Cop Car

Two boys go on the lam in Kevin Bacon's cop car

"...100. That longing is at the heart of Cop Car, a sly, economical neo-noir that forsakes the shadows for..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Car Croquet

Neighborhood leaders seek stronger code enforcement front-lawn parking.

"...his grass in order to get around their many cars. "I told them, 'Look, I don't want you on..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Common Law

Is that car abandoned?

"...The same car has been parked across the street from my house..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Column by Luke Ellis

Crossroads

Britney's screen debut.

"...scene also pays homage to the diva whose film career Britney's is most likely to emulate: Madonna. Once again,..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frozen River

In order to make ends meet, two women in upstate New York smuggle illegal aliens across the St. Lawrence River into the U.S. in this unusually thoughtful and expertly acted movie.

"...absconded with the down payment and their beat-up old car. The snowy, gray, hardscrabble setting provides a fitting match..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Replicas

What hath science wrought? A dull cloning thriller, that's what.

"...Reeves is the yin to Nicolas Cage's yang. Their careers have a strange symmetry – breaking through in the..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ghost Stories

Three very British tales of terror.

"...recipe, with a soupçon of variation to make those jump-scares not feel like day-old bread...."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Beyond

A woman inherits a hotel that was built over a gate to hell. Man, I hate it when that happens.

"...one by a splinter), The Beyond centers around an abandoned New Orleans hotel in the process of being renovated..."

June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ben Wheatley Catches Free Fire

Director on making his U.S. action debut

"...unleashed Baby Driver, which he described as a 90-minute car chase with a 90-second gun fight: With Free Fire,..."

April 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Get on Up

As James Brown, Chadwick Boseman captures the performer's voice, moves, sweat, and swagger, but this biopic, as a whole, needs a stronger compass.

"...Georgia through a teenage jail sentence to the successful career rise and ensuing egomania. However, for better and worse,..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Cold Light of Day

A young businessman on vacation in Spain with his family becomes caught in a tangled web of espionage and intrigue in this lackluster follow-up by the director of JCVD.

"...Cavill, Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver, Verónica Echegui, Joseph Mawle, Caroline Goodall and Colm Meaney...."

Sept. 14, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rango

Watch out, cartoon critters: There’s a new sheriff in town, and his name is Rango.

"...Directed by: Gore Verbinski. Watch out, cartoon critters: There’s a new sheriff in town, and his..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tsotsi

Winner of the 2005 Best Foreign Language Oscar, this South African entry is a harsh but ultimately redemptive tale of a young gang leader who lives in a Johannesburg shantytown.

"...Benny Moshe. Winner of the 2005 Best Foreign Language Oscar, this South African entry is a harsh but ultimately..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

City Council will decide whether to pay money for hotel venture; Pflugerville is considering building an airport; Jerry Weissberg resigns as CEO from ibooks.com; City Council to decide whether civilians or police should handle junk car enforcement.

"...On the abandoned vehicle front, there's a mild debate brewing at City..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

DVDanger: From the Dark

Star and director talk monsters, mud, and New Kids on the Block

"...A woman. A man. An abandoned farm. A monster. When writer/director Conor McMahon created new..."

April 11, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Smell (Kevin) Bacon

Two kids take the titular Cop Car on a joyride in this lean thriller

"...In Cop Car, a minimalist and often playful thriller directed and co-written..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Screens Feature by Caitlin Moore

Coming Home in the Dark

Brutal New Zealand revenge drama asks if monsters are made or just accidents

"...already committed some unspeakable act, indicated only by an abandoned car and a flash of material. But as portrayed..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Lowrider Knows Every Street

Digging deeper on the Eastside car club story reveals both our past and our future

"...Southern California, was a hot spot for the same car culture found here at Festival Beach and Chicano Park,..."

April 2, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Good Manners

A Brazilian werewolf tale that takes a while to bite

"...one beer she can afford. Ana is rich, and carefree; or she was until she got pregnant in the..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Trap Escapes

Alamo Drafthouse's Video Vortex unleashes Jungle Trap

"...1987 Run Coyote Run in the trunk of an abandoned car in California. But he was in for an..."

July 21, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Bad Batch

Ana Lily Amirpour gets post-apocalyptic with her second feature

"...walks, depletes her water rations, and stops in an abandoned car to fix her makeup, where she is captured..."

Sept. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

Stevie Ray Vaughan box set hits stands and controversary

"...role during the formative years of the local guitarist's career. Angrily countering Jerry Wexler's reminiscences as printed in the..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Blacks Just Like Home (Bloodshot)

SXSW Records

"...as daisies growing through the rusted-through floorboards of a long-abandoned car, the Blacks are a hard lot to categorize...."

March 3, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"...get," he says. "Screwing around with the First Amendment scares me a lot more than Don Henley giving Daryl..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...• The City Council has officially abandoned plans for a new water treatment plant on the..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature

The Garfield Movie

Jim Davis’ comic strip gets an animated reboot with Chris Pratt voicing the iconic cat

"...Movies are bigger than cartoon strips. That’s why adaptations of four-panel funnies are often..."

May 24, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blue Caprice

"...in a parking lot, vacuuming the floor of a car. The Caprice in these senseless murders was more than..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Letters at 3AM

We did not fall from the Garden; we journeyed away

"...was merely a picnic site, visited for show, then abandoned. The dream of the fabled Garden, too, was abandoned...."

July 31, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

God's Own Clothesline

In Search of Far Flung Adventures With Butch Hancock

"...National Park is eight hours from Austin proper by car: west out 290 through the Hill Country and into..."

May 15, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Former Fleet Services Manager Says Scrap Tires Only a Symptom

Fired whistle-blower says management has ignored serious problems for years

"...reported that thousands of city vehicle tires had been abandoned on a tract of land leased by Vic­tor Almaguer,..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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