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A Career Hooligan Looks Back, But Mostly Forward
Robert Rodriguez on a lifetime of innovation and the movie, 'El Mariachi,' that started it all
"...heat reflecting up off of the white-dusted, rocky ground. Somewhere on set, Key Special Effects Makeup Artist Meredith Johns,..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Clairvoyant
Iron Maiden, Brent Grulke, Billy Joe Shaver (& Lester Bangs)
"...Seventh Son – that’s when Brent Grulke chuckled from somewhere deep inside my grieving psyche. Caged Beast “The Prisoner”..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Imposter
This documentary about a bizarre case of identity theft is a puzzle of lies, duplicity, and suppositions.
"...a compulsive liar with a desperate need to belong somewhere, anywhere, Bourdin's own story is as pathetic as his..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ted
Mark Wahlberg and the teddy bear he willed to life as a child stay BFFs into adulthood in Seth McFarlane's zany first foray onto the big screen.
"...Jim Carrey (as the human-esque BFF). Or vice versa. Somewhere in the multiverse, that's probably the case, and if..."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Horns Look To Fend Off Bears
Forty-four slots separate UT and Baylor in the national rankings
"...a community not lacking in school pride of late. Somewhere, somewhere weird, David Koresh and Dr Pepper are whooping..."

May 17, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Marvel's The Avengers
Excelsior! This Marvel adventure knocks it out of the universe.
"...to what you were expecting. In some alternate universe somewhere, Marvel monster master Steve Ditko is doing the CGI..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

At It Again
Say Anything savant Max Bemis let goes of his alienation
"...was always turned on to the idea of going somewhere more pretty and quiet," he says, "where I could..."

April 27, 2012 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

American Reunion
Thirteen years after American Pie jump-started sexual innuendo for a new generation, this sequel is the best one in the series.
"...and nearly complete return of American Pie's original cast. Somewhere amidst the lesser sequels (2001's American Pie 2, 2003's..."

April 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Silent House
Silent House gives the game away too easily but it does have some effective shocks along the way.
"...rural, woodsy manse, a boarded-up wreck of a place somewhere out in the country that lacks (naturally) both electricity..."

March 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Michael Caine zips around on a giant bumblebee and Dwayne Johnson is a pectoral spectacle in this family-friendly, fantasy-island adventure tale.
"...Robert Lewis Stevenson – or any combination thereof – somewhere a baby steampunk dies. That means we're down one..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

If the Horns Basketball Season Ended Today …
Impressive season-ending stretch needed
"...a 10 (meaning they’d conceivably play each other sometime, somewhere when the tournament unofficially begins on March 15). The..."

Feb. 9, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

The Innkeepers
With slow-burn shudders, Ti West's haunted-inn story provides a stellar model for creeping dread.
"...England rustlings, gloom, and an omnipresent sense that something, somewhere, is not quite right. That's a difficult tone to..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Quarrel With the Status Quo
Charlie Baird on criminal justice, equity, and the Travis County D.A.
"...if they're otherwise eligible, they've got this disqualifying characteristic somewhere in their past...."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

The Adventures of Tintin
Steven Spielberg brings Hergé's comic books to animated life.
"...action up to 11 but leaving the emotional heart somewhere back down around six...."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Robert Downey Jr. inhabits the role of Sherlock Holmes to a near-molecular level in this rushing whoosh of a follow-up to 2009's blockbuster.
"...To be honest, I fall somewhere in the middle of that group. Although the first..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Arthur Christmas
The folks at Aardman Animation, who gave us Wallace & Gromit, seve up an instant – and funny – holiday classic.
"...clichés of the Santasploitation genre. I've no doubt that somewhere there is a law on the books that requires..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Machine Gun Preacher
Gerard Butler and Michael Shannon star in this drama about a reformed bruiser and drug addict who now rescues children from the conflict in Sudan.
"...and Christian faith, and an overall vibe that falls somewhere between bloodthirsty nihilism and an unshakable belief in the..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sittin' on a Red Hot Stove
A Q&A with Charles Sanders, Jr. of Kool & Together
"...just sitting in your house in a tin can somewhere? CS: Yeah. When they called us I was like,..."

Oct. 6, 2011 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Final Destination 5
In case we've forgotten, this series returns to remind us that death does not like to be cheated.
"...Death's stand-in (Tony Todd) wanders around in the backstory somewhere. Not that Final Destination 5 is concerned much with..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Free as a Bird
Andrew Kenny, leader of the American Analog Set, watches his phoenix rising in the Wooden Birds
"...nascent band, it was clear Kenny was coming from somewhere new, somewhere looser. Kenny hadn't just refound his voice...."

Aug. 12, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Growing Up in War Zones
The magic of cinema inspires kids in a Kurdish village to take camera in hand
"...and villages.I soon realised that we needed to film somewhere small, a microcosm, so that I could get to..."

July 8, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

What Place for Muslims in DC Comics?
'Superman' writer Chris Roberson on the controversy of earthly aliens
"...said Sharif is "a dude who is visibly from somewhere else. He doesn't wear a mask. He wears the..."

June 24, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

'Completing Communities'
A conversation with Kathie Tovo
"...speak for him, but I wrote his words down somewhere. He said something along the lines of "This is..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix
QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable
"...every year. And when something's inappropriate, they take him somewhere to hang out for a while. It's totally possible..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Johnny Depp sails the seas once again.
"...in velvet brocade, sporting jowls that appear to extend somewhere south of his kingly staff. Bravo! Speaking of bloated..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Skateland
Skateland is a sweet, knowing, visually spot-on evocation of early-Eighties teen life in a small East Texas town.
"...of effortless romance and the promise of something better somewhere else: "There's nothing you and I won't do/I'll stop..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After Bin Laden
Local experts discuss how one raid reshapes the world
"...said, "Serious observers knew that bin Laden was living somewhere in Pakistan. The idea was that he was somewhere..."

May 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Communication Breakdown
Rocked by financial crisis, AISD goes to war with itself – and everyone suffers
"...trustee Sam Guzman said, "The fact that it's embedded somewhere rather than highlighted somewhere ... concerns me." (See "AISD..."

April 15, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

MOJO Recommends
Rising British Talent at SXSW as selected by 'MOJO' editor-in-chief Phil Alexander
"...to his vibrato vocal, his boomingly rich voice pitched somewhere between Jake Thackray and Antony Hegarty. His set, which..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Styx and Stones
A priest has his canoe trip sunk by a spiritual crisis in The Catechism Cataclysm
"...Which is wise, or possibly might lead to wisdom somewhere down the road. Either way, the peripatetic director –..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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