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May 13, 2016 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno
I Got the Hook-Up
"...Gretchen Palmer, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, Helen Martin and John Witherspoon. New Orleans' answer to Suge Knight -- minus the..."
June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
'Off the Hook': OU Game Hype Heats Up
"...envious Okies more insufferable, than a Sooner scalping in the Red River Shootout. Mack Brown's hide was in serious..."
Oct. 3, 2006 Sports Post by Christopher Gray
Chapman out the door, off the hook
A surprise retirement spares the APD assistant chief.
"...Department Assistant Chief Jimmy Chapman on Dec. 18 filed the necessary paperwork to retire from the department. Chapman, a..."
Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Off the Hook
Travis Co. grand jury declines to indict seven Austin Police officers involved in September altercation that ended with in-custody death of Michael Clark
"...officers involved in a September altercation that ended with the in-custody death of 33-year-old Michael Clark. According to the..."
Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Voter Applications on the Hook in Harris
Harris County election official accused of voter suppression
"...When the first day of early voting arrived Oct. 20, Bettencourt..."
Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Death Penalty Off the Hook
Preemptive strike against wrongful conviction fails in murder trial prehearing
"...Having halted a December hearing into whether the death penalty is constitutional as applied in the..."
Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Knee Won't Let Fishing Cops Off the Hook
Police chief throws more than one book at the Decker Creek Six
"...been disciplined by Chief Stan Knee for fishing at the Decker Creek Power Station at Walter E. Long Lake..."
Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith
The Cat Did It: WilCo off the Hook in Shelter probe
Animals blamed in abuse case (and for squealing to the pigs)
"...Blame the victim, shoot the messenger, shift the focus, and stall..."
June 13, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland
Farmers Insurance: Off the Hook Forever?
Internal memos suggest the insurer frequently mishandled claims -- and the state may not be able to investigate.
"...Internal Farmers Insurance Group claims audits, obtained by the Chronicle, suggest the company has a history of troubling..."
Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Only the Strong
"...Lewis, Stacey Travis, Paco Christian Prieto and Todd Susman. The hook driving this latest entry in the martial arts..."
Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Oh in Ohio
This story of an uptight corporate go-getter (Posey), her sad-sack high school science teacher husband (Rudd), and her search for her first orgasm is intended to invoke rolling laughter but instead results in repeated sighs.
"...Sometimes it takes a movie to help us remember the sad and painful world in which we live. It's..."
Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton
The Full Monty
"...comedy about laid-off English steelworkers whose financial desperation leads them to form a Chippendales-knockoff strip act. The title translates..."
Sept. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Hook
Spielberg's Hook breaks the cardinal rule of J.M. Barrie's timeless fantasy – it grows up.
"...Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins and Maggie Smith. Hook breaks the cardinal rule of J.M. Barrie's timeless fantasy..."
Dec. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Red Hook Summer
Spike Lee returns to Brooklyn for this summer in the life of a 13-year-old.
"...Jules Brown, Toni Lysaith, Nate Parker, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Heather Alicia Simms and De’Adre Aziza...."
Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Wine of the Week
Hook and Ladder
"...a few acres of land planted in Zinfandel in the Russian River Valley with the goal of having something..."
June 2, 2006 Food Column by Wes Marshall
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
"...Barclay, William O'Leary and Bill Nunn. Taking up where the original Candyman left off, this stylish, atmospheric spook story..."
March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW
Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest
"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."
March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff
The Luv Doc: Mr. Nice Guy
Sweet T is the name of an Irish boxer with fake front teeth and sleeve tattoos
"...Why is it that women always say they want nice guys but end up dating jerks? I..."
Oct. 20, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc
The Royal Hotel
Disturbing trip to the sexist outback is cut short by a simplistic ending
"...There was a brief period when America was obsessed with..."
Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Gaming the System
Applying the mechanics of play to the everyday
"...a combination of buzz and substance. Too little of either component and what's considered a game changer at the..."
March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch
Trouble the Water
This film about the human toll of Hurricane Katrina is one of the best and most inspirational things to come out of the disaster.
"...Lessin and Carl Deal. Miracles can occur, even in the face of disaster. Hurricane Katrina, a compound catastrophe caused..."
Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Who Killed the Electric Car?
This multifaceted documentary about the history of GM's electric car seeks the culprit responsible for its demise and finds plenty of blame to go around.
"...General Motors’ EV1 electric car, this multifaceted documentary seeks the culprit responsible for its demise and finds plenty of..."
July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Fusillade No. 1 in Disney's presumed seven-film adaptation of C.S. Lewis' beloved children's tales is marred by dodgy CGI work and windy pacing.
"...of C. S. Lewis' beloved children's tales, in which the four Pevensie children – tiny, hopeful Lucy (Henley); put-upon..."
Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
A Map of the World
"...Of all our exalted moral virtues, truth may be the most problematical. Why? Well, for starters the unvarnished truth..."
March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith
The Luv Doc: Insufferable Narcissists
Just the act of procreative sex is an undertaking of considerable hubris.
"...a tough one, Ann. Parents are insufferable narcissists. Just the act of procreative sex is an undertaking of considerable..."
March 30, 2012 Column
Bill of the Week
Leaping through the 'laundry loophole'
"...We finally found Debbie Riddle's limits. There are, indeed, places even she won't go. We weren't..."
March 11, 2011 News Column by Lee Nichols
Watch: Tomar & the FCs Soundtrack Visceral Dance Fantasy
“Innocence” advances new album Rise Above
"...As glimpsed in the new video for “Innocence,” Tomar Williams stokes a fire..."
Oct. 18, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
The Luv Doc: Stoned Alone
On the balance, the Luv Doc is thankful that most of the habitual pot smokers he knows are habitual pot smokers
"...It was 4/20 Wednesday and I was high basically the whole day like I always am on 4/20 since..."
April 29, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc
The Luv Doc: Low Libido
When the oxygen mask drops, you use it on yourself first
"...Before the pandemic, me and my girlfriend used to have sex..."
