Bride Wars

Best friends become enemies when a scheduling snafu places their two weddings on the same day.

"...in good God is she doing in the slummy Bride Wars? She proved with The Devil Wears Prada that..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ashcroft's Porn Wars Come to Texas

Adult-video magnate's bust part of DOJ anti-obscenity effort

"...obscenity, "involving ... interstate transportation" of the film Nympho Bride, a German-made hardcore porn flick. "Today's sentences should put..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters to Juliet

There's a lovely little arthouse movie buried in this romance starring Amanda Seyfried, although the film's commercial aspirations get in its way.

"...Bernal. Is Gary Winick atoning for his sins? If Bride Wars was an acid spill – and that’s putting..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Decade Under the Influence

The 'Chronicle' movie critics take a look back at what the Aughts wrought

"...the pleasant upside of a colander brain: Bye bye Bride Wars, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie, Meet the Spartans, Stealing Harvard,..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Never Give Up

Don Toner's 13 years as producing artistic director of the State Theater Company have been full of struggles, but in Toner's world, struggles are good. They bring understanding, richness, beauty, and in his case, a new theatre and a loyal company.

"...observation that all the cultures which have suffered through wars throughout the centuries have given the world great art...."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Intro

"...there's no getting away from the juggernaut called Star Wars: Episode 1 -- The Phantom Menace. It is assumed..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Mortal Engines

Dystopian YA adaptation relies on spectacle over character

"...film critics describe Mortal Engines as a steampunk Star Wars, and even that fails to do the movie justice...."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Mondo Gets Monstrous Again

Gallery mounts second Universal Monsters show

"...first big license we got in 2009 was Star Wars, but that was short-lived." The team acquired Universal Monsters..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Adaptation of Judy Blume's classic is just as perfectly poignant as the book

"...feels revelatory in the midst of intensified, irrational culture wars led by Facebook-addict parents terrified of their children learning..."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II is the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since his Pan's Labyrinth netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.

"...of cinema fantastique at least since James Whale's The Bride of Frankenstein (Karloff's "We belong dead" micromonologue can be..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mongol

Kazakhstan's Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film is an epic drama about the early years of Genghis Khan.

"...as he was a fighter. After choosing his future bride, Börte (played as an adult by an equally intense..."

June 20, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sleepless in Cyberia

Go Ahead -- Be Somebody Else

"...Gwynnafaire inhaled her fragrant bridesmaid bouquet and straightened the wreath on her head. She..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Screens Feature

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (1949)..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...back to a galaxy far, far away—the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special. Dive into the mystery of how it..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: After the electronica wars, heavy metal darted from beneath the atomized ashes of..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

The Austin Chronicle Halloween Costume Contest

"...Zombie Bride..."

Oct. 29, 2020 Photo Gallery

Rob Reiner Goes All the Way With LBJ

Tackling the contradictions of the unexpected presidency

"...who, while famous for classic entertainment like The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally …, has previously plunged..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Everything I Need to Know About Drinking I Learned From Hollywood

Relying on TV and film for drinking tips

"...be judged by your friends in bars. – Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope..."

July 5, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Lone Star State of Mind

Neal Barrett Jr.'s characters, clues, and unparalleled career

"...white-bearded semi-retiree, sharing a root beer with his silver-haired bride Ruth, taking photographs of the flowers and wildlife in..."

June 7, 2013 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Red Rain

Greed, muck, and strife at a Hudson River port in 1864

"...character tropes: the prodigal son, back from the Indian Wars; the patient war-bride-to-be; the scheming land-grabber; the adolescent dock..."

July 23, 2010 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...culture, he calls back to Germany for a mail-order bride, the strong-willed Cosima Reiter. On the coach ride from..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Summer Vacations

Five Children's Film Series Offer a Break From the Routine

"...1:15pm & 3:20pm; Tue, Jun 20, 7:20pm: The Princess Bride..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Kids Summer Fun Guide

Kids Flicks

"...Star Wars: Episode One -- The Phantom Menace, Jul 1..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

The Year of Being John Malkovich

Top 10 Films of the Year, Decade, and Eternity

"...we say that Y2K resembled a phantom menace? Star Wars: Episode One -- The Phantom Menace, perhaps? All that..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

1999 Austin Film Releases

A complete list of all films released for theatrical runs in Austin in the calendar year 1999 and eligible for consideration in the Top Ten.

"...DEVIL3.0(R.S.)12/17/99 ROCK OPERA3.0(R.S.)9/3/99 ROMANCE1.5(M.B.)10/22/99 ROSIE3.0(R.S.)10/29/99 RUN LOLA RUN3.5(M.B.)7/23/99 RUNAWAY BRIDE2.0(S.H.)7/30/99 RUSHMORE4.0(M.S.)2/5/99 SAME OLD SONG1.5(M.B.)12/3/99 THE SCHOOL OF FLESH3.0(S.D.)5/21/99 LA..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

October Previews

"...a blanket. Hardly an attention-grabbing premise of the Star Wars ilk, the film hasn't generated a great deal of..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Short Cuts

"...Friday, June 18, double bill of Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein prior to the first screening......"

June 11, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Toasting Hogmany

The French Buffet

"...first of the secular year to re-enlist in diet wars or to be a kindly neighbor, when they can..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Food Feature

Video Box Sets

"...Plan 9 From Outer Space, Glen or Glenda, and Bride of the Monster packaged in ever-so-fuzzy blue fun-fur angora...."

Dec. 11, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

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