Paramount Theatre Summer Film Classics Series

May 24-Sept. 9

"...9:25pmAug. 18The Earrings of Madame de..., 4pm; The Seven Samurai, 7pmAug. 19The Seven Samurai, 3pm; The Earrings of Madame..."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature

Wild Hogs

John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy star as middle-aged friends who seek life's purpose while on a cross-country motorcycle trip.

"...becomes yet another retelling of the Kurosawa classic Seven Samurai. But despite this lineage, Wild Hogs remains firmly rooted..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Letters From Iwo Jima

In his companion film to Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood again shows the process by which young soldiers become unwitting fodder for their country's war effort.

"...Letters From Commander in Chief. Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) plays the enlightened Japanese general Kuribayashi, who revamps the..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last King of Scotland

Forest Whitaker becomes dictator Idi Amin in a ferocious performance that often dwarfs the more ordinary aspects of this picture.

"...Crying Game, and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. This veteran actor is always great, and it's just..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Olivier's Shakespeare

Now that 'Deadwood' lies murdered in the mud, Shakespeare is the only solace.

"...say in Deadwood, lights out, cocksucker. Also Out NowSeven Samurai (Criterion, $49.95): Kurosawa's first samurai epic still cuts the..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

The 2006 Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Schedule: May 24-Sept. 8

"...Aug. 24 7pm, Samurai Saga; 9:20pm, Throne of Blood..."

May 12, 2006 Screens Feature

Memoirs of a Geisha

Well, we’re not in Chicago anymore, or even its soundstage approximation, but that hasn’t stopped Oscar-nominated director Rob Marshall from fashioning another epic spectacle out of two squabbling women in (a sort-of) show business.

"...kind-eyed businessman known only as "the Chairman" (The Last Samurai’s Watanabe, woefully underdeveloped), Sayuri reduces to a thin film..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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)

"...showed up for a crowd session for, I believe, Samurai X – where we had a bunch of actors..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

For the Imperial Flower Combat Trooper on Your List: Austin-Accented Animé on DVD

"...actors than ever before – enough to ground even Samurai Santa's Gaijin-class Dreadnaught Sleighcruiser. Here's a list of our..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Zatôichi

Beneath its layers of epic detail, this Zatôichi is cinematic cotton candy.

"...as the itinerant masseur whose walking stick conceals a samurai’s sword. There are moments of slapstick, particularly a droll..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Godzilla

This is the original and uncut version of the 1954 Japanese monster picture.

"...clod, Godzilla is identified by a famed paleontologist (Seven Samurai’s Shimura) as a Jurassic reptile "reawakened by H-bomb tests."..."

July 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Princess Blade

There's zero fat on the bone in this stunning Japanese action import.

"...plain. They rush forward, and with huge katana – samurai swords – glinting in the pale light, engage their..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Versus

"...somewhere in Japan. We first witness a scene of samurai-era men fighting with swords before the movie cuts to..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Magnificent Seven

"...The basic outline was adapted from Kurosawa's classic Seven Samurai and made into an American Western by one of..."

Jan. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Powerpuff Girls Movie

"...power-mad, turban-wearing Mojo Jo-Jo, who speaks with a vaguely samurai accent and lives to control the gang's hometown of..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

What, you think watching TV for a living is easy? Boy, does "TV Eye" have a thing or two to tell you.

"...Cartoon Network is tops in this regard. To promote Samurai Jack, they sent battery operated fortune cookies. The Discovery..."

May 17, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Sympathy for the Underdog

Schedule for AFS's Kinji Fukasaku film series

"...THU, 10/25, 7pmShogun's Samurai (1978, 130 min.)..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Screens Feature

It Came From Beyond

"I saw my first cadaver when I was about five years old. I saw my first rotting corpse at 10." Now, at 35, Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most promising horror film director.

"...David S. Goyer. The sequel will be steeped in Samurai mythology. "Hong Kong has been done," del Toro says,..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Drunken Angel

"...of the greatest films of the century (Rashomon, Seven Samurai, et al.)..."

July 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wild Bunch

"...Peckinpah Montage -- Early in Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, one samurai kills another in a duel and in..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Charles Ramirez Berg

Ugetsu

Set in 16th century Japan, this award-winning film is a mixture of rich pageantry, clan wars, and eerie ghost story. The movie relates the story of two peasants who leave their rural homes to seek riches and glory.

"...the other seeks glory and leaves to become a samurai warrior. This award-winning film is beautifully told; its visual..."

Aug. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Le Samourai

Fedoras and trench coats. Film noir in cool blues and greens. Melville's 1967 film is the real deal.

"...A solitary operator, Melville likens Costello to a Japanese samurai, a professional killer self-governed by a strict code of..."

May 30, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Warriors of Virtue

"...nothing going for it, let's be honest. Saban's animated Samurai Pizza Cats has more depth than this charade and..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Dinosaur Jr. at Lakeline Park, Los Texmaniacs in Sunset Valley, and more recommended shows

"...Albert Hall tribute to Jeff Beck, the Southpaw Stratocaster samurai sweeps through town to jam with supergroup Arc Angels...."

April 28, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Review: John Wick: Chapter 4

Baba Yaga is back in his loudest, craziest adventure yet

"...intent is. The script quietly merges seminal work of samurai philosophy Hagakure and the series' sentimental roots (after all,..."

March 13, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

When You Get to the Forest Gets to the Drafthouse

Animator Eric Power brings his new, mythical feature back home

"...Austin cut-paper animator's debut, Path of Blood, was a samurai revenge drama. His second, Attack of the Demon, was..."

Feb. 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...M Tang Arthur, a member of an elite SWAT Samurai team, embarks on a rescue mission into the spirit..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Revelations: A Gen Z Writer Witnesses the Eternal Battle of an Iron Maiden Concert

Waving flags and fighting monsters with the hallowed NWOBHM troopers

"...one’s kinda brisk!” That is, until a giant demon samurai came out to menace Bruce and I once again..."

Sept. 14, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

How Estate Services of Austin Finds New Homes for Treasures Left Behind

In the saddest times, Carl McQueary and the Estate Services team are there to help

"...he said. "From a set of spoons to a samurai sword to used underwear – everything." [inset-2-right]..."

July 22, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

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