Bad Boys II

Bay does it bigger and badder than ever.

"...with this sequel to his lucrative 1995 debut film Bad Boys. The movie also reteams him with producer Jerry..."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Boys for Life

Not bad, not good, just the same again from the aging action heroes

"...It’s been 25 years since Michael Bay’s original Bad Boys and 17 years since the sequel, Bad Boys..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Miami’s bad boy police officers embrace getting older

"...in modern Hollywood, but when you’re talking about the Bad Boys franchise, that kind of turnaround time is practically..."

June 7, 2024 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Bad Company

"...the matter. Bumped from its initial September release plan, Bad Company now has another misfortune of timing to grapple..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spotlight: The Strange Boys

Soon to be Austin garage quartet the Strange Boys and their American Bandstand

"...If everything old is new again, the Strange Boys are way ahead of the curve. Beneath the clamor..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Point Austin: Bad Advice

A few questions about the city's designated experts

"...town when the ongoing aftermath of the Nathaniel Sanders II police shooting and subsequent KeyPoint review (and its eventually..."

June 11, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Barbecue and Good Ol' Boys

A promotions scandal suggests the good ol' boy network is alive and well at DPS.

"...referred to by another acronym, OBN -- the Old Boys Network...."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

When Good Things Happen to Bad Bills – and Vice Versa

Bad bills fly, while good bills die

"...The Bad: Some Die, Others Fly..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by the News Staff

Drastic Space: Part II

"...Head north. There's the Carls' Jr. where those boys massacred all those people not too long ago: murder..."

June 6, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Five Things Baymageddon Taught Me

No pain, some gain from last weekend's Michael Bay marathon

"...central macguffin, I found myself agreeing with MacLennan. Across Bad Boys II, Armageddon and Bay's latest, the subversive anti-action..."

April 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot Fuzz

Simultaneously smart and silly, Hot Fuzz demonstrates that it's not necessary to be a buffoon in order to lampoon.

"...that he makes the rest of the department look bad. (His arrest record is 400% higher than any other..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pain & Gain

One of the dirty secrets of modern American filmmaking is what a skilled director Michael Bay really is.

"...movies (though I would argue mightily for Armageddon and Bad Boys II being very good) but rather cold, explosive,..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Margaritas vs. Mojitos

It's Mexico vs. Cuba, tequila vs. rum, mix vs. muddle, in this battle for lime-infused-libation-sensation supremacy in the Lone Star State

"...was upped thanks to its inclusion in the actioner Bad Boys II. It has been referenced on The OC...."

Aug. 18, 2006 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

TCB

Punk rock synchronized swimming and eating ribs with Snoop Dogg: What do people in other cities do for fun?

"...his booty-busting video "Right Thurr," while the clip for Bad Boys II theme "Shake Ya Tailfeather" finds St. Lunatics..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...nuanced, wonderfully layered performances. Pitt effectively shelves the sexy bad boy image thatÕs made him a star and instead..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...KING MISSILE III: One of the leading lights of producer Kramer's Shimmy-Disc..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Lust for Life

The 2015/16 Austin Music Awards' bedrock mania

"...set at the Austin Music Awards since the Big Boys shared the bill with the Fabulous Thunderbirds at the..."

March 11, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Dialing In Birdlegg

Birdleggs, Strange Boys, Moonpies, Ed Hall / Gorch Fock / Brown Whörnet, and other weirdness

"...history of old blues greats like Sonny Boy Williamson II...."

July 19, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...the Queen" T-shirt, bearing the image of HRH Elizabeth II with safety-pin-festooned lips. Monk hustled them into a van,..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

UK Calling

Damon Albarn leads SXSW 07's UK act armada. Again.

"...and always, to London, here come the Good, the Bad, and the Queen. And Malcolm McLaren. We thought it..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Media Clips

Corporate media giants cause journalism to become less competitive; Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers speak at The Daily Texan's 100th birthday event; Grassroots Media Conference held in Austin

"...the idea that such mergers might actually be a bad thing just isn't brought up...."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

C Sick

Eight years after the Chronicle's initial look in hepatitis C, Austin's music community is both better and worse

"...his work in seminal Austin bands like the Big Boys nor his beloved artwork bought him health insurance, and..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The AggreGAYtor: October 31

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Katy Perry is awarded for bad behavior, Clarence Thomas has a coffee klatch, and Mark..."

Oct. 31, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Screamlines

"...horror movie. Everyone wanted to write on The Lost Boys, that stylish cinematic valentine to MTV. No one even..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...the sponsorship of the Humanities Institute and the Plan II Honors Program. Hersh is a contributing writer at The..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Serious Rock & Roll Anthropology

An interview with SXSW honoree Penelope Spheeris

"...homage to Ozzy and heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. Bad craziness abounds, along with gatecrashing fans, thunderous, chaotic Nü-metal,..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...for breaking its reliance on an endless recycling of bad clichés. (Continental Club, 9pm) -Michael Bertin..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...Hancock wears his neo-traditionalism as a badge of honor. Based in San Marcos, his mix of..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

Further Reflections

"...Dir/scr: Joe Camp III; Prod: Tom Gamble; DP: Rob Sweeney; Ed: Olof Kallstrom;..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Blame the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin Music Awards..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

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