The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)

Did anyone really ask for a third helping of this stomach-turning provocation?

"...from pudgy actor Laurence R. Harvey. Why make this third entry then? Six promised Fantastic Fest fans a trilogy,..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deli Man

This doc about Jewish delis is tasty but fatty

"...song to the Jewish deli is Ziggy Gruber, a third-generation deli man who currently operates Kenny & Ziggy’s in..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: Jamaican Homegrown

Homegrown Jamaican films are scarce commodities

"...to suggest a couple more film titles to you: Third World Cop and Dancehall Queen...."

April 23, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

W.E.

Madonna helms this movie about the scandalous marriage of King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

"...first marriage to a better second marriage and a third-time's-the-charm courtship with the soon-to-be king. The filmmakers rather hedge..."

March 23, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

This new chapter in the series splits the difference between kickstarter Twilight’s stylish camp and follow-up New Moon’s turgid drama, but still does not come up a winner.

"...Frost she quotes in the beginning minutes of this third film in the Twilight series. “Some say the world..."

July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Up in the Air

The director of Juno and Thank You for Smoking is back with another film that is perfectly in touch with the times.

"...Reitman hasn't made a good movie – it's his third, in fact, after Thank You for Smoking and Juno..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Saw V

Jigsaw and his traps live on for another installment of demented torture.

"...suspect Jigsaw expert Detective Hoffman (Mandylor, back for a third time), who always seems to be at the right..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flow: For Love of Water

Documentary about the degradation of the world’s water supply through environmental indifference, chemical irresponsibility, mass privatization, and corporate chicanery.

"...economies and ecosystems and mangling water supplies in destitute Third World villages and middle-American hamlets? Do you picture wealthy..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

ASL Powerhouse Gets Shut Down

The Austin Chronicle defeats BookPeople 9-5 and clinch a spot in the Alternative Softball League playoffs

"...to say it, but those 11am Sunday practices have helped the Chronicle's game phenomenally. I hate to say it..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Sports Post by Kristine Tofte

KOOP Gets Played

This time, I think it was the socks

"...one run, bringing the game to a tie, 3-3. Third inning, Chronicle coach Bobby Leath struck out one, and..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Sports Post by Kristine Tofte

Waterloo Records Recycles the 'Chronicle'

The Chronicle, not able to pull it together offensively, loses to Waterloo in the end, 12-8

"...ended the inning with a great catch for the third out. We are all so glad he is back..."

July 25, 2008 Sports Post by Kristine Tofte

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel is brought faithfully to the screen, although the melodramatics of the story's latter section undercuts the poetic drama of the first half.

"...no longer recognizes. Some of the improbabilities in the third act of Hosseini’s book seem even more unlikely on..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Musings From the Mezzanine, Second Half:
Spurs vs. Suns, Game 3

"...Halfway through the third quarter, the Suns probably wish they’d stayed in the..."

May 13, 2007 Sports Post by Dave Mann

Akeelah and the Bee

This story about a girl from the ghetto who wins the national spelling bee has lofty if sometimes unfulfilled goals, but is a rewarding tale nevertheless.

"...who cobbled together her training from word games and help from encouraging teachers, while the more privileged spellers enjoyed..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Elizabethtown

Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy doesn't make the attraction between the characters played by Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom believable and then goes off in dozens more unprofitable directions.

"...Southern belle-cum-stewardess Claire at 30,000 feet, setting up a third-act romantic denouement that appears to be a given but..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The boy wizard rides again and this outing proves zippier and spookier than the previous two.

"...the film lacks a spark of its own. It helps that J.K. Rowling’s third book in the series is..."

June 4, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Secret Things

Violent French erotica about female empowerment is a turbocharged gender bender that's equal parts soft-core porn and overwrought symbolism.

"...a firearm and a can of petrol in the third act. And why not? France’s notoriously liberal attitudes on..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Casa de los Babys

The new film from John Sayles presents a great group of characters and then strands them without a plot.

"...of women have individually come to the same unnamed Third World country to adopt babies and wait out the..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Wedding

"...son of Bob) was at the helm of this third and final installment to the successful American Pie trilogy,..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pushing Tin

"...lack of pacing that brings it down, in the third act, faster than a wingless, cast-iron ValuJet. Cusack plays..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trip to Bountiful

The Third Visit to Tuna Still Yields a Profusion of Delights

"...feels. The set for Red, White, and Tuna, the third visit to Texas' third smallest community, is familiar from..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Time Will Tell

"...intermingle with other musics and other philosophies to unite Third World people. However, many of the performances convey the..."

Sept. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Review: Troller, Drain

Homegrown triumvirates' electro indie bristles on brooding third LP

"..."All of the bands I play in – Thousand Foot Whale Claw, Survive, and Troller – have..."

May 26, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Colombia's Child Soldiers Captured in Monos

Alejandro Landes on breaking the feelgood narrative of youth

"...word for monkeys, and also the title of the third film from Colombian director Alejandro Landes. With its sense..."

Sept. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to 'Sherlock,' Where Everything's Made Up and the Deaths Don't Matter

The finale no one saw coming

"...There's a lot going on in the third season finale of BBC's Sherlock, which aired last night..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

RG4N's 11th-Hour Gamble

RG4n wants a third party to reconcile their Northcross plans with the developer's.

"...Responsible Growth for Northcross is calling for a third party to facilitate their beef with Wal-Mart developers Lincoln..."

March 27, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Bats Lose Two at Home

"...Rayz. Tony "new guy" Quesada got his second and third start (and second and third loss) for the Bats..."

Jan. 22, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Summer Fun

The H2Hos take their renegade feminism to Austin's pools and beyond

"...Barton Hills, and 150 people showed up to watch – some friends of swimmers, some kids and their parents..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

Welcome Wagon

Doyle Bramhall II, classic rock's most promising new blood

"...Nevertheless, Welcome, Bramhall's third solo LP is due in stores June 5, and..."

May 25, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Equalizer 3

Final adventure in the cinematic reboot of the 1980s TV series

"...McCall viciously annihilate evil men is one of the pulpier joys of the franchise, and Washington lends a dramatic..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

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