Serial Mom

"...Who would have thought? Exactly what the title implies, Serial Mom is Waters' take on both America's infatuation with..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Simply Irresistible

"...producer behind John Waters' last two outings (Pecker and Serial Mom). There is, of course, no trace of Waters'..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Serial Mom

Serial Mom allows John Waters to explore his darkest interests, but his version of a suburban mother gone haywire is striking on a few levels.

"...Serial Mom..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

My Friend Dahmer

A look at the adolescent life of the infamous serial killer

"...Most serial killer biopics center on the crimes, consequences, or victims...."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

American Woman

Sienna Miller pulls pages from a journal of loss in small town

"...At 31, Deb (Miller) has been a mom longer than she's been an adult and now she's..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Untraceable

This tepid, borderline-offensive cyber-serial-killer thriller rehashes both better and worse examples of the current, vapid clamor for so-called "torture porn."

"...the chase here and now, since this tepid, borderline-offensive cyber-serial-killer thriller takes what feels like ages to rehash both..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pecker

"...such trash classics as Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, and Serial Mom has heard before. The movie, in essence, presents..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Child's Play

Everyone's favorite homicidal doll is back

"...the Child's Play series has had enough box office momentum to sustain seven films over 20 years; and so,..."

June 28, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Alex Cross

Stretching out of his Madea comfort zone to play James Patterson's FBI profiler is a courageous but misguided move on Tyler Perry’s part.

"...the eponymous creation of James Patterson, the author your mom loves to read, Alex Cross is the third theatrical..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lovely Bones

Peter Jackson forgets to imbue his living characters with emotional weight, and instead focuses on this story's visually stylized netherworld between life and death.

"...In 1973, a 14-year-old girl is murdered by a serial killer, and although her body is never recovered, her..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

After a Fashion

Sometimes you have to go back to the very beginning to understand where you can begin again

"...heard many say (sounding like Patty Hearst's character in Serial Mom), "But fashion has changed!" And I, sounding like..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Mondo Mink

Mink Stole on life with John Waters and death in the new horror-comedy All About Evil

"...my favorite, especially of the early ones. I guess Serial Mom would be my favorite from the later ones...."

May 14, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Personal style in the eye of the beholder? No way, baby.

"...LAME ADVERTISING SPACE I love the courtroom scene in Serial Mom in which Kathleen Turner's character is enraged by..."

May 25, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Waters' Edge

"...Serial Mom..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brainscan

"...film this week featuring heroes of horror movie fans (Serial Mom). Guess who's come of age?..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Horror Roundup

The best and the rest of the month's home releases

"...into a police station, and admits he is a serial killer. He even has a big file to prove..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Queer-story being made in Austin

"...Brunch With the “Boys”: Serial Mom Cupcake and Colleen are jazzing up your Mother's..."

May 11, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Lumberjacks, queens, and Mom Jeans: Keep those receipts, kids

"...Mom Jeans With Machete Western and Desperate Living. Thu., Dec...."

Dec. 12, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Film Review: I'm Just F*cking With You

A race to the bottom in different flavors of toxic masculinity

"...Chester mess with Larry would be enough, like if Serial Mom-era John Waters had remade Planes, Trains & Automobiles...."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Shove

Fun Fun Fun Fest headliners L7 come roaring back on the lips of Donita Sparks

"...reconvened in the former's fugitive solo project, the Stellar Moments, dropping one LP in 2008. Bassist Jennifer Finch, meanwhile,..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...also reports the puzzling police view that the bicycle's serial number is usually an inadequate means of identifying a..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

Witness This Weekend's Recommended Arts and Culture Events

Sarah Silverman, 80s Night, sustainable sculpting, and more

"...  – James Scott Pulsing Cinema: Confessions of a Serial Killer..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...An orphaned boy who lives with a busy foster mom played by Whoopi Goldberg has an imaginary friend named..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Favorite My Favorite Murder

When comedians Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstack talk homicide, people listen

"...you fixate on it. Before, you were listening to Serial or watching Cold Case Files or drifting to BookPeople's..."

April 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

The Gray Band

How can a band singing almost exclusively about serial killers engender so much life?

"...Austin Chronicle: Wikipedia says you're interested in serial killers...."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rock Around the Biological Clock

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

"...for her confidence level. Plus, I always took my mom or one of the women who was at the..."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...back to 1987 to put an end to a serial killer's rampage before they kill her mother...."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Scare Package

Horror-comedy anthology pays tribute to the golden age of VHS

"..."golden age of VHS," it's not the era of mom-and-pop stores on every corner. The true golden age was..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ryde

Do you even Ryde, bro?

"...Exhausting the plot of the "ridesharing driver is a serial killer" was once thought to be the wheelhouse of..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Seed of Chucky

Over-the-top gore is the rule when Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their anatomically incorrect offspring.

"...(voiced by Brad Dourif), you will recall, is a serial killer trapped in the body of a plastic Good..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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