Stuck

Stuart Gordon tells his own creepy version of the story about the Fort Worth woman who locked her car in the garage for days with the mangled-but-still-living body of a human victim stuck in her windshield.

"...of a precious few American independent filmmakers who, you'll pardon the pun, lacerates his way straight to the bad,..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Redline

Redline dives headfirst into onanistic autoeroticism, but this exotic-car movie feels ill-lubed and mechanical all the way.

"...range from an Iraq vet (Phillips) to their, you'll pardon the leer, ace-in-the-hole, the spectaculiciously titillating Natasha (Bjorlin). (And..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Land Is Your Land

This muckraking populist grab bag of a film isn't so much a documentary as it is a harried piece of grassroots agitprop.

"...strung together. It could almost certainly use some, you'll pardon the pun, conservative trimming. For more on the film..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: The Gift Horse

On our way to the altar, it's not too late to check the Samsung family tree

"...it virtually immune to legal action, exemplified in the pardon issued in May by President Roh Moo-hyun to Samsung..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Column by Michael King

The Fearless Vampire Killers, or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My Neck

Period horror comedies were virtually unheard of in 1967, and although all of Roman Polanski's work up to that year had shone a flair for blacker-than-pitch grave-digger humor, this would be the first time he had experimented with outright comedy

"...The Fearless Vampire Killers, or: Pardon Me, but Your Teeth Are in My NeckWarner Home..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Four Eyes, Three Dimensions

Alamo brings in big technology for 'Little Expo'

"...Stooges that much more perilous to the retina in "Pardon My Backfire," and even drawing heavyweight auteur Hitchcock into..."

June 18, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Van Helsing

Hugh Jackman's mysterious monster hunter is pittefd against nearly the entire pantheon of Universal’s classic monsters, including Dracula and and the Wolf-Man.

"...Roman Polanski’s magnificently titled The Fearless Vampire Killers, or, Pardon Me, But Your Fangs Are in My Neck. Is..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Girls Will Be Girls

Valley of the Dolls meets Female Trouble in this all-male semimusical romp.

"...small task in such a broad comedy, if you’ll pardon the pun), but this IFC-sponsored effort (featured prominently at..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Hightower Lowdown

Hey, rich people steal, too! And, in Bolivia, the U.S. takes the wrong side ... again.

"...flew him to Miami, granting him a "public interest pardon," at the same time it said it "regretted" the..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Texas hills are again alive with the sound of chainsaws.

"...original, it’s the sort of grue that doesn’t, you’ll pardon the expression, stick to your ribs. Biel and Balfour,..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

TV Top 10s

"...way too up close on, of all places, ESPN's Pardon the Interruption...."

Jan. 3, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Treasure Planet

"...Amelia, whose stodgy, businesslike demeanor is wrapped within, you'll pardon the pun, a skintight catsuit that makes Jessica Rabbit..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Technology is making great strides in the development of interactive TV. Now when are TV execs going to start paying attention?

"...suggestion is that producers take some cues from ESPN's Pardon the Interruption (PTI). This fast-paced half-hour, hosted by Michael..."

April 26, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Kissing Jessica Stein

"...off more than it can chew, the premise reading (pardon me) like a Manwich, meaty and layered, the delivery..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Head On

"...at any given moment -- all while, you should pardon the expression, “dreaming of a better day.” It's hard..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Life and Nothing But

"...around the corner -- he's been recommended for a pardon. That recommendation, however, has been sitting on the governor's..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Players Club

"...burgeoning field of pastie-whirling stripper flicks cum social commentaries. Pardon me if I sound a tad cynical about the..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Face/Off

Exhilarating performances from Cage and Travolta, as well as Woo's tremendously enjoyable action set-pieces make this a very entertaining action film.

"...while Troy is free to grant his brother a pardon, infiltrate the FBI, and get it on with Archer's..."

July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Battle for the Minds

"...next, outbreaks of drunken thuggery among English soccer fans? Pardon the wiseass, but for those of us who grew..."

May 16, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

How to Make an American Quilt

"...to marry a best friend or a best lover. Pardon my lack of suspense here, but it's obvious that..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Free Willy

"...it's some kind of belated anti-Dukakis propaganda regarding the pardon of Willie Horton. The performances are all effective and..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Austin Chronic: Cheech and Chong and Toking With a Troll

Stoner icons materialize for surprise C-boy’s appearance

"...was now full of people and I begged their pardon as I reached into the ashtray and found my..."

March 29, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Dump Trump

"...last one. If he is re-elected, he plans to pardon himself and his supporters, use the Department of Justice..."

Jan. 3, 2024 Postmarks

Prisoner With Cancer Received Delayed Treatment, Little Family Visitation, Then Died, Family Says

Tony Sendejo’s last days were painful, chaotic

"...response from the prison system to his liver cancer. "Pardon my language but it was a major clusterfuck," Tony's..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Uchibā Opens, Mission Burger’s Second Location Opens, Fresa’s Third Location Opens, Austin Confectioners Fight Breast Cancer, the Taco Mafia’s on PBS, Marfa Comes to Kalimotxo, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...in the Google Tower at Nueces and Second, and, pardon our French (or, perhaps, Japanese?), but OMG everything about..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Hyde Park Theatre's Caught

Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

"...like this review is not so brief after all. Pardon the deception, but you'd best get used to it..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Caught

Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

"...like this review is not so brief after all. Pardon the deception, but you’d best get used to it..."

Aug. 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

We Have an Issue: The News About News

Meet the News team

"...this week's cover story about the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, newly in the news since Gov. Abbott..."

May 12, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...for next Tuesday. Whether or not the Board of Pardons and Paroles will still recommend the governor pardon Perry,..."

May 5, 2023 News Feature

No Good Greg

"...Less than a day after Fox News urges Perry's pardon, Greg Abbott begins the process. He makes no pretense..."

April 12, 2023 Postmarks

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