Food-O-File

New menus, remodeling, and a fresh crop of weekends for Austin Restaurant Week? Spring has sprung in the Austin foodie scene.

"...Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Awards. Her book Cuisine & Empire (University of California Press, $39.95) garnered Best Culinary..."

April 4, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2014: Animation

Five works of superior, ambitious animation.

"...Alexandre Espigares, is a futuristic fantasy about a genial robotic world where inhabitants, houses, and transportation are constructed out..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

From Gorilla Whales to Men of Metal

Alamo celebrates 'Pacific Rim' with Beasts vs Bots kaiju month

"...Toro was finally welding together his long-awaited 'monsters versus robots' project Pacific Rim, we were bouncing on the couches..."

July 7, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Croods

Animated cave dwellers are stealth charmers.

"...They may tussle with being a rat, or a robot, or a toy cowboy, but not with being a..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Parental Guidance

The actors deserve credit for the professionalism they bring to this family comedy stinker.

"...for you and yours, he does not dance the robot...."

Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Food-O-File

Tacodeli challenges Austinites to create its newest taco

"...brick-and-mortar taqueria, busy coffee shop, or well-loved local restaurant – this town knows good tacos! So the owners of..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Hightower Report

People are being replaced by robots who don't take coffee breaks

"...Our Robotic Overlords..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

Gene Genie

Checking in on the frontlines of genetic research.

"...it's like, if I'm trying to make a Lego robot and all I have is a gear, how big..."

March 1, 2012 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

In Stitches

More Fantastic Fest programming includes the 'Pede, Pt. 2

"...be eaten (literally) in an absurdist future where a woman
struggles to reclaim her husband from the bleak corporate machine...."

Sept. 7, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Both ridiculous and ridiculously fun, this is over-the-top robotic mayhem.

"...of the head. I say "former" because this third robot-jocks outing completes the Sturm-und-Drang auteur's transmogrification from helmer of..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fiction Writer as Futurecaster

Charles Yu is keeping his eye on the robots

"...himself in a way, and all of the emotions – regret, anxiety, fear of failure, missing his family, knowing..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Casual Victim Pile

Hometown SXSW showcasing sampler

"...his old persona's tricks to the new mold. His robot fascination, spotlighted on last year's Haterz and Robotz mixtape,..."

March 12, 2010 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

A Town Called Panic

This whimsical, Belgian import is an animated stop-motion fantasy that uses childhood toys as characters who find themselves in all manner of goofy yet compelling adventures.

"...a snippet of it at the most recent Spike & Mike animation fest), combining as it does the autonomous..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc Recommends: The Gourds New Year's Eve Masquerade Ball

ND Austin, Thursday, December 31, 2009

"...ever. Happily, some rather major advances were made in robot technology in the last decade that are allowing more..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Adult Swim in a Box

Just because it's a cash grab doesn't mean it's a rip-off

"...Sealab 2021 and more current hits like Metalocalypse and Robot Chicken. It's a hard sell. If you like these..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Terminator Salvation

Despite a couple of good action sequences, Terminator Salvation is loud, talky, and entirely lacking any sort of soul or sense of good old summer-matinee fun.

"...stop-motion and very endearing goofiness of Stuart Gordon's 1990 Robot Jox. (And it never even comes close to the..."

May 22, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Battle for Terra

An animated tale of a peace-loving race of creatures known as Terrians, who are invaded by alien humans.

"...Battle for Terra boasts impressively executed battle sequences that, frankly, are light-years beyond anything found in the recent Star..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sushi Innovations

New trends in local sushi keep Austinites fresh

"...new sushi-rolling machines (often referred to as a "sushi robot"). Though they used to be found only in Japan,..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

The Day the Earth Stood Still

This dull, unnecessary remake of the 1951 science-fiction classic features Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly in a wooden cautionary tale.

"...Matrix. Keanu stalks, Keanu glowers, Keanu has a giant robot christened "Gort" by the U.S. armed forces, but he's..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Maker Faire: Mission Accomplished

This year's Maker Faire was exhausting, but the inspiration was boundless

"...Enchanted Forest crowd, crafty hipsters, and even high school robotics teams could all find something to enjoy. The Techies:..."

Oct. 20, 2008 Design Post by Sarah Jean Billeiter

Mummy's the Word

Mexic-Arte Museum screens a landmark of Mexican fantastic cinema

"...its insta-sequels Curse of the Aztec Mummy and The Robot Vs. the Aztec Mummy (much like the superior 1931..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wonder Stories

Screens

"...Bride of Frankenstein. It has a dark and funny skepticism about science..."

July 25, 2008 Screens Feature

Strange but True

Jad Fair making art out in Manor with monsters, aliens, and dead dogs

"...his house. A large wooden cabinet holds miniature tin robots as well as assorted alien and monster figurines, and..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

TV Eye

Golden Globes were a big bust, but the new Terminator series opens an impressive can of whup-ass

"...to protect the Connors from a future generation of robots bent on destroying mankind...."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Magic Time

Oh, the sights you'll see at First Night Austin

"...year will be no different, with promises of rockin' robots, a human jukebox, a dance with a bus, a..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

"...Random Play • The Concert to Save Town Lake, hosted by Kinky..."

July 20, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Transformers

What matters most about Transformers isn't subtext (this is Michael Bay after all), but what happens when big, loud, heavy things bang into other differently colored big, loud, heavy things.

"...always struck me as boy-toy overkill. I mean, really, robots that morph into diesel rigs? It's already a freaking..."

July 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mighty Atom

Atomic City's Jim 'Prince' Hughes is punk rock daikaiju at a whole different level

"...pricey scale model of Forbidden Planet's beloved Robby the Robot makes Hughes' retail headquarters a veritable riot of fun...."

June 8, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

A Pig Fetus + Robots + Pizza = This Weekend

A weekend's worth of noise.

"...Fifth and Neches, a circuitous festival of hackers, junkers, robot makers, and singing tesla coils. You might even meet..."

March 9, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Paul Slocum

Modding the game

"...Outside of erotic WarGames fan fiction, the phrases "ménage à trois" and "dot matrix printer" don't appear next..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Jeremy Martin

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