The Goonies

March 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sloth From 'The Goonies'

"...Are you serious? The guy’s a dead-ringer for Parcells. I bet some of..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Sports Post by Jeremy Martin

The Dukes

Character actor Robert Davi directs and co-stars with Chazz Palmintieri in this movie about a former doo-wop group that tries to recapture its glory days.

"...Frank D’Amico and Bruce Weitz. You might not recognize the name Robert Davi, but there’s very little chance you..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Paramount Lights Up Tonight With the Classic Film Series

An Austin tradition returns with Casablanca

"...can't stop tradition, and even though it's been delayed, the Paramount Summer Season is starting tonight in the way..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Nickelodeon’s animated star gets a charming live-action revamp

"...adaptation doesn’t try to be as explicitly educational as the Nickelodeon cartoon it’s based on, Dora the Explorer, wherein..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

From the Vaults: Lupe Ontiveros

Lupe Ontiveros, the Texas-born actress, loses her battle with cancer

"...liver cancer. Although Ontiveros never became a household name, the actress was widely recognizable for having played, in her..."

July 27, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Family-friendly comedy is quirky fun

"...Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a funny film to encounter at a..."

March 12, 2016 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

Beware the Mermaids of Erzulie at AFS Cinema

Austin filmmaker Christine Chen finds the spirit of the bayou

"...Some directors premiere their film with a red carpet, fancy frocks, and the..."

May 6, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...We felt we had to ask. Because, before the election, we asked Why Would Anyone Vote For Donald..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s

Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria

"...There are any number of things about the Eighties that..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: The Story of Cinema, Part One

Four documentaries examine four film legacies

"...Recent documentaries like Jodorowsky's Dune and Lost Soul detail the near-misses on legendary projects that almost happened the way..."

Sept. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The 'N' Word

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

"...Captain Phleabag, the Dread Pirate Stagedive, and a cutthroat guitarist by the..."

May 21, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Big 'EW' for the Alamo

Where does the theatre rank in 'EW's best of the best?

"...This week's Entertainment Weekly names the Alamo Drafthouse as the No. 1 theatre in the..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

SXSW Film Review: 'Among the Living'

'Stand by Me' and then die by me

"...have essentially created a trilogy with this year's Among the Living. Taken together, the films are a handy primer..."

March 13, 2014 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

To The Lighthouse With Director Robert Eggers

On superstition, isolation, and trained seagulls

"...There are those that think of the sea, and the..."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ernest Cline: Kings of the Nerds

Austin author adapts his Spielberg homage Ready Player One with Spielberg himself

"...that bestseller made into a blockbuster film by none other than Steven Spielberg. To top it off, the culture-smash..."

March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Moisés Chiullán

The Long Trip up the 'Dark Mountain'

Writer/director Tara Anaïse brings her wilderness horror to Austin

"...If there are two terrible fears to combine, it's claustrophobia and..."

July 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Are You Experienced?

In its continuing endeavor to be coolest enterprise in Austin, the Alamo Drafthouse served up BBQ, Baby Ruths, beer, and Corey "Mouth" Feldman at last weekend's Ultimate Goonies Experience.

"...it's our time. It's our time down here." -- The Goonies..."

June 14, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Rules to Watch Out For

Changes to passports have a broader subtext for transgendered

"...Dykes to Watch Out For presents an argument toward the end of the series' run: This generation's civil rights..."

June 14, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Frank J. Rivera

Kids vs. Aliens

Gory romp that does exactly what the title says

"...Well, Jason Eisener more than showed his credentials with the "Slumber Party Alien Abduction" segment of horror anthology V/H/S/2...."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Hayden Panetierre stars in this coming-of-age comedy about a high school valedictorian who proclaims his love for the school's hottest cheerleader during his graduation speech.

"...Jack Carpenter, Lauren Storm, Lauren London and Shawn Roberts. There are so many things wrong with I Love You,..."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City of Ember

Despite some inventive production design and a comically villainous turn from Bill Murray, this film based on a young-adult novel never really picks up much steam.

"...Jones, Mary Kay Place and Liz Smith. Based on the young-adult novel by Jeanne Duprau, City of Ember digs..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

16 Blocks

Richard Donner still has it. 16 Blocks may be a formulaic good-cops/bad-cops actioner, but it’s rarely stereotypical.

"...a formulaic good-cops/bad-cops actioner, but it’s rarely stereotypical. In another director’s hands, this yarn about a battle fatigued NYPD..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...Demon dolls, bad dads, and Lethal Ladies are on the film forecast...."

Aug. 11, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Pixels

Ever wish you could pixelate Adam Sandler?

"...of movies (which includes new iterations of Mad Max, The Terminator, and Poltergeist, among others) is any indication, that..."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Super 8

This throwback to the monster movies of the Seventies evokes the early work of Steven Spielberg.

"...in his new film Super 8 pays tribute to the early work of Steven Spielberg and that filmmaker’s production..."

June 10, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Like to Watch

Exploring the nerd/jock dichotomy

"...One of the greatest things about this particular moment in art is..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Alamo Drafthouse's Rolling Roadshow Returns

We're gonna need a bigger summer

"...you thought it was safe to go back into the water – because, you know, there isn’t any –..."

May 21, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Our Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2015

The summer movie season has begun, and we've got opinions

"...It's official: With the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, the summer movie..."

May 1, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Girls Gone Geek

Weird Girls is an Austin-based website and YouTube channel dedicated to all things geeky, but from a female perspective

"...compliment. Although, she'll also correct you. She's one of the Weird Girls...."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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