Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” ushered in the era of modern special effects. It introduced audiences to the vast potential of CGI, and it did so by bringing dinosaurs back to life.
The...
From dinosaurs to spies to superheroes, here is a list of this summer’s most action-packed and engaging stories to catch on the big screen.
Jurassic World — June 12
Directed by: Colin...
Twenty-one years after his death, Kurt Cobain’s music still resonates with audiences. On Monday, HBO premiered “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” the only documentary about Kurt Cobain made...
Radio-television-film student John Hanby owns a professional film production company that produces commercials for businesses around Austin — and he’s only a freshman.
Hanby’s...
Radio-television-film student John Hanby owns a professional film production company that produces high-quality commercials for businesses around Austin — and he’s only a freshman.
Hanby’s...
Sci-fi action-thriller “Hard Reset” boasts impressive special effects, but it’s not a Hollywood blockbuster. It’s UT’s first 3-D student film.
“Hard Reset,”...
Ghosts have leveled up from haunting houses to haunting the internet in “Unfriended,” a found-footage horror film set entirely on one computer screen. The story revolves around a group of friends’...
With its latest mobile app, Prime Now, Amazon is one step closer to world domination.
With the app, which is available on iOS and Android, Amazon Prime subscribers have the option of free two-hour delivery...
Spoiler alert! George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” books will give away the finale of “Game of Thrones.”
For Martin’s loyal readers, this poses a conundrum:...
Spoiler alert! "Game of Thrones" will give away the ending for George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” books.
For Martin’s loyal readers, this poses a conundrum:...
At best, “Woman in Gold” is a mediocre film, competently crafted but painfully undramatic. Aside from boasting Helen Mirren, who carries “Woman in Gold” on her able shoulders, it...
Franchises have been around since the early days of film. The “Flash Gordon” and “Adventures of Captain Marvel” serials dominated the cinematic landscape in the 1930s and the 1940s,...
South By Southwest’s film festival isn’t just packed with people — the schedule is stuffed with a ton of movies. Nineteen categories of film will be screened from Friday through March...
South By Southwest wouldn’t be an Austin event if it weren’t weird. For those of you who love the unconventional, SXSW Interactive offers robots, brain hacking, a geeky band and more.
To...
In honor of Texas independence, The Daily Texan embraced its state’s stereotypical cowboy image and assembled a list of the best western films to watch this weekend.
The Good, the Bad...
As Black History Month draws to a close, The Daily Texan compiled a list of notable films that commemorate black history from a variety of perspectives — and offer important lessons for the...
Films like “Selma” are rare. Few movies further the ideals of racial equality in terms of casting and production. “Selma” is an anomaly in a time when the film industry infrequently...
The 87th Academy Awards are Sunday, Feb. 22. In preparation for the ceremony, our movie critics have rounded up their picks for best film of the year. To read Daily Texan critic Alex Pelham's...
Saturday is Valentine’s Day, and you’re either looking for a movie that will cap off the perfect romantic evening — or you’re simply trying to get through the evening. Whether you’re...
It’s here.
After three years of production, and over 100 million books sold, the film version of “Fifty Shades of Grey” has arrived.
As far as adaptations go, this...
Universal Studios’ “Seventh Son,” a fantasy film by Sergei Bodrov, boasts gorgeous vistas, a couple of action scenes and A-list performers, such as Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore. Unfortunately,...
Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk: each one the center of gravity for his own multi-movie series. But these characters don’t fight evil alone — they coexist in the same franchise, called...
