The Faces Behind the Beats

Thursday’s Flamingo Cantina Beat Battle puts mugs to the thuds

"...their posses) in a studio: the rapper and the producer. They go to work, a record gets made. Typically,..."

April 30, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

DVDanger: Larry Fessenden Goes 'Beneath'

Horror auteur talks giant fish and the state of indie terror

"...patron saint of modern indie horror, it's probably director, producer, actor and writer Larry Fessenden. He said, "I'm eager..."

March 29, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

The franchise is back and this time the paranormal forces are targeting Latino victims.

"...In what is technically Paranormal Activity 5, longtime series producer Christopher Landon takes both the helm and the screenwriting..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Daily Show & Friends'

Only in Austin: Live comedy from the satirical news show's ex-exec producer and two correspondents

"...program cogs John Hodgman, Al Madrigal, and longtime executive producer and writer Rory Albanese will hit town: banding together..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

V/H/S/2

Horror anthology scares up few thrills.

"...mode that two of this film’s seven filmmakers – producer Gregg Hale and director Eduardo Sánchez – helped usher..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man of Steel

This new Superman flies without a lot of emotional baggage, which is mostly a good thing though the character could stand a bit more dramatic heft.

"...credits: Director Zack Snyder (Sucker Punch, Watchmen, 300) and producer/story co-conceiver and DC Comics movie stablemate Christopher Nolan (the..."

June 14, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Synchronistic Wanderings: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

Email Q&A with the guitar half of the hit-making duo

"...guitarist and husband of 31 years, Neil Giraldo, the producer, arranger, “creator” to her “facilitator” and five-octave voice...."

April 12, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Evil Dead

Fans of the original horror trilogy have nothing to fear from this gory new reworking.

"...horror series’ holy trinity of progenitors. On board as producers of the new Evil Dead are the original’s director..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Language of a Broken Heart

Actor/writer/co-producer Juddy Talt fashions a tale about a romance writer who's unlucky in love, and filmed it largely in Dallas.

"...Actor/writer/co-producer Juddy Talt fashions here an autobiographically informed tale of..."

March 29, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Happy Accidents

How going with her gut got producer Cori Stern an Oscar nom and her zombie comedy into multiplexes

"...Stern gets both: not bad for a first-time film producer. So how did the Austin-based ex-playwright end up with..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Liberal Arts

When a Manhattanite returns for a visit to his old liberal arts college, he falls hard for a student 15 years his junior.

"...Josh Radnor’s prerogative – as indie dramedy Liberal Arts’ writer-director-producer-star – to train the camera on whomever he chooses...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection

No luck: Madea doesn't assume a new identity and disappear. Instead the old gal takes in Eugene Levy, playing an investor implicated in a Ponzi scheme.

"...He's not only the producer, writer, and director of this film – just as..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

People Like Us

More Ordinary People Like Us than anything terribly original, this drama starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, and Michelle Pfeiffer still scores some good points along the way.

"...reasonably successful son of a minor Los Angeles music producer who's spent his whole life trying to avoid his..."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vicky Donor

Bollywood actor John Abraham steps into the role of producer for this Indian comedy about a prolific sperm donor.

"...Bollywood actor John Abraham steps into the role of producer for this well-reviewed Indian comedy about a prolific sperm..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Artist

It's a silent, black-and-white film for the 21st century, full of coy delights.

"...zippy and gamine as her character's name). As George's producer (hefty John Goodman in an inspired bit of casting)..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

50/50

50/50 accomplishes the near-impossible: It's a feel-good cancer comedy.

"...Gordon-Levitt plays Reiser's stand-in, a Seattle-based National Public Radio producer diagnosed with a rare kind of cancer that comes..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Even the Rain

Amid citizen unrest in Bolivia, a Spanish film crew attempts to mount a revisionist history of Christopher Columbus.

"...Sebastián (Bernal), a blinkered idealist, and his myopic, penny-pinching producer Costa (Tosar) argue the merits of Cochabamba for their..."

April 15, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Morning Glory

Well-acted and ingratiating, this rom-com starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, and Diane Keaton should still be tarter than it is.

"...the flop sweat? There's no equivalent here. Yes, morning-show producer Becky (McAdams) is a little bit hunchy and bedraggled,..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

From Paris With Love

Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays an American diplomat in Paris who is paired with a wise-cracking, trigger-happy CIA maverick (John Travolta) to stop a terrorist attack.

"...films of director Morel (District 13, Taken) and his producer Luc Besson (the Transporter franchise, Ong-bak). There are few..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Extraordinary Measures

Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford play a parent and a scientist who fight time, man-made obstacles, and each other to find a cure for a rare childhood disease.

"...Stonehill (Ford, who is also serves as an executive producer), a researcher whose theories appear to have the best..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sound of the City

Black Milk's Detroit "oomph"

"...know” way, the kind of intelligence that makes a producer want to try new things...."

Jan. 13, 2010 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Shorts

A magic wishing rock becomes the undoing of an entire community in this appealing new kids romp from Robert Rodriguez.

"...Shorts, Rodriguez is listed as the film’s writer, director, co-producer, cinematographer, co-editor, and contributing music composer.) Additionally, the kid-oriented..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ugly Truth

In this formulaic battle of the sexes, no one will be mistaking Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler for Hepburn and Tracy.

"...comic spontaneity to erupt. Heigl plays Abby Richter, the producer of a failing morning TV show in Sacramento, who..."

July 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Life in Ruins

Nia Vardalos, who hit pay dirt with My Big Fat Greek Wedding, is on shakier ground with this clichéd story about an American tourist guide in Greece.

"...the unimaginative script (by veteran TV comedy writer and producer Mike Reiss) and the drab direction of Petrie (How..."

June 5, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lymelife

This suburban melodrama arrives with an impressive pedigree but little originality.

"...usually solid cast and Martin Scorsese as an executive producer. First-time director Martini co-wrote the script with his brother..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

The fascinating documentary explores the overlooked career of this influential yet enigmatic music legend.

"...as Brian Eno and David Bowie (the film's executive producer and one of its interviewees) isn't a bad place..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Audra Schroeder

What Just Happened

Robert De Niro stars in this Barry Levinson comedy as a Hollywood movie producer beset with problems ranging from two ex-wives and unhinged actors and directors to perpetual worry.

"...his life looks perfect: He’s a successful Hollywood movie producer with money, power, influence, and what appears to be..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Freaks and Geeks alum Jason Segel stars in this new sex comedy from the Judd Apatow production factory.

"...Forgetting Sarah Marshall has Freaks creator Judd Apatow as producer, which is rarely a bad thing. Apatow is, of..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vantage Point

Like Rashomon, this Dennis Quaid vehicle replays a single event – the assassination of the U.S. president – from multiple points of view.

"...view. The views include those of an onsite cable-news producer (Weaver), a camcording tourist (Whitaker), a mystery man (Noriega)..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Orphanage

Although Guillermo Del Toro is the producer, this new Spanish horror film is derivative and not on par with Del Toro's spooky childhood stories.

"...and Monserrat Carulla. At the risk of ticking off producer Guillermo Del Toro, the Spanish shocker The Orphanage is..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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