Death Race

All the busted heads and blasted gaskets can't turn this makeover of a cult classic into anything but a real drag.

"...hell rides. Carradine, as fans of the original Death Race 2000 (produced by Roger Corman and directed by Paul..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trail of Crumbs Down Memory Lane: 'Pioneers of Television'

Season four debuts tonight on KLRU with 'Standup to Sitcom'

"...fourth season of the Emmy-nominated documentary series Pioneers of Television returns to PBS tonight with a new slate of..."

April 15, 2014 Screens Post by Anne Harris

DVDanger: Death Race 2050

Plus jungle Sacrifice! and street punk Parasites

"...Another year, another Death Race movie with Roger Corman's name attached. Don't worry, if..."

Feb. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Race for Prez Is Already Reality TV. Let's Cast the Movie Version.

Cruise as Cruz? Wiig for Warren?

"...have followed the posturing, watched the debates, and endured television’s talking heads during the elimination rounds of the presidential..."

Aug. 8, 2015 Screens Post by James BigBoy Medlin

The Hottest Race in Texas

The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

"...allowing the voters to gather and evaluate a sizable brace of their current or potential representatives. Not every invited..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

The Early Money Race

"...latter is already in play in the district attorney's race, a short-notice, high-speed contest born of District Attorney Ronnie..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Race Is On

The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore takes TV comedy news to a surprising new place

"...second of two black hosts who have variously broken television ground slowly, as the saying goes, and then all..."

April 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

It's No Drag: The Past, Present, and Possibilities of Ballroom at ATX Television

Leiomy Maldonado and Dashaun Wesley from FX's Pose and HBO Max's Legendary are finally taking the spotlight

"...press alike have suggested it's analogous to RuPaul's Drag Race. What gives?..."

June 5, 2020 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

TV Eye

David E. Kelley is one of the most gifted and powerful television writers of the late Nineties : so why is he wasting his talents on trips around the belly buttons of the most self-obsessed, spoiled creatures ever created for the small screen?

"...First, a warning: I'm going to talk about race. The reason for the warning is that talking about..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Galaxy Quest

A parody of Gene Roddenberry's TV world and its rabid fans.

"...Parisot (Home Fries) parodies not only Gene Roddenberry's beloved television empire, but also the series' rabid fan base --..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Speed Racer Show

"...its limited animation style and its saturated colors, Speed Racer was a series of episodes telling the ongoing story..."

Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bamboozled

"...bamboozled. Lee's specific target here is the state of race in television and the media and the way we..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crime and Consequences

American Crime creator John Ridley talks about shooting in Austin, faith, race, and Felicity Huffman

"...Kings and Red Tails, in addition to lots of television scripts. He had just directed his own screenplay of..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Land of the Lost

Will Ferrell's remake of the beloved Sid and Marty Krofft TV show lacks virtually everything that made the original series so memorable.

"...and Marty Krofft's trippy, early Seventies, Saturday morning kids television shows. If you're under the age of 30, the..."

June 5, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

aGLIFF Goes Behind the Flounce and Bounce of Trixie Mattel

Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts spotlights the Drag Race alum and musician

"...successful drag queens to come out of RuPaul's Drag Race. Despite being booted off the show not once but..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

Bell Whether

Ready or not, W. Kamau Bell is leading us into a conversation about race

"...anyone who came with a member of a different race. While the show failed to forge global racial harmony,..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Series 7: The Contenders

"...nothing of the unconscionable entity behind such a lethal television concept or how our society might have reached such..."

May 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Macross II: Lovers Again

"...to this lackluster genre. Based on a Japanese animated television series that premiered in 1981, known as Super Dimensional..."

July 9, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

If You Can't Stand the Heat ...

Republican Jill Warren is behind in the polls and going negative on her Democratic opponent Ann Kitchen, in the race for House District 48 in Travis County.

"...from the campaigns of the only contested state legislative race in the city. Democrat Ann Kitchen and Republican Jill..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Mortal Engines

Dystopian YA adaptation relies on spectacle over character

"...the mysterious Hester Shaw (Hilmar), what follows is a race across land, earth, and sky for one of the..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Kat Candler Moves to TV With Queen Sugar

OWN’s breakout hit comes to ATX Television Festival

"...gonna open," said Candler. "And when it came to television, I realized how difficult it was to break in."..."

June 8, 2018 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

Soul Surfer

It's the true story of surfing sensation Bethany Hamilton, who lost an arm to a shark at the age of 13.

"...isn't to imply that what Hamilton (played here by Race to Witch Mountain's Robb) experienced – her life-changing ordeal,..."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond 'The Electric Company'

Can a bunch of toddlers watching television save the world?

"...If trends in children's television are a bellwether of adults' fears about the future,..."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Fort Hood-Area Residents Screwed by Their Local PBS Station

"...news program that focused on the Congressional District 31 race. The program did an excellent job profiling the two..."

Nov. 5, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols

Gridiron Gang

The Rock's moral football tale is a pleasant surprise: a swift, sure-footed, and gritty melodrama that plays to the strengths of its formula and elicits empathy for its kids.

"...special about this football yarn, based on an eponymous television documentary filmed inside California juvenile detention center Camp Kilpatrick,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Quinceañera

Don't confuse this Sundance charmer with My Big Fat Mexican Debut, for its farcical scenes of high hair and waltzes form a genial, light-comic prism for watching race, age, class, and sexuality collide in one of America's most economically and ethnically complex cities.

"...Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo Gonzalez, J.R. Cruz, Jesus Castanos-Chima, Araceli Gazmán-Rico and David W. Ross. Imagine Gary (Ross), a..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The X-Files

"...since creator Chris Carter brought his conspiracy-laden, UFOlogist's dream-come-true television show to the upstart Fox network, the ongoing saga..."

June 19, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Prefontaine

"...Games’ competitions. While the film suffers from some clichéd, made-for-television moments and may not deliver as consistently as Steve..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

TV Eye

At the SXSW Interactive 2000 Festival, columnist Belinda Acosta takes a peek at the television of the future; also, director Kevin Smith fumes over the television version of his indie hit Clerks, and the Emmys announce a change in voting procedure.

"...eight-track player. (Yes, this is still a column about television). Actually, I shared it with my brother. My mother..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Paul-itically Incorrect

Ron Paul's Wacky Views Highlight a Bitter Race

"...of accusations, inflammatory commercials, and unsubstantiated allegations in a race that both sides admit has been unusually brutal...."

Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

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