Veggie Heaven

A visit to Angel Valley Organic Farm

"...Neighbors gossip and swap news about houses, homecoming children, vacations, and pets. The hospitable Dwyers welcome customers by name..."

March 24, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Hills Have Eyes

This remake ratchets up the gore while subtly rewiring some of the characters, but it never manages the nagging subtexts Craven so handily injected into the original horror film.

"...(i.e., squabbling, miserable) headed to California on an RV vacation is waylaid while passing through the Nevada badlands by..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek is an accomplished Aussie version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; it's also a viscerally told slasher film that manages to do an awful lot with very little.

"...not more than, what’s actually rendered. While returning from vacation, three college-aged friends detour to visit the scenic but..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Just Friends

A tepid romantic comedy with a side order of vitriol.

"...direction is diffidently garish – he makes Chevy Chase’s Vacation debacles look like high art – and the film..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AMD, SOS, PR – It's War!

Shots fired in Aquifer battle ... and the target is you

"...e-mail, Peerman expressed concern that the neighbors of Ruiz's vacation home in Arizona could be next. (According to Colin..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

National Lampoon's Adam & Eve

More collegiate humor released by the folks at the Lampoon that has more hormonal smarts than necessary and about as many sex and toilet gags as you suspect.

"...sit through their quasi-franchised Van Wilders and increasingly desperate Vacations, it’s nothing short of depressing to look back on..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reel Paradise

This documentary shows what happens when famed producer’s rep/author/gadabout John Pierson convinces his family to move with him to Fiji, where, if all goes according to plan, he can leave behind the indie-film rat race, immerse himself in a completely foreign culture, and, best of all, screen all sorts of movies for the natives.

"...makes for a far more interesting roll of family vacation movies than most people could manage. True, the melodrama..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transporter 2

For all its gimmicky mayhem, Transporter 2 is an improvement over the original, completely setting aside such yawn-inducing cinematic standbys as a romantic interest and realism.

"...boss Inspector Tarconi (Berléand), who arrives in Miami on vacation and quickly finds himself chastising the local police for..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Could Happen

"...disaster to befell the nation, and he`s typically on vacation. He seems to always be on vacation, though. Whether..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Postmarks

Assassination Vacation

In this summer of rising oil prices, school finance woes, and escalating bloodshed in Middle Eastern war zones, nothing says getaway like a visit to the home of an obscure 19th-century presidential assassin, right?

"...Assassination Vacation..."

July 8, 2005 Books Review by Robert Faires

The Mother

From the director of Notting Hill comes this story about a middle-aged woman who reignites her sex life with a much younger man.

"...to visit their grown children Bobby and Paula; the vacation is cut short when Toots suffers a fatal heart..."

July 2, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fahrenheit 9/11

Michael Moore's agitprop is a political scorcher.

"...of the first eight months of his presidency on vacation – are new, or of earth-shattering proportions. What is..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...I hang out for a while. Once on a vacation trip, I asked John if he wanted to drop..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

"Prints from the Leo Steinberg Collection: Part II"

The Blanton Museum of Art's "Prints from the Leo Steinberg Collection: Part II" continues the display of works from the 3,200-work collection begun earlier in 2003, and while this batch may contain fewer masterpieces, it's no less captivating or transporting.

"...Need a quick vacation? Allow me to suggest my travel agent, Leo Steinberg...."

Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Articulations

The Austin Circle of Theaters has handed out its annual B. Iden Payne Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in local theatre from August 2002 through July 2003.

"...Stahl, The Dead Presidents' Club Jennifer Underwood, Betty's Summer Vacation..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Hightower Report

It's my 737, I'll land if I want to; and a Day of Action against Wal-Mart.

"...country, where a gaggle of powerhouse corporate CEOs own vacation mansions. To reach their retreats, these jet setters have..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Bush's long vacation benefits America; his Ag Department pick ain't exactly a family farmer.

"...this criticism flying around that George W. has been vacationing at his Texas ranchette for the whole month of..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Serving Sara

"...hiatus from Friends. Perhaps he should have taken a vacation instead; looking puffy and tired, it's no surprise that..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...I secretly wished that my family would go on vacation somewhere a little more adventurous than nearby StoryLand, with..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Panic Room

"...it doesn't exhilarate. Let's hope Fincher has enjoyed his vacation in Popcornopolis; now may the real David Fincher, the..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Postscripts

Not one day back from vacation and the growing list of noble souls who need to be congratulated is making Books Editor Clay Smith uneasy.

"...Not one day back from vacation and the growing list of noble souls who need..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Books Column by Clay Smith

Summer

"...story of a French secretary's pout over her ruined vacation...."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...the two regular folks were about to leave on vacation and they had neglected to get temporary substitutes. I..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Coda

"...message about the 20th anniversary issue. I was on vacation in NYC with the family all last week. This..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Vertical Ray of the Sun

"...be found beyond a two-hour-long advert for a Vietnamese vacation (I'm sold). The story revolves around three sisters, although..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

Mayor what's-his-name is gone -- who's next?

"...Griffith -- who has been out of town on vacation this week -- has sent mixed signals about current..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Under the Sand

"...middle-aged couple is traveling by car to their summer vacation home. Their movements indicate the familiarity of this routine..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rat Race

"...made during a televised game, a man (Lovitz) on vacation with his family who lies to them about their..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Come Undone

"...death of another child; sulky sister Legrix; and Matheron) vacation in a French seaside town, where Mathieu meets Cédric..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Summer Reading

"...Summer Vacation/Found PhotographsT. Adler Books, 126 pp., $30..."

June 1, 2001 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

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