Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Call the exterminator: The tuneful rodents are back
"...being scarred by something as apathetic and brainless as Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip. Those were my..."
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Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
We're wondering if anyone will call the ASPCA if we leave these animated rodents chipwrecked far from civilization.
"...more intellectual. Yet my dislike of the novelty act, Alvin and the Chipmunks, arises from my gut, and it’s..."
Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Alvin and the Chipmunks
What's it all about, Alvin? This by-the-numbers attempt at a chipmunk revival is not bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
"...Cameron Richardson and Jane Lynch. What's it all about, Alvin? Apparently it's about rebranding a musty old comic conceit..."
Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
10 Minutes with the Alvin Brothers
How a near-death experience became a Big Bill Broonzy tribute
"...2012, while touring with the Blasters in Spain, Phil Alvin died and was brought back to life. Dave Alvin..."
Aug. 7, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Alvin, Simon, and Theodore have good reason to squeak: Girl chipmunks enter the picture.
"...the all-singing, all-dancing, all-CGI chipmunks – rebel with paws Alvin (Long), wise guy Simon (Gubler), and tubby emo vermin..."
Dec. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Day Trips: Alligator Bank, Alvin
Hometown financial institution makes a name for itself with a pair of reptiles
"...The Alligator Bank in Alvin looks like an ordinary five-story
suburban bank building from..."
Jan. 12, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Alvin Purple
"...Directed by: Tim Burstall. Starring: Graeme Blundell. Alvin Purple is a salient example of the Australian "ocker"..."
July 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Margaret Moser Tribute: Alvin Crow
Summer camp with the kids
June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Christopher Gray
The Texas Documentary Tour: A Hymn for Alvin Ailey and Malcolm X: Make it Plain
Sept. 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Whole Bow
Alvin Crow fiddled it his way
"...If you're looking for a dogfight or cockfight, ask Alvin Crow. If you're looking for an argument about pit..."
Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Bait
"...a $42 million heist; and Foxx, as bumbling burglar Alvin Sanders, tries to “liberate” some shrimp from a warehouse...."
Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Straight Story
David Lynch takes the long road to a strange story of brotherly love
"...heartland, The Straight Story recounts the true-life journey of Alvin Straight, a retired widower living in a small town..."
Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Prince Avalanche
Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch co-star in David Gordon Green's pleasing backcounty dramady, whose tone is heightened by its setting in burned-out Bastrop, Texas.
"...pound mile markers into the roadside along the way. Alvin (Rudd) and Lance (Hirsch) are a mismatched pair, and..."
Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Seizing the Day
Alvin Rangel's future may be uncertain, but for now he's making great dance
"...I first saw Alvin Rangel dance in May 2010. A minute or two..."
Dec. 2, 2011 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz
The Real Good Friday
Alvin Crow & the Pleasant Valley Boys reunite, minus the Nyquil.
"...shall hear of those glorious daze of yore when Alvin Crow & the Pleasant Valley Boys were kings of..."
March 19, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Alvin Schwartz's beloved nightmares come to the screen
"...by an October release date, this adaptation of author Alvin Schwartz and artist Stephen Gammell’s creeptastic HarperCollins kid-lit frightmares..."
Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Capital T Theatre's The Brothers Size
In this staging of Tarell Alvin McCraney's drama, struggles with brotherhood and blackness play out against Yoruban ritual
"...All interesting questions. With Tarell Alvin McCraney's gorgeous The Brothers Size, though, we needn't ask;..."
Nov. 3, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver
UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance's In the Red and Brown Water
Multiple storytelling modes make Tarell Alvin McCraney's complex play operate as both theatre and ritual
"...But that's just one angle. Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney also inserts an artifice into the storytelling that..."
Oct. 14, 2016 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe
Spider-Man 2
Even superheroes have to do their own laundry in Sam Raimi's truly spectacular vision that combines human pathos and breathtaking action.
"...abetted immensely by a terrific script from Ordinary People’s Alvin Sargent (with a co-story credit to, among others, author..."
July 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
SPAMARAMA: The Movie
This Austin-made companion piece to the event blends truth and fiction in a quasi-documentary that purports to explain how SPAMARAMA all began.
"...extra appearances by local icons such as Kinky Friedman, Alvin Crow, Sammy Allred, Guy Juke, Molly Ivins, and Jim..."
April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Floundering
"...from the likes of Jeremy Piven, Exene Cervenka, Dave Alvin, Alex Cox, and Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro, McCarthy keeps..."
March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Other People's Money
"...business that looks better dead than alive on paper, Alvin Sargent's screenplay (based on a successful off-Broadway play of..."
Oct. 25, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis
HighTone Records RIP
A roots label goes under; a Geezer cries
"...Buddy Miller. Under their influence the careers of Dave Alvin and Tom Russell flourished...."
April 2, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'
Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin
"...the idea, and I'll credit Wild West. I had Alvin Crow & the Pleasant Valley Boys booked to play..."
March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Central Market’s Well-Bladed Cindy Haenel: Cutting Herself Free
The popular chef-instructor will be moving on by year’s end
"...CH: Which is between Sugarland and Alvin on Highway Six, southeast of Houston. I put Alvin..."
June 11, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Ailey
The lasting legacy of revolutionary choreographer Alvin Ailey
"...rather the human body itself. Legendary African American choreographer Alvin Ailey understood the transcendence of bodily movement in the..."
Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Cece Winans, Reluctant Star
Gospel great tapes for PBS on the Sabbath
"...now you’ve started your own church with your husband, Alvin Love, in Nashville. Does that feel like taking on..."
Nov. 19, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez
Love Don't Cost a Thing
A nerdy high school student pays a cheerleader to pretend to be his girlfriend in order to appear cool.
"...The story kicks into gear when high school nerd Alvin Johnson (Cannon), a whiz of an automobile engineer, offers..."
Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Kids Are All Right
Not your parent's summer camp, rock & roll camp!
"...of her life, by herself and with people like Alvin Crow. She's boisterous, mouthy, opinionated, and totally dedicated...."
Aug. 22, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Malcolm, Movement, Memory
With subjects that range from Malcolm X to choreographer Alvin Ailey, Orlando Bagwell's documentaries depict the African-American -- as well as American -- experience.
"...also screen his most recent film, A Hymn for Alvin Ailey (1999), which premiered on PBS' Great Performances last..."
