In Play

The year in gaming

"...backlash of platform games that were ruthlessly difficult. Bit.Trip Runner and Mega Man 10 caused controllers to be thrown..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Bedside Manner: Anglophilia

Reading lists from Legeland's token Brit

"...for. Guarded by characters from the web series Homestar Runner, that's where the heavy-hitters remain...."

Dec. 6, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Target Markets

Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series

"...seemed inextricably linked to the reboot's success. (Yes, former show-runner Russell T. Davies, who masterminded Doctor Who's return to..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Distance Runner

Alternative tracks

"...Distance RunnerA Lesson in Gravity..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

TV Eye

TV Eye may not love Ray Romano, but she's liking him an awful lot in his new show, Men of a Certain Age

"...Carrie Prejean was Miss California and a Miss America runner-up. TV Eye reader Jon Delfin wrote in to correct..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Ong Bak 2: The Beginning

Martial artist Tony Jaa directs himself in this follow-up film that still delivers the moves but lacks a coherent story.

"...many premoistened knockabouts that it's almost as though Blade Runner-era Ridley Scott had dropped by to offer the production..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc Recommends: How to Secede in Texas Without Really Trying

Esther's Follies, Friday, July 31, 2009

"...a class clown? Really? And of course there's Democratic front-runner Tom Schieffer, anchorman Bob's brother, former Bush ambassador to..."

July 31, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Quantum of Solace

It's grim, dark, and relentlessly violent – James Bond as Terminator rather than Templar – but it delivers the goods in bloody high style.

"...them Monster's Ball, Stranger Than Fiction, and The Kite Runner, but nothing in it seemed remotely Bondish. But he..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Body of Lies

Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe star in Ridley Scott's new film about the different types of CIA operatives fighting the global war on terrorism.

"...display in such early films as Alien and Blade Runner. DiCaprio and Crowe, who both deliver excellent performances, may..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The House Bunny

A Playboy bunny who's been ejected from the mansion becomes a sorority house mother.

"...Demi’s daughter wearing a body cast and American Idol runner-up McPhee in her third trimester.) While the film’s nod..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir

Run, Haruki, run, you skinny Howard Roark!

"...fact that this book dug me out of a runner's hiatus is worthy of mention. What I Think About..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Books Review by James Renovitch

From Burnt Orange to Gold

Eighteen current or former Longhorns will represent the United States in the Beijing Olympics

"...of the sport, and getting to see America's best runners, jumpers, and throwers chase their Olympic dreams at the..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Sports Feature by Lee Nichols

My Clone Sleeps Alone

"...A Space Odyssey, John Carpenter’s Dark Star, 1982-fer Blade Runner and The Thing; even here the genre means no..."

July 25, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Soundtracking unknown worlds with sci-fi instrumentation

"...or Vangelis' embrace of the digital synthesizer in Blade Runner. However, for all the great scores this approach produced,..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

TV Eye

TV Eye enters week three of no TV (okay, with an itty-bitty cheat)

"...their constant battle with The Alan Brady Show's show runner, Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon), the flak-catcher for the show's..."

June 27, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Playing Through

If one were to design an Olympic miler, 15-year-old Chelsey Sveinsson would be the result

"...Anyway, interviewing some runner while waiting for those races, I glanced over at..."

April 18, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Run Fatboy Run

Funnyman Simon Pegg stars in this soft and plodgy rom-com: Sadly, this by-the-numbers redemption tale careens uncomfortably from sentimentality to stomach-turning sight gags.

"...Libby and her son, is also an impassioned marathon runner. In one of those it's-so-crazy-it-might-work … in-a-movie moves, Dennis..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Playing Through

Participating in the Austin Marathon is straight-up crazy, and incredibly admirable

"...I'm a runner. I've been running since I first saw the great..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

GOP No-Nos Noriega

GOP targets Noriega for not being a real target.

"...hating old people, and he's definitely, absolutely not a front-runner. Which is kind of odd, since if he wasn't..."

Jan. 15, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Insiders

Meet City Hall's local candidates for city manager

"...what type of city manager each might be. The Front-Runner..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Love in the Time of Cholera

Funny when it’s supposed to be serious and awkward when it’s supposed to be romantic, every twist in this Gabriel García Márquez adaptation is a near miss, except for the performance of Javier Bardem.

"...the book. The best novel-to-film adaptations (The Shining, Blade Runner) become something completely different from the original text. But..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Nines

Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy, and Hope Davis star in three discrete but thematically linked short films in this feature-film-directing debut from screenwriter John August.

"...Reynolds' next incarnation. This time he's a harried Hollywood show-runner who's trying to get his pilot aired on network..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AFS Essential's Blokes 'n' Birds: British Realist Cinema

Sept. 4-Oct. 9

"...own land mines, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, closes out the Blokes 'n' Birds series one month..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Ten Canoes

Ten Canoes is as much a work of anthropology as it is a narrative, and its true strength lies in its exploration of ancient aboriginal hunting practices, death rituals, and legal traditions.

"...seem petty. Like the 2001 Inuit drama The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) and last year’s brilliant The Cave of the..."

July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Air Guitar Nation

What other international competition awards points for general "airiness"? This fun documentary celebrates the weirdness but never mocks the participants.

"...Western Europe, New Zealand and Australia. Ultimately, two distinct front-runners emerge. C-Diddy (David S. Jung), the Korean-American sporting red..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Flags of Our Fathers

The first half of the film continues Clint Eastwood's ongoing deconstruction of America's hero myths but then detours into some uncharacteristically sentimental mulch.

"...skills had relegated to a behind-the-front role as a runner. The Corpsman, “Doc” Bradley (Phillippe), takes to the task..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Nasty Nate' Devours His Competition in Corn-Dog-Eating Contest

"...Lewisville World Tamale Eating Championship last month. Last year's runner-up Brent Ricord placed second with 11. American Idol runner-up..."

Oct. 3, 2006 Sports Post by Audra Schroeder

'Madden 2007' for the Xbox 360

"...for a crushing block, then switch back to your runner to take advantage of the opening...."

Sept. 28, 2006 Sports Post by Jeremy Martin

A Scanner, Before and After

An interview with producer Tommy Pallotta and animators Jason Archer and Paul Beck

"...weekend, because one thing that I learned from Blade Runner is that it really depends on the legacy that..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dark Water

Despite a dream cast, this Hollywood remake of a Japanese horror classic is all wet.

"...much as one of Dekkard’s bad dreams in Blade Runner. As Dahlia Williams, Academy Award-winner Connelly, who’s no stranger..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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