Chain Reaction

"...Under Siege and The Fugitive. With this latest film Chain Reaction, Davis has little more on his creative mind..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Chain Reaction

Downtown construction projects raise fears that Austin will lose its charm.

"...giving some of the locals pause. The reason? The chain stores cometh. Big-Box Retail Arrives It's 10 o'clock on..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Chain Reaction

In Book Wars, Independent Shops Become Casualties

"...out of business due to... the encroachment of the chains," says Donahue, who has 26 years of experience in..."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Chain Reaction

Fast Food Can Be Fine

"...La Salsa In America's age of culinary enlightenment, chain food is like the double plague: unhealthy and uninspired...."

Feb. 21, 1997 Food Feature

UPDATED: Chain Reaction

Social Cycling Austin debuts 'Pilgrims and Indians' theme

Dec. 13, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Los Alamos Chain Reaction

UT's bid to take over Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory bombs with peace activists

July 23, 2004 News Feature by Felix Gillette

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974

"...One of the first images in 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is the icon of Austin as roadkill...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blood on the Controller With The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Who will play, and what will become of them?

"...horror franchise had exactly one option: 1983's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, an early-generation slasher released on the Atari 2600...."

Aug. 18, 2023 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Weekend

This movie about a gay hookup that becomes something more is perceptive, emotional, comical, and much more.

"...collide at a club, it sets off a romantic chain reaction that is as uniquely troubled as they are...."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by James Renovitch

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Both a crime thriller and family tragedy, this stunner from octogenarian Sidney Lumet stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke as brothers whose blood runs cold.

"...no one, goes horrifically wrong and sets off a chain reaction of cascading disasters for not only the brothers..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deep Blue Sea

A team of scientists discovers a way to regenerate human brain tissue using extracts from the brains of mutated mako sharks. The film's sharks are convincing, its characters less so.

"...and requires immediate medical attention, it sets off a chain reaction of such obviously fateful proportions (including the fiery..."

July 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My New Gun

"...quirky little suburban comedy -- the story of the chain reaction set in motion when a young doctor purchases..."

March 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tobe Hooper, R.I.P.

Remembering The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director

"...an indelible bloody thumbprint on cinema with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: not just for horror, but for independent..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Balcones Responds

"...read your article in the November 29 issue titled "Chain Reaction" [Vol. 16, No. 13]. The article states that..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Column

Release of Breaion King Arrest Footage Leads to APD Investigations

Police and community members meet for “an open, honest dialogue”

"...Henry sector (Southeast) cops and the oversight of their chain of command after dashboard video footage of an arrest..."

July 22, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Keep On Shoppin'

Wheatsville Calls on Old Friends to Stay Afloat

"...closely watched markets in the country. And the H.E.B. chain's one-upsmanship into the beautiful, healthy food arena forced another..."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Seagull

Chekhov's tale of Muscovite misery takes unsteady flight.

"...he plops you right into the middle of a daisy-chain drama of unrequited love amongst an ensemble of mostly..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

In this prequel to the original Chainsaw, we learn how Leatherface grew up to become a monster.

"...of Hooper's manic, crazed forerunner. (Both Hooper and original Chainsaw writer Kim Henkel receive co-producer credit here.) It's neither..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...There's a moment in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre that marks the end of an era...."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Book Smart

"...I very much enjoyed Karl Pallmeyer's article "Chain Reaction" (Vol. 16, No. 13) that dealt with the..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Column

"Andy St. Martin: The Weight" at Prizer Arts & Letters

In his newest show, the artist is, as ever, nothing if not commitment incarnate

"...drawings," says St. Martin, "these new ones are a chain reaction of reactions, reflections, decisions (about them, paintings, and..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Hunting Ground

Doc exposes rape culture on the university campus

"...frighteningly complacent and complicit colleges and set off a chain reaction of negative publicity for these alumni-donation-driven schools...."

April 3, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Intermission

Irish ensemble interweaves a dozen characters and their affairs of the heart.

"...first-time screenwriter Mark O’Rowe) is largely built on the chain reaction of one idiotic, self-defeating action after another. In..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Wash

"...more responsible Sean becomes Loc's boss, setting off a chain reaction of arguments and payback ploys, each less uproarious..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Whither Rock?

ii.

"...say that. At the time, there was all this gold-chain-wearing '70s refuse at labels who wouldn't know the next..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Gina Arnold

Postmarks

Crisis Controversy

"...remarks in your story on the invasion of the chain bookstores ("Chain Reaction," [Vol. 16, No. 13]). The Prez..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Column

Exhibitionism

The Food Chain: Great Taste, Less Filling

"...the edge of explosion in the playwright's The Food Chain, produced here by the Subterranean Theatre Company...."

March 20, 1998 Arts Review

Rise Above

SST Records' Greg Ginn jams econo in Taylor, Texas

"...What resulted was an unparalleled and fiercely independent chain reaction: the Minutemen's blitzkrieg changeups, the firecracker post-punk transcendence..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Letters at 3AM

Is "progress" an unconscious compulsion?

"...society -- for it was the beginning of a chain reaction that led to jazz, rock, hip-hop and an..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Alamo Drafthouse Goes Into the VOD Business

Alamo on Demand to offer curated selection of films

"...Austin-based theater chain the Alamo Drafthouse has just announced it is launching..."

May 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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