Entries from Austinist tagged with 'rebeccaonion'
February 19, 2008
American Gangster PosterAmerican Gangster Do you really need a two-disc box set of Ridley Scott's American Gangster, which includes two different versions of last year's Denzel Washington/Russell Crowe movie, the ability to download yet a third, plus featurettes including one in which Scott is shown the ins and outs of heroin production by an NYPD officer (as if he didn't already know)? It depends on how much you like Scott, and if you do, it'll......
Continue Reading "New DVD Releases: American Gangster, Margot at the Wedding and More"January 22, 2008
Today's Mega News Bits by Patrick Dentler and Rebecca Onion Asian markets fall; the Fed is really, really worried. Not convinced Giuliani's a dangerous, power-mad nutcase? Read this. The Great iPhone Heist! Tom Brady limps through the streets of New York with a walking boot on his foot. (The question is, what the hell was he doing in enemy territory in the first place?) Unhappy news for pregnant ladies, those who must inhabit the......
Continue Reading "News Bits: A Limp, A Cut, A Steal"April 22, 2006
*This review comes from new Austinist contributor Rebecca Onion.* As our mother told us, never turn down the chance to see a movie titled "In Bed." In other words: Yes, you perv, there is sex in this film. Two strangers who meet at a party are so hot for each other that they decide to rent a tastefully decorated red motel room. (There’s some talk about how nasty the place is, but we’d take......
Continue Reading "Cine Las Americas Film Festival: En La Cama"April 21, 2006
*This review comes from new Austinist contributor Rebecca Onion.* Despite its misleading title, La Sagrada Familia has almost nothing to do with the Gaudi cathedral in Barcelona, darling of hash-smoking exchange students everywhere. Instead, you get a family of attractive Chileans, in the process of spending Easter weekend at their beach house nestled on top of a cliff. Unfortunately for them, their little family nest is about to erupt in something other than baby......
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