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Joe Dirt
"...really want to spend 90 minutes on a picaresque adventure through the gator farms and fireworks stands of Roadside..."

April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Chac: The Rain God
"...where it was made. The story is a mystical adventure about a drought-stricken village that seeks a diviner (or..."

March 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Exit Wounds
"...his way into the No. 1 spot, Seagal's newest adventure exploits the formulas that have worked best for him..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Say it Isn't So
"...run amok (think Keanu in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) and calling him slow on the draw would be..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spy Kids Premiere
"...directing kids. We expect great things from this comic adventure movie that looks like it might provide equal fun..."

March 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Genitallica
"...to Monterrey, Mexico's breakout band Genitallica and their high-concept adventure. Loosely translated, that's, "Genital land is a state of..."

March 9, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Final Flowering
With Cold Sassy Tree, distinguished composer Carlisle Floyd crafts an opera to crown his lengthy career.
"...it had to be terribly concentrated. It was an adventure in cutting. I kept trimming it and trimming it..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Power Games
Eight reasons to go on living if you don't' own a PlayStation2
"...Sid Meier's Pirates! to qualify a truly respectable high-seas adventure epic. But with the buzz surrounding the launch of..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Day Trips
Luling's Icehouse Pottery is a thriving center of ceramic, glass, and jewelry artisans.
"..."That first trip was a great adventure," Charley says. "The area had a romantic appeal for..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Sixth Day
"...Scary. Director Spottiswoode is the man behind 1997's Bond adventure Tomorrow Never Dies, which struck me as a great..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones, a dashing Saturday matinee idol for the modern age, is one of Spielberg and Ford's best creations.
"...Egypt, and elsewhere. Spielberg brings his signature blend of action/adventure and humor to the film...."

Sept. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Name's the Thing
Do the Hugos Really Award the Best in Speculative Fiction?
"...is Lois McMaster Bujold's A Civil Campaign: A Vorkosigan Adventure (Baen Books, 544 pp., $7.99, paper). Normally, Bujold's books..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Books Feature by Adrienne Martini

Dining del Lago
Lakeside Dining 2000: Many Restaurants, Not Much Water
"...A Kid's Perspective Splash! For a great summer water adventure, go down to Lake Travis and take a boat..."

July 7, 2000 Food Feature by Rosalind Faires

Mountains of the Moon
"...E. Grant, Iain Glen and Patrick Bergin. This historical adventure film details the 19th-century expeditions to Africa by English..."

June 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.
"..."Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars" and "Kung Fu Kenobi's Big Adventure" in AVI and RealTime versions. Hideously cool, yet starkly..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Day Trips
Day trip in style with a Harley from Austin's EagleRider Motorcycle Rentals.
"...are from out of town looking for a vacation adventure. Hennessy offered Bruce Springsteen the use of a new..."

April 28, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

U-571
"...minutes of James Cameron's The Abyss. Cameron's underrated underwater adventure flick eventually bogs down into a hokey E.T. love..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Holy Smoke!
"...less enthusiastic roles in the wake of her Titanic adventure, plays Ruth, the youthful idealist in question. As the..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Homegrown Don Quixotes
Austin writer Neal Barrett Jr.'s latest mind-over-matter comic thriller, Interstate Dreams, "has an oddly disorienting effect," Chronicle reviewer Mike Shea writes.
"...Don Quixotes of Texas. Every day is a new adventure -- "fate plays poker around the clock" as he..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Shea

Top 10 Games of 1999
"...addictive quest pushed along by the winds of high adventure, Surreal Software's flagship game also boasts a comely heroine..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

They Don't Call It Gamefellas for Nothin'
"...$19.99 each) This furry little creature embarks on an adventure through various levels (one level is played by his..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is a profound existential adventure, twistedly comic and openly bitter, brought to life by those two maniacs: Peckinpah and Oates. An ugly, vicious film about not very glamorous people engaged in ugly, vicious activities, it’s more black comedy than anything. – Louis Black
"...the Head of Alfredo Garcia is a profound existential adventure, twistedly comic and openly bitter, brought to life by..."

Dec. 2, 1999 Movie Review by Louis Black

Tomorrow Is Better
Walter Meyer is more than just a survivor of Nazi Germany; Katherine Catmull reveals why.
"...[paper]), makes clear, Walter Meyer's engagement with life and adventure is unparalleled, even in the face of history's worst..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

October Previews
"...THE ADVENTURES OF ELMO IN GROUCHLAND..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Human Meat Pies
"...Alamo will be cooking up for this brave, new adventure in film programming. The festival takes place over two..."

Sept. 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Limbo
"...to turn Alaska into one giant theme park for adventure-hungry tourists, the rugged renegades from civilization's confining clutches who..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playing on the Past
"...Not only were these retrogames just simpler to understand,..."

June 11, 1999 Screens Feature by Chris Baker

The Other Stars in the Galaxy
"...in this secret-unlocking tale penned by The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love's Maria Maggenti. It's also..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

It's a Mystery to Me
"...but his mind. I look forward to his next adventure...."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

October Sky
"...There have been the occasional slip-ups: TV's The Ewok Adventure and it's so-bad-it's-really bad sequel Ewoks: The Battle for..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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