From Spooky to Swanky, October Is Full of Food Fun

Open that calendar app and start making plans

"...Lucky Robot turns 6 this month and is celebrating with an..."

Oct. 18, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Leigh Whannell Gets an Upgrade

Insidious creator gets techno, and talks the Blumhouse model

"...was "sleight of hand. In The Terminator, it's a robot from the future, but if you actually study the..."

May 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Deadpool 2

The uncanny merc with a mouth returns with paternal instincts

"...that tries to stop some crazy man with a robot eye from traveling through time to kill future Hitler...."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

30 Restaurants to Try in Downtown Austin

Eat some good food while you’re in town

"...2) 1886 Cafe & Bakery The 1886 Cafe & Bakery – named after..."

March 16, 2018 Food Feature by Acacia Coronado

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (United Kingdom) D: Steve Sullivan..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW’s Sixth Artist List

Bully, White Reaper, Wye Oak, and 99 more luftballons

"...Death of a Dream, Devras Plexi, Fort Never, Inflatable Robot, Royal Forest, Sass, Small Houses, and Temple of Angels...."

Feb. 1, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2017

Consensus on the best local platters

"...9) Phoebe Hunt & the Gatherers, Shanti's Shadow (Popped Corn)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Texas Book Festival 2017: Soonish:
A Funny Future of Technology

Guess what? It would be so easy for robots to wipe us out

"...every day that you get to talk about killer robots at church...."

Nov. 5, 2017 Arts Post by David McWilliams

Transformers: The Last Knight

Stick meet dead horse

"...on life support when it flashes back to sentient robots fighting Nazis in 1944. (Apparently the Transformers took no..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Council: Day of the Robots

All automation everything

"...when the proposed pilot project for "last-mile" autonomous delivery robots was pulled from the April 20 agenda, due to..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: It’s Always Something

This week's City Council, courtesy of CodeNEXT

"...release of the first draft of the CodeNEXT maps – preceded by enough general apprehension that a few days..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Power Rangers

A new generation of teens with superpowers must save the world

"...now encased in a cave wall, and Zordon’s trusty robot Alpha 5 (voiced by Hader). The convulsive action all..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Space Between Us

There is life on Mars

"...mother Kendra (Gugino) and whose only companion is a robot (voiced by Chelsom). Gardner longs to go to Earth,..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Passengers

Bound for a distant planet, two persons awake prematurely

"...doesn’t work, he tries drowning in drink with a robot barkeep named Arthur (Sheen), programmed to dispense short pours..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Luv Doc: Beware the Righteous

Way worse than robots

"...night long and blame everyone and everything but himself – including me – but he will never simply admit..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

I Like to Watch

Three day weekend equals more time to binge (on TV, of course)

"...with UnREAL, or USA’s Playing House – or Mr. Robot, whose second season begins this month. Mr. Robot is..."

July 1, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Maker Faire 2016

"...Robot Resurrection..."

May 10, 2016 Photo Gallery

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Michael Bay lends his firepower to this war that's not really a war

"...it does a placeholder for the director’s next giant robot onslaught. That doesn’t mean it’s a lousy film (it’s..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Public Notice: Plans for the Future

The CodeNEXT process is upon us

"...of fall festivals weren't enough to keep us busy – this weekend the Texas Book Fest goes head-to-head with..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Hell and Back

In this animated film, dudes battle demons to retrieve a friend from hell

"...their friend from hell. The filmmakers' previous credits include Robot Chicken, Drunk History, and Saturday Night Live...."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Turbo Kid

This irreverent throwback is a loving homage to kids' adventure pictures

"...of 1997 (the world ended in acid rain and robot wars, of course), our titular hero, known as the..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Inside Out

Audacity is matched by artistry in the latest Pixar crowd-pleaser

"...in, say, a rodent master chef or a sad robot patrolling Armageddon for signs of life, but Pixar really..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Moviegoers Assemble!

"...program, it quickly assumes the form of an eight-foot-tall robot (sardonically voiced by Spader) and determines that nothing could..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

SXSW Film Announces Audience Awards

SXSW Film announces Audience Awards and additional screenings

"...Kid Director: RKSS Collective EPISODIC Audience Award Winner: Mr. Robot Creator/Executive Producer: Sam Esmail 24 BEATS PER SECOND Audience..."

March 21, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Human Condition

Ex Machina writer/director Alex Garland on robots, sex, and the collaborative spirit

"...by the distinctive qualities of the movies he's written – they are consistently visually rich, slightly futuristic, and dense..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...2) with director George Miller in attendance for a Q&A. It’s worth pointing out that Miller’s Mad Max reboot..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Food-o-File

New life at the old Tamale House

"...At Lucky Robot (1303 S. Congress), executive chef Mason Evans and sushi..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Austin Film Festival Announces (Almost) Full Slate

Opening and closing night films still to come

"...Disney animated feature Big Hero 6, about an inflatable robot and his human boy best friend...."

Sept. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The slang-slinging, sewer-dwelling, pizza-loving lot are back.

"...together into a muddle of frantic skyscraper-toppling mayhem the robot samurai baddie from last summer’s The Wolverine and the..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Wish I Was Here

Zach Braff explores life in one's late 30s: troubles with unruly kids, ailing parents, and creative aspirations complicated by financial realities.

"...motif/metaphor that puts Braff in a spacesuit with an alien/robot sidekick hovering at his shoulder: I can’t find the..."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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