The Luv Doc: Dumpster Bonin'

Wherein the Luv Doc plays the uncomfortable role of the skeptic

"...I am no stranger to the art of dumpster diving. Back in first grade my friend Dimitri and I..."

June 6, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Elton John

"...Elton JohnThe Diving Board (Capitol/Mercury) Paul McCartneyNew (Hear Music)..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Love and Death, Underwater

Alison Ellwood's No Limits premieres tonight on ESPN

"...of the details surrounding Mestre’s fateful No Limits (NLT) Freediving Record attempt in October 2002...."

July 23, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Nine for IX Premieres Tonight

ESPN presents a series on women in sports

"...award-winning (and female) filmmakers, covering sports from basketball to diving and everything in between...."

July 2, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Cliff Notes: Happy New Deadline!

Congressional huffing and puffing finally yields a deal

"...cuts, enough House Republicans wanted to avoid blame for "cliff-diving" to save the Senate bill.)..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...to change before Dec. 31. See "Point Austin: Cliff Diving," Dec. 7...."

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature

Shear Faith

Haircuts by Children asks you to trust your coif to kids with scissors

"...conception of the piece by Canadian performance company Mammalian Diving Reflex, these youngsters have received a full week of..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chaos in Tejas

"...for Youth of Today. "Do you guys have the stage-diving app?" wondered YOT's voice of reason, Ray Cappo, barking..."

June 10, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Sanctum

When spelunkers rappel into a remote cave and get trapped by storm runoff, the plot and dialogue become as soggy as the characters.

"...Abyss and Aliens of the Deep) and his own deep-diving melodrama, The Abyss. But Sanctum, which follows spelunker Frank..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

U18 and U21 Top 9s, Part 2

Next Up bloggers weigh in on the year in music

"...the groups I saw in 2009, I saw the Diving Captain most. My band, the El Guapos, played almost..."

Jan. 11, 2010 Music Post by Aaron Miller

I've Loved You So Long

Kristen Scott Thomas is unforgettable in this French film about a woman who has to live with her self-hatred after committing a heinous crime.

"...2008, is at her bravest in this early going, diving into a role that will initially inspire little sympathy..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Johnny Got His Gun

Austin-bred actor Ben McKenzie stars in this one-man show of Dalton Trumbo's timeless anti-war novel.

"...of timing, but coming out one year after The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Julian Schnabel's inventively mesmerizing movie..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luv Doc Recommends: 50th Annual Zilker Summer Musical – Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater, Thursday, July 10, 2008

"...ideally not into the shallow end. The benefit of diving headfirst is that your scream will be muffled by..."

July 11, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

In Memoriam: Shannon Leigh Lewis

"...age 20, died from injuries sustained during a cave diving accident in Florida. As a talented teenaged writer, Shannon..."

July 7, 2008 Books Post by Stacy Alexander Evans

There Will Be Film

2007 opens up a vein of cinematic riches

"...5) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

There Will Be Film

"...MISSES: The Savages, The Darjeeling Limited, Eastern Promises, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Year of the Dog..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

There Will Be Film

"...2) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Near tactile in its collage..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

There Will Be Film

"...5) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Can there be anything more..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Jackass: Number Two

Strange as it may be to say, Jackass: Number Two is just the kind of vicarious excitement for which the movies were invented.

"...who's contemplated putting a fishhook through his cheek and diving into the ocean to pass himself off as shark..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Based on the allegedly autobiographical short stories of alleged teen author J.T. Leroy, Asia Argento's film describes a Gothic maelstrom of psychic and physical abuse.

"...Hell), replete with loose women (and looser men), Dumpster diving, drugs, rape, and everything else bad you can think..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Derrickson’s film, based on a real event in which a priest was charged with negligent homicide because of a death that occurred during an exorcism, flirts with relevance and assorted hot-button topics but fails to amount to much more than an overlong exercise in Jesuit Theosophy 101, played against the backdrop of Law & Order.

"...Exorcism of Emily Rose is serious stuff all right, diving aspergillum-first into the theological brouhaha surrounding the existence of..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Okie Noodling

Noodling is the sport (some say art) of catching big ol' catfish with your bare hands. The practice is legal only in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Okie Noodling is Beesley's affectionate, funny, and engaging look at the noodlers in his home state.

"...who push the ascetic limits of noodling by using diving equipment; and Lee McFarlin, whose outspoken views on noodling,..."

Oct. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Swimming

"...Under), is not terribly evocative, skirting around rather than diving headlong into the bustle of a tourist town in..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Son's Room

"...thought, as Giovanni's son dies that afternoon in a diving accident that might never have occurred if the two..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fat Girl

"...pool, pretending to waver between two suitors -- the diving board and the pool's step ladder.) Both in the..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Summer Catch

"...create,” she tells the romantically hornswoggled Ryan, just before diving into the family pool in a rainstorm in panties..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pearl Harbor

"...to port while Japanese Zeroes strafe the terrified sailors diving from the quarterdeck. The fetishism of explosions is a..."

May 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2001 Austin Parks & Recreation Pool Schedule

"...For hours and other info including PARD's swimming and diving classes, see www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/pools_schedule.htm...."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature

Men of Honor

"...task of suiting up in those clunky, brass-helmeted, deep-water diving suits, with only a snaking umbilicus of oxygen-filled cable..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Big Blue

"...is this 1988 Luc Besson film about competitive deep-sea diving. The Big Blue concerns itself with some big themes,..."

July 12, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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