Iceman Cometh

"...time from Ming Dynasty Beijing to modern-day Hong Kong via a magical, spinning “Wheel of Buddha.” Once there, Biao..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Once Upon a Time … When We Were Colored

"...the film's messages instead hammered home in broad strokes via a hackneyed voiceover narration. Throw in a somewhat resonant,..."

May 17, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Ride for Your Life

"...picture, the supposed novelty here is that the audience, via a joystick attached to the theatre chair, is able..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Destiny Turns On the Radio

"...company keep the action going and the audience twitching via approximately a billion little subplots, but the action never..."

May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Teenage Catgirls in Heat

This Troma film was made right here in Austin and tells the lurid story of cats that metamorphose into nubile women and "rub up against things" and cause havoc.

"...a vacuum strapped to his back tracking the catgirls via their kitty brain waves. You got me. Silly in..."

Feb. 17, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Payback

"...on film, it's actually video-projected onto the theatre screen via a laserdisc, and there's still a few bugs in..."

Feb. 17, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits

"...get a handle on the man behind the myth via a series of interviews with Truffaut's friends and contemporaries...."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

"...of a certain auditory realism. Characters are not introduced via classic storytelling setups. All the characters refer to each..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Murder in the First

"...film is given over to a history of Alcatraz via faux newsreel footage and Slater's cloying voiceover. Apparently director..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Land of the Deaf

"...language and their comments are translated for the audience via onscreen subtitles. The hearing viewer gains a sense of..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Road to Wellville

"...a husband-and-wife couple who wish to restore their health via a week-long stay at Kellogg's (Hopkins) turn-of-the-century health retreat...."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Specialist

"...mysterious ex-armed forces "specialist," trained in covert assassination technique via controlled explosions. In the film's prologue, we see Stallone..."

Oct. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked Killer

"...sides of the law, they quickly form a bond via heated glances. Romance seems almost certain, until the naïve..."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brainscan

"...an ad for the “terrorific experience of a lifetime, via CDR” (in Fangoria, natch), in steps Mindscan and the..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Serial Mom

"...Lords and Patricia Hearst. The resurrection of Ms. Turner, via the man who gave us Divine and dogshit. Who..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Once Upon a Time in China IV

"...from scheming westerners and factionalized Flower and Lantern Societies via a massive, multi-racial martial arts tournament. There's absolutely nothing..."

March 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stepping Razor -- Red X

"...Tosh himself, dead since 1987, narrates his life story via the “Red X” tapes, a series of microcassette recordings..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Twenty Bucks

"...course of the titular bill from its arrival onscreen (via an ATM) to its final, inevitable destruction. The bill,..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Especially on Sunday

"...a young boy and his infatuation with all things avian, the film opens with The Blue Dog. Directed by..."

Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Best of the International Tournee of Animation

"...are played out in a surreal, otherworldly penal colony via stop-motion camera work -- and Pixar's brilliant and hilarious..."

Aug. 20, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deadly Currents

"...well as the establishment of a Jewish national home (via the Balfour Declaration) for the Zionists. After years of..."

June 18, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Black Harvest

"...which depicts the Highlanders' first contact with white men via an Australian expedition led by a former gold prospector..."

June 11, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Twogether

"...film starts we are privy to John's interior thoughts via his hard-boiled voiceover. Then it mysteriously stops. And does..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blue Planet

"...by capturing the simplicity of winter's thaw into spring via camerawork that is, at times, hypnotically reminiscent of the..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Guncrazy

"...the outskirts of town and trying to make friends via submissive promiscuity (in the town dump, no less). When..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Adam's Rib

"...presence known to the other members of the household via an imperious-sounding bell that hangs over her bed. Her..."

Oct. 9, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest

Documentary about the famous case brought against Judas Priest by the parents of two troubled teens who committed suicide – because of alleged backward masking on an album.

"...or less on a whim, to take their lives via shotgun. Belknap died instantly, the contents of his head..."

July 17, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

"...pianist, and because Goldblum's character repeatedly refers to himself via an increasingly hilarious series of composers (“Name?” “Franz Schubert...."

June 12, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dark Backward

"...time, Malt with his disastrous one-liners and manic Gus via his battered accordion. All seems for naught, though, until..."

Feb. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eat Trash, Save the Planet

Fighting food waste locally via Too Good to Go

"...offerings at a deep discount, instead of tossing them, via the app Too Good to Go (toogoodtogo.com). The international..."

April 21, 2023 Food Feature by A. Richmond

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