As A National Board Certerfied Teacher Shocked by IDEA School

"...an Austinite and National Board Certified Teacher, I was shocked to learn about the IDEA school [“Not Everyone Keen..."

Nov. 17, 2011 Postmarks

Shocked to Read Moser; Please Censor Him

"...car through the Critical Mass demonstration ride. I was shocked to read this. What was he doing at the..."

Aug. 3, 2008 Postmarks

Shocked at ROT! Round Up the Usual Suspects!

Offended peepster takes a gazillion photos of nude revelers

"...among these prurient photos is that someone could be shocked that such behavior might occur – at a biker..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Shocked at Lack of Literacy

"...Austin Community College. Every day I find myself more shocked and disturbed by the lack of literacy among high..."

Feb. 23, 2008 Postmarks

Shocked That We Failed to Mention …

"...Dear Editor, I was shocked to see your story on the city's Comprehensive Plan..."

Jan. 12, 2008 Postmarks

Shocked at Electroshock

"...form of treatment. In China, Falon Gong practitioners are electroshocked to force them to renounce their beliefs. A Cuban..."

July 25, 2006 Postmarks

Saddened but Not Shocked by Jackson County

"...Ricky [Patterson] is my first cousin. I am not shocked by Jackson County [“Crackpot Crackdown,” News, Oct. 21]. My..."

Oct. 24, 2005 Postmarks

Rep. Talarico Shocked at Inhumane Border Facility Conditions During Tour

Austin-area lawmaker part of delegation that visited El Paso, Clint

July 2, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Shocked by Accommodation Prices

Nov. 12, 2012 Postmarks

Bigger, Stronger, Faster*

While examining steroid use and abuse, this documentary discovers that enhancement drugs permeate our culture. Who’s to say which ones should be illegal?

"...shutting down Rick’s roulette wheel in Casablanca: They were shocked – shocked! – to find their players were taking..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Boxing Helena

"...supposedly loves her, and the film did leave me shocked. Shocked that so much energy had been expended on..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Holes

Adapted from the children’s book by Austin author Louis Sachar, the film features LaBeouf as a teen stuck at a Texas camp for juvenile delinquents.

"...worthy ambition. Parents unfamiliar with the book may be shocked at the decidedly dark tone of the material –..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Call Me by Your Name

Tenderness comes in many tongues in this coming-of-age romance

"...casually, even fraternally – Elio jolts like he’s been shocked. It’s the first spark...."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Collateral Beauty

Will Smith mopes around in this preposterous drama

"...his 6-year-old daughter two years earlier has left him shell-shocked. He goes to work daily (furiously riding his bicycle..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kill the Messenger

Jeremy Renner stars in this crusading-journalist story that recounts the downfall of real-life San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb.

"...Given the current zeitgeist, audiences are unlikely to be shocked by the viciousness of both the press and the..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Parkland

The events surrounding the assasination of JFK are witnessed through the eyes of those who were there in this made-in-Austin film.

"...Jack Ruby murdered the alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, shocked the nation and the world. Glibly, we often refer..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red Tails

George Lucas exec produced – and bankrolled – this action/drama about the historic Tuskegee Airmen.

"...the heart of, say, Saving Private Ryan. It's less shell-shocked than shellacked, but that's Lucas' intentional aesthetic, and less..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Straw Dogs

Rod Lurie remakes Sam Peckinpah's 1971 bloodbath-classic about a home invasion and tapping into man's inner rage monster.

"...film version by Sam Peckinpah burst into theatres and shocked audiences with its slow-boil savagery and sexually turbocharged dynamics,..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Good Woman

Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan is here set among Jazz Age expatriates cold-chillin' on the Italian coast, and the result is not quite as dishy as one might hope.

"...Wilkinson), but here she seems too earthy to be shocked by improper advances in a glove shop. There's not..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Saw II

With nary a decent, connective character in sight, this nasty sequel quickly becomes little more than a strenuous battle for survival among the already damned.

"...the finer specimens of humanity he allegedly seeks, but shell-shocked, thousand-yard starers and rat-food tartare. Somebody has to be..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fantasticks

Deep in your heart, you should "follow." Released just a few years ago, this film version of the Off Broadway workhorse captures the feeling of the innocent and bygone era of movie musicals. But it differs from the original work's romantic minimalism as it opens up the play cinematically.

"...he is.) Fans of the stage play may be shocked to hear how Ritchie's vision for the piece departs..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The King and I

"...the Microsoftian rigidity of the Disney method. I was shocked, however, by the shoddiness of Rich's animation work, which..."

March 19, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Separation, La

"...and silent, brooding recriminations. Auteuil, for his part, wanders shell-shocked through the film, his stubbly, hollow-eyed face a mask..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Regeneration

"...treats them at Craiglockhart Hospital, which specializes in restoring shell-shocked soldiers to good mental health and returning them to..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Color of Night

"...hospitable role) as an obsessive-compulsive lawyer, Henriksen as a shell-shocked cop, and so on. Meanwhile, into Willis' LA segue..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Endless Summer II

"...beach in France, as well as when they act shocked to get a plate full of snails after ordering..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Judgment Night

"...Gooding, Jr. who unintentionally steals the show with frequent shocked facial expressions that put one in mind of Macaulay..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For a Lost Soldier

"...through the film, that may leave some viewers either shocked or confused, but taken in context, it's the only..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kalifornia

"...some gasoline, Early and Adel team up with a culture-shocked Brad and Carrie, who weren't expecting the Beverly Hillbillies..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Last Butterfly

"...so much as leave the viewer with the hollow, shell-shocked feeling of being witness to too much sorrow in..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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