Jersey Girl

Ben Affleck plays a widower dad in this family dramedy from an uncustomarily sweet Kevin Smith.

"...Tyler, George Carlin, Raquel Castro and Jennifer Lopez. Before Jersey Girl screened at the Paramount Theatre during SXSW, Kevin..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jersey Lawmakers Become Drug-Law Reformers?

Garden State to change drug war landscape

"...week left before the Democratic governor leaves office, New Jersey lawmakers have approved two major drug policy reform issues..."

Jan. 12, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Jersey Boys

Even though Clint Eastwood guides this Broadway hit to film, there’s not much new in this rise-and-fall, music-biz story.

"...film. Four wayward guys who came together in New Jersey and named themselves the Four Seasons, rise to conquer..."

June 20, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Austin FC Unveils First-Ever Jersey

Verde and black striped jersey goes on sale today

"...Soccer team, Austin FC, has just dropped its primary jersey ahead of its 2021 inaugural season...."

Nov. 18, 2020 Sports Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: New Jersey Reverie

Autumn rain, returning memories

"...you do with whatever comes your way. 1) New Jersey..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Column by Louis Black

The Verde Report: Austin FC Has a New Jersey and It’s an Own Goal of Ugliness

Austin FC has committed to looking like a bushel of Granny Smith apples for close to half a season

"...On Tuesday the club unveiled a new secondary jersey for 2022, replacing the sharp white-with-green-piping "Legends Jersey" from..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Austin Film Festival Review: Brave New Jersey

Orson Welles' alien-invasion broadcast turns a town upside down

"...over the course of one long night, Brave New Jersey trots out the usual panoply of small-town figures. There’s..."

Oct. 17, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

BLK ODYSSY Caught in Ida’s Severe New Jersey Flooding

Austin band launch fundraiser for lost instruments and gear

"...After leaving a rehearsal space in Newark, New Jersey, the group’s van began filling with water. They have..."

Sept. 2, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily

Austin Playhouse's Sherlockian pastry may be light, but Jason Newman's Great Detective is seriously good

"...Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey LilyAustin Playhouse at Highland Mall, 6001 Airport www.austinplayhouse.com Through..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sonogram vs. 'Jersey Shore'

"...which a woman must watch an entire episode of Jersey Shore after seeing her sonogram to see the tragic..."

May 20, 2011 Postmarks

New Jersey Might Nix Death Penalty

“I think it is part of this bigger picture where the death penalty is on the defensive.”

"...It appears New Jersey is poised to abolish the death penalty. The state..."

Nov. 21, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Jersey

Hindi-language drama about a retired cricket star who must fill a child’s wish

April 22, 2022 Movie Review

New Jersey Checks in on Austin Smoking Ban

April 15, 2005 Postmarks

Retire Lance's BOA Jersey

July 30, 2004 Postmarks

Next Departure

With 'Jersey Girl,' Kevin Smith swaps out Jay and Silent Bob for a 7-year-old, all while 'The Green Hornet' looms

"...Jersey Girl, the new film from indie icon and inveterate..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Garden State

A mash note to love that speaks to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boomers.

"...twentysomething misfits in the brackish wilds of modern New Jersey. And like Ben Gibbard’s achingly gorgeous music, Braff’s film..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chuck

The rise and fall of the real-life Rocky

"...with “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali, in 1975. A New Jersey liquor salesman and journeyman boxer with a reputation for..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Clerks II

Kevin Smith is on solid footing with this sequel, which finds the filmmaker and his raunchy protagonists at the precipice of maturity but moving ahead with cautious baby steps.

"...of films, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Jersey Girl. Twelve years have passed since we left counter..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don Jon

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a guy who prefers porn to his girlfriend Scarlet Johansson in this film which also he wrote and directed.

"...Jon (Gordon-Levitt) is an Italian-Catholic gym rat from New Jersey who prefers online pornography to sex with women. He..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Not Fade Away

Five years after the end of The Sopranos, creator David Chase directs his first movie, which takes him back to New Jersey in the Sixties.

"...TV, you still can’t take him out of New Jersey. In his debut feature film as a writer and..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Kevin Smith finds a new soulmate in actor Seth Rogen, who stars in this movie that blends Smith's telltale comedic raunch with large dollops of sweetness.

"...may be able to take the boy out of Jersey, there’s still no chance of sidetracking the filmmaker’s dominant..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Patti Cake$

A hip-hop star is born in New Jersey

"...body of a plus-sized white girl in northern New Jersey who dreams of success as a rap superstar. Which..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Kid Eternity

A tale of teenage luck in New Jersey

"...1967. Her boyfriend looked like the kind of New Jersey suburban hood with a souped-up car and greased-back hair..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Smith turns his stoner Greek chorus into leading men on a mission.

"...Jason Lee and Chris Rock. How much you enjoy Jersey boy Smith's balls-to-the-wall approach in this, the final episode..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bogus

"...foster sister Harriet (Goldberg), who lives in Newark, New Jersey. That's when Bogus (Depardieu) manifests himself and continues to..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips: Langtry, Texas

Judge Roy Bean and the Jersey Lilly live on in West Texas ghost town

"...20 years, Bean dispensed whiskey and justice at the Jersey Lilly. After he died on March 16, 1903, the..."

March 13, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Knolle Dairy Farms, Sandia

South Texas farm offers fresh Mexican cheese and the chance to pet a Jersey cow

"...Farms outside of Mathis has the largest herd of Jersey dairy cows in South Texas. Since 1928, the farm..."

May 26, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Uncut Gems

Sandler and the Safdies take a roller-coaster through the NYC Diamond District

"...a wheeler-dealer with a wife (Menzel) and kids in Jersey, and a mistress (Fox) in his apartment in the..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Addams Family

Your favorite creepy neighbors are back, and kid friendly

"...(Janney), a home improvement show host in the New Jersey town of Assimilation (this film being aimed squarely at..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Hummingbird Project

Who knew you could tell a character story about laying fiber-optic cable?

"...line from the Kansas City Internet Exchange to New Jersey, where cousins Vincent (Eisenberg, twitchy, damaged, and seething) and..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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