This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...of fun we can have right here in the parking lot," my mom would say, and she'd mean it,..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Bahn, Bahn, Bahn ...

Apparently, most Austinites don't know that New Braunfels' Schlitterbahn Waterpark has a resort.

"...According to Darren Hill, resort manager at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort in New Braunfels, the live oak in question..."

May 26, 2000 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Day Trips

"...San Solomon Springs in Balmorhea State Park is just one of several ancient springs still active..."

May 15, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas Amusements

"...Ellen Trout Zoo and Park Enjoy a train ride through the zoo or sit..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Elizabeth Morgan

Haunted Mansion

Second movie based on the Disney ride isn't worth wasting a Lightning Lane booking

"...The veil between Disney films and Disney parks is thin. Some of the most beloved rides at..."

July 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Three ... Extremes

This lush and horrific anthology film from three of the finest craftsmen working today – Fruit Chan, Chan-wook Park, and Takashi Miike – is an instantly memorable and squirm-inducing assemblage.

"...Directed by: Fruit Chan, Chan-wook Park and Takashi Miike. Starring: Bai Ling, Tony Ka-fai Leung,..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

"...A resort becomes a public park in San Marcos. photograph by Gerald E. McLeod..."

March 19, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Jungle Cruise

Take the Disney ride with Emily Blunt and the Rock, straight to adventure

"...that derives its name and raison d’etre from a theme park ride – I certainly did. But it was..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips

"...to life two weekends a month that is part theme park and part market that the whole family can..."

April 25, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Marmaduke

Owen Wilson gives voice to the Great Dane of the old single-panel comic about a big, dumb dog.

"...thinnest concept films, it seems, are tuned to the theme of endless high school – and you don't get..."

June 11, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Summer Camp Guide

"...N.A.General CampsAUSTIN WALDORF SCHOOL Camp Roadrunner features a new theme each week: Back to Nature, Spanish Camp, Celebrate Texas!,..."

April 28, 2006 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Catch up on Lone Star State news and plan some fall fun

"...the forest. The Turkey Creek Unit north of the park headquarters outside of Kountze is one of the most..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Public Notice

This week's "Public Notice" goes to Hyde Park, buys some homeless art, and cruises some gay bars.

"...of this mission? Do ends justify means? The Hyde Park Baptist Church's plan of expansion (and building of a..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

All of Texas' best fests, fairs, fandangos, and fiestas

"...the entrance of Mission Espiritu Santo in Goliad State Park and settles for a few brief moments on the..."

April 3, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Jurassic World Dominion

Nothing new in the DNA of this dinosaur trilogy capper

"...reunion between new and old favorites in the Jurassic Park universe. And while our affection for actors like Laura..."

June 10, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Enduring Love

This creepy tale of a stalker and the object of his affection is adapted from an Ian McEwan novel.

"...Lynch and Bill Nighy. It begins in an idyllic park setting outside Oxford. A man and a woman spread..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Summer travel opportunities and news from all over Texas

"...version of Meow Wolf, the Santa Fe, N.M., folk-art-inspired theme park. Alas, it is not to be, anytime soon..."

June 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Rollercoaster

"...the gate as five teenagers pull into an empty parking lot, pile out of the station wagon (borrowed from..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Fund-Raising Hell

This month’s edition of Austin International Drag Foundation’s drag competition fundraiser digs into Halloween nostalgia for its theme

"...high marks in performance and adherence to the monthly theme, among other attributes. Judging them this month will be..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Column by James Scott

Theatrical Provocateurs Rubber Repertory Return to Austin

Two of the best and oddest come back for their own good and ours

"...of dried up. I found myself working in a theme park, saying the same catchphrase about 500 times a..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

This new animated comedy is a brilliantly conceived and executed bit of Brit wit, perfect for both kids and their parents and anyone even remotely interested in laughing themselves silly.

"...Directed by: Nick Park and Steve Box. Enough with the CGI animation, Disney,..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2005 Kids Summer Camps

An annotated list of several places where kids could be going this summer to enjoy physically and mentally invigorating activities

"...CAMP ON THE MOVE is the ultimate for theme park aficionados – and which kid isn't? Traveling by..."

April 29, 2005 Features Feature

Up Close and Personal

"...Redford in movies like The Chase, Barefoot in the Park, and the Electric Horseman that I was recalling? Or..."

March 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nope

Jordan Peele's sci-fi horror/satire on minor celebrity is a "yeah"

"...or how. Next door, former kid star Ricky "Jupe" Park (Yeun) has gone from sitcom fame to running a..."

July 22, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Daytrip: San Marcos With the 'Yakona' Crew

The filmmakers behind the eco-doc take us to the river

"...10,000 years of human habitation, colonization, settlements, even a theme park with mermaids and a swimming pig, and last..."

March 12, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Day Trips

"...The theme park was built over an abandoned strip mine on..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Hatchet

The terrifically retro maniac in this horror film recalls the heyday of Eighties gore films with gleeful abandon.

"...from Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse by way of South Park's rendering of Barbra Streisand) is manna from, well, probably..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Some Came Running

"...1940s-set film seems rather dated today, but Minnelli’s recurrent theme of the artist divided against himself is given full..."

July 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

It's About Time

The inadvertent theme for this year's Austin Chronicle Summer Fun issue is "refurbish and reuse" as we explore Austin's B&B and boutique scene.

"...and vacations, we live in the age of the mega-theme park and the monolithic super hotel. "Boutique hotels," refurbished..."

May 26, 2000 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Disclosure

"...with each new film essaying another variation on the theme of contemporary emasculation and its discontents: Fatal Attraction, Wall..."

Dec. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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