The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace

"...Kevin Conway. I just don't get it. In 1975, Stephen King published a short story entitled The Lawnmower Man,..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Danish Girl

Biopic about the first person to undergo sexual reassignment surgery

"...In many ways similar to his Oscar-winning turn as Stephen Hawking in last year’s The Theory of Everything, the..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crazy Heart

Jeff Bridges scores in this performance as a fading country & western star who has cashed in most of his chips.

"...Fabulous Baker Boys, The Big Lebowski, and The Fisher King snipe, shuffle, and gallop immediately to mind – and..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Secret Window

Even the powerful combination of Johnny Depp and John Turturro can't save this Stephen King film adapatation.

"...wood frame hideaway where he splits his time between licking his wounds, sleeping on a ratty davenport, and, occasionally,..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...good idea of their intent. The Spiders are currently working on the follow-up to their hard-hitting 2000 debut, Sex..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Books on Film

Film editing lessons through experimental novels

"...Filmmaking book: On Writing by Stephen King: King's work is..."

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

The genius dog and his adopted human son return for these animated adventures in time travel.

"...Starring: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Leslie Mann, Stephen Colbert, Allison Janney, Stephen Tobolowsky, Stanley Tucci, Lake Bell,..."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Things Not To Fear: 1) The Reaper, 2) The World Horror Convention in Austin

An Interview with Convention co-chairs Nate Southard and Lee Thomas

"...it that the World Horror Convention happens to be taking place in Austin this year, and how did you..."

April 27, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...So says the once and future King of the Dead, George A. Romero, whose fourth sojourn..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Chrystal

Billy Bob Thornton plays an Arkansas husband who attempts to redeem himself after critically injuring his wife and killing their son in a car accident four years earlier.

"...the go-to guy when Hollywood needs a profligate or weird-looking Southerner. He’s also the director, writer, and co-star of..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Carrie: Special Edition

Some kind of first for nearly everyone involved, the incredible 'Carrie' is done justice by its incredible DVD extras

"...exploration of the motivations and behind-the-scenes look at the making of this classic. The principal cast and crew are..."

April 1, 2005 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Animation Show

Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt inaugurate a new annual series of animation collections.

"...by: Various. All hail. There’s a new animation show making the rounds, and it’s such a delight it makes..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Just Your Average Stiff

"...corpses in a lonely forest cottage. Autolycus, the scheming King of Thieves. A wisecracking Forties-era newshound. A six-gun toting..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Joe Lansdale

The Hardest Working Unknown Author?

"...R. Lansdale may be the most famous unknown writer working today. The 46-year-old Nacogdoches native has been consistently churning..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title

Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years

"...Happily for us, Stephen Harrigan has supplied such a history in Big Wonderful..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ballet Austin's Grimm Tales Gets Brutally Frank

Stephen Mills and company embody an artist’s fabulous vision

"...ambitious and well-received of those dances – was named Stephen Mills...."

March 29, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

"...Directed by: Jeff Lau. Starring: Ng Man Tat, Stephen Chow, Kit Ying Lam and Karen Mok. Wildly ambitious..."

May 19, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Nun II

The Conjuring Universe expands with this supernatural horror sequel

"...this installment. His ultraviolent approach does not go unnoticed, cracking open heads with thuribles and stabbing kids with the..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Boogeyman

Can Hollywood just knock it off with the trauma horror?

"...Making a horror movie about creatures stuck in the dark..."

June 2, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Summering

Tale of teens searching for a corpse is more than a new Stand by Me

"...There is a reason Stephen King spends so much time in the waning hours..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...only his sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), seems to be looking for him, and there's no hope within his subterranean..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Werewolves Within

Howlingly hilarious lycanthrope comedy is a shaggy whodunnit

"...outrageously hilarious. Is it Michaela Watkins as the shrill Stephen King nightmare? Catherine Curtin as the too-nice-to-be-true innkeeper? Sarah..."

June 25, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Operation Finale

Nazi hunting history may be accurate, but lacks tension or gravity

"...Directed by: Chris Weitz. Starring: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Mélanie Laurent, Nick Kroll and Joe Alwyn...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joachim Trier’s Thelma Is a Riveting Tale of Psychic-Sexual Coming of Age

Love makes the world burn down

"...likely to be made with De Palma's Carrie and Stephen King's oeuvre in general...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place

Celebrating Pride Week amidst stupidity and hate

"...Die Felicia Presents: The World of Stephen King They all float down here with Louisianna and..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

West of Memphis

Eighteen years of wrongful imprisonment and four documentaries still don't put to rest the trials of the West Memphis Three.

"...on the theory that Echols, a known reader of Stephen King novels and wearer of black T-shirts, was the..."

March 15, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

After a Fashion: Buzzing

Your Style Avatar previews the 2013 Texas Film Hall of Fame lineup

"...Stephen Macmillan Moser..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Column

Fantastic Fest Is Here To Bash Your Brains In

Shock, schlock, and awe at America's premier genre fest

"...time I saw No Blade of Grass, which is looking more and more like a documentary with every passing..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen wins the Hunger Wars and our hearts.

"...cast as Katniss, one of two teens from the Appalachian-looking District 12 to be chosen to compete in the..."

March 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

Recalling the tone and spirit of Eighties horror films, this is an homage to exsanguinations past.

"...solid, intermittently excellent, and extremely exsanguinatory take on what Stephen King famously referred to as the "Spam in a..."

April 9, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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