Strange Magic

Woodland goblins, elves, and fairies go to war in this animated movie from LucasFilm Animation.

"...The animated musical fairy tale Strange Magic from Lucasfilm Animation envisions A Midsummer Night’s Dream..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Strange Magic

Andrew Porter talks about his debut novel, 'In Between Days,' and his mysterious creative process

Sept. 7, 2012 Books Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

Doctor Strange

The Doctor is out, far out

"...Ancient One. (But of course.) Cumberbatch plays Doctor Stephen Strange with exactly the right amount of cocky smugness –..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shadow Magic

"...Peiqi, Xing Yufei, Xia Yu and Jared Harris. Shadow Magic imagines a time before movies, a time when people..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reaping the Strange Harvest

Fantastic Fest mockumentary recreates classic true crime shows

"...Kirby and Taylor, the protagonists of new horror mockumentary Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire, to their..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The Strange Ones

High-caliber thriller achieves the perfect balance of story and mood

"...remarkable 2011 short film of the same name, The Strange Ones reiterates the immense focus and precision of its..."

March 12, 2017 SXSW Post by Sean L. Malin

Capital T Theatre's It Is Magic

This captivating staging of Mickle Maher's comedy debates theatre's enchantments where Macbeth meets "The Three Little Pigs"

"...And so the audience for Mickle Maher's It Is Magic finds itself at the crossroads of folk tale and..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Comics Writer Donny Cates Casts Spells on Doctor Strange

Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme and big bad Thanos get a local scribe

"...that makes Donny Cates' head reel: It's when Doctor Strange and Loki cross paths. He says, "Those two characters..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

This Magic Moment

15 Years of the Austin Music Awards

"...they were in collusion when they use the word "magic" to describe some of the more memorable moments in..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Magic Carpets and Gondolas

"...So unless corridors are serviced by a procession of magic carpets, the new plan will pretty certainly generate massive..."

Sept. 4, 2019 Postmarks

Everyday Magic

Lee Barber returns to that place you go to find a song

"...adorn the walls of Barber's living room. Perhaps the strange, colorful figures made their way into his songs. Maybe..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Wailing

South Korean movie adeptly blends a variety of genre tropes

"...Things get strange, and I mean really strange, in South Korean director..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

MirrorMask

The work of fantasist Neil Gaiman finally makes it to the screen with its innate sense of wonder intact, despite this sporadically overstuffed package of magic, mystery, and masked madwomen.

"...– with this entertaining if sporadically overstuffed package of magic, mystery, and masked madwomen. Gaiman, a native Brit who..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Finding North

"...two finally meet up, Rhonda affixes herself to this strange bird and follows him to Denton, Bobby's hometown, in..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Faust

"...-- which he unhesitatingly dons. It's here that Svankmajer's magic kicks in, as piles of clay heaped about the..."

Oct. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Josh and S.A.M.

"...a movie and I was enchanted by it. How strange, how wonderful, then, to stumble so unexpectedly across another..."

Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Killer

This is the film that made John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat household names within action-crazed American households. Elements of conventional melodrama and criminal double-crosses blend in this story about a hitman conducting one last job to earn the money to restore the eyesight of a woman he had previously blinded.

"...Danny Lee, Chu Kong and Sally Yeh. Love is strange; in The Killer, it's batshit crazy. This latest example..."

April 19, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...us, and the cinematic celebration of all film bizarre, strange, and innovative has just announced its first lineup of..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bumpy Ride

Is Carnival Magic the weirdest movie ever made for kids?

"...In the beginning, circa 1981, Carnival Magic was supposed to be a "kids' film:" whimsical, entertaining,..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Color Out of Space

Lovecraft adaptation finally captures eldritch horror

"...teenagers can be), and youngest boy, Jack (Hilliard). A strange metallic object lands in their yard, and the rules..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Avengers: Endgame

The end is the beginning is the end as Marvel's Infinity Saga reaches a satisfying, tearful end

"...the one out of 14,000,605 potential futures that Doctor Strange saw that can rewrite what Thanos did, or at..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Dark Song

Director Liam Gavin on magic and loss

"...abyss stares straight back at you. That's the poetic magic at the heart of new supernatural thriller A Dark..."

April 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Cure for Wellness

Gothic mystery is hard to swallow

"...is that Pembroke doesn’t want to leave his restorative Magic Mountain, a slightly sinister retreat headed by the very..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Mexico Barbaro

Anthology horror from Mexico

"...linking the crimes of the cartels to the blood magic of the Aztecs. However, it feels more like a..."

Nov. 10, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Meet Chet O'Keefe

Kinky Friedman & Nanci Griffith can vouch for the new local

"...Chet O’Keefe begins a four-week residency at Strange Brew this Sunday, 6-7:30pm. He’s been staying out at..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The Woman in Black

Daniel Radcliffe jumps from Hogwarts to this movie's haunted mansion where he stars as a young widower under siege from a malevolent ghost.

"...the conclusion of the Harry Potter series. Too bad. Magic powers would have come in handy when dealing with..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wonderland

Dull take on real-life murder mystery has one titillating factor: the involvement of former porn star John Holmes.

"...but it’s his period re-creation of the slapdash, rotten magic of West Hollywood in the early years of the..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sixth Sense

"...intruder bearing grudges. Looking like a ghost himself, this strange man, a former child patient of Crowe's (played by..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sunday

"...grand jury prize winner, director Jonathan Nossiter conjures improbable magic from the seemingly incompatible elements of documentary realism, earnest..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Box of Moonlight

"...things in Al's life have been turning a little strange: He's discovered his first gray hair, water is running..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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