poor Bela," Boris Karloff once lamented to an interviewer who asked him..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...provocative meditation on media totalitarianism in The Truman Show, Robert Redford's intelligent reworking of romantic pulp fiction in The..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Five Faces of Frankenstein

This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster

"...Universal's 1931 film, directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff, is the take on Shelley's story most folks..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...model. (PAR: 5/30-7/13, individual chapters precede selected features) -- Robert Faires..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Page Two

"...Some thoughts on Roger Corman and Robert Thom... Next week the Austin Film Society is showing..."

May 16, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Book Reviews

"...said that Austin author Neal Barrett, Jr. writes like "Robert Ludlum on laughing gas." What a ridiculous thing to..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

Brit Face Off: Depeche Mode vs. the Cure

"...Current members: Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Jason Cooper, Reeves Gabrels..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...ROBERT EARL KEEN: When Robert Earl Keen puts the pedal..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Letters at 3AM: Stirling at Road's End

Stirling Silliphant had a marvelous gift for writing, but he sold it out

"...name a few: Sylvia Sidney, Walter Matthau, Dan Duryea, Robert Duvall, Ethel Waters, Lee Marvin, Rod Steiger, Lois Nettleton,..."

April 22, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

The Wizardly Way

Human Centipede, Abe Sapien and more speak at Austin Comic Con

"...it as a panoramic Gothic western, starring "Joan Jett, Robert Mitchum and this seven foot creepy guy that you..."

Nov. 18, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Recapping 2007 one list at a time

"...2) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Raising Sand (Rounder)..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...friend of those other Central Texas genre fans, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and Ain't It Cool News' Harry Knowles), del..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

This high-tech update of the beloved Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoon has none of the wit of the original.

"...D: Des McAnuff (2000); with Robert De Niro, Jason Alexander, Rene Russo, Randy Quaid, Piper..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

New World Pioneer

"...Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, Charles Bronson, Bruce Dern, Robert De Niro, screenwriter Robert Towne, cinematographer John Alonzo, directors..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Cultural Cross Pollination

A Cash Crop of Reggae Reissues

"...Also on this volume are the nascent recordings of "Robert" Marley, Jimmy Cliff, and Toots and the Maytals...."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

DVDanger: To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

New documentary reveals the man behind moviedom's monsters

"...household name on the level of Bela Lugosi or Boris Karloff, but in horror circles he's seen as the..."

July 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Full Arthur Miller Archive Lands at UT

Ransom Center acquires complete papers by The Crucible author

"...a release from the Ransom Center, the playwright's son, Robert A. Miller, calls the HRC "a fitting home for..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...comedy, made memorable only by the casting of Price, Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre as three bumbling sorcerers (plus..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Snags Jon Stewart’s Rosewater

The Humbling, The Last 5 Years tapped for opening night

"...early evening slot, followed by LaGravenese's adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's musical of the same name, which stars Anna..."

Sept. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fast, Cheap, and in Control

Roger Corman: An AFS tribute to a wild angel

"...would be ready to shoot in two weeks, hired Boris Karloff for two days, and planned to fill out..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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