Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2007

The boys are back with their hyper-filthy animation show.

"...(or near-solitary) act of punching up obscene little animations via YouTube, S&M's live, in-theatre show comes complete with purebred..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pulse

Pulse, the American remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 horror film Kairo, is the McDonald's Unhappy Meal to the original's elegantly obtuse sashimi o' sorrow.

"...Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, Jonathan Tucker, Samm Levine and Octavia Spencer. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 horror film, Kairo, is an..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

XXX

"...there moves to a Prague-for-Vienna homage to Carol Reed via Anton Karas' zither theme from The Third Man, and..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deterrence

"...withdraw its troops or face the destruction of Baghdad via nuclear means. The catch is that President Emerson isn't..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Friend of the Deceased

"...suddenly Anatoli finds himself taking out a second contract, via a second hit man, on the first. From here..."

June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Sega franchise returns for a thematically dark and joyless ride

"...to add a Nineties edgy feel to the franchise via a surprising amount of global domination, death, and the..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Glass

M. Night Shyamalan's meta-comic trilogy crashes into Earth with a dull splat

"...overthink his own ideas and then expound upon them, via his characters, to the point of no return box..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Johnny English Strikes Again

Time to revoke this agent's license

"...to uncover the identity of the Silicon Valley villain via thoroughly analog methodology. Wackiness ensues. There’s a memorable gag..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Support the Girls

The hidden rules of life in Andrew Bujalksi's breastaurant comedy

"...world of service industry workers (chaos wranglers, no doubt) via a day in the life of Lisa (Hall, all..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Unfriended: Dark Web

Back to the laptop in this surprisingly scary sequel to the surprise hit

"...participate in his college friends’ regular game night session via Skype. It isn’t long, however, until the laptop’s owner..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Eric Johnson’s Six-String Monolith

Austin native electrifies his commercial summit

"...Eric Johnson peaked commercially with platinum-selling 1990 Grammy-winner Ah Via Musicom, the intervening decades haven’t stemmed Austin’s adulation for..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Post by Michael Toland

Proud Mary

Taraji P. Henson picks up her guns but shoots blanks as an assassin with a conscience

"...orphan Danny (Winston). That’d be after she orphans him via cordite-scented back-spatter and a whole lotta lead. When bloody..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ferdinand

A beloved children's book gets a mediocre screen adaptation

"...after learning that his father has exited the world via the matadore’s banderillas in Madrid’s bullfighting stadium. Wise move,..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Novitiate

An original take on a crisis of faith

"...up to and including the debasement of the novitiates via humiliating public confessions and the occasional rope whipping. Several..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lovers

Breaking the doldrums of marriage

"...with each other out of sheer loveless inertia, communicating via monosyllabic non sequiturs at home while working soul-sapping jobs..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Risk

Doc follows WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

"...attorney about the “feminist conspiracy” to bring him down via the rape charges. At another point, he counsels his..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Scientology Movie

Another doc on L. Ron Hubbard's cash cow

"...attempt early on to gain entry to the church via the traditionally unsuccessful route of direct approach. No dice...."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Song to Song

Malick takes on the Austin music scene (sort of)

"...find new sexual partners and express many tortured thoughts via a ceaseless voiceover. If you are perceptive enough, you..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fist Fight

A comedy that revels in low-hanging fruit

"...to an afterschool throwdown, news of which spreads instantly via viral videos. Also complicating Campbell’s afterschool plans is his..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Am Michael

James Franco plays a gay activist who finds God

"...King Cobra). Too much of the film is told via Glatze’s voiceover rather than shown through interactions with other..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Assassin's Creed

Popular video game series hits the screen

"...in time to alter the course of human affairs via their ancestors (or something). All you need to know..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Fences

Denzel Washington scores big in August Wilson's great American play

"...who dreams of breaking through his family’s metaphoric fences via a college football scholarship. And then there’s elder brother..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Are X

Japanese rockers are the best band you've never heard of

"...Art and the possibility of physical and spiritual salvation via the creative act is the heart and soul of..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rio Rita Moves to Badlands

Was Chicon venue pushed, or did they jump?

"...venues – Badlands and Rio Rita – exchanging fire via Facebook...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Life, Animated

The magic of Disney unlocks a boy's mind

"...film and also executive-produced), discovered a conduit for connection via Disney movies. As young Owen used Disney dialogue to..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Victor Frankenstein

This version of the Frankenstein tale is told from Igor's perspective

"...romantic Frankensteinian take on mankind’s rush to transcend itself (via science, or religion) can seem quaint, yet here the..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)

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

"...Penitentiary who discovers a novel solution to penal overcrowding via his accountant Dwight (Harvey). If you’ve seen the first..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

The eeriness is palpable but the suspense is not.

"...do exceedingly well: generating a palpable sense of eeriness via top-notch production design and camerawork. The titular woman in..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kill the Messenger

Jeremy Renner stars in this crusading-journalist story that recounts the downfall of real-life San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb.

"...the biggest story of his career. What Webb discovered, via dogged, shoe-leather reportage, was that the CIA had helped..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Even Flow

The Wounded Warrior Project and MSNBC bring the war home via an Austin connection

"...production – a smooth way to say commissioned content via paid partnerships in which partner/subjects actively participate in the..."

July 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

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