Krampus

This horror-comedy brings a demon to the holiday gathering

"...Shot in New Zealand (doubling for Anytown, USA), this seasonal horror-comedy starts off as something of a..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cooties

A horror-comedy about kids turning to zombies and the teachers they hope to feast on

"...metropolitan locale to an elementary school in small town USA, add a bucket or two of Romero-esque siege mayhem,..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

World Cup Daily: July 1

A daily update on the action in Brazil

"...Today is the last day of the round of..."

July 1, 2014 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Two Local Video Games Announced

BattleCry Studios and Crytek USA reveal upcoming titles

"...about upcoming debut games recently. BattleCry Studios and Crytek USA both released trailers (a popular move to build buzz..."

June 10, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Killing Them Softly

Some great performances punctuate the odd pacing in this adapatation of George V. Higgins' Cogan's Trade, set within the criminal underworld.

"...empty streets of post-Katrina New Orleans provide an Anywasteland, USA, vibe that enhances the idea of Killing Them Softly..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' of Wrestling?

or dammit Janet – I love lucha libre!

"...In seeking new American fans, Lucha Libre USA aims to put their own twist on Mexico’s second-most-popular..."

May 12, 2012 Sports Post by Kenny Pailes

World Wide Texas Derby

Austin skater in first Roller Derby World Cup

"...there strapping her skates on as part of Team USA...."

Dec. 1, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Ficklish Bone

Bryan Poyser debuts a new short as part of USA's the Character Project

"...his own movies, including a new short for the USA Network...."

May 12, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Last Chance to VOTE!

Three Texas acts compete in School Jam USA

"...School Jam USA is a battle of the bands like no other..."

Nov. 29, 2010 Music Post by Livvy Bennett

Megamind

This animated film is vibrant and exceedingly clever, but also a rather slight thing for such mega-sized proportions.

"...counterpoint to another foundling who fell to Metro City, USA, on the same day. Where Megamind is unnervingly smart..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Splinter

Apart from its shape-shifting fungal porcupines from outer space, this horror film has little else to recommend.

"...squeeze Lacey (Kerbs) while camping out on Rural Route, USA. Whigham (Wristcutters: A Love Story) is the best thing..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sex Drive

Sex Drive is part endearing emo love story, part gross-out semen gag-fest, and, very occasionally, a smart, inspired, non-sequitur-laden hoot.

"...they embark on a nine-hour road trip to Poontown, USA, aka the parking lot of Bob's Big Boy, where..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

War, Inc.

John Cusack's War, Inc. rails against the military-industrial complex in a barely disguised contemporary story about covert operations.

"...Directed by: Joshua Seftel. Starring: John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff, Ben Kingsley, Dan..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters @ 3AM

The United States failed because its people overvalued their ideals and undervalued their resources

"...and fall of the former United States of America [F-USA]...."

Oct. 26, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

An economy of speculation is an economy of debt

"...and fall of the former United States of America (F-USA)..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters @ 3AM

A report from 2107: The decline and fall of the former United States of America

"...and fall of the former United States of America (F-USA)..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Stay Alive

Contrary to the hopes of geeks everywhere, Stay Alive is not an all-zombie musical remake of Sly Stallone's 1983 Saturday Night Fever sequel, but instead a fatuous and dull horror film about gamers.

"...Goth girl October (Bush), Everygamer Hutch (Foster), future Comp USA manager and resident-brainiac Swink (Muniz), über-gamer Phineus (Simpson), and,..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

When a Stranger Calls

Simon West’s do-over of Fred Walton’s 1979 creepfest – in which babysitter Belle menaced by a stranger with a phone who probably isn’t that guy from Verizon – is a hollow, shallow, and just plain boring exercise in snooziness.

"...Kate Jennings Grant. Long distance information? Get me Hollywood, USA: I’ve got a rusty ice pick to bury in..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pay It Forward

"...it snakes its way through the cineplexes of Anymall, USA, it is, at its core, a very manipulative piece..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The In Crowd

"...Directed by: Mary Lambert. Starring: Susan Ward, Lori Heuring, Matthew Settle, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Lorie..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Whatever it Takes

"...straight out of central casting by way of Anytown, USA. Why poor Ryan has the hots for one so..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Office Space

White-collar prisoners of the corporate office will recognize themselves in this very funny, Austin-lensed movie.

"...and coffee mugs, memos and rumors, grievances about improper usage of such things as cover pages, radio earplugs, time..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Six-String Samurai

"...takes place in an alternate universe in which the USA, soundly whipped in a nuclear war with the Russians,..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Wild Man Blues

"...feature Oscar winner Barbara Kopple (American Dream, Harlan County, USA) has quite unexpectedly turned her camera from the recording..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Great Expectations

"...change of setting from 19th-century England to the modern-day USA, and the liposuctioning of marginal plotlines and characters, two..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

In the Company of Men

"...the film's locations all exude the anonymity of Anywhere, USA: airports, hotels, and the stripped-down shell of an office..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Best of the New York Underground

"...round out the film -- Joshua Wintringham's Pleasant Hill, USA, a portrait of a violent sociopath; Peter Sarkisian's Detritus..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Highway 61

"...that stretches from Thunder Bay, Canada to New Orleans, USA. Pokey, an aptly named barber in small town Canada,..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

American Dream

"...such an enormous undertaking. Her 1976 documentary Harlan County, USA also won a well-deserved Oscar for Best Documentary and..."

May 15, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life on the Edge

"...You know those cheesy movies they show on the USA-TV channel overnight? Those barely coherent, tittering, smutty, “mine's-bigger-than-yours”-type gag-fests?..."

Nov. 15, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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