Extraterrestrial

Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo cloaks this romantic comedy within the promise of a science-fiction story.

"...looms without fully actualizing, the possibility that creatures from outer space may have secretly inhabited the bodies of our..."

July 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cable Guy: Paul Scheer

We get in 'League' with Paul Scheer

"...Scheer says. "On CSI: Miami, somebody gets killed in outer space and somebody has to go up into space..."

June 1, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Not Coming to a Network Near You

Q&A with ATX panelist & 'NTSF:SD:SUV' star Paul Scheer

"...Literally, on CSI: Miami, somebody gets killed in outer space and somebody has to go up in space..."

May 29, 2012 Screens Post by Leah Churner

Shine a Light

'In the Shadow' and more selections from the 15th annual Cine Las Americas

"..."We watched 2001: A Space Odyssey a lot," says Elmer, "primarily for the [compositions]..."

April 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Awesome Overload: Alamo Does the Kobayashi Maru Class of '82

Alamo Drafthouse screens 1982 30 years later

"..."Rosebud –" in our hearts. The same goes for outer space ubermensch Khan's memorable take on Herman Melville, from..."

April 16, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Taco Experiment

Taco cook-off contest!

"...Place: The Holy Smokers for Grec-Mex Pitatilla Third Place: Outer Space for Jamaikame Crazy Jerk Tacos Audience Awards: First..."

March 14, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW 2012 Tuesday Showcases

"...classic rockers like Free. Leaping from solid ground to outer space, the Boxing Lesson's (9pm) prog-frosted psychedelia blazes galaxyward...."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature

Film Ratings' Logic Is Stupid and Irritating

"...good – such as, for example, Plan 9 From Outer Space. But the main problem I have is rating..."

Jan. 30, 2012 Postmarks

Hallo, Spaceboy! 'Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission' Returns to Earth

Local doc with stellar ambitions opens at Alamo

"...It's been quite the interminable space opera, distribution-wise, for Austin-based Beef and Pie Productions' out-of-this-world..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

"...of perversity the Chiodo Brothers (Elf, Killer Klowns From Outer Space) to bring mad life to his massive mutant..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Review by Richard Whittaker

Game Changer

How Austin's indie gaming scene got cooking as Juegos Rancheros

"...figures on what looks like an oil rig in outer space, littered with explosions and futuristic flying contraptions. Impressive..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

'The NFL Beat': Tebow's Piss-Poor Arm and More

Fantasy sports: 'D&D' for dudes who get laid

"...last week. Thankfully WR Calvin Johnson was sent from outer space and is accustomed to catching passes from three-..."

Nov. 17, 2011 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': Week 10

'Chronicle' fantasy column debuts

"...Stafford to WR Calvin Johnson, a robot sent from outer space. On the Waiver Wire: Earl Bennett WR (CHI):..."

Nov. 10, 2011 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Cute Local Game Alert!

Local developers create two achingly cute games

"...with pillow-fight inspired brawling in such exotic locations as outer space, a rubber ducky, and a birthday cake. The..."

Sept. 3, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Flamingoing, Going, Almost Gone

Brenner's current bedside reading table

"...and emotional and sexual relationships possible between humans. In outer space, in the future. Hell, yeah. The flamingo's name..."

July 11, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Green Lantern

The beloved comic-book hero rediscovers his powers on the big screen.

"...this story takes flight into the CGI-infused reaches of outer space and Oa, but it can't sustain the more..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Your Name Here

Big Boys guitarist Tim Kerr put Austin punk on the map, then spent the next quarter century painting on it

"...We are born pilots in an intersection of space and time..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Powers of Tenn

Talking Tennessee Williams' genius with critic John Lahr

"...in this, for lack of a better word, sacred space, a time out of time, for about eight hours..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Am Number Four

This filmed adaptation of the first book in the proposed Lorien Legacies series follows the tribulations of an alien refugee on Earth.

"...– one of those showboaty numbers that starts in outer space and ends on, I don't know, an ant's..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...block into a sci-fi playground. It’s inner city versus outer space. Cast: Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"..."Life's a Gas" seemed perfect right away, with its spaced-out romantic nod to impermanence and futility. And "There Is..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye: Make Way for Midseason Shows

New Year, New TV

"...takes the edge off that whole "evil aliens from outer space here to conquer humans" premise. Morena Baccarin as..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The 'It' Program

Musical theatre struts back onstage at Texas State to rave reviews

"...hit The Addams Family and the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award-winning The Wild Party. He spent a..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Way, Way Outer Space

Dusting off Starcrash, an interstellar swashbuckler

"...Thirty-two years after its American release, Luigi Cozzi's epic space opera (and, yes, Star Wars riff-off) Starcrash has finally..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

When Bad Movies Attack

James Nguyen's underground oddity Birdemic cries fowl

"...guy Dr. Jones (Rick Camp), who, like Clarissa or grave-robber-from-outer-space Dudley Manlove in Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer..."

July 2, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...Nicks' gypsy threads twirl imaginary dervishes, and Bootsy Collins' space bass matches his galaxy pants...."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Something to Sink Your Teeth Into

Good advice from a guy who survived Troll 2, George Hardy, D.M.D.

"...ever made" crown from Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space (no mean feat, that)...."

April 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

But Is It Art?

Austin Kleon gets creative with poetry in his new collection, Newspaper Blackout

"...poems –short pieces that touch on first sex and outer space, in a voice that slips from funny to..."

April 9, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Man or Astro-Man?

It's a bird? It's a plane? It's sci-fi's surf guitar originators.

"...(bass, percussion, and VCR ignition), "that because we're from outer space and can warp time, this whole concept of..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Urban Experience

Dâm-Funk's intergalactic jam

"...that's compelled by the cosmos. What is it about space that intrigues you?..."

March 16, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

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