Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Miami’s bad boy police officers embrace getting older

"...– may be Michael Bay’s greatest students. Both of their Bad Boy films adopt the maximalist stylization of the..."

June 7, 2024 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Devon Walker Brings Lone Star State Laughs to SNL and Moontower Just for Laughs

Walker, Texas Comic

"...created and hosted by Matt Bearden where comics deliver their sets and a panel of celebrity judges buys their..."

April 14, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Austin Restaurants for Special Occasions

Want some ambience to go with your food? No problem.

"...shortcake steal the show. Pair with any cocktail from their impressive bar program. Barley Swine..."

June 14, 2022 Food Post

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...up in response to COVID-19 to help artists monetize their at-home shows by selling tickets like a regular gig...."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sky Cinemas Closes

Dripping Springs theatre forced out over rent during shutdown

"...guarantees that they could ensure the health safety of their customers and staff...."

May 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hunter Killer

Cold War flashbacks as Gerard Butler takes on the Russkies

"...The pleasure comes from watching trained professionals excel at their job. SEALs execute a daring seaside rescue of the..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Holiday Viewing: A Christmas Carol

In this season of giving, who is the best Scrooge?

"...Every Scrooge has their defenders, but when it comes to live-action interpretations, there..."

Dec. 24, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Dark Song

Black magic goes awry in this taut thriller

"...figure out who’s the madder one, so driven by their collective need to break the bounds of reason. The..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gems for the Taking

The Austin Film Society programs French films noirs

"...Film Society have been preoccupied with crime and punishment. Their latest series, Perfect Criminals: The '70s French Noir Connection,..."

March 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Maybe, In Heaven, All the Toothpicks Taste Like Single Malt Scotch

But you can get 'em that way – and more – at Austin's STAG shop.

"...they're sturdy, tapered microcylinders of northern white birch; and their taste is not overpowering at all (unlike those cinnamon..."

Nov. 3, 2014 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Oz the Great and Powerful

Neither a besmirching nor a instant classic, this sometimes clunky prequel in which James Franco plays the Wizard when he was a mere, young huckster also has Sam Raimi's ravishing visuals.

"...Michelle Williams deliver some of the finest work of their careers, and Zach Braff and Joey King memorably give..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wreck-It Ralph

"...because co-screenwriters Jennifer Lee and Phil Johnston have overstuffed their script with at least one plot string too many...."

Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...cowled alter-ego act as an uncannily accurate mirror of their corresponding cultural zeitgeist. I said once before that every..."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snow White and the Huntsman

Ambitious, brutish, and ruthlessly unromantic, this feminist reworking of the fairy tale has us under its spell.

"...running time. (The filmmakers seem just as confounded by their truncated coda, edited to render Stewart suddenly tremolo and..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Silver Threads and Golden Needles

Old Settler's Music Festival goes to 25

"..."It wasn't my idea, or theirs, initially," he explains. "We have the same booking agent,..."

April 20, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Luv Doc Recommends: Sims Benefit Bash

Austin Music Hall, Saturday, November 12, 2011

"...prospect of millions of new customers getting lost in their infuriating voicemail labyrinths and trying to make sense of..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

The Rum Diary

Johnny Depp stars in this adaptation of one of Hunter S. Thompson's earliest novels, which is set in Puerto Rico in 1960 and soaked in booze

"...actually stirs them to outrage and a seat at their typewriters. It happens, for Kemp at least, but it..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Downtown Dining & Bites of Austin

"...young, hip, Downtown-livin' high-rise residents. All three stores make their own fresh sandwiches, salads, and fruit salads on site,..."

March 11, 2011 Food Feature

Luv Doc Recommends: Louisiana Swamp Thing and Crawfish Festival

MLK & Congress, Saturday, March 31, 2007

"...swamp, several murky rivers, and a transatlantic voyage, trace their origins to the French, for whom sauces are an..."

March 30, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Will Travel for Food

San Antonio New World Wine and Food Festival

"...matched with some of the world's finest wines and their winemakers. Such luminaries as Miguel Torres Jr., the "King..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Shaun of the Dead

This "romantic comedy … with zombies" has a note-perfect mix of humor, horror, love, and death.

"...boorish, Playstation-addicted, layabout pal Ed (Frost) down pints at their local pub, the Winchester, a pastime with which the..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Highwaymen

He may be Mel Gibson's choice to play Jesus, but in this car-chase nightmare Jim Caviezel is on the highway to hell.

"...Red, nor for that matter Hauer and Howell, but their film has quietly achieved cult status. Short on dialogue..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

House of the Dead

Students are stranded on an island of zombies; viewers are stranded by the filmmakers.

"...as those pesky zombies jump around outside, pining for their lost souls. House of the Dead is based on..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Extreme to the Other

For every creative triumph in the Austin arts community in 2002 -- and they were plentiful -- there seemed to be a corresponding defeat, usually tied to the economic downturn and its problems for the arts community.

"...typically tempestuous arts funding process. The Rude Mechanicals continued their world takeover with Midwest and West Coast tours of..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips

"...the reigning favorite, blacks in the Piney Woods enjoy their beef brisket and hot links...."

June 7, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Twentieth Century

"...and John, grew up painters, artists, and considered it their failing that they had to fall back on the..."

Jan. 31, 2002 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The first film in Jackson's Tolkien trilogy stays true to the spirit and logistics of the novels, but is also a breathtaking and beautiful work of art on its own.

"...scaly Orcs, and the occasional bout of in-fighting among their own numbers. More than anything else, I think Lord..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The New Year Newness Ends (Touch & Go)

"...and Bubba Kadane. The Dallas band's 1998 breakup after their final album Transaction de Novo left a void that..."

May 25, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The Paggi Principle

The Paggi House opened in 1980, and immediately became known as one of Austin's most beautiful and best dining establishments. Twenty years later, the restaurant is still one of Austin's finest.

"...of Mr. Paggi, moved away to start families of their own. But before demolition could occur, a development group..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

American Psycho

"...his victims; à la Hannibal Lecter, he supped on their brains as well. Harron's Bateman not only fulfills his..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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