What’s New at Q2 Stadium?

The home of Austin FC introduces Amazon’s uncanny “Just Walk Out” technology and an Official Queso Partner

"...season, Austin FC plans to debut new match day technology at the season opener. That includes "magnetometers" at the..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Sports Feature by Eric Goodman

Unplugging

Technology and a lack of laughs get in the way of this rom-com

"...be an attempt to link their own overuse of technology with that of Big Brother. Thompson shows up, also..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ACC’s Music Trade School Gets a World-Class Facility

The Music Business Performance Technology department spreads its wings at ACC Highland

"...through the vast assets of the Music Business Performance Technology (MBPT) department at ACC Highland, during a tour in..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Hummingbird Project

Who knew you could tell a character story about laying fiber-optic cable?

"...can be lost in the blink of an eye. Technology has made that redundant, as the stock market targets..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn

Part one of epic anime quest is a fine first step

"...(Lauda) is an orphan in a far future, where technology is mostly dead, and many people make something like..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Searching

Innovative thriller keeps the tension on the small screen

"...a genuine white-knuckling exploration of our relationship with disruptive technology and how that impacts one average American family’s daily..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unfriended: Dark Web

Back to the laptop in this surprisingly scary sequel to the surprise hit

"...missing property, and Matias learns that some bits of technology are better off missing...."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Florida Project

Life in the happiest place on Earth

"...his new film The Florida Project. The shift in technology, however, hasn’t altered his focus on society’s fringe dwellers...."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Why not form an opinion instead of guessing what will win?

"...stories of resistance, refugees, and anxiety over our ever-advancing technology. “Sing,” Kristof Deák’s Hungarian short (if a hair too..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Now You See Me 2

Now you can't un-see the second installment of Jon M. Chu's magical trilogy

"...serious need of a shave here) involving some backdoor technology that is able to access any computer in the..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Hologram for the King

Tom Hanks stars in this seriocomic take on Dave Eggers’ 2012 novel

"...on to his new assignment – selling holographic teleconferencing technology to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia – as though..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Creative Control

This whip-smart comedy received Special Jury Recognition at SXSW 2015

"...digs into the notion of how desire mixed with technology can turn people into vain, emotionally isolated assholes. The..."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The 5th Wave

Chloë Grace Moretz battles Earth's fifth wave of alien attacks

"...waves, starting with an electromagnetic pulse that cripples mankind’s technology, followed by natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, tsunamis), a deadly..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Other Worlds Austin Is Listening

Director Khalil Sullins on telepathy and social media

"...people are quite ready for such constant access. The technology may be there, he warns, "But it's not in..."

Aug. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ex Machina

Smart, sinister sci-fi film about human error and techno-terror

"...alert to the urgency of this very plausible future technology, and wickedly creepy, too. But his conclusions don’t feel..."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Chappie

Impeccable visual effects don't counteract the film's lackluster emotional affect

"...most on the perfectly silly transformation of an advanced technology into a common criminal...."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Transcendence

Wally Phister, the Oscar-winning Inception lenser, takes the directing reins for this sci-fi puzzler that stars Johnny Depp.

"...unambitious: It raises interesting questions about morality/personal responsibility and technology, about the power of love (and hubris) to corrode..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Divergent

Yet another dystopic YA book series gets translated to film – and one that resembles thebestseller: engrossing yet flimsy.

"...protects the republic, Abnegation feeds the poor, Erudite advances technology and science, Amity does the farming, and Candor supplies..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Internship

Once Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson joined forces to crash weddings; in their new comedy, the duo crashes Google as older-than-average interns.

"...new direction by bedding down with the enemy – technology – as over-the-hill interns at Google. They are middle-aged,..."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Meanwhile, Inside the Wired-Out Infrastructure of SXSW …

Austin’s most tenacious tech teams tackle the annual tumult

"...Scott Wilcox, director of technology for SXSW, doesn't need to be asked again about..."

March 1, 2013 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Escape From Planet Earth

In this 3-D animated movie, a famous astronaut from another planet becomes trapped on Earth – aka the Dark Planet. Interplanetary shenanigans ensue.

"...lures aliens into traps so he can cull their technology in order to make his fortune...."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Pina

Wim Wenders celebrates the great, innovative, German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch – in commanding 3-D, no less.

"...will probably crumble at Wenders' commanding use of the technology. (When dancers smear their hands and faces through dirt,..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Talking In The Reading Room

Foreign librarians learn from Austin volunteerism

"...round table discussion opened up conversation about volunteer programs, technology, and how to bring children and teens into the..."

July 3, 2010 News Post by Jillian Richardson

Photoshop This!

How one little computer program conquered women's image of themselves.

"...that is never the question. For as long as technology has allowed (Adobe Photoshop celebrates its 20th anniversary next..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Design Post by Christopher Carbone

Pick Your Transport Future

Camaro and plug-in hybrids compete for 'ooh' factor

"...hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Robert Kanode, CEO of Valence Technology Inc., was showing off an array of the vehicles..."

May 5, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience

The tween music sensations take to the big screen.

"...in your face, thanks to the miracle of 3-D technology), might as well be bobby-soxers weeping for Frank Sinatra..."

March 6, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Beowulf

The irony inherent in using 21st century motion-control technology to tell a tale approximately 1,400 years old is just one of many bizarrely entertaining aspects of Beowulf.

"...Malkovich. The irony inherent in using 21st century motion-control technology to tell a tale approximately 1,400 years old is..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Underdog

A mad scientist's experiments provide a beagle with superpowers and the ability to speak in this children's comedy based on an old cartoon.

"...clear about one thing first: To say that the technology used to make movie dogs talk has improved is..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Firehouse Dog

A Hollywood pooch gets lost during a stunt and ends up a stray outside a downtown firehouse captained by a single dad with a stubborn school-skipping son.

"...learned is that just because we can use computer technology to give dogs goofy faces, that doesn’t mean we..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Firewall

This high-tech heist thriller is like a For Dummies guide to the genre.

"...to have been beamed into the movie using holographic technology. (Loncraine has set him to “glower.”) Gearheads will thrill..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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