Killers

"...Killers 8:15pm, American Express stage..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Music Feature

The Brandon Teena Story

"...Directed by: Susan Muska And Greta Olafsdottir. The Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival (aGLIFF) presents..."

Nov. 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Killers

Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl play a married couple, but the wife doesn't know her husband is a government assassin. Comedy ensues.

"...Directed by: Robert Luketic. Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck, Catherine O'Hara, Katheryn Winnick, Kevin Sussman,..."

June 11, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Losers

In this action movie, a U.S. Special Forces unit on a mission in the jungles of Bolivia becomes the target for assassination and must figure out who is double-crossing them.

"...Óscar Jaenada and Peter Macdissi. It's easy to peg The Losers as The A-Team-lite, but that would be missing..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Corruptor

"...Chow Yun-Fat. In his native Hong Kong and under the direction of auteurs such as John Woo and Stanley..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Natural Born Killers

Stone grabs our collective viscera and never lets go for the next two hours.

"...Jr., Tommy Lee Jones and Tom Sizemore. Berserk from the outset, Natural Born Killers lunges for our collective viscera..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Highwaymen

Costner and Harrelson face death and mortality on the hunt for Bonnie & Clyde

"...Not reviewed at press time. The pursuit of Bonnie and Clyde is seen from the..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review

Noir City Emerges From the Shadows

Film festival delves into film noir deep cuts

"...noted a darker, more cynical attitude in many of them, coining the term film noir. That phrase at first..."

May 19, 2017 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Hitman’s Bodyguard

I will always love you

"...An end-of-summer burst of adrenaline, The Hitman’s Bodyguard promises nothing more and nothing less. If..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Unleashing the Hounds of Love

Director Ben Young on his serial-killer couple drama

"...The serial killer as lone wolf is terrifying enough. Yet..."

May 12, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Liam Neeson has taken to shooting at bad guys again in this slow-burning Matthew Scudder mystery.

"...guys again. That’s not in itself news, nor are the by turns glum and grim facial expressions permanently affixed..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Roommate

A college student grows fearful of her new dorm mate in this thriller which costars Minka Kelly and Leighton Meester.

"...Arana. It’s only February but I can already name the year’s winner of the Most Thoughtless Gay Stereotype in..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mechanic

A mediocre remake of a Charles Bronson assassin film that's downright repellent at times.

"...West. Starring: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland, Jeff Chase, Mini Anden and James Logan. Mere hours..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last House on the Left

Two parents take revenge on the scum who raped and savaged their daughter in the remake of Wes Craven's grisly horror landmark.

"...to neutering Wes Craven's seminal 1972 familial-vengeance-as-proxy-for-Vietnam-outrage horror show, the industry can move on to more important projects like,..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Outsiders

Four local bands map their own chart through choppy industry waters

"...The hand of rock & roll has slipped snuggly into..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Children of the Corn Ii: The Final Sacrifice

"...drags that poor pop-culture stylist's already tarnished name through the mud and gore once again, as if anybody dared..."

Feb. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Work

Doc on a powerful Folsom Prison therapy group

"...The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Accountant

Math, mayhem, and murder abound in this somewhat confusing thriller

"...Conceptually, The Accountant kills it, but in terms of execution, The..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Day the Sun Turned Cold

"...Wu and Wai Zhi. Based upon a true story, the exquisitely titled The Day the Sun Turned Cold is..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Golden Boat

"...Valk, Brett Alexander and Stephan Balint. Raul Ruiz is the artist in exile. In his native Chile he studied..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Borrower

"...Starring: Rae Dawn Chong, Don Gordon and Antonio Fargas. The best thing to be said about The Borrower, is..."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Omenihu: Dream Killers Bow to TLC

Local rhymesayer’s affirmation of overcoming scrubdom

"...co-founder Chris Omenihu dropped visuals for his latest single, the introspective “Dream Killers.” Shot and co-directed by filmmaker Jessie..."

July 11, 2017 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

The Brits Do Texas

Wire in the Blood comes to Austin

"...out that he had a lot of fun filming the upcoming season premiere of the BBC's Wire in the..."

April 3, 2008 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

The Latest in Paper

Kurt Wallender, a senior detective with the Ystad Police Department, is the focus of a series of international bestsellers by Swedish author Henning Mankell. Police procedurals, these kinds of novels are called, but these books are about police procedure the way Philip K. Dick's science fiction was about star wars: not really.

"...The Kurt Wallander Series Faceless Killers, The Dogs of Riga,..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Killer

Fincher and Fassbender deflate the assassin myth

"...There are few more overblown creations of fiction than the..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Retreat

Revisionist lesbians-versus-hillbillies horror isn't that big a step forward

"...contemporary horror are more frustrating than "bury your gays." The modern descendent of fridging, it's a way to get..."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds is Back With a Return to the Galaxy

Genre fest is back with an in-person horror all-day minifest

"...Other Worlds, the local celebration of all things SF and..."

April 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Danny Kiranos Finds Moral Ground in the Murder Folk of Amigo the Devil

Visceral songwriter mines darkness in the human condition

"...to commence an interview, but Danny Kiranos, aka Amigo the Devil, appears completely unfazed. Mur­der and mortality remain foundational..."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Dark and the Wicked

Gone to Hell, gone to Texas in this intergenerational horror

"...If you were besieged by the forces of evil, and all that kept you there..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Secret in Their Eyes

Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award at this year’s Oscars, this Argentine film is a reflective mystery story.

"...Guillermo Francella, Carla Quevedo and Rudy Romano. Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film award at this year’s Oscars,..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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