Perseid Meteor Shower 101

We chat with the experts about when and where to see the night-sky show

"...Okay Perseid meteor shower, I’ll bite. But before anyone gets their hopes up,..."

Aug. 9, 2016 Chronolog Post by Ashley Moreno

Congratulations! It's a Maybe Shower!

First look at new Austin maternity comedy

"...local title of 2018 has dropped its trailer: Maybe Shower, the latest comedy from filmmaker Lex Lybrand...."

Jan. 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shower

"...time) moves from that confluence of old versus new. Shower is a deceptively simple film, though calling it simplistic..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'The NFL Beat': Awards Shower

The best and worst of 2011 in the NFL

"...get paged over the truck-stop intercom, notifying him that shower stall No. 2 was cleaned and ready for him...."

June 16, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Joy of Shower Beer

Advice: Get sudsed up with these eight Austin craft brews

"...advice column and it goes like this: Take a shower...."

Sept. 25, 2020 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Now Streaming in Austin: Maybe Shower

Pregnancy scare comedy-drama in the time of condom shortages

"...pregnancy scares - the subject of the Austin-made Maybe Shower - may be on a lot of people's minds...."

March 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Get in the Shower

If someone offers you a breath mint, you take the fucking breath mint

"...we smell like ass. Why don't we take a shower together?" Get in the shower with her. You might..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

How Good Do You Look in the Shower?

Annie Ray sets up a Psycho-themed photo booth

"...The Psycho Shower Photo Booth will be set up prior to the..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film Support Like a Cool Shower

"...grant recipients, and that support is like a cool shower in the dog days of the hottest summer likely..."

Aug. 27, 2009 Postmarks

Amid Record Heat, Texas Locks Prisoners Down, Reducing Shower Access

Advocates feel decision is retaliation

"...Now in lockdown, prisoners’ access to showers has been reduced to three times a week, a..."

Sept. 7, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

What Does Rick Perry Sing in the Shower?

What potentially embarrassing revelation did Ted Nugent make about Gov. Rick Perry (hint - it's all about track nine on Double Live Gonzo.)

April 3, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

78/52

An effusive doc on the shower scene from Psycho

"...act of symbolic cleansing, she steps into a bathroom shower at the Bates Motel, the burden of her sins..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Terrifying Laughter of Parenthood

Award-winning comedy Maybe Shower comes home

"...Portland Comedy Film Festival, where his Austin-made comedy Maybe Shower swiped the Best Comedy Feature award. Now the maternity..."

March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Showgirls

Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas' flimsy and illogical story about Vegas showgirls is a sad excuse for this prurient and purulent tale that nevertheless has its cult adherents.

"...movie that makes you want to go home and shower afterward. It's not a cold shower that you want,..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Solar Crisis

"...getting to see Alex's naked breasts in the gratuitous shower sequence wasn't satisfying enough, then how about her even..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Again

Imagine a rom com version One Missed Call

"...hunk from Outlander lip-synch to Celine Dion in the shower? You're in luck...."

May 5, 2023 Movie Review

White Girl

Sex, drugs, and privilege

"...offer little insight other than wanting to take a shower...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Horrible Bosses 2

Common work-related frustrations erupt into a fitfully funny wish-fulfillment comedy.

"...(Day) strike out on their own with a super-duper shower contraption. After producing enough units to satisfy the lucrative..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Wake in Fright

Originally released in 1971, this Australian oddity has been recently restored to its waking-nightmare intensity.

"...going to want a stiff drink and a hot shower, or a noose, after visiting the Yabba...."

Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Rome With Love

Ambling and merely passable, this new Woody Allen picture lacks a raison d'être.

"...he hears his daughter's future father-in-law singing in the shower, an everyman il divo. Two other stories are conducted..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Life as We Know It

It's Two Singletons and a Baby, starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel.

"...Rusk Robinson brings little that’s new to this baby shower. But the actors are fully invested in the charade,..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saw VI

Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood. Promises, promises.

"...is, in terms of the series’ relentlessly downbeat and run-take-a-shower art design, as artfully constructed as anything that's come..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Whiteout

Kate Beckinsale plays a U.S. marshal who must investigate a murder in Antarctica and wrap it up quickly because winter is starting in three days.

"...opening, ogling shot of Beckinsale disrobing for a steamy shower supplies the trashy, but the fun is nowhere to..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Where the Truth Lies

Master filmmaker Atom Egoyan goes for the mainstream with this new murder mystery, but sadly his aim is way, way off.

"...cold and unseemly as that stiff found in the shower...."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Undead

This Australian horror film arrives at the tail end of a recent and very substantial cinematic zombie overdose. Unfortunately, there are only so many ways to slice the walking dead.

"...assorted viscera) against former townsfolk after a bizarre meteor shower renders them gooey, bloodthirsty ghouls with a penchant for..."

July 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I, Robot

This summer, Will Smith saves the world from … robots.

"...Smith and Moynahan also get equal time for gratuitous shower scenes, but hers is behind frosted glass while Will’s..."

July 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sorority Boys

"...the way, there's plenty of wiener waggling, dildo fights, shower sequences, and wet T-shirts, as well as moments of..."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jerry's Deli

"...Nazi-type character. "Ricky and Rocky" captures a surprise wedding shower, and "Enjoy Yourself ­ It's Later Than You Think"..."

Nov. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Boys

"...you clammy and trembling, desperately in need of a shower and a hug. It's that rough. “The Boys” in..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hurlyburly

"...making you crave a good 'n' hot battery acid shower to remove the misogyny from your soul is an..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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