Slaxx

Fashion horror is a good look

"...ridiculous rules of faceless but heavily-branded corporations, and the stereotypes that working in a mall store will attract. There's..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Vanguard

Jackie Chan goes back to being Jackie Chan in this globe-trotting action-comedy

"...gunfights, and a shocking number of Arab and Muslim stereotypes. It also features a heroic third-act turn for the..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Sacha Baron Cohen's satirical creation remains hit-or-miss, but those hits ...

"...much punching down, but especially too much peddling in stereotypes and xenophobic clichés. Taking potshots at endemic misogyny, antisemitism,..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dead

Comedy about raising the dead doesn't raise too many laughs

"...suspect of being the killer, relies on so many stereotypes that it's hard to tell exactly what you're supposed..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

I Used To Go Here

Delayed coming-of-age comedy still has some maturing to do

"...to watch Kate gradually embody more and more negative stereotypes about her generation...."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Shalavé Cawley

Made in Italy

Neeson and son head to Tuscany for affable, predictable bonding

"...be eating her face). Of course it leans into stereotypes, not least that all the Italian villagers are charming,..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Get ready for anime superhero action!

"...bad, and most of them key into recognizable superhero stereotypes. Is that a Wolverine-esque figure, with a little bit..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Luce

High school drama becomes an indictment of “either/or” culture

"...black students on “the solemn duty to never be stereotypes,” but she’s also the first to point fingers at..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: A Little Bit Metro

Some people defy sterotypes

"...Point is, some people don't line up with stereotypes. Thank fucking God. Or rather, thank our cold, ambivalent,..."

June 14, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

The life and times of the Golden Age of Cinema's favorite pimp

"...far from flattering, many of them drenched in racial stereotypes and abuse. Affable retiree Scotty Bowers as the center..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Panel: Lawrence Wright

“Trump is the most 'Texas' president we’ve ever had”

"...That was by way of talking about the stereotypes outsiders presume about Texans – as he puts it..."

March 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Michael King

Small Town Crime

John Hawkes hits the bottle and the case as a modern day detective on the trail for redemption

"...Kendall and low-level thug Mood (Collins Jr.) about re-enforcing stereotypes through musical choices. Writer/director brothers Eshom and Ian Nelms..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

City Theatre's Christmas Belles

At City Theatre, this comedy about the Christmas program at a small-town Texas church isn't the Southern-fried campfest it could be

"...With clunky dialogue and characters written almost as stereotypes of stereotypes, I can't help but wonder how this..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

John Hughes Film Series at Moviehouse This March

Round Rock theatre screens the maestro of teen movies' greatest hits

"...sentiment. Pauline Kael described them as “a bunch of stereotypes who complain that other people see them as stereotypes.”..."

Feb. 27, 2017 Screens Post by Dougie Gerrard

The Boys Club

Female employees say gender discrimination persists at City Hall. Could a new resolution fix the broken system?

"...to educate city employees on diversity – peddle misogynistic stereotypes and dole out sexist advice to a roomful of..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Other Worlds Austin Has The Answer

Writer/director Iqbal Ahmed talks identity before Texas debut

"...backstory. Too many times it feels like people become stereotypes of stereotypes, in terms of, OK, if we’re going..."

May 18, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Compadres

Mexican action comedy

"...the end result feels like a drunken medley of stereotypes and tired, overused tropes smashed together, sadistically pummeling the..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

This unasked-for sequel goes down like an overdose of baklava

"...two of ouzo to cope with the exhausting cultural stereotypes on constant display. It’s not a matter of political..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

This indie hit is sweet and funny

"...Earl plays with two of modern film’s most egregious stereotypes-slash-shortcuts to a white lead’s epiphany: the Magical Negro and..."

June 26, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Entourage

In this feature spin on the HBO show, it's still boys beings bros, only the screen is bigger

"...and his louche son (Osment), both played as hick stereotypes – whose money is keeping the studio afloat...."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Council Members Slam Sexist Speaker

CMs respond to session promoting negative female stereotypes

"...“Some of the ideas and stereotypes that were expressed are both troubling and, to many..."

May 13, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

ATX Television Festival Expands With Empire

"Creatives" panel added, plus an FX comedies night

"...blockbuster show, how the writers and producers broke beyond stereotypes, and what they think attributes to its unprecedented week-to-week..."

April 28, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Good Eye: Allies in the Industry

Giving Austin actresses a seat at the table

"...commiserating over nameless roles, insulting character breakdowns, and demeaning stereotypes behind closed doors. Many of them had decided that..."

March 27, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Good Eye: Tales From the Minority Box

Women of color talk about the casting bias

"...physical traits, and each with its own highly specific stereotypes. Despite their diversity, women in the minority box are..."

March 6, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Good Eye: Tales From the Quirky Box

More side-eye examination of "quirky" female film roles

"...every successful film breeds scads of imitators, these one-dimensional stereotypes are self-perpetuating, Bland explains. "The majority of the scripts..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas

The auteur from Atlanta dons his Madea drag once more to spread holiday cheer.

"...down-home Southern as they can be, Perry plays with stereotypes (in a somewhat heavy-handed way) by having them be..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Notorious N.A.D.

Bitchin’ Kitchen’s Nadia G. on blazing her own path

"...have any personality. All these kinds of boxes and stereotypes of women, we kind of break them down in..."

July 10, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

Gang of Four

Kyle Henry's 'Fourplay' fights expectations about what sex should look like onscreen

"...what sort of characters would be able to subvert stereotypes. But I always wanted to find the human being..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Brandon Watson

AISD: We Know What Boys Are Like

Proposal would turn Pearce and Garcia middle schools into single-sex academies

"...emotions when they hit puberty "fits 200 years of stereotypes of black men." She found the push from the..."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Lucky One

This latest adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks bestseller is timelessly shopworn.

"...in a poorly designed fat suit) play godawful countrified stereotypes. Alar Kivilo's cinematography makes the most of the lush,..."

April 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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