School for Scoundrels

Although it stars Billy Bob Thornton and Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder and is jam-packed with multitalented comedians and stars, School for Scoundrels is just not funny.

"...as to demand attention. Case in point: School for Scoundrels, a modern remake of a 1960 British satire. A..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'

The Georgetown Palace Theatre tours its hit musical to the State Theatre

"...is bringing the singing con men of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, David Yazbeck and Jeffrey Lane's musical version of the..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hustle

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake can't con its way to success

"...to its predecessor, the 1988 Frank Oz-directed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? Closely enough that the latter's three screenwriters are given..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Kin

Gritty sci-fi road trip has teen appeal

"...scoundrel brother, who is trying to escape even worse scoundrels who want to collect the money he owes them...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Priceless

Amélie's ingratiating Audrey Tautou co-stars as a gold-digging gamine on the make in the south of France.

"...equivalent – tonally, at least – is Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by way of Lubitsch. Tautou plays Irene, a gold-digging..."

May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Oscar winner documents the collapse of Enron in vivid detail and with cinematic flourish.

"...with rolling blackouts. In the course of showing these scoundrels for their true measure, Gibney strikes a few unfair..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ocean's Eleven

"...con-man who brings together a crew of 11 rakish scoundrels to rob not one, but three, of Sin City's..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Heartbreakers

"...Michelle's High School Reunion, combines elements of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Grifters alongside a wealth of stock comic..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men of Honor

"...fine diver regardless of his skin color, and those scoundrels in positions of power will topple to the ground,..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bowfinger

"...collaborations as Little Shop of Horrors and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, both of which managed far more artful blends of..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Monkey Trouble

"...balance between the sense of threat invoked by rotten scoundrels and the learned moral values of responsibility and family..."

March 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk

"...to defending his kung fu-impaired brethren from the dishonest scoundrels that seem to infest Ching dynasty China (not to..."

Sept. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blame it On the Bellboy

"...with either A Fish Called Wanda or Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, two films it recalls. Director Herman keeps the pace..."

March 13, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Life & Friends of Tarka Cordell

Celebrating the late UK production scion and songwriter

"...Cope, Imani Coppola, Alex Elana, Evan Dando, Alice Smith, Scoundrels & Dirty Gentlemen, and Ruby Friedman, to name a..."

June 3, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

The Georgetown Palace's Dirty Rotten is anything but

"...Dirty Rotten Scoundrels..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

TV Eye

TV Eye has girl crushes aplenty

"...her in her starring role on ABC's new comedy Scoundrels. She plays Cheryl West, the matriarch of a family..."

June 25, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Long gone is the summer hiatus: These days, new programming knows no seasonal boundaries

"...Haven't seen ABC's new wares beyond extended trailers, but Scoundrels, starring Virginia Madsen, looks promising, resembling a lighter, less..."

June 11, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Good Liar

Mirren and McKellen cross paths in this retiree con flick

"...sort of hybrid of Michael Caine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and the Michael Caine of Harry Brown, all the..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2018 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Top honors go to Drowsy Chaperone and Fixing Troilus

"...Music Man and Joe Kelley's performance in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...."

Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 Notable Theatrics of 2011

Recalling how scoundrels, amphibians, and grace brightened Austin stages in 2011

"...4) 'DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS' (George­town Palace Theatre) If the Palace's productions continue to..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

A Christmas Carol: The Musical

Though touching, this homespun production was inconsistent

"...may have grown in this summer's excellent Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, but A Christmas Carol suffers from problems with diction,..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Margin Call

A high-powered cast drives this fictional depiction of what might have occurred in a top investment firm in the hours leading up to its collapse.

"...smidgen of sympathy for this skyscraping tower of hubristic scoundrels. It's more as though he's recast the entire situation..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Balls of Fury

Goofy pingpong comedy gets by on the amiable nerd panache of chunky lead Dan Fogler.

"...amiable nerd panache of chunky lead Fogler (School for Scoundrels). As the former pingpong prodigy Randy Daytona, he's such..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Culture Flash!

Council candidates talk the arts, the people's choice from City Hall's art exhibit, musical theatre training from Broadway pros, and local playwrights get read on both coasts

"...weeks working with Broadway pros Rachelle Rak (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Carol Bentley (Wonderful Town), and Scott Fowler (Movin' Out),..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Find Me Guilty

Like the criminal justice system it portrays, Find Me Guilty (starring Vin Diesel in the dramatic lead) ultimately works a great deal better than you might expect.

"...subjects represent all sides of the law – its scoundrels and hardened criminals, prosecutors and defense attorneys, cops, juries,..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The White Countess

The final collaboration between director Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant is a gorgeous slice of Merchant Ivoryisms (thanks in large part to the lushly vertiginous cinematography of DP Christopher Doyle) that nevertheless fails to equal the team’s greatest works.

"...city’s underclass of equally bloodied but unbowed expat hookers, scoundrels, and emotional refugees. Establishing a nightclub-cum-bordello and naming it..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bandits

"...favor of hanging out with these far more colorful scoundrels. Hilarity and heartbreak ensue. Levinson is parsing familiar material..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Housesitter

"...with director Oz (Little Shop of Horrors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and all I can ask is why. True, Letterman..."

June 12, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rambling Rose

"...a kindhearted gesture designed to save Rose from those “scoundrels” in Birmingham. Rose is a sweet, good-natured soul who..."

Sept. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...cult storytelling can impact both real-life survivors and big-time scoundrels...."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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