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Performer Matches: Lonesome Heroes, Real Heroes
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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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