Eric Burdon, Lost Brothers, Howlin' Brothers

SXSW showcase reviews

"...Eric Burdon, Lost Brothers, Howlin' BrothersStage on Sixth Patio, Friday,..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin FC Falls Flat in First Road Trip

Takeaways from the second match – and first loss – of the season

"...Chronicle's Austin FC hub. Follow The Verde Report columnist Eric Goodman on X: @goodman...."

March 2, 2025 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Austin FC Falls Flat in SoCal as Chicharito Scores Seventh Goal

RECAP: Back-to-back losses have ATXFC feeling growing pains

"...The Galaxy got goals from its two North American internationals, American midfielder Sebastian Lletget in the first half..."

May 15, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Wrong Cops

French musician-filmmaker-writer-editor Quentin Dupieux (Rubber) returns with more lo-fi absurdism.

"...Directed by: Quentin Dupieux. Starring: Mark Burnham, Eric Judor, Steve Little, Marilyn Manson, Eric Wareheim, Grace Zabriskie,..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gun Shy

"...Directed by: Eric Blakeney. Starring: Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bullock, Richard..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Laal Singh Chaddha

Indian remake of Forrest Gump even more cloying than the original

"...tough times. Some, me included, find it saccharine and flat, led by a character whose deep earnestness and ignorance..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

Wrong

Quentin Dupieux, the director of Rubber, is back with another film brimming with encounters with the bizarre and surreal.

"...Directed by: Quentin Dupieux. Starring: Jack Plotnick, Eric Judor, Alexis Dziena, Steve Little, William Fichtner and Mark..."

March 29, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Julie & Julia

Meryl Streep is irresistible as Julia Child as is Nora Ephron's direction, but Amy Adams' Julie Powell is a dud – a mousy, grouchy irritant.

"...Julia Child, that most beloved of chefs, who taught America to debone a duck on public television. Julie is..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Huntsman: Winter's War

Modernized fairy tale is a wan follow-up

"...with the titular Huntsman (turns out his name is Eric), played as before with brawny, cocky cool by Chris..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Rules of Attraction

Roger Avary does Bret Easton Ellis.

"...Pardue, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Kate Bosworth, Fred Savage and Eric Stoltz. Ugh. The Rules of Attraction is the kind..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rubber

Rubber is a movie about a sentient, telekinetic, and homicidal tire on a rampage.

"...by the sobriquet Mr. Oizo back when his single "Flat Beats" and his Muppety sidekick Flat Eric were an..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

So 'Wrong,' but So Right

Quentin Dupieux on plots, puzzles, and police

"...Mr. Oizo (watch for a quick, dog-slobber-laden cameo from Flat Eric, the puppet star of his "Flat Beat" commercials..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Charlie's Angels

"...yet another symptom of the ongoing “dumbing down” of America, but the fact remains that McG, in his feature..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Waterdance

"...Directed by: Neal Jimenez and Michael Sternberg. Starring: Eric Stoltz, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe, Helen Hunt, Elizabeth Peña,..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Whether You Like It or Not...

Eric Mitchell's Redevelopment Dreams

"...ordinance. Why not use federal housing grants earmarked for Eric Mitchell's pet project, the $9.6 million Rosewood Entertainment Center,..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Texas State Set To Pummel the Other Aggies

And recapping Roadrunners/Bobcats game

"...Yes, Eric Guajardo — who would have me “fired” as a..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The Hulk

"...Directed by: Ang Lee. Starring: Eric Bana, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas,..."

June 20, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Security

"...Starring: Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Robinne Lee, Timothy Busfield, Eric Roberts, Colm Feore, Bill Duke, Joe Flaherty and Jeffrey..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Keys to Tulsa

"...Directed by: Leslie Greif. Starring: Eric Stoltz, Cameron Diaz, Mary Tyler Moore, James Coburn, James..."

July 11, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Lampoon's Senior Trip

"...Tommy Chong, Kevin Mcdonald, Jeremy Renner, Rob Moore and Eric “sparky” Edwards. Remember in high school how there was..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Eisner Makes it Rain

Mark Cuban and Michael Eisner talk monetizing, and make it interesting

"...agreeing to pose for an on-stage photo with a Flat Eric (ask your six-year-old niece, she'll be able to..."

March 11, 2008 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

American Job

"...Chris Smith. Starring: Randy Russell, Tom Wheeler, Charlie Smith, Eric Lezotte, Dave O'Meara, Dan Layne and Ed English. Everyone..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Judy Berlin

"...Directed by: Eric Mendelsohn. Starring: Edie Falco, Barbara Barrie, Carolyn Glynn, Anne..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!

Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”

"...a Fifties serial and on your 1982 solo disc Flat Out, you close the album with the Fleetwoods’ “Come..."

Aug. 9, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

The council votes 6-1, with Daryl Slusher opposed, to re-form the board of the First Step Corporation, the entity charged with distributing scholarship funds in the infamous Cedar Avenue settlement.

"...Baptist Church, Rev. Joseph Parker, and former Council Member Eric Mitchell. Mitchell finally called it quits last summer, and..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTD: Rob Reiner; with Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...cinema are encouraged to take a look at this atmospheric drama - sure to be remembered as one of..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Postmarks

The Clark-Madison brouhaha continues amidst tributes to Mambo John and more.

"...Chronicle 'Flatly' Mistaken..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Column

Grave Matters

The Cost of the Longest Vacation You'll Ever Take

"...many, taking it with you is not important, says Eric Pierce Futch, a funeral director at Cook-Walden Funeral Homes,..."

March 28, 1997 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Tributes

"...alt.country debut, Gilded Palace of Sin (1969), falls as flat as Gram Parsons' own fragile tenor often did. The..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

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