Lone Star Con 3 - 2013 in San Antonio, TX

Categories

Archives

Mark Your Calendars

Triangular UFO Buzzes San Antonio

San Antonio has long been known as a weirdness magnet. Whether it’s infamous hotel ghosts, Spurs catching bats, phantom children pushing cars, or Bigfoot himself, SA was a weird streak a mile long. And that streak extends to the skies above the city as evidenced in the following video provided by YouTube user SAUFOTX.

The [Read it all...]

‘A Perfect Union’ Exposes Secret Masonic History of the Alamo

Corpus Christi filmmaker Omar Becerra‘s new web series, A Perfect Union, starts with a writer’s investigation into an old murder and warps into a bizarre tale of Freemasons at the Battle of the Alamo.

The San Antonio Current pointed us to this new web series. As the Current’s Scott Andrews wrote:

In Becerra’s story, [Read it all...]

The Overtime Makes a Killing with Dr. S and the Zombies

Dr. "S" Battles the Sex-Crazed Reefer Zombies through November 6th

Feeling like you are in a pre-Halloween mood and wondering what to do this weekend? Wonder no longer. The reviews are in on the Overtime Theater’s latest show and the critics are loving Dr. “S” Battles the Sex Crazed Reefer Zombies: The Movie: The [Read it all...]

SA Current: Rossum's Universal Robots is Engrossing, ChillingSA Current: Rossum’s Universal Robots is Engrossing, Chilling

Robert Jerdee and Kaitlin Campbell in Rossum’s Universal Robots.

The San Antonio Current has a review of The Overtime Theater’s production of R.U.R. – Rossum’s Universal Robots and reviewer Micah Clare dishes some high praise:

Isaac Asimov himself panned Karel Capek’s 1921 play, R.U.R. – Rossum’s Universal Robots, as “a terribly bad one, [Read it all...]

Movie Premiere: The Killing StrainMovie Premiere: The Killing Strain

Get ready for what may be the scariest zombie movie yet: The Killing Strain. Directed by Daniel Maldonado and shot entirely in San Antonio, it opens on the big screen Friday, June 18th and Saturday, June 19th at midnight at The Palladium, Mayan and Silverado. These showings will probably sell out so go to this link [Read it all...]

SA Current: Reviews of Slasher & Captain PiledriverSA Current: Reviews of Slasher & Captain Piledriver

The titular slasher on the set with Rachel Joseph and Jaime Mire.

The San Antonio Current sent Steven G. Kellman to a showing of Slasher at Trinity University’s AtticRep and he filed his review last week. The play, by SMU grad Allison Moore is set in Austin, but San Antonio’s staging is the closest [Read it all...]

Missions Unknown: Third Best Blog in SA?Missions Unknown: Third Best Blog in SA?

Mucho thanks to all of you who voted for Missions Unknown as the best local blogger in the San Antonio Current’s Best of San Antonio poll. We made it in as number three in the final tally. Number one was claimed by Ben Olivo who writes the Downtown Blog for the San Antonio Express-News and [Read it all...]

SA Current: The Clash of the Titans HeresySA Current: The Clash of the Titans Heresy

Poseidon, the real golden-shower god

You may have heard about the fundamentalists decrying the recent blockbuster film Avatar, now you will have to steel yourself for more of the same with the upcoming release of the remake of Clash of the Titans. At least according to Jeremy Martin over at the San Antonio Current. [Read it all...]

SA Current's Best of San Antonio 2010SA Current’s Best of San Antonio 2010

Could Missions Unknown be the best blog in San Antonio? It’s up to you. Head over to the San Antonio Current’s web site or pick up the dead tree edition and vote for Missions Unknown under the category of “Best Blogger”. Ballots must be submitted by midnight on March 30.

[Read it all...]

SA CURRENT: Philip K. Dick's Wife InterviewedSA CURRENT: Philip K. Dick’s Wife Interviewed

We’re a bit behind on passing these along, but last week’s issue of THE SAN ANTONIO CURRENT featured a Rick Klaw interview with the late Philip K. Dick’s wife, Anne R. Dick. For all PKD fans, it’s well worth your time if you missed it. In addition, Klaw offered a beginner’s guide to the author’s [Read it all...]