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Friday, January 12, 2007
Sinus Show calls it quits
The ever-popular, always sold-out Sinus Show — three guys, one movie, gales of hilarious heckling — are breaking up due to those old, thorny “creative differences.” Which means tonight and Saturday night’s comic dismantling of “Die Hard” at the Alamo Downtown will be the troupe’s final shows. They are, of course, already sold out.
Evidently things got pretty ugly, so the Sinus guys — Owen Egerton, Jerm Pollet and John Erler — decided to go their solo ways. We’ll share details as they come in.
This gaping new rip in Austin’s cultural fabric will deprive fans of the trio’s pro-grade heckling of such deserving movies as “Xanadu,” “Crossroads” and “Footloose.”
Sinus, you will be missed. Share farewells at www.sinusshow.com.
Two new films; two overrated films
A pair of films shot in Central and Western Texas by Glen Stephens are hitting the big and small screens.
Super gory thriller “Hoboken Hollow” will open at the Galaxy Theater on Feb. 2, followed by its DVD release in April. Shot in Menard, it stars C. Thomas Howell, Michael Madsen and Dennis Hopper.
On the genre flipside is Stephens’ family action-drama “River’s End,” arriving on DVD on Feb. 20 after a short theatrical run in Fort-Worth. Sam Huntington (“Superman Returns”), Barry Corbin and Charles Durning star.
More at www.hobokenhollow.com and www.riversendmovie.com.
Great film though it is — and it’s pretty amazing— “Pan’s Labyrinth” is hands down, no contest, the most overrated movie of 2006. Funny how the gushiest reviews are coming from Austin or from former Austinites: The film’s creator Guillermo Del Toro once lived here. What a spectacle.
Second most overrated: “Volver.” Almodovar is getting so terribly tiresome.
Austin Movie Awards, Jewish Film Fest
— Cast your vote for Best Actor and Best Film Festival in this week’s Austin Movie Awards ballot. You can also still vote in the categories we introduced last week: Best Picture and Best Indie/Arthouse Picture.
— The Austin Jewish Film Festival gets under way on Jan. 20 and will run through Jan. 26. Screenings are at the Arbor at Hideout theaters. You can buy badges and passes online, and individual tickets will be on sale at each theater’s box office before screenings. For schedules and more information, visit the festival’s Web site.
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