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Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011: Live Action

Amaze your friends and colleagues when you know everything about all the nominees in this category.

"...films nominated for this year’s Best Short Film (Live Action) dip into the well – the spooky “The Confession,”..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

“Figure/Heads: David Bae and Erin Cunningham” at ICOSA Collective Gallery

It's rare for a show to combine work by two artists so different in such a complex and intensely unified way

"...the light. All in all, contradiction seems to define "Figure/Heads," a two-artist exhibition featuring Cunningham and David Bae. Bae..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

From the Vaults: Myth-ing in 'Action'

Saluting Superman on his last big birthday – 25 years ago

"..."Myth-ing in 'Action': A Toast to Superman on His 50th Birthday" was..."

June 13, 2013 Screens Post by Robert Faires

The Action's in Place 3

Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested

"...parks. "It takes a little bit of time to figure out where are the levers that you can have..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Overdue biopic of the fearless anti-slavery hero loses sight of reality

"...famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, the eponymous historical figure travels hundreds of miles by foot to deliver dozens..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Murder on the Orient Express

You may want to cancel your ticket to this latest Christie adaptation

"...tableaux, are good gambles. But turning Poirot into an action figure with a gun is simply heresy...."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Supreme Court judge biopic has bite

"...(complete with macho foibles) worthy of his own Marvel-esque action figure...."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Omega Code

"...its prevailing sensibilities are more in line with secular figures like Irwin Allen and Aaron Spelling. Neither smart and..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Austin Collectors Show Off Their Toys

Lights, camera, action figures!

"...it's a Newton's Cradle or a Star Wars Rey action figure. But for these four Austin artists and creators,..."

July 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Evel Knievel rides again in this retrospective doc

"...gravity-defying bravado-cum-stupidity – had an outsized influence on America’s action-oriented cultural psyche. Everyone from Johnny Knoxville (a producer of..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Plastic Platoon

Paul Hanley and Kieran Healy on their 10-year tour of duty to make a stop-motion Vietnam epic starring action figures

"...R. Healy's epic tale of small-scale blood, guts, and action figures, Viva the Nam, the first DIY, feature-length, stop-motion..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Good Eye: Passion Play

Don't call them action figures

"...A doll is a small-scale human figure, traditionally belonging to a girl. The dolls made for..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

This animated Batman is from the same folks behind the TV cartoon series, and is a diverting take on the Caped Crusader.

"...darkness. And its Batman is quick and ghostly in action, grim enough to put fear into criminals but also..."

Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Last Stand

Arnold Schwarzenegger plunges back into acting in this full-bore action vehicle helmed by the South Korean director Kim Jee-Woon.

"...serving as governor of California and being the key figure in a major scandal, Arnold Schwarzenegger shows a mature..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

"...a stage, Shakespeare's Richard III is still a compelling figure, a fiend almost too vile for words yet one..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Highway Patrolman

"...Max. In fact, the movie takes the whole police action drama as a form and turns it on its..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jingle All the Way

"...hottest Christmas toy on the market: a Turbo Man action figure. Unfortunately, it's Christmas Eve, and getting his hands..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"...who wants to like Deborah but resents her obvious attraction for Dr. Askey, SallyÕs own unrequited love. ChekhovÕs play..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Transformers spin-off is (checks notes) wait ... good?

"...protagonist front and center – while evening out the action-to-humor ratio that’s been missing from Bay’s overly serious installments..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"...he's completely underused, not even emerging as the central figure until a third of the way through. Instead, we..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

"...Yeoh and Donnie Yen. Hong Kong's reigning queen of action films, Michelle (Supercop: Police Story III) Yeoh, toplines this..."

July 1, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Ken Loach film is based on an episode in the life of Jimmy Gralton

"...the political and historical in this dramatization of real-life figure Jimmy Gralton (Ward), a firebrand who returns in 1932..."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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.

"...damn spicy. Transporter 2 is vapid, lunatic fun: all action, all the time, with no pauses to catch your..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Action Figure's new digs; plus, 'The Cassidy Kids,' Native American shape-shifters vs. bounty hunters, and more

"...Austin Film Purveyors: Action Figure Studios, the local group behind A&E series Rollergirls,..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

"...what weÕre not prepared for: He acknowledges that his actions have caused death and irreparable unhappiness to others yet..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagogue

"...if you're a fan of old-school chopsocky flicks and figure that anything with such a ludicrous title can't be..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Little Mermaid

"...formula to the letter: A little music, a little action, and a scary scene or two followed by some..."

Nov. 24, 1989 Movie Review by Warren Spector

Set in the near-future of 2010, this French import is not big on plot exposition, instead focusing on its finely wrought action momentum, which moves ever forward with rushing exhilaration.

"...to make the leap to director with this breakneck-paced action movie, which was conceived and co-scripted by Besson (La..."

June 2, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Under the Holiday Bush

A holiday gift guide for the political junkie.

"...are just a few of our favorites. Ann Coulter Action FigureConservative Book Service, $29.95..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation

"...this Tsui Hark-produced-and-written animated adaptation of his Eighties smash live-action film of the same name, but don't let that..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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