Unmanned Weapons Part of War's Brutality

"...Dear Editor, Unmanned weapons may seem tidy, but they only put a..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Postmarks

Good Kill

Ethan Hawke pilots drones over Afghanistan from a trailer in the Nevada desert

"...high above the godforsaken terrain of Afghanistan, where weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles – otherwise known as “drones” – stealthily..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Battle: Los Angeles

Aliens fight the U.S. Marines in a gritty urban war. Viewers are the losers.

"...things in armor that use laser-blasting ground forces and unmanned (un-thinged?) air support in classically strategic fashion. There's none..."

March 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unstoppable

Denzel Washington stops a runaway train loaded with toxic cargo.

"...fun pitch meeting it must have been: "There's this unmanned train, see, powered up at full throttle, see, and..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Singularity Is Clear

Getting down to brass tacks about one of Interactive's favorite buzzwords

"...the moment of our electronic ascension. At panels like "Unmanned Government: The Autonomous Future" and "From Rosie to Siri:..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Alex Dunbar

Crisis

Opiate addiction drama is too obvious and scattershot

"...running thousands of fentanyl pills from Canada across the unmanned border of Northern Vermont. A mother (Lilly) searches frantically..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Shane Pfender

The Life of a Search and Rescue Drone Pioneer

How retired Air Force medic Gene Robinson found new purpose looking for missing persons

"...fly a plane himself, Robinson designed the Spectra, an unmanned flying wing aircraft that can be remotely piloted in..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Cat Cardenas

The Common Law

Drone rules – the basics

"...Popularity of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, has..."

May 6, 2016 Column by Chris Perkins

Hawaizaada

Hindi movie about the life of scientist Shivkar Bapuji Talpade.

"...Talpade, who is credited to have constructed India's first unmanned plane...."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Whipping Gamers Into a Frenzy

A taste of the Fantastic Arcade

"...for download. Political rabble-rousers Molleindustria return to Austin with Unmanned, about a day in the life of a drone..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

This Week's Waste of Time: Fantastic Arcade Edition

Free versions of exhibiting games

"...the Fantastic Arcade with another interactive political statement called Unmanned written by Adbuster and author Jim Monroe. The game..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...and co-founder Jeff Plowman says ABF hopes to open unmanned, automated, B100 stations in Wimberley and Oak Hill, and..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature

Stealth

Masterful aerial action sequences don't compensate for earthbound plot.

"...wingman is not a human being but instead an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle acronymed EDI (for Extreme Deep Invader),..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

October Sky

"...from the announcement that the Soviets have sent an unmanned satellite -- Sputnik -- into low orbit around the..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Suicides in Texas Prisons Have Dramatically Increased

Brooklyn Hogrell’s mother says our prison agency failed her

"...pickets [officers who supervise other guards] are being left unmanned, and the pickets are the ones who are supposed..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...two wheels with one destination: the top of an unmanned parking structure reserved for state employees. It's a million-dollar..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Autonomous Vehicles Seek Traction in Austin

Hands off the wheel

"...a competition where autonomous vehicles interacted with manned and unmanned vehicles. While advances have been made, Stone said it's..."

Nov. 18, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Street Corner Arts' Grounded

Every element of this production works together to get us inside the head of a troubled military flyer

"...pilot. And though it explores the potential horrors of unmanned warfare and civilian casualties, it does so through the..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...7 is the little-known mission to dock with an unmanned space station in order to stop it from crashing..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...Self-driving cars parked in Austin this week. A unmanned white Lexus RX 450h SUV made a circular loop..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature

Renaissance Man

Downtown shooter left signs of a troubled mind

"...west side of I-35. Although he shot up an unmanned courthouse guard station and did extensive damage to the..."

Nov. 29, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Saturday Picks and Sleepers

Saturday night SXSW blurbs

"...boasts the best frontwoman in town, Liz Herrera, an unmanned firehose whose whiplash tenacity intensifies the band's no-wave punk...."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

News Ticker: May 10

All the news that's fit to blog

"...the floor, but it turns out it just regulates unmanned aircraft. Sigh...."

May 10, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

The Hightower Report

A blanket of PR to make you want to hug a drone

"...of littering our airspace with thousands of these surreptitious, unmanned aircraft – which inevitably will be used to spy..."

March 22, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

FF2012: Fantastic Arcade Award Winners

Lord British showed, clothes were swapped, weapons were brandished

"...Military-Industrial Complex and the Effect Upon the Common Man: Unmanned (Molleindustria) Most Fantastic Temporal Distortion: Super Time Force (Capy)..."

Sept. 24, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

‘Doctor Who’ Watch

7.2: 'Dinosaurs on a Spaceship'

"...The gang arrives on the spaceship, seemingly unmanned and abandoned, save for those top-billed dinosaurs, who roam..."

Sept. 9, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

Austin-for-Corpus-Christi, cash for 'Chess,' and more

"...be recognized, along with the two other winning projects, Unmanned and Resonance, at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, which..."

April 12, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Secret Club

South by Southwest 2011 Keynote speaker Bob Geldof played the Armadillo World Headquarters with the Boomtown Rats. Afterward ....

"...no difference to me because I was in that unmanned state. For some reason, at my most unlovable –..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

U.S. Policy Is the Problem in the Middle East

"...Middle Eastern countries and the bombing of Pakistan with unmanned Predators. Our tax dollars funded warplanes and carpet bombs..."

June 5, 2009 Postmarks

Harlem, Ume

"...still owns the stage completely, taking off like an unmanned firehose during the solos. Yet as the band's become..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

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