Blended

America's favorite screen couple, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, mosey through another rom-com.

"...for the bulk of the film, and now for Blended – Sandler’s third co-starring feature with Drew Barrymore –..."

May 23, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Double Delicious Texas Blended Whiskey

Worth a taste at any price

"...Firestone worked in the television business, as in owning..."

April 4, 2013 Food Post by Wes Marshall

TX Blended Whiskey Shatters Expectations

Firestone and Robertson Distilling Company is making some of the best American whiskey we've ever tasted

"...very expensive boots, but, oh my God, their TX Blended Whiskey ($40) is some of the best American whiskey..."

April 5, 2013 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

AISD Will Resume Classes in August, but What Will They Look Like?

District mulls "blended approach" to reopening schools, schedules virtual conversations with parents, students, and staff

"...The district is considering a "blended approach" for the 2020-21 school year, among other options,..."

June 5, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Rio 2

The animated blue macaw family takes a trip back to the Amazon.

"...and homogenized Las Vegas stage-show aesthetics, featuring regional sounds blended and overwhelmed by current hit-making formulas. Ethnic elements are..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Salesman

Gripping drama from the director of A Separation

"...are more familiar than they are foreign. Aging parents, blended families, husbands and wives struggling to communicate and find..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Dog’s Purpose

Reincarnated dog film is full of cliches

"...gateway drug of a couple of Nicholas Sparks adaptations, blended with 2009’s Hachi: A Dog’s Tale – he has..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Housebound

This New Zealand horror/comedy nimbly jumps through the tropes, and inventively subverts them along the way.

"...But if there is a country that has consistently blended the two together in hilariously horrifying ways, it is..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

2 Days in New York

This ebullient domestic comedy by Julie Delpy, in which she co-stars with Chris Rock, is a follow-up to 2007’s 2 Days in Paris.

"...seem happy – supportive, simpatico, and thriving with their blended family – until Marion’s recently widowed father Jeannot (played..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Saint John of Las Vegas

Although the film sounds like a sure bet on paper, this comedy starring Steve Buscemi sadly comes up solid snake eyes.

"...sense of how to corral these elements into a blended story. Neither can he locate the humor in his..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee is something of a rarity: a movie for children that is about children and their world.

"...movie doesn’t condescend about heavy matters (grief, healing, and blended families) and is pleasantly diverting...."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Frank and Jesse

"...are at least three times when newspaper headlines are blended with live action shots and music. I would love..."

Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Edward II

"...and then some. Using Marlowe's original dialogue, Jarman has blended this theatrical story of the man crowned King of..."

May 1, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The First Annual Texas Wine Auction

A fun and classy start to a new tradition

"...wineries had sent in samples of wine, and they blended it – but they blended it in Zoom...."

May 24, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

9 Spots for Quality Matcha in Austin

Go green with these local tea makers

"...Whether you’re craving hot or iced, blended or whipped, syrupy-sweet or naturally flavored, this lime green..."

Jan. 31, 2022 Food Post by Dina Barrish

Boycott the Pumpkin Spice Latte With Alternative Spices

Five types of non-pumpkin autumnal beverages around town

"...are finely ground into a powder that can be blended with any sort of milk you choose. It's high..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Top 10 Texas Liquors

"...few listed below, are made elsewhere and bottled and/or blended in Texas. I care mostly about how good something..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Age Before Beauty? With Treaty Oak, You Get Both.

Local distiller is making world-class aged spirits

"...the taste, like Firestone & Robertson Distilling Co.'s TX Blended Whiskey. Treaty Oak distills all its products except the..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• All but one company's brand of blended biodiesel fuel became illegal statewide on Tuesday, with the..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature

Closing the COVID Gap at AISD

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

"...of the district’s Technology Design Team, which was bringing “blended learning,” an approach to teaching that mixes online and..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 8-14

"...between two aspects of yourself that have not been blended but should be blended. Do you know what I’m..."

March 8, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Tuesday

Bartees Strange, Coco & Clair Clair, plus a PinkPantheress misfire

"...to come second nature for Michael and Brian, who blended their airy vocals and meticulous guitar sections with ease..."

March 15, 2023 SXSW Post by Nayeli Portillo

White Noise

Can Don DeLillo's postmodern landmark make it to the actual future?

"...being the latest addition, courtesy of Babette, to this blended family. But this erosion (evolution?) of the institution of..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Deer King

Gorgeous epic fantasy anime replaces combat with compassion

"...of Hosshale's quest for a cure, and in the blended families that take in Van and Yuna, looking beyond..."

July 15, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Spots to Get Your Frozen Treat Fix

"...on offer: traditional plain ice, fresi-raspa with frozen strawberries blended in, and raspa tropical with frozen mango, pineapple, and..."

July 15, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Phantom of the Open

Mark Rylance raises this fantastical golfing biopic above par

"...in failure. The Phantom of the Open pits a blended family against an impossible dream and is unafraid to..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Tejano Innovator Manuel “Cowboy” Donley Passes at 92

“We took romantic boleros and put in an orchestra background”

"...an orchestra background. That was my idea. Then, we blended in instrumental polkas and rock & roll...."

June 28, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mapplethorpe

Matt Smith creates a startling portrait of the master photographer

"...it an easy watch: Just as his work often blended violence into sexuality, so there is often a controlling,..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Spots Serving Boozy Ice Cream in Austin

Sugar highs and alcohol are a surefire way to make memories

"...the geniuses at the Alamo have developed milkshakes perfectly blended with top shelf liquor, or, if you like to..."

July 4, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Kings

Interracial tensions boil over in 1990s L.A.

"...has eight. She’s a single parent overseeing a happily blended family, even if their sheer number leads to some..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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