We Are Marshall

There are football movies, and then there’s this 800-pound gorilla of a gridiron weepie, which should be penalized for roughing the viewer.

"...should be penalized for roughing the viewer. You may recall the full-throttle, swish-pan stylings of helmer McG (né Joseph..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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.

"...of this is due to multiple, convergent storylines, which recall those in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic transposed from the shadowy..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Blue Goes Red

The GOP-proposed redistricting map takes another nasty shot at Travis County voters

"...the road to re-redistricting, but as far as I recall they hadn't yet lost a congressman. The Capitol big..."

July 21, 2006 News Column by Michael King

More Against Electroshock

"...continuity of my life has never returned. My long-term recall is all jumbled and out of sequence. My short-term..."

July 17, 2006 Postmarks

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"...If California can recall its governor, Gray Davis, for alleged inaction, why can't..."

May 5, 2006 Column

Because We're Not Californians?

"...Editor, If California can recall its governor, Gray Davis, for alleged inaction, why can't..."

May 1, 2006 Postmarks

The Wild

Despite its title, Disney's new animated film, The Wild, is about as pedestrian as you can get.

"...of Godzilla's offspring Minya, who, as I'm sure you'll recall, could only blow smoke rings), managing just the right..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Terrain: New Paintings by Shawn Camp

Artist Shawn Camp's latest works are topographical and aerial in theme, emphasizing swirls of grasslands and rivulets, clouds and stars

"...a sail. We reach shore just in time." I recall an incident on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain...."

March 10, 2006 Arts Review by Benné Rockett

Underworld: Evolution

This tale of the ongoing hostilities between vampires and werewolves is pockmarked by the discordant likes of Puscifer and Slipknot.

"...overlaid with a splash of pummeling nü-metal. Morrissey, you’ll recall, rendered Udo Kier’s fey count positively sympathetic, thanks in..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Munich

Munich is dense, thoughtful filmmaking that nonetheless flies along: Seething not only with multilayered, subtextual arguments, it’s also a heck of a thriller.

"...Black September begin to fall. For those who only recall Bana from his bland showing as Ang Lee’s super-thyroidial..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First Descent

This vertiginous documentary about snowboarding talks with the sport's greats and shows them in action, rocketing down crag-encrusted, virgin slopes like buckshot fired from God’s own 20-gauge.

"...scads of Christmas trees starting in 1965. (I barely recall a much smaller version of myself being trounced by..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...Still, casting back, I can clearly recall a preadolescence awash in Japanese pop culture, then, as..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Just Friends

A tepid romantic comedy with a side order of vitriol.

"...for this particular film) emotionalism, which, you will likely recall, was one of the few performance aspects that was..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pride & Prejudice

This fresh adaptation of Jane Austen’s masterpiece starring Keira Knightley presents a witty and lovesick skirmish of the sexes that exceeds all expectations.

"...Lizzie. Her swanlike neck and beautiful brown eyes may recall Audrey Hepburn, but the actress that Knightley evokes the..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Instant Replay: How and Why Did Daniel Rocha Die?

Re-enactment discrepancies leave family still looking for answers

"...who appear traumatized and are exhibiting less than total recall of the admittedly unexpected events that led to Rocha's..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: The Prosecutor and the Pariah

Don't know about you, but I'm beginning to feel sorry for Tom DeLay

"...constitutional representation, and advancing the Republican agenda." As I recall, when DeLay was actually in the process of re-redistricting..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Everything Old Is New Again

A Texan's in the White House, we're in a quagmire war – and 'The Rag' returns to Austin

"...open in that sense," said Meacham. He doesn't specifically recall Scott's Rag debut, but remembers a string of people..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...with its high tech conveniences and modern-day liberties, to recall and comprehend what life must have been like for..."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Veering from moments of breathtakingly visualized valor to outright stupidity, Sith is a vast improvement over the previous two outings, but still and all, it’s no Star Wars.

"...those rabid queue-monkeys. On the other hand, I vividly recall the day my father took me to see Star..."

May 20, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Your Health

Does an abortion increase the risk of breast cancer?

"...Critics pointed out that a statistical error known as "recall bias" invalidated the results, because the researchers depended on..."

May 20, 2005 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Fans of the novel can exhale, finally; panic is unwarranted. On the other hand, audiences unfamiliar with Douglas Adams’ bizarre world may wonder what all the fuss is about.

"...between all the bad Seventies hard-rock bands you can recall and seminal movie stoner Jeff Spicolli. Rockwell is blatantly..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

House of D

Here’s an interesting surprise: Dour, dry David Duchovny’s directorial debut is more weepy than creepy, a conventional coming-of-age story that flashes back to 1970s New York City.

"...female variant of the Magical Black Person, whom you’ll recall from such mainstream Hollywood fare as The Legend of..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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"...which was put together to try to stop our recall effort. Their claim wasn't that they opposed the toll..."

April 22, 2005 Column

Linda Curtis and Sal Costello Dispute Endorsements

"...which was put together to try to stop our recall effort. Their claim wasn't that they opposed the toll..."

April 20, 2005 Postmarks

In Person

Barry Glassner on fear in the media and how to hide a pony

"...appearance in Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. You may recall him as the man who takes Moore to South..."

April 8, 2005 Books Feature by Jess Sauer

Son of the Mask

Sequel has absolutely none of its predecessor’s manic charm.

"...mythology, but something tells me that’s not what they’ll recall in the long run. Director Guterman shoots every jittery..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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"...Brewster McCracken and Danny Thomas been removed from the recall list? It's because they were threatened with their jobs...."

Feb. 25, 2005 Column

What a Disgrace

"...Brewster McCracken and Danny Thomas been removed from the recall list? It's because they were threatened with their jobs...."

Feb. 17, 2005 Postmarks

In the Realms of the Unreal

The strange artwork and life of primitivist Harry Darger is given dimension by master documentarist Jessica Yu.

"...as painstakingly reproduced by documentarian Yu, whom you may recall for her breathless acceptance speech for the short subject..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Page Two

The unprecedented outcry over toll roads ignores a larger problem: We want more government services than we can pay for

"...the opposition to toll roads: letters, e-mails, opinion petitions, recall petitions, and people speaking out at public meetings –..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

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