Author: John Laird

Movie Breakdown: 28 Years Later

Pre-Screening Stance: Even if the fellas behind the original film – director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland – hadn’t returned for 28 Years Later, I’d still be very eager to check it out simply...

101X Homegrown

Here you’ll find the latest on Homegrown, an Austin artist-focused show that airs every Sunday at 9pm CST on 101X. Be sure to also follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you’ve got music...

Quickdraw: Stay Inside, Cardinals, Field Medic

Enjoy. Stay Inside – Super Sonic Stay Inside haven’t formally announced the album they’re going to be putting out later this year, but you can go ahead and start building some anticipation for it with...

Movie Breakdown: Materialists

Pre-Screening Stance: Like everyone else, I really loved writer/director Celine Song’s debut film, Past Lives. Can Materialists live up to it? I’d love to confidently say yes, but I have to admit that it looks...

101X Homegrown

Here you’ll find the latest on Homegrown, an Austin artist-focused show that airs every Sunday at 9pm CST on 101X. Be sure to also follow along on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you’ve got music...

Movie Breakdown: Ballerina

Pre-Screening Stance: It’s not easy to be excited about Ballerina. There’s been talk of it testing poorly and having to be heavily re-shot, but even if that’s just the rumor mill churning out nonsense, there’s...

Movie Breakdown: The Life Of Chuck

Pre-Screening Stance: If there’s anything for sure that we can say at this point, it’s that writer/director Mike Flanagan is pretty dang good at adapting Stephen King for the screen (big and small). And sure,...

Movie Breakdown: The Phoenician Scheme

Pre-Screening Stance: While I consider myself a pretty big Wes Anderson fan, his last two films, The French Dispatch and Asteroid City, didn’t really work for me. The Phoenician Scheme looks fun though, so I’m...