The Tourist

Not even Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, and the Venice setting can rescue this would-be thriller from its slack storytelling.

"...suspense. True, many twists and turns occur. Nevertheless, The Tourist doesn’t generate much suspense or intrigue. Von Donnersmarck’s direction..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips: Magnolia Market, Waco

In four short seasons, home improvement show becomes biggest tourist attraction in town

"...Carla Pendergraft with the Waco tourist bureau says that Joanna and Chip have become the..."

May 12, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Float

A Type-A doctor-in-training enjoys a summer romance in small-town Canada

"...free-spirited artist aunt (Krusiec) in a cozy little beachfront tourist town in British Columbia...."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Photograph

Indian romance is best in its quiet moments

"...a meager living taking instant pictures of visitors at tourist spots in Mumbai. He has come from the countryside..."

May 24, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Am Not a Witch

Documentary-like drama explores West Africa's witch camps

"...part forced labor camp, part old folks’ home, part tourist attraction, where the accused witches are tied to giant..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Art of the Steal

This documentary looks at the quandary faced in Philadelphia about moving the Barnes Foundation, home to a premier Postimpressionist collection.

"...essentially hijacked the Barnes Foundation are primarily concerned with tourist dollars and not the preservation of Barnes' legacy, the..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Up the Yangtze

Canadian documentary effectively personalizes the effect of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River and the 2 million it displaced.

"...earn money as a dishwasher on one of the tourist riverboats that lumber up and down the Yangtze. Renamed..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Ruins

Four friends on a Mexican vacation discover something evil among the Mayan ruins.

"...ancient Mayan pyramid – along with a fellow German tourist – which harbors a dark, sinewy secret. That secret..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vantage Point

Like Rashomon, this Dennis Quaid vehicle replays a single event – the assassination of the U.S. president – from multiple points of view.

"...those of an onsite cable-news producer (Weaver), a camcording tourist (Whitaker), a mystery man (Noriega) and an equally unknowable..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sea of Dreams

She's married to the sea, and he belongs to the earth: This Mexican film relies on prehistoric folk myths and a delightful color palette for its impact.

"...Sea of Dreams has the charming look of a tourist brochure, and the film's color saturation makes one almost..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Walk on Water

A homophobic Israeli assassin insinuates himself into the life of a former SS officer's gay grandson in hopes of learning the Nazi's location in a well-intentioned but ultimately simplistic plea for tolerance all around.

"...hot when it comes to spotting a gay German tourist, as the Israeli secret service agent Eyal (Ashkenazi, of..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Killer Condom

"...full of dozens of dickless men and one female tourist whose nose was bitten off by a rub-out rubber...."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cadillac Ranch

"...a fearsome bad guy (Lloyd) to the titular Amarillo tourist shrine, where their jailbird father has stashed money from..."

April 18, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Amazon

"...way through the forest, while metropolitan areas become dangerous tourist traps full of thieves, whores and filth. As director..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Johanna D'arc of Mongolia

"...are themselves show business nomads. Only the prim German tourist has trouble adapting and then not much, once she..."

Feb. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Chris Walters

One Dead, 13 Injured, Two in Custody After Weekend Shooting

Douglas Kantor, a 25-year-old tourist visiting Austin from the Detroit area, died Sunday

"...Douglas Kantor, a 25-year-old tourist visiting Austin from the Detroit area, died Sunday, June..."

June 18, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Conventional Wisdom

Is It Wise To Expand Austin's Convention Center?

"...Convention Center. But will an expanded Center, and the tourists it hopes to attract, fit into Downtown Austin? This..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Offseason

Coastal cosmic horror in the eerie latest from Mickey Keating

"...and arcane seems to have taken hold of the tourist island on which Ava is buried, and when Marie..."

March 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Burnt Orange Heresy

Disjointed art heist thriller is a better character study than crime drama

"...and reduced to peddling copies of his book to tourist audiences semi-convinced of a genius he knows doesn't exist...."

May 8, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...Dillo trolley circulator), and constructing and operating other "cultural tourist venues";..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Never Look Away

Art history drama set across and after the Third Reich has few lessons to teach

"...Germany after the disappointment of his sophomore effort The Tourist, starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. Von Donnersmarck again..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...But Oaxaca is an international tourist destination, and the APPO and Section 22 had closed..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

TV Eye

Sanitized for your protection

"...presidential hopefuls. The result is Diary of a Political Tourist. Featured are John Kerry, John Edwards, Dick Gephardt, Joe..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

South for the Marijuana

The gringo travels to Mexico in search of weed and wisdom.

"...the hongos, the mushrooms, and refused to stamp the tourist card. "Hongos!" the migra said, disgusted. The gringo pretended..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Adventures in Backpacking

While traversing the globe in search of enlightenment, writer Mary Fitzgerald finds something altogether different: the steadily growing tribe of the full-time traveler. Outfitted to the teeth with Stussy, batik, Birkenstock, and the latest John Grisham novel, these nomadic wanderers have an entire culture all their own.

"...their experience and that of the Fodor's-toting, air-con-insisting, luxury-coach-traveling "tourists" whom they despise...."

March 24, 2000 Features Feature by Mary Fitzgerald

Postmarks

Postmarks Scandal!

"...that the bats bring in over $2 million in tourist money each year? Is it true that the town..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Column

Internet Brings the World to Rural TexasThe Road to the Wild

"...see and do outside of Austin and still avoid tourist-trampled Fredericksburg and Salado. The key to finding them are..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Screens Feature by Janet Heimlich

Dante's Peak

"...comparison, especially in the film’s earlier scenes. The small, tourist-supported town of Dante’s Peak, near Washington’s Northern Cascades, is..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Murder in the First

"...Alcatraz as anything more than a quaint San Francisco tourist attraction (sort of like Fisherman's Wharf, but with bars..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips & Beyond: Six Baseballs for Cuba

Capt. Day Trips makes friends in Cuba by handing out new baseballs

"...The Cuban tourist industry is ready for the onslaught of Americans. Personally,..."

March 16, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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