Turtle Beach

"...disparate women closer than their shared guilt about being bad mothers. But, at least, it's nothing that a little..."

May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Big Man Japan

Midnight madness doesn't begin to categorize this bizarre Japanese superhero/monster movie.

"...but purple underpants and a Don King-style haircut. The baddies he faces are bizarre inventions that seem like they're..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eating Out

Crude comedy of sexual errors falls flat.

"...then pal, your film has arrived. It’s just too bad it’s not still stuck in a plain brown wrapper...."

May 27, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Lege Too Far

With Six Weeks to Go, the Legislative Future Looks Dark and Darker

"...reform is that less time was available to push bad bills.) On these pages, the Chronicle staff delivers a..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Little Indian, Big City

This inexplicably popular French comedy concerns a stockbroker who discovers that he has a 13-year-old son who was raised in the jungle, whom he now brings to Paris. It was remade in the U.S. with Tim Allen in 1997 as Jungle 2 Jungle. These Americans – quel idiots! Don’t they know that something so funny the first time around can never be improved on?

"...Ludwig Briand, Miou Miou, Arielle Dombasle and Sonia Vollereaux. Bad idea. Bad movie. Things like this should not be..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Scarlet Letter

"...all of it is quite so edifying. Why, for example, is Reverend Dimmesdale's sermon preached in a series of..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Rough Night

Girls gone murderously wild

"...The bachelorette-party-gone-wrong comedy Rough Night is a good example. Taking its cues from Bridesmaids, The Hangover, and Very..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

More proves to be less for Spidey this time out.

"...The Amazing Spider-Man, this new film is a good example of how sometimes more can really be less...."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Side Effects

Jagged turns and sinuous style are the mark of Steven Soderbergh's taut drama, which stars the very well-cast Rooney Mara and Jude Law.

"...nice that the filmmaker leaves us with this sterling example of his skills and talent. Side Effects begins as..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

More Q&A with Marc Ott

The new city manager on council initiatives, city planning priorities, and the change in the weather at City Hall

"...– outweighs anything that one might consider to be bad. Politically, obviously, I suspect that Austin is one of..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Volver

No working male director loves the community of women more than Almodóvar, and Volver is his ode of love to women’s congress and fortitude.

"...comedy, the film is the most luscious yet restrained example of the filmmaker’s recent work. Volver’s characters are all..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Don't Believe the Hype

Local Digiterati on the Good, the Bad, and the Internet in Between

"...Chapman: That's an example, I think, of the biggest fight we're going to..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

The Next Austin Bust

Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?

"...stopped before. What if it does? Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Logan Lucky

A different kind of heist film from the Ocean's 11 director

"...combat – considers a Logan family long streak of bad luck. (Another step-in-shit? Having the misfortune of running into..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

10 Cloverfield Lane

Unrelated Cloverfield follow-up is a dandy suspenser

"...was piqued – and then some. J.J. Abrams’ company Bad Robot produced, which is nearly always a good sign..."

March 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kicking the Tires at Fleet

City whistle-blower confirms that the trouble at Fleet Services has been much worse than scrap tires and bad record-keeping. And nobody in charge wanted to hear it.

"...allegations that he had raised and weeding out the bad apples in Fleet, city officials, including within the city's..."

July 2, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bra Boys

Russell Crowe narrates this insider's documentary about Australia's Bra Boys – a family of brawlers whose exploits are legendary.

"...stimulation-starved viewers. Take the Bra Boys surfing club, for example: Depending on who you talk to, they’re either a..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

This Land Is Your Land

This muckraking populist grab bag of a film isn't so much a documentary as it is a harried piece of grassroots agitprop.

"...being sued for trademark infringement by no less an example of capitalism run amok than Starbucks, when his handful..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shark Tale

Animated Shark Tale lacks bite.

"...animation department. It’s not that Shark Tale is a bad film – kids will bask in the underwater eye-candy..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

In this goofy and lowbrow Vince Vaughn/Ben Stiller comedy, the good guys are lovable losers and the bad guys have frosted feathered hair and unitards with inflatable codpieces.

"...icky; the good guys are lovable losers and the bad guys have frosted feathered hair and unitards with inflatable..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2001

"...go out of style. Converse's Chuck Taylor high-tops, for example, have remained the best-selling athletic shoe in history since..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

U-571

"...work with few shades of gray and plenty of bad Nazis getting their just deserts. The film is so..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dinner Game

"...sad sack of a man whose good intentions and bad judgments hilariously wreak havoc upon the unsuspecting. Pignon is,..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fun Fun Fun Comedy: Your Lineup Is...

For the 10th fest, "FFF" can stand for "familiar funny folk"

"...Punk Comedy Tour, The New Movement sketch comedy troupe Bad Example, Master Pancake's Saturday Morning Cartoons, Live Wrestling (ACW..."

July 28, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

TNM's Megaphone Marathons Takes on Two Cities

The annual comedy mini-fest rocks the ATX and NOLA

"...Opposites on a Wednesday night, or TNM sketch troupes Bad Example or The Neighborhood tearing consensus reality a new..."

July 9, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two

"...I told him to go for it. This was bad advice. Our collaborative efforts over the years have had..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Austin at Large: Yup, He Goofed! Now What?

For Austin’s own good, we may want to patch up that hole Steve Adler shot in his foot

"...Noah mocked our mayor, Steve Adler, and his now-immortal bad phone video (it drew a 0/10 from Room Rater,..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

America: Imagine the World Without Her

Another book by conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza gets the documentary treatment.

"...of charged political discussion, D’Souza sets it up as bad guys and good guys. It is easy to imagine..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Despite the outrage of the land pimps, Austin's dis-invitation to Wal-Mart is democratic, legal, and honorable.

"...deal was illegal for other reasons; if something as bad as, or worse than, a Supercenter fills the void..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle

The Sept. 13 constitutional amendment ballot features the good, the bad, and the silly.

"...be sorted into overlapping categories of the Good, the Bad, and the Silly. (I considered adding the Incomprehensible as..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Michael King

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