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Season 5 of 'Breaking Bad' delivers the monster insidenew

I hope you’re not letting the Olympics distract you from Breaking Bad’s final season.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
08-02-2012 |
TV
Good intentions can’t salvage Tyler’s Gift as cliché melodramanew

There's no denying the strength and courage local actor John Lambert and son Johnny must've summoned to star in the short film Tyler's Gift.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
07-29-2012 |
Reviews
'Beasts of the Southern Wild' is both highly personal and massive in scopenew

Vegan aspiring photographers beware: Film is actually made of once-living material—mashed-up bone, flattened, and rolled up in strips.
San Antonio Current |
Erin Gleeson |
07-29-2012 |
Reviews
The top five Batman villiansnew

The top five Batman villians
San Antonio Current |
SA Current News Team |
07-29-2012 |
Movies
Zombies at the Olympics?new

The whole two-week package for the London Olympics promises drama galore for U.S. fans.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
07-27-2012 |
TV
‘Amazing’ Spider-Man devolves to merely average in this unnecessary rebootnew

With the first three Spider-Man movies raking in almost $2.5 billion worldwide at the box office from 2002 to 2007, there was no way Marvel Studios and Columbia Pictures were going to allow the franchise to fade away just because their lead actor and director didn’t want to return for a fourth go-’round.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
07-16-2012 |
Reviews
'The Franchise' ignites after coach proclaims his love for Fidel Castronew

This series takes us behind the scenes of a sports franchise right in the middle of a season.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
07-16-2012 |
TV
Woody Allen’s Italian midsummer night's sex comedy finishes firstnew

Woody Allen, who once declared, “I am at two with nature,” is smitten with great cities. New York is his first and enduring love, but in recent years he has also flirted with London (Match Point), Barcelona (Vicki Cristina Barcelona), and Paris (Midnight in Paris).
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
07-16-2012 |
Reviews
Woody Allen’s Italian midsummer night's sex comedynew

Woody Allen, who once declared, “I am at two with nature,” is smitten with great cities.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
07-03-2012 |
TV
Bristol Palin shines as a small-town bigot on 'Life's a Tripp'new

This is a reality series about Sarah Palin’s daughter — the one who got pregnant at 17 and is raising young son Tripp as a single mom.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
06-19-2012 |
TV
'Prometheus' opens a new world of possibilitiesnew

They're claiming that Prometheus isn't technically a prequel to Alien, despite the same universe and director.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Gallucci |
06-14-2012 |
Reviews
'Madagascar 3': Going through the motionsnew

The Penguins of Madagascar is one of the few TV shows that's better than the movies it's spun off from.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Gallucci |
06-14-2012 |
Reviews
The Beginning of the AIDS Crisisnew

It isn't often that those on the front lines of war or disaster survive to tell their story.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
06-14-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: We Were Here, David Weissman
Why Jenny McCarthy is the real play on 'Love in the Wild'new

This show is a huge improvement over The Bachelor and other dating series that get all dewy-eyed about true love.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
06-09-2012 |
TV
Tags: Love in the Wild
Jon Hamm or Russell Brand for MTV's Best Dirtball?new

As always, February’s stiff Oscar ceremony tried to dress the movie industry in an ill-fitting tuxedo. The MTV Movie Awards, by contrast, reminds us that the medium is supposed to be fun.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
06-01-2012 |
TV
Tags: MTV Movie Awards