A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

"...oddly juxtaposed animation styles (unlike Disney's recent work in Tarzan, which also utilized both cel and CGI, Hark's animators..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mighty Peking Man

This 1977 Shaw Brothers production from Hong Kong is a gleefully silly riff on everything monster movies and was re-released under the auspices of Quentin Tarantino in 1999.

"...Kong and Mighty Joe Young to Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan, Lord of the Apes and, it goes without saying,..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Museum of the Weird to Auction Pieces of Horror History

Friday the 13th silent auction of props, collectibles, models, and more

"...awesome, also animatronic heads from Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes? Nowhere but the Museum of..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...an "Elephant Graveyard"; that idea was popularized in MGM's Tarzan movies...."

Nov. 15, 2019 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...famous in such movies as Trader Horn and Disney's Tarzan and The Lion King...."

Aug. 2, 2019 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

DVDanger: Building The Iron Giant

Tim McCanlies talks behind-the-scenes of the animated classic

"...they were up against unbelievably stiff competition, with Disney's Tarzan, Pixar's A Bug's Life, Prince of Egypt and South..."

Sept. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Heroes on the Half Shell

The oyster is Austin's world

"...spot of most anyone who's dined there. Owner Sompheng "Tarzan" Saybounkham, originally from Laos, is a shucking expert, having..."

May 6, 2016 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

2016 High School Musical Nominees

Theatre awards' third year boasts 28 schools, 136 nominees

"...were James Bowie High School for its production of Tarzan and Hendrickson High School for its production of Urinetown..."

March 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Summer's Easy Readin'

Writers on their go-to books for when their gray cells need a vacay, too

"...heroics always restore me. (Personal fave: The Return of Tarzan.)..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Frazetta Up Close

Robert Rodriguez gives Austin a look at some originals by the master of fantasy art, Frank Frazetta

"...women, and the like had paperbacks in the Conan, Tarzan, and John Carter of Mars series flying off bookshelves..."

March 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

High School Musical Nominations Out!

In the theatre awards' second year, 26 area schools earn noms

"...No matter what the show was or where – Tarzan in Marble Falls, Hairspray at McNeil, or Once Upon..."

March 7, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gay Place: Laissez Lez...

OUTsider, Valentine's and Mardi Gras make this one big gay week

"...for the occasion. Dang. Then prepare for their heteroABnormative Tarzan & Jane contest. Et tu, Cheetah? Sat., Feb. 14,..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Sanctuary in the Past

In The Whispering Swarm, Michael Moorcock confronts ghosts – history's and his own – in a secret area of London

"...his youth and early adulthood – such as editing Tarzan Adventures at age 16 – into a fantasy plot..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Gazing Back at Other Worlds Austin

Time Lapse dominates Cthulhie awards, plus festival highlights

"...one retiree reminiscing happily about starring in a homemade Tarzan film in 1936...."

Dec. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: Bey Bey Bey Bey Bey Bey

On a mission to find Uranus

"...OutYouth benefits from the 50/50 raffle, jungle juice, and Tarzan/Jane and possibly Cheeta costume contest. Fri., July 11, 10pm-3am...."

July 11, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

In the Thicket of It

Prolific Texan author Joe R. Lansdale is back with a hellish and hilarious new novel

"...just finished reading the Dark Horse Korak, Son of Tarzan Archives. Talk about two things that are about as..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Star Wars Day: Happy May the Fourth, And a Very Merry Revenge of the Fifth

One man's 35 year trip to a galaxy far, far away

"...talked about how pulp classics like Buck Rogers and Tarzan had inspired favorite moments. I'd heard of those: After..."

May 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: Wreck-It Ralph Ultimate Collecter's Edition

A four disc edition, but a solid charmer deserves more

"...and if you ever see the big release of Tarzan, grab it like the last vine in the forest...."

March 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Unlike the movie version of Tarzan, in Edgar Rice Burrough's book, the character was multilingual...."

Dec. 7, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Joe Kubert, RIP

The brilliant comics artist and teacher has died at age 85

"...Seventies, and his thrilling adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan stories in the Seventies – though in his 60s,..."

Aug. 13, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Gay Place: Show Us Your ...

Oh, the wheels are turning toward a very gay South By …

"...GENDER BENDERS LIVE with Tarzan, Billionaire Eventually MG, and Katie Tropp. Sat., Feb. 25,..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

TexArts

Co-founder Todd Dellinger takes a new job, so two new directors take over for him

"...and assistant stage manager (The Lion King on tour, Tarzan and The Little Mermaid on Broadway). Joining Armitage will..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Stephen's true confessions

"...the "Pit People." We had a ringmaster, bearded lady, Tarzan Boy, Thurston Howell III, a carnival barker, and a..."

May 7, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

'Deliver Me'

First-place winner

"...guide the car into the next dark patch, like Tarzan riding vines...."

Feb. 12, 2010 Books Feature by John Roberts

Page Two: Kid Eternity

A tale of teenage luck in New Jersey

"...example, the first film version of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes, a silent film starring Elmo Lincoln,..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Tarzan, Farrah Fawcett, Pink Floyd, and more

"...Tarzan's creator, Edgar Rice Burroughs, never visited Africa...."

Aug. 14, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

We Thank You Very Sweetly

Remembering once and forever Munchkin Clarence Swensen

"...career – and later donned a chimp suit for Tarzan Finds a Son! with Johnny Weissmuller...."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Dubai's crane population, European eating habits, and more

"...How Cheeta, the sidekick to Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan, made it to the U.S. is unknown. One story..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Alexander's Dark Band

"...an overture that sets a relatively unassuming musical tone, "Tarzan" documents the frayed existence of a celebrity has-been through..."

June 13, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

Down We Go

Revisiting Renaissance man Robert Thom's prolific and hellish Hollywood visions

"...is synchronized with the soundtrack of Johnny Weissmuller's famous Tarzan call and the sound of drumming...."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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