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March 12, 2007 SXSW Post by Belinda Acosta
The Comics (Artist) Panel
Five Austinites on the state of the sequential art, from comics to comix to manga and beyond
"...And it's certainly more than enough to justify the geek-chic culture. But while Chris Ware reigned through the Nineties..."
Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler
Déjà Vu
If the science fiction in Déjà Vu has more to do with fiction than science, it’s not as though this Denzel Washington picture ever pauses long enough for that realization to fully take hold.
"...practically steals the show, however, as the head FBI geek-speaker, who’s still hip enough to throw in a reference..."
Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Music From the Inside Out
Documentary filmmaker Daniel Anker spent five years with the Philadelphia Orchestra as they toured, rehearsed, and waxed poetic about the purpose of music in their lives.
"...help but be moved. (It’s like the crazy band geek from high school. She may have been a wacko,..."
April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
Serenity
Joss Whedon’s Western/sci-fi hybrid (which was canceled from TV but greenlighted for the movies) evinces the kind of swashbuckling bonhomie that made so many of us fall in love with the original Star Wars films.
"...feature film we now have before us called Serenity. Geek much? As a one-time obsessive of Whedon’s Buffy the..."
Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Stay Sweet, BFF, KIT
'Freaks and Geeks' fans and their bittersweet assembly at the Alamo
"...The freaks and geeks assembled for the Alamo Drafthouse's marathon of the lamentably..."
June 10, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
For a movie about magic pants, this film shows a surprising level of sophistication – in its performances, its production values, and its emotional maturity.
"...suicide, attends soccer camp in Mexico; and surly film geek Tibby (Joan of Arcadia’s Tamblyn) is stuck back home..."
June 3, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Veering from moments of breathtakingly visualized valor to outright stupidity, Sith is a vast improvement over the previous two outings, but still and all, it’s no Star Wars.
"...as Tim Bisley, a down-on-his-luck twentysomething film and comic-book geek whose life is continually overshadowed by the supposed betrayal..."
May 20, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
This CGI adventure yarn is a loving tribute to all things retro-futuristic.
"...island enclaves, and astounding flying aircraft carriers. From a geek perspective (in the best sense of the phrase), this..."
Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Short Cuts
Addressing Jerm Pollet, Owen Egerton, and John Erler's 'Sinus' problems; plus, 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Tron' Suit Guy
"...King Geek No. 478 Dept.: You might not recognize the name..."
Sept. 10, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov
Alien Vs. Predator
An asinine grudge match between two of the most memorable Eighties-era screen bugaboos
"...Resident Evil infamy, has been roundly hammered by the geek intelligentsia in the past for producing ham-handed horrors with..."
Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Short Cuts
South Austin hip video store Pedazo Chunk celebrates its third anniversary with a new store, and it's time to get soused again with the Drunk Film Festival version 3.0
"...foreign films, but their gorgeous new store has more film-geek-friendly amenities than even the beloved Alamo Drafthouse. At what..."
June 25, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov
Come Out and Play
Has Austin – or anywhere else – ever seen anything like Cinemania weekend?
"...interjects Janisse. "We didn't want to program sort of geek fanboy type of stuff, because we wanted to get..."
May 28, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Quentin Tarantino goes into overdrive with this story about the bride who was left for dead on her wedding day and seeks revenge against them that done her wrong.
"...turning the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown into his own private film-geek academy, complete with chatty, epithet-strewn lectures on the nature..."
Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Short Cuts
Harry Knowles takes over British airwaves … and magazine ads … and the sides of busses … and pretty much anywhere else that those clever lads in the SkyTV marketing department can manage to fit him.
"...the SkyTV Web site (www.skymovies.com) as "a big, ginger geek who scares the hell out of Hollywood," the Austin-based..."
July 11, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov
Down With Love
"...sets out to prove Barbara’s a fake by donning geek glasses, a Texas drawl, and the entirely fictional persona..."
May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...1) LAN is not geek speak, it is actually the technical term defined by..."
May 2, 2003 Column
Spider-Man
"...Kirby's old issues -- he looks like the penultimate geek-cum-boy wonder, and when he is finally bitten by a..."
May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Best of the A/v Geeks III
"...is back by popular demand. Skip Elsheimer, the founding geek of Raleigh, North Carolina’s A/V Geeks, will be on..."
April 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
A Walk to Remember
"...He runs the cool crowd; she sits at the geek table. He lands in probation and has to do..."
Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Cleared for Blast-Off
Locally owned and operated music site Blastro.com defies the Web bust with booming business and booming beats.
"...as falling just this side of the line between geek chic and geek reek. Four dinky, glass-partitioned micro-hives radiate..."
Jan. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
The Box and Beyond
Games, hardware, and other tech toys
"...Geek accessories: Made by Victorinox (the Swiss Army Knife maker),..."
Dec. 7, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
Ocean's Eleven
"...“Basher” Means (Cheadle), pickpocket scam-artisan Linus Caldwell (Damon), tech geek Livingston (Jemison), inside man Frank (Mac), and Reiner's old..."
Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Shallow Hal
"...well here as Black's characterizations of the manic record-store geek in High Fidelity or the self-inflated rock & roll..."
Nov. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
American Pie 2
"...only done the deed once before (with Alyson Hannigan's band-geek strumpet Michelle), he'll fail to impress her with his..."
Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Rush Hour Two
"...his Special Agent Will Graham will be a pencil-necked geek who cracks the case by getting jiggy for a..."
Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Swordfish
"...the public's assumption that all hackers are sickly, cream-puff-complected geek boys). A couple of years back, poor Stanley got..."
June 13, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Best of the AV Geeks
"...Best of the AV Geeks finds wonders galore in those old 16mm educational film..."
April 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Recess: School's Out
"...gang -- surly, combat-booted Spinelli (Pamela Segall), bespectacled science geek Gretchen (Ashley Johnson), jockish Vince (Rickey D'Shon Collins), corpulent..."
Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Harry Knowles’ Butt-Numb-a-thon
"...an endurance event designed by Ain't It Cool head geek Harry Knowles for film phreaks citywide. In order to..."
