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Saint of Gamblers
"...Seven,” a tough, high-kicking lawman who saves our silly
heroes
from certain death so that they can run off..."
March 13, 1996
Movie Review
by
Joey O'Bryan
Lotto Land
"...of people we have become accustomed to seeing as
heroes
among independent films set in economically oppressed, minority communities:..."
Oct. 6, 1995
Movie Review
by
Patrick Taggart
Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagogue
"...Ching supporters as possible along the way. Opposing our
heroes
is a dastardly Ching spy posing as a monk..."
Oct. 6, 1995
Movie Review
by
Joey O'Bryan
Once Upon a Time in China V
"...some annoying comic relief. One scene, which finds our
heroes
all dressed up in silly beards, ranks as the..."
April 7, 1995
Movie Review
by
Joey O'Bryan
Burning Paradise
"...genre. The plot follows the adventures of legendary Chinese
heroes
Fong Sai Yuk and Hung Sei Kwan, imprisoned in..."
Aug. 12, 1994
Movie Review
by
Joey O'Bryan
Clear and Present Danger
"...Present Danger makes this Ryan different from other action
heroes
Ford has played. Willem Dafoe, as the mercenary Mr...."
Aug. 5, 1994
Movie Review
by
Brian Baker
Iron Monkey
"...Wong. Jeez, doesn't Tsui Hark know any Chinese folk
heroes
other than Wong Fei-Hong? Every time I turn around..."
April 8, 1994
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Stepping Razor -- Red X
"...the interesting life of one of reggae music's greatest
heroes
, a man who remains, to some extent, in the..."
Feb. 11, 1994
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Heaven & Earth
"...conscience in it. And though Stone gravitates toward bigger-than-life
heroes
, in this victimized woman's story it just doesn't work...."
Dec. 24, 1993
Movie Review
by
Marjorie Baumgarten
La Vie De Bohème
This film honors the romantic notion of the starving artist while simultaneously mocking its illusions and pretensions.
"...is that it manages to satirize and valorize its
heroes
all at once...."
Dec. 3, 1993
Movie Review
by
Marjorie Baumgarten
The Three Musketeers
"...they really manage to capture their characters as both
heroes
and jerks. This is for kids, mind you, it..."
Nov. 19, 1993
Movie Review
by
Louis Black
Ernest Rides Again
"...collector and the British Secret Service, the two bumbling
heroes
struggle against vacuous dialogue and increasingly improbable situations to..."
Nov. 12, 1993
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Rudy
"...affectionate movie, there are no real villains, no real
heroes
, just human difficulties and mundane triumphs...."
Oct. 22, 1993
Movie Review
by
Louis Black
Cool Runnings
This movie about those most unlikely of sports
heroes
– the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team – is often silly but almost never funny.
"...Runnings, a movie about those most unlikely of sports
heroes
-- the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team -- is often..."
Oct. 1, 1993
Movie Review
by
Hollis Chacona
True Romance
"...several groups of killers on the trail of our
heroes
. Slater is Clarence Worley, a Detroit comic-shop employee who..."
Sept. 17, 1993
Movie Review
by
Marc Savlov
Boiling Point
"...a hero in the kind of world where only anti-
heroes
play...."
April 23, 1993
Movie Review
by
Louis Black
The Sandlot
The movie is a grown man's memory of his first, awkward summer in a new neighborhood in 1962 and the importance of baseball as a bonding activity.
"...respects and gives credence to the eternal monsters and
heroes
of youth. And it acknowledges a time when learning..."
April 9, 1993
Movie Review
by
Marjorie Baumgarten
Best of the Best Two
"...gang, and Roberts (who, as far as martial arts
heroes
go, looks almost as scrawny as his kid sister..."
March 12, 1993
Movie Review
by
Pamela Bruce
Fifty/Fifty
"...people's revolution going on in the jungle and our
heroes
' destinies lead them right into it. They enjoy (and..."
March 5, 1993
Movie Review
by
Marjorie Baumgarten
Voices From the Front
"...spends a great deal of time focusing on the
heroes
of that war, members of ACT UP, the PWA..."
June 19, 1992
Movie Review
by
Kathleen Maher
Backdraft
"...conflict, we sit up and pay attention when our
heroes
leap aboard the engines to battle a blaze...."
May 24, 1991
Movie Review
by
Kathleen Maher
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
"...a bit of a curiosity. As for our two
heroes
without a clue, two of literature's greatest goofballs, things..."
May 10, 1991
Movie Review
by
Kathleen Maher
SXSW Film Q&A: John Lee Hancock on
The Highwaymen
Texas director retells the Bonnie and Clyde story from the cops’ view
"...It’s easy to see Bonnie and Clyde as devil-may-care
heroes
careening through the South and making chumps of John..."
March 9, 2019
SXSW Post
by
Richard Whittaker
The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2018
Actor/director Norman Blumensaadt, dance artists Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Anuradha Naimpally, and philanthropists Jeanne and Michael Klein join the ranks of cultural
heroes
"...Research. Here is a brief introduction to these cultural
heroes
. Norman Blumensaadt..."
May 25, 2018
Arts Feature
by
Robert Faires
Playback: KINGs and Queens
Kids in a New Groove, Bull McCabe’s bows out, and underground
heroes
of Austin music
"...NA. Hard tickets only; $15 at the bar. Forgotten
Heroes
of Austin Music..."
Aug. 11, 2017
Music Column
by
Kevin Curtin
Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2017
Flatbed Press founders Katherine Brimberry and Mark L. Smith, choreographer Kate Warren and theatre / spoken word artist Zell Miller III join the ranks of cultural
heroes
"...Research. Here is a brief intro to these cultural
heroes
...."
June 2, 2017
Arts Feature
by
Robert Faires
Gay Place
This year's Top 10 local queer
heroes
& LGBTQ stories
"...10s, but here's a sampling). Top 10 Local Queer
Heroes
..."
Dec. 30, 2016
Column
by
Sarah Marloff
The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016
These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural
heroes
who lead by example
"...Research. Here is a brief introduction to these cultural
heroes
. Peter Bay..."
May 6, 2016
Arts Feature
by
Robert Faires
SXSW Band Announcement, Part III
1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted
"...March 11-16. Of the 643 acts announced, NYC rap
heroes
Mobb Deep, Primus frontman Les Claypool, hardcore supergroup Off!,..."
Jan. 7, 2014
Music Post
by
Kevin Curtin
Kinky in 2010
With gubernatorial aspirations on the back burner, Kinky Friedman is out on tour
"...performing songs, telling stories, and reading from his book
Heroes
of a Texas Childhood...."
Feb. 24, 2010
Music Post
by
Margaret Moser
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