Holiday Viewing: The Shop Around the Corner

The essential Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie (no, not that one)

"...James Stewart was perfect for the part – “the antithesis of the old-time matinee idol;..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The New Nerddom

Wizard World Austin Comic Con tackles diversity

"...Between the celebrity photo ops, the cast reunions, and artists taking..."

Oct. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The FP

This potential cult-movie masterpiece is likely the most original dance film you'll see this year.

"...The latest film to be picked up for distribution by..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One for the Money

Heigl plays bounty hunter Stephanie Plum in this adaptation of the first book in Janet Evanovich's bestselling crime series.

"...Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson. Starring: Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, John Leguizamo, Daniel Sunjata, Sherri Shepherd,..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Slacker 2011 Interviews: Geoff Marslett & Heather Kafka

Marslett and Kafka on Slacker 2011

"...We saved the best – or those interviews with the most spoilers,..."

Sept. 1, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Haunting in Connecticut

Essentially a substandard rip-off of The Amityville Horror, this spook house drama should be condemned.

"...Martin Donovan, Amanda Crew, Ty Wood and Sophi Knight. The Haunting in Connecticut opens with a title stating that..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

"...Brian Markinson, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers and Charlize Theron. “I like your early, funny movies better,” someone tells..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Insider

"...Mazar, Colm Feore and Rip Torn. Walking out of The Insider the other day, I couldn't shake the feeling..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The House of Yes

"...adaptation of Wendy MacLeod's play about family dysfunction and the “anti-Camelot” is a muddled, middling mess, despite a witty,..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Craft

Teen witches made high school a dark and brooding place long before vampires took over as the kings of teen cool.

"...Serna and Cliff De Young. Although Columbia is marketing the film as a kind of Clueless by way of..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Play’s the Thing in Grand Theft Hamlet

Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane take arms against a sea of virtual troubles

"...March 2020. The global film industry went into COVID lockdown. Like every..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Black Phone

Ethan Hawke is a villain for the ages in this brilliant horror

"...true villain, a monster who relishes delivering pain? Is there some inherent likability, something about his eyes or his..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Breaking the Internet With Neill Blomkamp's Demonic

Terror and terabytes create a new vision of possession

"...The supernatural and technology seem mutually exclusive, divided between faith..."

Aug. 18, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

The latest Son of a Bush has a plan to make you richer

"...Bush, that is. Maybe the other Republican presidential seekers will stick with their mopey..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Doug Dorst puts the S. in 'Ship of Theseus' with this JJ Abrams Collaboration

The author presents his new literary creation at BookPeople tonight

"...Dorst, author of Alive in Necropolis ( runner-up for the 2008 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award) and the short-story collection The..."

Dec. 9, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

FF2012: 'The Conspiracy'

Who can you trust at Fantastic Fest?

"...The genius of the true conspiracy theorist is that, no..."

Sept. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Business of America

Solutions to the made-up immigration 'problem' would be an expansive and burdensome assault on both companies and individuals

"...While not exactly a given, there seems to be a widespread assumption on the part..."

April 4, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Insurgence From the Heart

The 1997-98 Austin Music Awards

"...Asleep at the Wheel and the Derailers The continued insurgence of country..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Luv Doc: A Good Person

The Achilles heel of COVID is that it's not deadly enough to get the attention of the real knuckle draggers

"...with him, but he won't budge. He says that the government can't force him to inject something into his..."

May 21, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Demon Sperm

Or the danger of a couple of bucketfuls of errant, herpetic, demon ejaculate

"...on that action? With this pandemic that might be the best loving/hating (?) I am going to get. Also,..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Panel Recap: Immerse Yourself: AR & VR in Museums and the Arts

An odd juxtaposition of VR experience and expert panel

"...I attended the "Immerse Yourself: AR and VR in Museums and the..."

March 16, 2018 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Buttering Your Muffin

Never discount the sexual voraciousness of a pimply-faced teenager

"...I've discovered a wonderful cure for the stress I endure when stuck in Austin's awful traffic:..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Unlocking the Joys of Austin’s Puzzle Rooms

Escape rooms bring the solitary diversions to life

"...solve a series of puzzles that lead you to the key that allows you to escape...."

July 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Majcher

Summoning The Witch

Writer/director Robert Eggers on making a historical horror

"...The past is a terrifying place, and the dark, devil-plagued..."

Feb. 18, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Arena Football' for the PlayStation2

"...Staying loyal to the AFL rules and regulations, EA Sports' Arena Football aims..."

April 21, 2006 Sports Post by Carson Barker

ACL Fest Food Vendors Prepare to Feed the Music Masses

ACL Eats expands with dessert-focused ACL Sweets

"...Fest almost here, it’s time to stop complaining about the lineup and start directing that energy at the festival’s..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Food Post by Hannah Rossi

AFF Short and Sweet: "The Recordist"

Award-winning short plays with ASMR psychohorror

"...films playing at Austin Film Festival. This time it's "The Recordist," Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen's unnerving tale of..."

Oct. 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...Here we are, six months into the big coronavirus pandemic shutdown of 2020, and cabin fever..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Director Jeff Fowler on the Enduring Success of Sonic the Hedgehog

How the blue hedgehog became more than just a spiky speedster

"...In Jeff Fowler's 2004 Oscar-nominated short "Gopher Broke," the titular protagonist pinwheels in slow motion through the air...."

May 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What Odd Circumstance Joins Austin’s L.B. Deyo With Gabriel García Márquez Even Beyond the Ransom Center’s Newly Revealed Archives?

Maybe it’s, what? Love, in the time of measles?

"...discovering ice, citizen, but UT’s Harry Ransom Center has the archives of Gabriel García Márquez on public display for..."

Feb. 3, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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