Please Give

The pleasure of Nicole Holofcener's film – which stars Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, and Amanda Peet – lies in the honesty of its conversations rather than its plot.

"...Ann Guilbert, Lois Smith and Thomas Ian Nicholas. Spending time in the company of writer/director Holofcener’s characters is a..."

June 11, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

She's Out of My League

An average guy finds the woman of his dreams, but his insecurities undermine the relationship.

"...same team behind the exhaustively hyped upcoming Hot Tub Time Machine), hangs every plot point and every punch line..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

We Live in Public

The Internet-based social experiments of Josh Harris, the original dot-com visionary kid, are profiled in this cautionary documentary.

"...envisioned as a minitechnotopia instead became, in 30 days time, a hellish freak show that, consciously or not, echoed..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Full metal racket.

"...cars and other prosaic metal objects into awesome fighting machines, aims for impact over sense, clobbering viewers with its..."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last House on the Left

Two parents take revenge on the scum who raped and savaged their daughter in the remake of Wes Craven's grisly horror landmark.

"...Sara Paxton and Martha MacIsaac. Now that Hollywood's remake machine has gotten around to neutering Wes Craven's seminal 1972..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

Counting down 2008 in lists and casting the first ballot for the annual Chronicle Music Poll

"...10) Silent Land Time Machine, &hope still (Indian Queen/Time-Lag) Nine Locals to Watch..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Facing charges by the estate of Don Walser, three local music entities declare bankruptcy even as Julian Koster spreads holiday cheer

"...An obscure, one-man recording project, Silent Land Time Machine thrives in the realm of escapism. The local..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

There Can Be Only One

'Chronicle' beats BookPeople for the millionth time to capture ASL title

"...vagaries finally giving way to the "hand grenades and machine guns" of more traditional fall sports like football, basketball,..."

Nov. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

What We Do Is Secret

Darby Crash, the L.A. punk rock junkie godhead leader of the Germs who died of an overdose in 1980, is revivified in this long-gestating but strangely sterile biopic.

"...superdoc The Decline of Western Civilization for the umpteenth time. (The Decline has achieved genuine legendary cred over the..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Science Fiction Gets the Vapors

On steampunk

"...throughout our cultures since Homo sapiens learned to bind time and gaze beyond the moment. And the times change,..."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Will Ferrell Plays Dirty

On jocks, jokes, and why he's no Cuba Gooding Jr.

"...the American Basketball Association. The Spirits were before my time, but I'm from St. Louis, and I noticed that..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Off the Stack: Holiday Procrastination Reading

"...Breathless features in the style sections of Time and The New York Times notwithstanding, it's finally official...."

Dec. 13, 2007 Design Post by Anne Harris

War

Jet Li and Jason Statham spar and provoke all-out war among the Asian mobs.

"...then Rogue is the ultimate superbadass. Essentially a killing machine, he rarely leaves a building without slaughtering everyone in..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Coachella 2007

"...laptop and notebook while attempting to rage against the machine...."

May 1, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

What Love Is

Writer/director Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last – and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.

"...to the salad days of American independent cinema, a time when filmmakers like Kevin Smith and Richard Linklater were..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

99 Bands

Ninety-nine local bands on Red River waiting to be heard

"...to gurgling creeks, NOTM build on every last sound, sometimes background, sometimes deafening. Back at 710, the Midgetmen create..."

July 8, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Butterfly Effect

Ashton Kutcher lays to waste a promising script involving time travel and unforeseeable consequences.

"...extreme is a ripping good premise for a classic time-travel film. Unfortunately, that film is likely to be A..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Underworld

Kate Beckinsale bares her fangs as a vampire assassin in in a shaggy werewolf story.

"...Beckinsale cuts a mighty peevish figure, part unstoppable killing machine and part Bauhaus fanatic. She strides through Len Wiseman’s..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

And Now ... Ladies and Gentlemen

Claude Lelouch’s new movie starring Jeremy Irons is a cat-burgler story set in sunny, faraway locales.

"...home and remaining ageless in the face of implacable time") to a full-fledged vocation, right up there with refilling..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

"...antihero. The tagline could have been, "You’ll believe a machine can have a flawlessly human character arc," but that,..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy

Considering trilogy storytelling has once again become Hollywood's new cash cow, it was only a matter of time before all three of Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future films were released as a box set.

"...new cash cow, it was only a matter of time before all three of Robert Zemeckis' Back to the..."

June 20, 2003 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

Jason X

Although the serial killer Jason has been cryogenically frozen at the start of this 10th outing, the hockey-masked one ends up defrosting on a spaceship in the year 2455.

"...thrilled. (in a more serious tone) Actually, at the time, I was really frustrated about how I had become..."

May 3, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Autumn Heart

"...Boston-based sudser ought to come with its own bubble machine. The way it manufactures turmoil surpasses all known quotas..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shower

"...knots in their muscles beaten out, and pass the time drinking tea and sparring with caged crickets. The bathhouse..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Upright Citizens Brigade: Group Alchemy

The Bad Dog Comedy Theater promised to bring the best in sketch comedy to Austin, and with its combination of clever intellectual comedy and slapstick nonsense, the Upright Citizens Brigade delivered on that promise in spades.

"...held together by a common narrative. By satirizing a daytime talk show, they were also able to skewer a..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Review by J. C. Shakespeare

The Three Stooges Meet Hercules

"...Three Stooges travel back to ancient days in a time machine and end up on a galley ship, battling..."

July 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

Hankering for millennium specials? Got 27 hours to kill? Find out what's in store this holiday season on the boob tube.

"...and attendance at key hot spots, like New York's Times Square, is expected to far surpass years past. Whether..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Hav Plenty

"...Reginald James and Kim Simmons. An ensemble comedy from first-time director Cherot, Hav Plenty is packed with good ideas..."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Junk Mail

"...tastes her leftover breakfast cereal, listens to her answering machine, looks through the medicine cabinet, and has a dupe..."

June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Species II

"...hit Species operates on the classic more-is-better conceit, this time featuring more stillborn dialogue, more preposterous plotting, and loads..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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