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Moontower, Day 3: Bill Burr
Burr's fever-pitch brilliance kills at the Stateside
"...There are comics, and then there's Bill Burr, a guy on a way higher plane than just..."

April 28, 2013 Arts Post by Anne S. Lewis

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The mash-up title just about says it all
"...Directed by: Burr Steers. Starring: Lily James, Sam Riley, Lena Headey, Matt..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Igby Goes Down
Black comedy about youthful unraveling while on lam from boarding school.
"...Directed by: Burr Steers. Starring: Kieran Culkin, Jared Harris, Susan Sarandon, Claire..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Comedy: Covering All Things Comedy
"Always own your work," Burr, Madrigal, and Benson tell SXSW
"...to get noticed and get paid, veteran comedian Bill Burr has some simple advice: “You know you’re getting fucked..."

March 17, 2015 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

New Model for a Funny Business
Bill Burr and Al Madrigal's All Things Comedy lets the folks making jokes own more than the laughs
"...Show With Jon Stewart – and fellow comedian-actor Bill Burr co-founded All Things Comedy, an innovative comedy podcast network..."

March 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Godzilla
This is the original and uncut version of the 1954 Japanese monster picture.
"...shores, neutered of the grating, pompous presence of Raymond Burr as Yank newsman Steve Martin that had been unceremoniously..."

July 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Delirious
"...the young Hedison. In the soap opera her father (Burr) and two brothers -- the adored Blake (Baker) and..."

Aug. 16, 1991 Movie Review by Louis Black

SXSW Comedy: The Laugh Button Live
This show was the year's Holy Grail of comedy
"...Comedians Bill Burr, Al Madrigal, Nate Bargatze, Sasheer Zamata, Glenn Wool, and..."

March 18, 2015 SXSW Post by Russ Espinoza

Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame
How celebrity worship has metastasized into the defining American obsession
"...Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fameby Ty Burr Pantheon, 448 pp., $28.95..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

17 Again
Tween idol Zac Efron graduates into a nonsinging and nondancing world in this body-switch movie, and the result should keep ’em coming back for more.
"...Directed by: Burr Steers. Starring: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann, Thomas..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Dangerous Man
At 18, Billy Joe Wardlow took a man’s life. Nearly 30 years later, the state still wants his.
"...old at the time. She and her husband, Richard Burr, had just finished their work as part of the..."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: A Startling Last-Minute Claim of Innocence
New evidence emerges in case of man slated for March 8 execution
"...and points blame at another man. Gonzales' attorneys, Richard Burr and Joshua Freiman, will travel to Odessa on Friday..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The King of Staten Island
Pete Davidson grows up a bit in this semi-autobiographical dramedy
"...by: Judd Apatow. Starring: Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, Steve Buscemi, Pamela Adlon, Jimmy..."

June 12, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Charlie St. Cloud
Zac Efron breaks free of his High School Musical routine with this unusual drama about a young man overcoming grief.
"...Directed by: Burr Steers. Starring: Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew, Augustus..."

July 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Final Appeals: Powell Set to Die June 15
Powell supporters join in last attempts to spare his life
"...is nonexistent and totally opaque," said Powell's attorney Richard Burr this week, although he said he has not given..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Burr, Hamilton and Jefferson
"...Burr, Hamilton and Jefferson A Study in Character..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Books Review by Matt Williams

Casual Victim Pile
Hometown SXSW showcasing sampler
"...Guitarist Andrew Burr holds two fingers to his temple to illustrate the..."

March 12, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Review: Broadway in Austin's Hamilton
This national touring production doesn't throw away its shot
"...maturity shows all the more as he ages. Aaron Burr (Nik Walker), the hero’s counterpoint, comes across as barely..."

May 30, 2019 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

Reasonable Doubt
Did misleading DNA analysis land an innocent man on death row?
"...to see him was not his, but rather Richard Burr, a Houston lawyer whose focus is death penalty cases...."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Then There's This: The Awesome Power of Women
Political group aims to increase voter turnout and so much more
"...successful county judge bid in the Democratic primary; Lize Burr, a longtime political activist and policy advocate at the..."

Aug. 15, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Off the Record
SXSW news and carryings on
"...graveyard grime. "This is some ghetto shit," guitarist/singer Andy Burr surmised midway through the set. Apparently, only one of..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Kings in Disguise
America's Great Depression of the 1930s isn't the backdrop for this story; it is the story
"...by James Vance and Dan Burr..."

May 12, 2006 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

UT Lawyers Take On the Death Penalty in D.C.
A team of UT-based attorneys takes the Tennard case to the U.S. Supreme Court
"...campus. Owen, and his co-counsel Jordan Steiker and Richard Burr, spent many hours preparing for this mock argument –..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Rear Window
One of Hitchcock's most accessible films is also one of his most gleefully deviant, dealing as it does with such fun urban pastimes as voyeurism and spousal mayhem.
"...Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. One of Hitchcock's most accessible films is also one..."

July 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pitfall
"...De Toth (1948); with Dick Powell, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr, Lizabeth Scott. John Forbes (Powell) has it all. He's..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Review: Jarrott Productions’ Mother of the Maid
Joan of Arc's life takes path less traveled but the production gets lost
"...story of his messiah), and Hamilton (lesser politician Aaron Burr tells the story of the only Hispanic Founding Father)...."

April 26, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Dog
Channing Tatum picks up a canine pal in army vet drama
"...and Channing Tatum. Starring: Tatum, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Bill Burr, Jane Adams, Kevin Nash, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Nicole LaLiberte, Aqueela..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Bulgarian Chainsaw Massacre
David Blue Garcia proves you can take Leatherface out of Texas in the new Netflix horror Texas Chainsaw Massacre
"...D: Jeff Burr..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
"...Aaron Burr was a strong proponent of women's and immigrants' rights...."

Sept. 11, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda's era-defining political musical brings hope home on Disney+
"...courtly, bored, and homicidal; Leslie Odom Jr., as Aaron Burr, history’s most infamous duelist, slowly curdling from jealousy and..."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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