What Men Want

Because we needed a remake of What Women Want, apparently

"...Taraji P. Henson swirls through the gender-flipped comedy What Men Want like the Tasmanian devil, giving a Looney..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

What Women Want

"...Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda and Valerie Perrine. What women really want is for their men to act..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

You Can't Always Get What You Want

Yen Tan's 'Pit Stop' finds humanity in transaction

"...store to warm a different sort of transaction – uneasy agreements made in desperation and foolhardy compromises made in stasis...."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Brandon Watson

What Love Is

Writer/director Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last – and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.

"...Gina Gershon, Tamala Jones, Jud Tylor and Shiri Appleby. What Love Is is a throwback to the salad days..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Soul Men

Samuel Jackson and Bernie Mac play a couple of washed-up and forgotten R&B backup singers, who are on an improbable road back to fame.

"...can’t think of a better way to describe Soul Men than to say it’s about two men who, as..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Why Men Are Clueless

Tepid addition to the "goofy guys learn a lesson" rom-com archives

"...break, rom-com lore demands it should be the defining moment that breaks them but will eventually bring them back..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Wolverine is a noisy mess, full of Hugh Jackman's seriously killer snarl but utterly devoid of the borderline-subversive smarts that made Bryan Singer's X-Men films so resonant.

"...revolution that has since enabled Stan Lee and Marvel Entertainment to wash away the bad taste left by Roger..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men of Honor

"...As a post-title note informs us, the story of Men of Honor is “based on the life of Carl..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Grumpy Old Men

"...Daryl Hannah and Burgess Meredith. I like grumpy old men, as a species. Even though he was young, my..."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Men With Mommy Issues

Jay and Mark Duplass rock the cradle of love in Cyrus

"...pleasingly plump, are no great shakes in the looks department, have no earth-shattering or even particularly impressive careers to..."

June 25, 2010 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

X-Men: The Last Stand

This third outing in the franchise lays on the subtext even more heavily than its predecessors – racial, gender, and sexual politics are all over the place, as are the multiple strands of the story line.

"...James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Shawn Ashmore and Vinnie Jones. What are we to make of Kelsey Grammer's furry turn..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Jigsaw Is Family: Saw X Producers Explain What Makes a Saw Movie

Mark Burg and Oren Koules look to the future of the franchise

"...appearance of producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules at what turned out to be the world premiere...."

Oct. 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD: We Know What Boys Are Like

Proposal would turn Pearce and Garcia middle schools into single-sex academies

"...become a new girls' school. Each would be open enrollment, covering kids in grades 6-8. Parents who do not..."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What Texas Artists Had to Say on the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

Jackie Venson, Midland, and more talk country music’s Austin migration

"...relocation to Austin plays into a greater shift in what listeners want out of their country music. Here's what..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

What to Expect From Game On Austin

A clickable guide to the participating studios and their games

"...Well here’s your guide to the participating studios and what they'll be showing with enough handy links to keep..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?

What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general

"...has spent most of his A.G. tenure under felony indictment, though they're hazy on the details...."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Fixing What Ain't Broke

Does city want fair hiring, or to break the union?

"...meeting to view the deliberations over the proposed U.S. Department of Justice consent decree, which would govern the hiring..."

May 23, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Men at Work

City's day laborer program undergoes successful overhaul

"...Austin's day laborers, the mostly Hispanic, mostly young men who congregate before 6am each day to seek short-term..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Smart Women, Dangerous Men

Dracula and Fur Tempt Females With the Dark Side

"...(l to r) Elaine Williams, Stephanie Swenson, Martin Burke Women pine for him. Still, he slouches in the corner,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Austin Opera's Of Mice and Men

Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career

"...thing or two about the opera Of Mice and Men, and not just because he's conducting the Austin Opera..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Theatre Review: The Baron’s Men Presents Romeo and Juliet

The Curtain Theatre’s BYOB outdoor production is a magical night out

"...I don’t care what decades of strangled high school readings might have done..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

What Will It Take to Get More Police Oversight?

If Greg Casar wants more accountability for cops, the city’s gonna need to give the police union some more money

"...Members can tack public comment onto any agenda briefing, and Greg Casar, the Item's..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

What a Piece of Work Is Woman!

After four centuries of being berated, belittled, betrayed, bullied, battered, and butchered by the men in Shakespeare's plays, the women have had enough. They're ready to speak out, to give Will a piece of their minds. And in playwright Susan Kelso's Roses and Thistles, they do just that.

"...Will couldn't have been a demeaning, condescending jerk where women were concerned, that his insight into the human heart..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What's In Store

The city's self-storage business is changing as corporate giants push mom and pop operations aside.

"...her breasts cupped in golden armor plate. Her scaly abdomen and tail fin protruded from a sea of bubble..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

The Luv Doc: What Grindr Is Not

It’s the singular artistic achievement of the Eighties band Escape

"...43 me at 63. I’m at a loss. I want to think this is all good but somewhere in..."

March 29, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

DVDanger: The Evil That Men Do

Nothing Bad Can Happen, and other meditations on darkness

"...is Benno (Sascha Alexander Gersak). With a little work, commitment, and a quick shower, he could become one the..."

Oct. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Men Without Hats

1am, Club de Ville

"...Men Without Hats, which rocketed to fame via Top 10..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Memory Harker

You Want to Do What? Where?

Internal Pelvic Floor Therapy gives new meaning to inner journeys

"...and pains we experience are too embarrassing to even mention to friends and loved ones. Take issues of the..."

Nov. 18, 2010 Chronolog Post by R.U. Steinberg

What's Behind the Delays at Austin's Airport and What's Being Done to Help

Lots of turbulence as airport rebounds from COVID lows

"...information office, which is also its marketing & community engagement and emergency communications office. Haynes and her team, which..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

What Made Him Do It?

Weeks-long bomb scare ends Wednesday with few answers

"...Chief Brian Manley how he was feeling at that moment...."

March 23, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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