2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Universal insights into unique stories

"...(“Take and Run”) tells a harrowing story about bride kidnapping in Kyrgyz. Made by the Swiss filmmaker Maria Brendle,..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The French Dispatch

Wes Anderson's candy-colored tribute to The New Yorker

"...a police commissioner's table that is interrupted by a kidnapping and subsequent heroic rescue...."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Wildcat

The War on Terror adds a torture porn sheen

"...reviewed at press time. Inside the global economy of kidnapping, as a journalist (Campbell) is abductedby generic Middle Eastern..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review

Justin G. Dyck Would Do Anything for Jackson

Christmas romance movie maker delivers this year's chilliest horror

"...and Julian Richings as Audrey and Henry Walsh - kidnapping a pregnant woman (Konstantina Mantelos). Their aim is not..."

Dec. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kindred

Gaslighting horror adds racial tension to class dynamics

"...because while all the tension of a white family kidnapping an expecting Black woman is there, it’s never certain..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...by Fennell. In 2010, while serving time for the kidnapping and rape of a woman in his custody as..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Acceleration

Inept action flick marks the end of any possible Lundgrenaissance

"...a merciless gangster, he gets the upper hand by kidnapping her son and giving her 24 hours to clear..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lucy in the Sky

Natalie Portman's astronaut crashes to Earth

"...that she had them at all, along with various “kidnapping paraphernalia,” caused quite a media tempest in a teapot..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Bill Paxton’s Lost Film Ties Together UT, Bob Fosse, and William S. Burroughs

Cut up, chopped and screwed: The long path to Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited

"...to Tangier to make a pulled-from-the-headlines riff on the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III. So they head to..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Wedding Guest

A simmering thriller of international abduction and pursuit

"...her arranged marriage, does not fight back against her kidnapping. However, instead of a cat-and-mouse pursuit the film now..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Guilty

Single-location thriller travels deep into a killer mystery

"...by Möller and Emil Nygaard Albertsen) understands that a kidnapping in which the rescuer is as restrained as the..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sherlock Gnomes

Gnomeo and Juliet sequel heads to London. For reasons.

"...just know that Demetriou tried his best) has been kidnapping lawn ornaments. Why? To annoy his nemesis, Sherlock Gnomes..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fifty Shades Freed

Mr. and Mrs. Grey break out the whips one last time

"...own. He lurks in the shadows until a third-act kidnapping revives what little life there is of the film..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Death Watch: Forced Testimony Over Evidence?

No physical evidence implicates Cardenas in his cousin's murder

"...Cardenas, a Mexican national convicted of capital murder for kidnapping, raping, and killing his 16-year-old cousin in McAllen, is..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Protecting the LGBTQ Community When the State Attacks

From the bathroom bill to marriage equality, can Austin fight back?

"...the following day. Both have been charged with aggravated kidnapping and robbery. APD Chief Brian Manley's assessment of the..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Brigsby Bear

A man searches for truth in nostalgia

"...the exception of Kinnear’s sympathetic cop assigned to James’ kidnapping case.) Viewers hoping for a foray into Donnie Darko..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Did Failures at APD’s Crime Lab Lead to Sexual Assaults in Houston?

Rape case goes unprosecuted due to contaminated DNA evidence

"...the Oct. 12, 2008, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping of a woman, cited (as a pseudonym) in affidavits..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Believe

Moving Panoramas flicker to life in the aftermath of a home invasion

"...after he moved to Austin. We began dating. The Kidnapping..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

The Luv Doc: Family Friendly

Getting to know the neighbors

"...workers for really big jobs. My guess is that kidnapping an entire family would be a really big job..."

March 13, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Kingsman: The Secret Service

This comic-book riff on James Bond films finds fun amid the ultraviolence.

"...the film’s secondary characters. It’s an in-joke, but the kidnapping of Hamill – as himself – is a plot..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fighting Sexual Assault

Amid growing national momentum, UT-Austin takes steps to protect incoming students

"...the assistant rush captain at the time of Ellis' kidnapping and assault said that the frequent fraternity parties that..."

May 16, 2014 News Feature by Jessica Luther

Death Watch

Two death row cases go before courts

"...Swearingen was sentenced to die for the kidnapping and murder of 19-year-old Melissa Trotter, a community college..."

Dec. 11, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Competency Hearing Granted for Marcus Druery

State's 15th execution of 2013 set for Nov. 12

"...Druery was convicted in 2003 for kidnapping, robbing, and killing 20-year-old Skyyler Browne – a former..."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reed and Swearingen Evidence in Question

Two more death penalty cases under appeal scrutiny

"...Jimmy Fen­nell, who is now in prison for the kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman while on duty..."

Aug. 24, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

U.S. Enters Death Row Fray

An act of Congress may spare inmate's life

"...who is on Texas' death row for the 1994 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Adria Sauceda in San..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Serious Man

The Coen brothers deliver one of their best and most personal movies, a kind of cockeyed Jewish fable that urges us to embrace life's mysteries.

"...mensch is the protagonist’s goal rather than scoring money, kidnapping a baby, retrieving one’s pissed-upon rug, or any number..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reed Loses Another Appeal

Yet another setback for death row inmate Rodney Reed

"...have intensified since he pleaded guilty last September to kidnapping and improper sexual conduct with a person in his..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...Jimmy Fen­nell Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and one count of improper sexual conduct with a..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature

The Host

This manic monster party from South Korea cleverly updates the Japanese monster-movie genre while offering a witty and sweet look at what's left of the nuclear family.

"...Korean film buff-cum-Dear Leader Kim Jong-il, who ended up kidnapping director Shin Sang-ok from the South to helm the..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

At Risk

Nick Cassavetes on Alpha Dog

"...ensuing battle between the two men results in the kidnapping of Mazursky's younger brother, Zack (an exceptional Anton Yelchin)...."

Jan. 12, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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