Looking for Las Vegas

An Austin playwright discovers Sin City by going to Louisville

"..."I think I've found you a better seat."..."

May 5, 2006 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

More 'Am I McMansion' Action

Two more weeks to submit photos for our "Am I McMansion or Not" contest; and your top 10 McMansion comments

"...10) Who honestly thinks this is ugly? I bet it's Sal A. Mander, newest star in cartoons!..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Spotlight: The Jones Family Singers

Praise the Lord for the Jones Family Singers

"...to the Bay City gospel group and 2006 looks better...."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

That One Sad One

Second place

"..."I bet you'd get lonely with just those two George Joneses..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Will Furgeson

Jarhead

Though lacking a clear point of view, the film seems to say that war not only dehumanizes soldiers but also infantilizes them. It’s not a pretty picture, but it is a lovely film.

"...marks him as either mad or masochistic or, best bet, both. Swoff’s target acquisition partner, a quietly simmering enigma..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eureka! Outsource Iraq!

"...Dear Editor, I'll bet everyone out there has these moments. You're doing something..."

Sept. 27, 2005 Postmarks

Four Brothers

A scrappy Seventies throwback about vigilante justice in the corrupt urban jungle.

"...there were a few in the audience, and I’ll bet they were scarred as I was by Death Wish...."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Common Law

Are the Texas Hold 'Em poker tournaments that I host in my home illegal?

"...criminal law, it is a Class C misdemeanor to bet money or any other thing of value on any..."

July 1, 2005 Column by Luke Ellis

'To the Limit': Austin Radio Spanish

Austin's Hispanic broadcasting market makes huge changes, too

"...For Castro and fast-growing BMP, it's a $50 million bet that the Austin Hispanic radio market is about to..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Motorcycle Diaries

Young Che Guevara takes a road trip up the length of South America and discovers his humanity in this portrait of the future revolutionary as a young man.

"...Worrying and Love the Proletariat might have been a better title for this ingratiatingly loopy origin story about prerevolutionary..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

The Fox News Channel's "fair and balanced " reporting is put to the test in this partisan documentary.

"...is entirely misleading. That’d be fun to watch, I bet, a sock in the kisser to Murdoch, who controls..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Sword in the Stone

Scottish Rite Children's Theatre debut production, 'The Sword in the Stone,' makes you feel like you're right in the middle of a fairy tale

"...you that. But even more difficult is the transition between being a youngster and being an adult, that period..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

White Chicks

Wayans brothers' comedy depends on latex and whitewash.

"...twins Daisy and Violet, although you can pretty much bet your wages that would have made for a more..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Fun

Oh, Galveston

"...with the requisite cocktail bar and greasy spoon. We bet they wouldn't mind you slipping on a pair of..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...2003 witnessed the emergence of Soul Position, a collaboration between Blueprint and RJD2 that manifested itself in the form..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Bus 174

A bus-hijacking in Rio becomes a microcosm of the city's ills in this on-the-scene documentary.

"...cocaine-fueled bus hijacker in Rio de Janeiro, you can bet disaster won’t be far off. This remarkable documentary by..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

Kill car alarms!; taxpayer-built facilities get corporate names

"...contract, "It's not about the money" -- you can bet it's about the money. Likewise, when you hear a..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of Texans who actually vote for Republicans instead? I'd bet there are more Republicans that read the Chronicle than..."

July 11, 2003 Column

X2: X-Men United

"...original seem positively moribund in comparison. It’s the difference between a director with a pretty serviceable idea of where..."

May 2, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Or would we bet on the lesser evil, a casino, which would employ..."

March 28, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...for the excellent article on area psychiatric services (or, better, lack thereof) and how they intersect with local law..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column

Star Trek: Nemesis

"...testosterone-fueled Kirk, was dense sci-fi fun. (And you can bet there's nothing in Nemesis -- or any of the..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

"...agent at her most numbingly icy (she was infinitely better in the ludicrous-but-exhilaratingly goofy Charlie's Angels, which was also..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

Coach's farewell column, after a 10-year run, laments the bloated, mercenary state of "amateur" athletics in the U.S.

"...passes for amateur sports in America. What's the difference between the Dallas Cowboys and the University of Texas? Aside..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Under the Sun

"...slight story about the unlikely new love and friendship between two older-than-average movie characters. However, there's not a whole..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Rookie

The film recounts the baseball career of Texan Jim Morris, who, in 1999, became the oldest rookie major-league pitcher to take the field in 40 years.

"...Lee Hancock. Starring: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Brian Cox, Beth Grant, Jay Hernandez and Angus T. Jones. The Rookie..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Never Mind the Bollocks

Ray Benson decides to cut a solo album

"...ended up staying on the Left Coast for the better part of three years. It was in California that..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Other Side of Heaven

"...missionary days in Tonga in the Fifties, you can bet that moonshine won't be around for long. This earnest..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cleared for Blast-Off

Locally owned and operated music site Blastro.com defies the Web bust with booming business and booming beats.

"...me as falling just this side of the line between geek chic and geek reek. Four dinky, glass-partitioned micro-hives..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dinner Rush

"...Wu, Sandra Bernhard, Mark Margolis, Jamie Harris and John Corbett. It's hard to resist those jejune food metaphors when..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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