The Predator

The Predator needs an editor

"...more than a few false starts? How do you breathe life into a series whose first film is so..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Predator 2

"...Downey and Jr. As Super-cop Glover gets closer to the Predator, this alien fighting machine gains nothing resembling coherency..."

Jan. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Toys in the Attic

There's something for the kid in all of us at the Austin Toy Museum

"...What's that old saying about having the most toys? If it's true, then the Austin Toy..."

April 15, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Praise From the 'Predators' Premiere

How home-town talent made sequel possible

"...It may have been the presence of Oscar-winner Adrien Brody that generated the press..."

July 8, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Gift

Joel Edgerton moves to the director's chair for this white-knuckle suspenser

"...Joel Edgerton have been badass cinema staples ever since their profoundly wicked thriller The Square blew everyone’s mind at..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Opposite of Sex

"...Sergei. A nasty, offensive, and thoroughly enjoyable romp through the dark, embittered land of Bad Girl, U.S.A., Don Roos'..."

July 3, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Apocalyptic monster mash makes big crash.

"...Lewis and Ariel Gade. What can I say about the extraterrestrial bloodbath Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem except that I..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Alien Vs. Predator

An asinine grudge match between two of the most memorable Eighties-era screen bugaboos

"...people in this asinine grudge match between two of the most memorable Eighties-era screen bugaboos. "Whoever wins … we..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sweetest Thing

"...Thomas Jane, Selma Blair, Christina Applegate and Cameron Diaz. The Sweetest Thing boasts a new development in the continuing..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Greg Abbott and the Nuge

Democrats wonder why Abbott stumps with 'admitted sexual predator'

"...Nugent that obsesses Texans so? Whatever it is about the walking, talking pastiche of a Seventies rocker, Attorney General..."

Feb. 18, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Web Predators Aren't the Problem

Dewhurst's plan to get 'Texas tough' on child molesters doomed to fail

"...A couple non-weather-related thoughts on yesterday's inauguration ceremony: the obvious topic was..."

Jan. 17, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Starling Girl

Coming-of-age drama inside the quiet oppression of a fundamentalist community

"...Sharp Objects, Little Women, Babyteeth, and Old, and now The Starling Girl is added to that roster. Scanlen is..."

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Point Austin: Purging the Commissioners

If you can't win the argument, blow up the process

"...When is an architect like a sexual predator?..."

May 18, 2018 News Column by Michael King

The Circle

An absurd cautionary tale on technology

"...like nothing better than to control-alt-delete all social media, The Circle uses finger-wagging scare tactics to admonish app-addicted millennials..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Magnificent Seven

Revisionist remake stars a diverse rainbow coalition

"...(itself an oater remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1956 film The Seven Samurai) is not terribly magnificent or noticeably revisionist..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Immigrant

Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix star in James Gray's latest New York opus, a story about a woman turned out from Ellis Island to fend for herself on the mean streets of New York.

"...The first shot of the film is of Ellis Island,..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hunt

Mads Mikkelsen stars in this Danish film by Thomas Vinterberg as a man whose enitre life is undone by a little girl's lie.

"...Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing, Lars Ranthe and Alexandra Rapaport...."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Horror sets sail with the scariest section of Dracula

"...Bram Stoker never visited Transylvania. His vision of the shadow-shrouded realm of Dracula was born in the British..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Image Formed

Previewing the 12th Austin Film Festival

"...Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

SXSW Film Review: The Transfiguration

Introspective vampire flick set in the projects thrills and troubles

"...It’s easy to tell what kind of vampire movie The Transfiguration wants to be, because its antihero, Milo (Eric..."

March 11, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael Agresta

The Hightower Report

Should big corporations have to pay the taxes they owe?

"...Yet, Carl Icahn, noted corporate predator, is fronting for CEOs of a small group of..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

A Pictorial Tribute to the Birth of American Sharks' New Album

The long-awaited sophomore disc 11:11 finally has its due date

"...Six years after the release of their bong-rattling self-titled debut, Austin speed-sludge trio..."

May 10, 2019 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Review: The Golden Glove

True-life serial killer drama is too real and grimy for its own good

"...Earlier this year, American audiences squabbled over whether casting Zac Efron as Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked,..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

What caused the "Wreck of the Wells Fargo"?

"..."Wreck of the Old '97" is a country ballad telling what happens..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Crystalised: the xx

UK trio dazzles the Moody in the first of two sold-out shows

"...Sizzling in the afternoon sun, three blanched Londoners licked their eyes. Staring..."

Feb. 12, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Fin, Fur, Feather, and Wonder in Deep in the Heart

New nature documentary explores the diversity and fragility of Texas wildlife

"...Ben Masters knows his way around the animals of Texas. A graduate in wildlife biology from..."

June 3, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

En Route Productions' *some humans were harmed in the making of this show

CB Goodman's play is memorable for its exuberant satire, but an abrupt hairpin turn toward the serious makes the show even more memorable

"...relationship to reality, in my experience. (If it did, the streets would be full of a lot more horseplay-lovin'..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Passion & Paradox of Father John Misty

Charged Austin City Limits taping rivals a TED talk

"...When Josh Tillman first played the ACL Festival as Father John Misty in 2012, he..."

Aug. 23, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Evidence for the Prosecution of Rock

Austin’s Graffiti Trials releases a garage-flavored chunk of awesome

"...1. Adreon Henry, smiling like a wily motherfucker with a sweet and nasty secret, hands me a..."

Oct. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Always Darkest Before the 'Dusk'

Wilmer Valderrama on the twists and turns of Carlos the killer

"...Vampire. Cartel boss. Revolutionary. Wilmer Valderrama relishes playing Carlos, the undead wild card of From Dusk Till Dawn. "When..."

May 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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