Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Full metal racket.

"...herself on campus, 2) the empty-nesters take a French vacation (denoted solely by a display of disgust for escargot..."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Record Review

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

"...Lissa HattersleyHow I Spent My Summer Vacation..."

June 12, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Ike's Lessons

Galveston's land-use decisions exposed by storm's wrath

"...the resort community of Gilchrist, as well as many vacation homes on West Galveston Island and homes and businesses..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Tom Curtis

Time Travel

Girlie Action goes back to the beach

"...midnight. That was the first night of the seven-day vacation at the beach. I never saw Eddie again and..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Mamma Mia!

This film adaptation of the Broadway adaptation of a catalog of Swedish disco hits retains all the fun but remains astonishingly silly.

"...might have stung had he not gotten a working vacation in Greece out of the deal, not to mention..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Journey

Alejandro Escovedo comes full circle

"..."My parents told me we were going on a vacation. We never went back to Texas. We left everything..."

June 20, 2008 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

The Strangers

First-time writer/director Bertino, a UT alum, scares up a solid horror-film success with this debut outing.

"...are a young couple spending the night in Hoyt's vacation home in a remote country area. The drama builds..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Made of Honor

Heart-on-the-sleeve sweets mix with pure raunch as Dr. McDreamy stars in this mean-spirited and uncomfortably blue romantic comedy.

"...nice slow dance). Then Hannah takes a six-week working vacation to Scotland, and absence makes Tom's heart sit up..."

May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

Stephen has a DIFFArent weekend in Dallas and wants to give Katie Holmes a glass of water

"...with stark, contemporary details. After viewing the place online (www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p171686), I wheedled and whined to Mark to please let..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

In Bruges

Playwright Martin McDonagh directs his first feature film, which is about a couple of hitmen caught between heaven and hell.

"...solemnity and certainty of God's wrath). Two hitmen on vacation in the medieval Belgian town of Bruges have very..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dan in Real Life

What passes for real life in this Steve Carell film is as genially inoffensive and predictable as the average TV sitcom.

"...takes place within the close confines of a family vacation gathering with his parents (Wiest and Mahoney) and brothers..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Training While on Vacaton?

"...Yes, its true, I have been running while on vacation. I know, its just not right, but I have..."

Oct. 4, 2007 Promotions Post

First Entry

"...video for all to enjoy, but I've been on vacation and had to miss the first and second Team..."

Oct. 3, 2007 Promotions Post

Marriott Gets It up the Alley

The alley vacation controversy continues.

"...Will Wynn definitely, albeit obliquely, referred to the alley vacation. It was kind of swallowed up whole on our..."

June 15, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Five Good Reasons Las Manitas Deserves a City Loan

Exploding some of the myths regarding the city's loan to the Downtown restaurant.

"...right-of-way, 2) licensing agreements, and 3) payments for alley vacation. Basically, the city is charging developers for inconveniencing the..."

June 6, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

The Common Law

Family and Medical Leave Act – what rights does the employer have?

"...the right to require the employee to take all vacation and sick time before extending the leave time to..."

March 2, 2007 Column by Vanessa Gonzalez

This Town

The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine takes the Zilker Park train back to her Austin upbringing

"...understanding of their musical dynamic rendered "Head Over Heels," "Vacation," and "Can't Stop the World" among their biggest hits...."

Feb. 9, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...it with a collage of pictures from your last vacation to Fire Island. Marking them "wish you were here"..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

Heading South

North American women of a certain age, who are sex tourists at a Haitian resort in the late Seventies, provide grist for this French film's study of social and economic contrasts.

"...revolve. These women from the United States and Canada vacation in their island paradise completely oblivious to the rampantly..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Queen

This Helen Mirren starrer provides a glimpse of the British monarchy at a contemporary crossroads between supreme dominance and utter irrelevancy.

"...after this awkward meeting, while the royal family is vacationing in their castle in Balmoral, Diana, the divorced Princess..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Little Miss Sunshine

Like any indie comedy worth its weight in quirkiness, Little Miss Sunshine is packed with offbeat characters, all struggling to find meaning in life – in this case on a road trip to a children's beauty pageant. And the film is so much fun, it's almost impossible not to enjoy the journey.

"...one rip-off, er, homage to the classic National Lampoon's Vacation. And the film is so much fun, it's almost..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Phat Girlz

Comedian Mo’Nique’s first starring film vehicle, Phat Girlz, suffers from a bad case of undernourishment.

"...him her sketches. Then Jazmin wins a weeklong spa vacation from one of the many diet plans she subscribes..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Veggie Heaven

A visit to Angel Valley Organic Farm

"...Neighbors gossip and swap news about houses, homecoming children, vacations, and pets. The hospitable Dwyers welcome customers by name..."

March 24, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Hills Have Eyes

This remake ratchets up the gore while subtly rewiring some of the characters, but it never manages the nagging subtexts Craven so handily injected into the original horror film.

"...(i.e., squabbling, miserable) headed to California on an RV vacation is waylaid while passing through the Nevada badlands by..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek is an accomplished Aussie version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; it's also a viscerally told slasher film that manages to do an awful lot with very little.

"...not more than, what’s actually rendered. While returning from vacation, three college-aged friends detour to visit the scenic but..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Just Friends

A tepid romantic comedy with a side order of vitriol.

"...direction is diffidently garish – he makes Chevy Chase’s Vacation debacles look like high art – and the film..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AMD, SOS, PR – It's War!

Shots fired in Aquifer battle ... and the target is you

"...e-mail, Peerman expressed concern that the neighbors of Ruiz's vacation home in Arizona could be next. (According to Colin..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

National Lampoon's Adam & Eve

More collegiate humor released by the folks at the Lampoon that has more hormonal smarts than necessary and about as many sex and toilet gags as you suspect.

"...sit through their quasi-franchised Van Wilders and increasingly desperate Vacations, it’s nothing short of depressing to look back on..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reel Paradise

This documentary shows what happens when famed producer’s rep/author/gadabout John Pierson convinces his family to move with him to Fiji, where, if all goes according to plan, he can leave behind the indie-film rat race, immerse himself in a completely foreign culture, and, best of all, screen all sorts of movies for the natives.

"...makes for a far more interesting roll of family vacation movies than most people could manage. True, the melodrama..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Transporter 2

For all its gimmicky mayhem, Transporter 2 is an improvement over the original, completely setting aside such yawn-inducing cinematic standbys as a romantic interest and realism.

"...boss Inspector Tarconi (Berléand), who arrives in Miami on vacation and quickly finds himself chastising the local police for..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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