Spirit Untamed

Soft reboot of the Netflix animated horse show never gets out of the gate

"...monologue by Matt Damon). Alongside the piratical antics of Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, it was DreamWorks Animation's..."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

History Rewritten by The Mandela Effect

Sci fi tragedy gets its world premiere in Austin

"...Sinbad playing a genie in Shazam? Check IMDb...."

Oct. 22, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Comedy: The Super Secret Show

Sinbad can still bring the house down

"...None other than Sinbad, baby...."

March 19, 2015 SXSW Post by Russ Espinoza

SXSW Interview: Jim Breuer

The 'SNL' alum bleats about the show, stand-up, and Metallica

"...Carmichael, Austin’s own Maggie Maye, and (of all people) Sinbad...."

March 14, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Narrative Reviews

"...a riff on the myth; there's nary a Harryhausen-esque Sinbad in sight. This singular Siren, Leigh (Shaw) exists in..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature

From Gorilla Whales to Men of Metal

Alamo celebrates 'Pacific Rim' with Beasts vs Bots kaiju month

"...July 27 12pm The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Ritz..."

July 7, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drafthouse Gets Animated Over Ray Harryhausen

Mondo's Justin Ishmael leads tribute to the FX innovator

"...who atteneded a screening of The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. "It was the first time I ever saw that..."

May 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Farewell, Ray Harryhausen

The master of stop motion passed on at 92

"...or the director. Movies like The Golden Voyage of Sinbad and the great American kaiju flick The Valley of..."

May 7, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Separate Lives

AFS Essential Cinema: Children of Abraham / Ibrahim 6

"...township bedeviled by rumors of treasure, what might be Sinbad's boat, and enough sand-swept and susurrating mysteries to make..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Chewies and Spikes And Jaynes, Oh My

Wizard World Austin Comic Con returns

"...breaking into the movies as Minoton in Ray Harryhausen's Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger filming the Hoth..."

Nov. 13, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What Place for Muslims in DC Comics?

'Superman' writer Chris Roberson on the controversy of earthly aliens

"...not a new character: Originally created in 1990 as Sinbad, Roberson described him as "a naturalized American citizen of..."

June 24, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The third coming of C.S. Lewis' Narnia fantasy/allegory series has arrived.

"...been ripped straight from one of Ray Harryhausen's old Sinbad epics, you'd expect some sort of gravitas or, at..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

There's a New Uncle in Town

Harry Knowles wants to reinvent Famous Monsters of Filmland for the digital generation

"...a cool new movie – The 7th Voyage of Sinbad in something called Dynamation! And in color! – and..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

The games are finally over. Time to get back to regular programming.

"...Sigh. Other contestants include Cyndi Lauper (double sigh) and Sinbad...."

March 5, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Slow Magic of Stop-Motion

Henry Selick on adapting Neil Gaiman's Coraline

"...have to be Ray Harryhausen's The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. My mother took me to that when I was..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Titan, King, God, Monster

Ray Harryhausen in Austin, Tuesday, March 28

"...including War of the Worlds, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, and so forth ......"

March 24, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rethinking 'Monkey Movie'

Plus, a quiz to test your knowledge ...

"...Examples: Jungle Book, SinbadMONKEY'S UNCLE These films have "monkey" in the title, but..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Screens Feature

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

"...really ought not resemble the Gorgon’s lair one iota. Sinbad, the studio’s big follow-up to their masterpiece Shrek, feels..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Cuppa Hot Joe

On a comedy club stage, News Radio star Joe Rogan exudes a mad joy for life in all its insanity, depravity, and delicious dirt; if Henry Miller had done stand-up, it would have come out like Joe Rogan's act.

"...then I don't want you to come. There's always Sinbad coming to town next week. I call his stand-up..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

It's Alive!

The unassuming, 42-year-old Bill Jones is Austin's premier garage-kit model maker, and that Godzilla leering down at you from the corner of the room is only 1 / 500th scale. Lucky you.

"...Argonauts poised for battle with a gigantic, bronze Talos; Sinbad, scimitar drawn against many-armed Kali; the reptilian Ymir from..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

June 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Vacations

Five Children's Film Series Offer a Break From the Routine

"...3:15pm; Tue, Jun 13, 7:30pm: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"...7th Voyage of Sinbad, 1 & 3:15pm..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature

Kids Summer Fun Guide

Kids Flicks

"...The 7th Voyage of Sinbad: Sun, Jun 11, 1pm & 3:15pm; Tue, Jun 13,..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

All the Gory Details

The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.

"...like the big iron guy in Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, the Harryhausen technique was perfect for that. I don't..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Lone Star Sweden

"Lars Gustafsson has the air, somehow, of a sailor," Roger Gathman writes about this Austin author transplanted from Sweden. "It is as though he were some Swedish Sinbad come to rest here after a dozen ports. And in a way, that is true."

"...sailor; it is as though he were some Swedish Sinbad come to rest here after a dozen ports. And..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

"...The 7th Voyage of Sinbad D: Nathan Juran (1958); with Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant,..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Review by Bud Simons

Jason and the Argonauts

One-eyed monsters! Great White sharks! Man-eating alligators! We look at four adventure films that take their threats (sort of) seriously: Jason and theArgonauts, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Lake Placid, and Deep Blue Sea.

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Review by Bud Simons

The Man With Susan's Plan

"...eight years old I saw The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad at the Crest Theater on Westwood Boulevard and I..."

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

"...with Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Sinbad, Carmen Electra..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature

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