Central Intelligence

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart make for passable action buddies

"...spectacle in a dark, air-conditioned theatre. That is what Central Intelligence aims to be, a funny romp with two..."

June 17, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Austin Regional Intelligence Center's Secret Informants Show How Profiling Works

“Middle Eastern”? Your info might be on file at Austin’s fusion center.

"...to Lebanon. The report, which was sent to an intelligence fusion center run by the Austin Police Department, stated..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

Central Texas Pig Rescue Puts on a Pig Pageant

Animal rescue groups educate and entertain

"...community, as explained by pageant emcee Dan Illescas of Central Texas Pig Rescue, the group putting on the whole..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Kat McNevins

Primary Intelligence

State and local races

"...day is March 2. For more coverage, see Election Central: austinchronicle.com/elections...."

Feb. 19, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

Is Knowledge Power?

A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor

"...in office." The forecast was part of a "Global Intelligence Update" (or GIU) that Stratfor produced daily and sent..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Capitol Chronicle

Would David Dewhurst really know a terrorist if he saw one?

"...commissioner's experience as an Air Force officer and in "intelligence" -- referring obliquely to Dewhurst's stint as a Central..."

Nov. 16, 2001 News Column by Michael King

DC League of Super-Pets

Fuzzy superhero antics are perfect summery kids' fare

"...family-friendly fare like the Jumanji sequels than the clunky Central Intelligence. For DC League of Super-Pets, their fourth proper..."

July 29, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Red Notice

The Rock, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot go comedy-action globe-trotting

"...After lumpen buddy comedy Central Intelligence and modern disaster flick Skyscraper, this is writer/director..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Skyscraper

The Rock's take on The Towering Inferno is a damp squib

"...writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber; back in 2016, their action-comedy Central Intelligence was one of the summer’s breakout hits, and..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Lighting a Fuse

Critics see Big Brother in proposed data-sharing center

"...took the first step in creating an Austin Regional Intelligence Center, a Central Texas fusion center that would facilitate..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Fighter

Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, and Amy Adams combine forces with director David O. Russell to make one of 2010's most exciting movies.

"...time, romanced Charlene Fleming (Adams), and began his comeback. Central to his story are the people in his life,..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hunt

South Korean spy thriller uncovers a history of cruelty and compromise

"...a ghost, a myth, a boogeyman in South Korean intelligence community circles, a North Korean spy who has eluded..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Next Stop, Wonderland

"...hokiness due to Anderson's sure direction and the lovely central performances of Hope Davis and Alan Gelfant. We've all..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ARIC Informants Have Watched Local Leftists for Years

Secret police intelligence “Antifa affinity groups”

"...Maoist group that spawned the scene. The Austin Regional Intelligence Center, Central Texas' organizer and purveyor of secret police..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Mutual Interests

Military might makes investments right for teachers and state employees in Texas.

"...pursued worldwide by American armed forces and the U.S. intelligence community...."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Chappie

Impeccable visual effects don't counteract the film's lackluster emotional affect

"...(Patel). He still quests after the achievement of artificial intelligence, and when he gets a chance to implement such..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

City Hall Hustle: Confusion Center

The devil's in the details of collecting intelligence

"...that civil libertarians' latest complaint about the Austin Regional Intelligence Center – a Central Texas addition to the country's cache..."

May 21, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

A Most Wanted Man

This post-9/11 espionage thriller is adapted from John Le Carré’s 2008 novel and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman at the head of a top-notch cast.

"...plotted the September 11th attacks there, undetected by German intelligence officers. In the film’s first minutes, a Chechen/Russian dual..."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma puts the lie to the presumptive myths that Westerns are dead and remakes are always a bad thing.

"...of the finest actors around, as the story's two central characters is a coup. Crowe's reputation for drawing in..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM: The Sixth War

America is engaged in hostilities on six fronts

"...Fourth war: "The Central Intelligence Agency is building a secret air base in..."

July 15, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

UT Class Spikes CIA Project

Concerns over 'human subjects' research lead to end of marketing effort

"...in University of Texas classrooms for use by the Central Intelligence Agency has been stopped after concerns were raised..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

UT Students Sell the CIA

Controversial biz-school course offers 'real-world' marketing for spy shop

"...The Central Intelligence Agency wants to do a better job of..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines

"...Bush administration continues to deny that the president ("the intelligence I get is darn good intelligence") misled the country..."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Weird, Spooky, and Rich

David Dewhurst runs against everybody but money.

"...Force. In 1971 Dewhurst went to work for the Central Intelligence Agency in Bolivia, where he was assigned, he..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Self-Flagellation of David Dewhurst

New campaign spot from lite guv hammers on baby boomers

"...not talk about his own illustrious time in the Central Intelligence Agency? Wait, you didn't know about that? His..."

March 26, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: About 18 a Day

About 18 U.S. veterans commit suicide on an average day

"...spy agency ... met with senior officials at the Central Intelligence Agency ... in Washington, where he argued against..."

July 1, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: Critical to the Success

Pakistani public opinion runs strongly against the United States, even though our president insists we're partners fighting a common enemy

"...spy agency ... met with senior officials at the Central Intelligence Agency ... in Washington, where he argued against..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

War Made Easy

New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'

"...the consideration that you have just raised is the central one that we have to think about; and it..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...described the alliance of convenience during the Eighties between Central American cocaine traffickers, who were transporting drugs for sale..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Last Don

Bob Bullock: The Crusty Boss of Texas Politics

"...says "gives Bullock an information system to rival the Central Intelligence Agency."..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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