Game of Aces

World War I thriller gets lost in the desert

"...The aces in this movie are not wild as in a..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mummy

Tom Cruise does the monster mash

"...against type) and Chris Vail (Johnson). Pinned down by enemy fire in the midst of nowhere, they radio in..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Different Kind of World

Comics legend Joe Kubert talks about his life as it was and as it might have been

"...in the Fifties, the war heroes Sgt. Rock and Enemy Ace in the Sixties, DC Comics' adaptation of Tarzan..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Huey "Piano" Smith and the Rocking Pneumonia Blues

Another own-worst-enemy musical genius

"...bands he's fronted now long-gone. He's gotten screwed by Ace Records, which issued his hits, but as many others..."

May 30, 2014 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Joe Kubert, RIP

The brilliant comics artist and teacher has died at age 85

"...and Sixties and the war heroes Sgt. Rock and Enemy Ace in the Sixties and Seventies, and his thrilling..."

Aug. 13, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Letters @ 3AM

Something in me still wants to be a World War I fighter pilot – which is not only nuts, but helps me understand why we will always make war

"...fighter pilots. There was one by the leading U.S. ace of the Pacific, another by the leading Japanese ace,..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...ItÕs a Wonderful Life one more time. Although we embrace as a part of our heritage that movieÕs lessons..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...appears in a tidy suit on a bare set, faces the camera, and then asks, "What's wrong with Brewster?"..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Friday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...of the food [for thought] a group like Public Enemy would provide us."..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

The AggreGAYtor: February 6

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• Lord Jamar of Nineties Public Enemy-also-rans Brand Nubian has a beef with Kanye West's "queer..."

Feb. 6, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

UT Baseball Enters Big 12 Championship

After battling Aggies for regular-season title

"...in the Big 12 Conference standings, Texas crashed the enemy diamond armed with Teflon ace Taylor Jungmann (12-0): the..."

May 25, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

TCB

Metal up yer ass and other delights: The Back Room turns 30.

"...lot of those bands didn't want to play a place that had been associated with the era of music..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Readings From the Fringe

"...Mystery and science fiction sometimes go hand in hand...."

Jan. 22, 1999 Books Review by Mike Shea

Wrapped and Ready

"...Mighty Joe Young..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

8 Mile

An Austin octet of SXSW Picks 2 Click™

"...conversation about the city's best barbecue – just hosted ace brisket for the MC, his mother – who "knows..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Power On

Top 10 games of 2012

"...against triple-A releases – in fact, Dishonored and XCOM: Enemy Unknown are two very honorable mentions – but the..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Fall Film Previews

September

"...is scuttled on the day it is to take place when the intended bride decides to follow her heart..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Pride in Local Music, Brownout's 20th, the Late Joys' farewell, and more live music

"...flare of Texas heat: local grub galore and a marketplace curated by the Little Gay Shop. A $10 suggested..."

June 23, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Revelations: A Gen Z Writer Witnesses the Eternal Battle of an Iron Maiden Concert

Waving flags and fighting monsters with the hallowed NWOBHM troopers

"...was born. If my review must proceed from a place of stale, unfunny cliché, I could at least do..."

Sept. 14, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

Texas Senate Education Committee Advances Its Own School Finance Plan

SB 4 would essentially gut the House version of the bill

"...more based on performance could lead to more emphasis placed on high stakes testing, House Public Education Committee chairman..."

May 1, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

Indie rock music festivals could learn a thing or three from the Montreal Jazz Fest

"...Vieux Farka Touré doesn't grace any of those rosters. Each member wearing a shin-length,..."

July 12, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Money, It's a Gas

Economics, schmeconomics: Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman compiles the latest books about the (almost) first commodity, money.

"...peasant culture was by the industrial revolution, to be replaced by impoverished existences of sensationalism and drudgery. On the..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...customers here. But the familiar also rises to the surface with a number of re-makes of old favorites: The..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Record Reviews

"...TONY BENNETT..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

The Year That Slipped Away

The 6,000 Albums of 1995

"...was only because there wasn't a Nirvana or Public Enemy to fire the first shots of a new musical..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Music Feature