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100-Foot Ferris Wheel in Honor of Mr. Robot Is Coming to Downtown Austin

USA Network to turn Congress Ave. lot into Coney Island for SXSW

"...reaction to the just-announced “activation” involving USA Network’s runaway hacker hit Mr. Robot? A Venn diagram of whaaaa and..."

Feb. 17, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Johnny English Strikes Again

Time to revoke this agent's license

"...service by the head of MI7 (Thompson) after a hacker breaches the agency’s networks and reveals the identities of..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost in the Shell

Scar Jo as cybernetic warrior

"...Nice. They’re on the trail of the mysterious “terrorist hacker” Hideo Kuze (Pitt) who is seeking to disrupt robotics..."

April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Central Intelligence

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart make for passable action buddies

"...the midst of some MacGuffin plot involving a mysterious hacker called "Black Badger" and, naturally, stolen, ever-important satellite encryption..."

June 17, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Kevin Costner is a prisoner who is implanted with a CIA op's knowledge

"...until the Dutchman’s deadline”). That Dutchman is a twitchy hacker (Pitt) looking to sell a program that can control..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mexican action comedy

"...teams up with American teen Vic (Morgan), a shy hacker embroiled in the theft, and the two set off..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A trio of tech-savvy twentysomethings get waylaid and wind up as subjects in a weird but stylish sci-fi mystery.

"...to get waylaid by the provocations of a mysterious hacker. After being drawn out to the Nevada desert by..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez try, but they can't getaway from this action mess.

"...is being given. She proves to be a skilled hacker and an admirable strategist...."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Rooney Mara completely nails the role of Lisbeth Salander, and director David Fincher is no slouch either in this perhaps unnecessary remake of the Swedish thriller.

"...There, the role of Lisbeth Salander – punk-rock privateer, hacker-sleuth, damaged goods – was embodied, wholly, by Noomi Rapace,..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Girl Who Played With Fire

The world's favorite bisexual, black-leathered, dragon-tatted, hog-riding hacker is back in action.

"...leading characteristics of Lisbeth Salander, the black-leathered, dragon-tatted, hog-riding hacker – bisexual to boot! – who has, almost improbably,..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

This Swedish film is an icily sleek masterwork of sustained suspense, much like Noomi Rapace's visceral, envelope-pushing performance.

"...scrutiny of the fearsomely independent and black-clad, cycle-riding female hacker Lisbeth Salander (the aptly named Rapace): the girl with..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live Free or Die Hard

As John McClane, Bruce Willis once more brings the noise and blows the bejesus out of the bad guys.

"...McClane has been charged with escorting a young pasty-faced hacker (Long, the studiously hip face of Apple's recent "Mac..."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"...mastermind who enlists the aid of Stanley, a washed-up hacker (played by X-Men's goofily rogueish Jackman, who apparently is..."

June 13, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A blend of pop psychology, cyberpunk lore, and stunning visuals.

"...– sorry, gang – Keanu Reeves as a modern-day hacker with dreams of something more...."

April 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"...Katie Stewart. Masterminds is Toy Soldiers updated for the hacker generation. Kartheiser plays Ozzie Paxton, a teenage misfit with..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Horny teenagers in goofy clothes avert eco-disaster and triumph over the government.

"...Wendell Pierce, Alberta Watson, Lorraine Bracco and Penn Jillette. Hackers is an afterschool special for the X-Generation. The earlier..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"...a hot actress, and a hokey script. Professional computer hacker Angela Bennett (Bullock) is a program debugger. This meek..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ghost in the Machine

"...best course of action is to flirt with an ex-hacker-turned-security analyst and create a giant magnet, or something to..."

Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Company Business

"...stolen cosmetics formulas -- secrets that any desk-bound computer hacker could ferret out with the flick of a few..."

Oct. 25, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In the wake of Sept. 11 and the hard-line USA Act, the Internet has become a very unfriendly place for hackers.

"...You're probably scared of hackers...."

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Immaculate Perception

Author and Visionary Bruce Sterling

"...to accurately and painlessly explain the world of computer hackers and their ilk (The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder..."

April 18, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Next Anti-Choice Strategy?

Widening the A.G.'s authority to prosecute

"...mostly to local district attorney's offices, but as David Hacker with the A.G.'s Office testified during a Senate State..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Invaluable Information

Technology, privacy, hacking, and legislating in the new Digital Age

"...an extension of their selves. We call those people "hackers," a broad term defined by context, but generally taken..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

The latest dispatches from the campaign trail

"...incumbent," said Badnarik campaign manager and committee treasurer Allen Hacker in a press release. He also said his candidate..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature

Austin Hackers Group Gets Recognition From Global Body

The room where it hackens

"...latest coding bugs they've uncovered. They call themselves Austin Hackers Anonymous, abbreviated as AHA! like the Eighties pop act..."

March 10, 2023 News Feature by Dex Wesley Parra

Redbox king Bressack back with a bombing action thriller

"...Redbox king Bressack with an action thriller about a hacker (Dillon) sat on a bomb, with only Mel Gibson..."

July 1, 2022 Movie Review

Neptune Frost

Activist artist Saul Williams crafts an Afrofuturist classic

"...on a journey where he ends up meeting intersex hacker Neptune (played by Isheja and Ngabo) in an electro..."

June 17, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy

Action flick takes a timely look at police corruption in Hong Kong

"...(Ng) and Detective Ching To (Cheung) track down a hacker whose attempt to tip off the police to the..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Sam Russek

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...In her 80s then, the late Louise Underwood Fuller Hacker was an ever-playful, radically innocent, deeply devout Christian lady,..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Doc follows WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

"...London), as well as one of his key spokesmen, hacker Jacob Appelbaum. Although Assange had allowed Poitras exceptionally free..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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