SXSW Film

Interviews and reviews

"...shot but uneven film. Involving an earnest, nonthreatening stalker à la Lloyd Dobler, its strengths are primarily visual, with..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Jess Sauer

Curious George

It’s not perfect, but this big-screen debut of H.A. Rey’s lovable monkey is faithful to George’s gentle spirit while fully exploiting the possibilities of old-school, two-dimensional animation.

"...Plushbottom (Plowright, who is outstanding), a candy-colored workshop of robot toys, and George’s other little discoveries. Jack Johnson’s original..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Grandma's Boy

What's funnier than having to move back in with your parents? Why, moving in with your grandparents, of course.

"...ran the restroom in Rock ’n’ Roll High School. Frankly, I can think of no higher praise. The rest..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Madagascar

Animated zoo animals head back to the wild

"...lessons: I much prefer a lemur king doing the robot...."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Robots

There are no great animation advance in Robots, but neither is it a return to The Ice Age.

"...for Ice Age 2 prior to the main feature, Robots (which is the latest animated feature from Ice Age..."

March 11, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDs

Gift guide

"...a story about a boy and his giant alien robot even cooler? This special edition of 1999's The Iron..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Incredibles

Animated take on the superhero genre overflows with wonderfully silly shenanigans and knowing insight into modern parenting.

"...previous Fifties-era tale of a boy and his giant robot so immensely appealing is also on display here: The..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brown Whörnet

"...Brown WhörnetValamaranaro I had a freaky dream last night. I was..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

Gundam toy animé.

"...probably care a lot about this Japanese animé of big-suit-robots waged in a battle royale, but unlike the Hasbro..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Riotous comedy mixes live-action and animation for a great result.

"...are also brief appearances from Forbidden Planet’s Robby the Robot, The Man From Planet X, This Island Earth’s Metaluna..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

The third film in Robert Rodriguez’s south-of-the-border action trilogy is a whole lot of movie.

"...ties and purple-georgette pimp jackets, dramatic cruciform poses, detachable robot arms, bombastic stunt sequences, and foley effects that’ll blow..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Wrong Turn

"...forget, had a hand in the Andy Kaufman/Bernadette Peters robot love story from hell, Heartbeeps , way back in..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fischerspooner

Record Review

"...Berliner's Computer Love had been reimagined by Robby the Robot. Fortunately, #1 includes a bonus DVD that does more..."

March 28, 2003 Music Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...THE CRUEL & UNUSUAL: The Austin punk rockers most likely to drink..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature

Treasure Planet

"...keep his nose out of trouble with those pesky robot cops. When a bedraggled privateer by the name of..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New on DVD

Rhino Video, packager of subcultural phenomena, a few months ago released Battle of the Planets / Gatchaman DVDs that include episodes of Asian anime series Gatchaman and corresponding episodes of its surreal American knockoff, Battle of the Planets.

"...innovative anime that managed to crystallize every major "team" cliché of the action genre. But we didn't call it..."

May 24, 2002 Screens Feature by Jason Henderson

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

"...Temuera Morrison, Pernilla August, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz, Christopher Lee, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman and Ewan..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Independent

"...aren't featured in the movie, but The Foxy Chocolate Robot and Whale of a Cop are consolation enough. (The..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Burning Down the Sixties

They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

"...exhibit. Inside a bus stop looking booth, an LBJ robot, wearing a cowboy shirt and standing behind a split..."

June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Spy Kids

The first entry in Rodriguez's kids action movie remains the best in the series.

"...pod that transforms into a boat, microscopic cameras, a robot army of walking thumbs, and a wild-looking mastermind named..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

Mardi Gras Rioting on Sixth Street brands Austin "The Mace, Pepper Spray, and Rubber Bullet Capital of the World"

"...Beads, Boobs, Booze ... Plus Batons, Beatings, & Bullets?..."

March 2, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Charlie's Angels

"...will get a charge out of seeing the original's T&A crime-fighting formula transposed to the big screen, and even..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trixie

"...dialogue, becoming a kind of politically programmed and soulless robot, or maybe an insane but articulate grizzly bear in..."

July 21, 2000 Movie Review by Bryan Poyser

Magnetic! Resonant!

Wayne Alan Brenner might be the only fool alive who actually digs getting shoved into one of those terrible tubes for an MRI.

"...minimalist techno music hammered over my entire body. If robots were born and not made, it would be what..."

April 14, 2000 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Brain Behind Cyc

Doug Lenat discusses artificial intelligence and its increasing presence in the next century.

"...Rodney Brooks of MIT, who is developing a Slinky-playing robot named Cog, who attempts to mimic human experience from..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Bicentennial Man

"...hope of turning this “wonderful anomaly” into a better robot. From here, Columbus traces the “life” of Andrew and..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Santa Claus Is dot.Coming

Some off-kilter suggestions for the online shopper interested in more than Amazon.com.

"...Now, let's go shopping! Check out these sites:Archie McPhee & Co., Outfitters of Popular Culture http://www.mcphee.com/ If you're looking..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Broadway Jungle

Imagine a movie made by someone who had never been told Imagine a movie made by someone who'd never even seen a movie before. The outcome might be the 1955 film Broadway Jungle

"...Regardless of what the best movie might be, Phil (Robot Monster) Tucker's mid-Fifties Broadway Jungle is clear at the..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Iron Writer

"...boy with a vivid imagination who befriends a gigantic robot fallen from the sky. The metallic monster lands in..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

I Married a Strange Person

"...(“What's with Grant,” she understandably wonders. “Is he a robot? Or possibly the Antichrist?”) On the plus side, Grant..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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