Category Archives: In Theaters

John Bloom aka Joe Bob Briggs

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Steve

Last Friday morning, I was flipping through all the FaceBook noise I receive from all the things I “like” along with the Right-Wing diatribes and there was the announcement about Joe Bob hosting two movies Sunday evening Alamo Ritz! How … Continue reading →

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The Last Airbender

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Steve

Hollywood loves to make TV shows from an earlier generation (Miami Vice, The A-Team, Lost in Space, etc.) into terrible movies because they know there’s a built-in familiarity factor that leads to making money. Why a five-year-old Nickelodeon cartoon was … Continue reading →

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Toy Story 3

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Steve

The Summer of 2010 has so far been rather tepid in the movie department…until now; nothing has motivated us to hit the theaters with much urgency, even Iron Man 2. Originally, I was disappointed when Pixar decided to release its … Continue reading →

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Kick-Ass

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Steve

Another Summer filled with Comic Book-based characters is upon us: Iron Man 2, Jonah Hex and Scott Pilgrim readily come to mind. Seems Hollywood will stay fixated on the obscure franchises because nothing seems certain regarding the more accessible characters: … Continue reading →

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Weird Al Yankovic & UHF at the Paramount

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Steve

Weird Al Yankovic taking questions from the audience after the movie. Picture courtesy of this nice Austinite. The Alamo Drafthouse is the gold-standard for going to the movies, not this overpriced Yuppie upstart. Last night they continued to prove it with … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 2, 2010 by Steve

James Cameron has rightfully taken the Sci-Fi/Fantasy mantle away from George Lucas with his latest film. Maybe it can be a shared title with Peter Jackson for the Rings trilogy. I was more excited to see him working with Sigourney … Continue reading →

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Sixteen Candles 25 years later

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Steve

Last month I took Somara to this revered film at Alamo Ritz for the theater’s monthly celebration of Girlie Night. (Yeah, I know, this story is not very timely in light of when we went and how recent John Hughes’ … Continue reading →

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Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3-D

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Steve

Disney re-released these two awesome movies in digital 3-D, probably to build up excitement for Toy Story 3 which is coming out next Summer. I didn’t care about the studio’s motivations, I was itching to see these flicks again in … Continue reading →

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District 9

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Steve

This is a demonstration of Science Fiction done well. It’s a story about a fantastic situation with amazing technology as the backdrop and how the characters react to it, not the other way around. If a movie doesn’t plausibly handle … Continue reading →

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Julie & Julia

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Steve

Normally, this is the kind of movie I pass on, especially if it’s directed by the Queen of Estrogen…Nora Ephron. Now before my e-mail and/or comments are filled up with angry messages about me being a misogynist, I always enjoy … Continue reading →

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