Walking With Dinosaurs

This visually ambitious animated film looks promising until its corny plot gets going.

"...truly see and feel what it was like when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Walking with Dinosaurs is the ultimate..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Walking After Midnight... but Before 65 Million B.C.

Cap City's Margie weighs in on 'Walking With Dinosaurs' in Cedar Park.

"...I have no obsession or deep longing to experience dinosaurs in almost live form. But I do remember as..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Chronolog Post by Margie Coyle

'Inconsolable: How I Threw My Mental Health Out With the Diapers'

Marrit Ingman's new memoir: an excerpt

"...life through the eyes of a new mother struggling with her state of mind. I can't wait to see..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Engineering Extinction Event

Why Texas needs more walking dinosaurs

"...Recently Austin ISD has been highlighting the trouble with getting kids ready for the high tech future, and..."

Nov. 22, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Dinotasia'

'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' meets 'Jurassic Park'

"...So Werner Herzog narrated an animated film about dinosaurs. No, wait, come back. It's real, and it's really..."

Nov. 6, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...for an unexplained crime. Though all the children live within miles or even walking distance of each other, heavily..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

BBC America celebrates its HD premiere with a week of sci-fi programming

"...but sci-fi, supernatural, and fantasy series seem to go with summer like paletas and a swelteringly hot day. I'm..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Preview: 'Dragons: Riders of Berk'

TV spinoff to 'How To Train Your Dragon' burns up Tuesday nights

"...the House of Mouse to the North Sea-sprayed punch with 2010's Dragon. Based loosely (veerrrry loosely) on Cressida Cowell's..."

Sept. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Latest dinosaur romp sticks to the equation, but still evolves the action

"...of Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park as a sequel, walking audiences through many of the same story beats on..."

June 22, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

All the Gory Details

The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.

"...of his wife, tearing at the muscle and tendons with his teeth as she shrieks. A leather codpiece flips..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Nature, history, and more to explore in 2023

"...Start the new year with a new list of places to explore: This month..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

DVDanger: Alexandra Essoe Gazes Through Starry Eyes

Horror star talks body image, body horror, and audition angst

"...Hollywood horror story Starry Eyes, and what you're left with is still a Hollywood horror story, a terrifying indictment..."

Feb. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Interviews

They said what?

"...really didn't have a choice," Louvin says of breaking with his brother. "It was hard to get dates. The..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

SXSW Panel: Gareth Edwards Keynote

Star Wars, Monsters, and the drive to tell a story

"...“I grew up with the Steven Spielberg story, quite literally,” Edwards recounted. “I..."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Creationism Alive and Kicking in Glen Rose

Monkeys, schmonkeys – a museum in Glen Rose argues against Darwinism

"...York World's Fair. These models have nothing to do with the dinosaurs that once roamed the area, and the..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Greg Beets

Scare Fare

"...are my favorites, though I can remember seeing Poltergeist with my roommate Alice Berry, who spent most of the..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Texas travel news and more

"...Nevarez at the award-winning LaVaca BBQ has credited him with being a mentor. The company’s name comes from when..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Seek and Destroy

One Swordsman's 'diary' highlights of three months on the road with Metallica

"...To start with, I should say it's somewhat out of character for..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Feature by Trivett Wingo

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

"...When Dinosaurs Ruled the EarthPeaced (Monofonus Press)..."

May 7, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...the crowd didn't seem sure whether it was laughing with Fisher or at him. The fact is, though, that..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Day Trips: Whiteside Museum of Natural History, Seymour

Ancient history comes alive near where the bones were found

"...The treasure trove of fossil discoveries began in 1882 with the Seymouria, a lizardlike creature which is a link..."

March 3, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

It's Free Comic Book Day

The where, what and how of comic collectors' favorite Saturday

"...day! The one and only Peter Mayhew, aka the walking carpet Chewbacca, will be signing autographs and taking pictures...."

May 5, 2012 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Ballroom Dancing

SXSW panels

"...at the start of Friday morning's sparsely attended interview with Austin writer Joe Nick Patoski. As co-founder of Pace..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Day Trips

The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is the Texas version of the Smithsonian Institute

"...tells the story of the Lone Star State from dinosaurs to modern fine art...."

April 21, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

So Much Specialness

David Byrne's cult classic True Stories captured a lost Texas and a prescient picture of today

"...perversely wholesome person I have ever met, like grapefruit with salt or green beans with sugar." Turning the tables..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Evolving Dialogue

Can Sharon Sparlin's play get science and religion to stop yelling and start talking?

"...of the Texas Freedom Network. "The lobby was crowded with a lot of folks concerned about the issue."..."

May 8, 2009 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the face of racism. He filed the 1970 lawsuit (with his daughter DeDra as chief plaintiff) that eventually ended..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature

Taking Pictures

This year, for whatever reasons, Dick Holland writes, we have been blessed with photography books of great beauty and intelligence. Several of the leading figures in the canon of 20th-century photography are represented in this season's unusually rich outpouring, among them Eugéne Atget, Walker Evans, and Edward Steichen.

"...Steichen's Legacy: Photographs, 1895-1973edited and with text by Joanna Steichen..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Cruel Summer

Kate X Messer remembers Lisa Davis: professional photographer, Austin music scenester, activist, suicide victim.

"...ex-Two Nice Girl whose all-woman band was playing out with great frequency that summer. The show's local lineup saw..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Wednesday Showcases

Stay planted on Wednesday night with whole showcases

"...Giganticus (9:45pm) rides a post-Mastodon wake on Relapse Records with last year's Gift Horse. South Korean threepiece Apollo 18..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

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