The Infiltrator

Bryan Cranston takes on a drug cartel in this ho-hum thriller

"...that dissimilar from Walter White, Breaking Bad’s duplicitous family man-cum-methamphetamine kingpin. Although The Infiltrator, which is based on Bob..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Winter's Bone

Set in the Ozark Mountain backwoods of Missouri, this tense drama is an exceptionally good film.

"...have been further skewed by years of poverty, rampant methamphetamine abuse, and the callous concern of outsiders. Dolly has..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Speed Racer

The Wachowski brothers' hyperbolic film is supersaturated with outrageously eye-popping visuals, but there's nary an honest emotion in sight.

"...much as diving face-first into a rainbow-hued bowl of methamphetamine-laced cinematic Jell-O. It's a giddy rush for a moment..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fabricant's Drug War Rule No. 1: Don't Pull A Wendy Watson

The Busted! Mantra: Reading is Fundamental....

"...possession and intent to distribute nearly 80 grams of methamphetamine. Now, Watson’s plight isn’t all that unique, but, as..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Fast Food Nation

Richard Linklater and Eric Schlosser's noble and worthy film about meat processing and consumption smacks of good-guy agitprop and fails as a character-driven narrative.

"...plants in this country, the sexual harassment, the rampant methamphetamine use among workers desperate to keep up with the..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Salton Sea

"...new films about the extremely seedy underworld of the methamphetamine addict to hit theatres this summer (the other is..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tokyo Fist

"...a film lab -- it was processed in a methamphetamine lab, possibly by a marmot on PCP. Tsukamoto himself..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Twin Town

"...of not-long-for-this-world family dogs. Allen's film boasts the same methamphetamine, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink flavor of MacDonald and Boyle's past hits, but,..."

June 20, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...January and again in October, WCSO detectives dismantled two methamphetamine lab operations – one near Georgetown and one further..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hells Angels Hit

Anthony Benesh was shot down by a sniper – the suspects, and theories, are legion

"...mainly through drug trafficking (currently said to be primarily methamphetamine production and sales) and prostitution. The cops say the..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Capitol Chronicle

State Sen. Jeff Wentworth and Rep. Rick Green are accused of improper lobbying for "legal speed" maker Metabolife.

"..."ephedra" or ephedrine, an herbal derivative quite similar to methamphetamine) be labeled with a U.S. Food and Drug Administration..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...of choice, Ecstasy, or if you're a chemical engineer, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. This guy, this normal-as-the-day-is-long guy is flashing back to..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Prey

Vietnamese cinema is back with a vicious bang

"...affably evil Pansringarm, and “Ti” (Boonyai), a yaa baa—Thai methamphetamine—smoking psycho with a RPG and a tendency to hallucinate..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bye Bye Man

A group of teens unleash the bogeyman

"...the film as an allegory about drug addiction (read: methamphetamine psychosis) or paranoid schizophrenia, but the aspirations of The..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo

An engaging doc about the Oklahoma State Prison Rodeo.

"...Crystal Herrington, jailed for possession and intent to manufacture (methamphetamine, one presumes). Beesley spends almost as much time with..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drug Trafficking Gets Intense?

Feds designate Austin as high-intensity drug trafficking zone

"...and Los Zetas) that move drugs (mostly cocaine and methamphetamine, he said) through Texas and to other states. There..."

April 5, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Is "Extreme Ecstasy" a serious or pretend problem?

"...deadly form of the drug that is laced with methamphetamine – a drug that Walters' camp at the White..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

A wickedly entertaining postmodern take on the hallowed, Eighties-era slasher flicks.

"...Reno, Nev. (which, if you've been to that now-official methamphetamine capital of North America, doesn't seem like much of..."

March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Weed Watch

U.S. House of Reps once again votes down measure that would prevent Department of Justice from spending tax money to raid, arrest, and prosecute sick people using medi-pot

"...marijuana – while generally ignoring other drugs, such as methamphetamine, whose use has continued to rise. "The government also..."

July 7, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Weed Watch: DPS Says Drug Seizures Up

Troopers collect $160 million worth of cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana, department reports

"...cocaine (2,285 pounds, to be exact), 153 pounds of methamphetamine, and nearly 23 tons of marijuana during routine traffic..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

Jonathan Demme dreams us back to the golden age of performance films, in which Neil Young unfolds his latest album Prairie Wind in concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

"...Directed by: Jonathan Demme. In this sushi age of methamphetamine concert DVDs and dysfunction junction music tell-alls, Jonathan Demme..."

March 17, 2006 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Running Scared

Wayne Kramer's follow-up to his crime drama The Cooler has no moral compass, and swings wildly out of control while blanketed in hyper-violent digital gore effects and a thick, black nausea of the soul.

"...(Bright), who then uses it to shoot his abusive, methamphetamine- addled Russian émigré father, Anzor (whose blighted sense of..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

A continuing look at Drug War lunacy

"...youth exceeds their addiction rates for alcohol, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, Ecstasy and all other drugs combined." That assertion is..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...trailer. Police also seized nearly a pound of crystal methamphetamine, worth nearly $48,000. Hendrix was charged with marijuana possession..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Torque

Rev your engines: The first bike movie of the year is here.

"...(Schulze). The bikes have their gas tanks filled with methamphetamine, and to escape the feds that Henry sent his..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New Best Friend

"...throughout; she forever appears on the verge of a methamphetamine jag, but my vote for most Muffy-licious turn here..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...been quietly slipped into Senate Bill 486, the DEFEAT Methamphetamine Act (aka The Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act of 1999) and..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

Weed

"...giving these wandering rasta brigades a big shot of methamphetamine just to see if they become a bit more..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Living on the Streets Can Cut Your Life Short by 20 Years, New Report Finds

Community leaders say more housing and services will help

"...deaths increased by 333% (from 21 to 91), with methamphetamine being the primary driver. But, the report notes, fentanyl..."

Jan. 17, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Veterans Leading the Charge

Psychedelic healing around Austin and beyond

"...escape for me,” LaPree said. “Then I started using methamphetamine. I didn’t want to fall asleep. I didn’t want..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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