Hollow Man

"...Well, yeah, but you wouldn't know it from Hollow Man, an effects-heavy take on that old standby that wallows..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spider-Man

"...day; Raimi perfectly captures the essence of the early Spider-Man issues, from Stan Lee's wise decision to make this..."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Balls Out

College intramural football comedy features several SNL players

"...jokes fly in the college intramural football comedy Balls Out like a fourth-down Hail Mary thrown deep toward the..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Luv Doc: Stressing Out

How many long, luxurious bubble baths can a man take?

"...My wife is constantly stressed out – whether it's about the kids, or housework, or..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

First Trailer: Brian Taylor's Hellboy: The Crooked Man

Austin filmmaker brings the demon hunter back to big screen

"...creation, Hellboy, back to screens with Hellboy: The Crooked Man, and the first trailer is here...."

July 2, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tallest Man on Earth and In the Room

Swedish folksinger enlists a band but still shushes solo

"...the Swede, who’s crafted his persona as the Tallest Man On Earth, a demure folksinger more likely to shuffle..."

Sept. 14, 2015 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Recap: Foodways Texas Fourth Annual Symposium

Foodways Texas looks at agriculture through different lenses

"...The fourth annual Foodways Texas Symposium. This year’s “Farm to Market”..."

March 25, 2014 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

The Twenty-Fourth International Tournee of Animation

"...then look what happened), but this 24th edition starts out strong and never lets up. The best shorts here..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Roxy Music Airs Out Its Deep Cuts At Ragged-Edged Austin Show

Even with weakened chops, the HoFers enjoy each other's company

"...including songs that were fully used up and emptied out back when the Queen had no grandchildren. It can..."

Sept. 22, 2022 Music Post by Mike Clark-Madison

The Alamo's Action Man

Programmer Greg MacLennan on the world's most ridiculous job

"...regular at the Alamo Drafthouse, you've probably seen one man's work more than any other. No, not Roth or..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Reckless Kelly swings for the fences

"...In lieu of batting practice, OTR reached out to the Reckless Kelly's Braun brothers for their personal..."

April 28, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Checking In: DJ Chicken George Rolled Out Coconut Air Fresheners

“Rather than let [it] get the best of me I shifted to hyper creative mode”

"...a stacked posse. Ditto their DJ, Henry Jeffrey, a one-man ATX soundtrack in any space...."

Aug. 26, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

Latest in the Ip Man series moves away from the Wing Chun legend himself

"...Over the years, many filmmakers have tried to capture the life story of..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Old Man & the Gun

Robert Redford has rarely shone more than in this true-crime tale

"...twinkly septuagenarian bank robber in the title, The Old Man & the Gun brims with a rascal’s charm. It’s..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Point Austin: Fireworks for the Fourth

Reflections on Independence Day from Frederick Douglass

"..."Oppression makes a wise man mad."– Frederick Douglass, July 5, 1852..."

July 7, 2017 News Column by Michael King

The Man Who Loved Little Girls

"...conspiracies forever assumed. Lewis Carroll, an unmarried and eccentric man from the Victorian era whose life revolved around the..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

DVDanger: Ryan Reynolds, the Most Interesting Man in the World

How Van Wilder became Hollywood's most unpredictable talent

"...take a sharp left, then finds some weird scenic route you never knew existed. That's why, for every Blade:..."

May 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Man’s Suicide in Jail After Seeking Medical Care Raises Question: Why Was He There?

Suffering from criminal depression

"..."I showed up to help and he was just out of his mind," Bell said. "He didn't know what..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

DVDanger: 'The Incredible Melting Man'/'Swamp Thing'

Morphing, melting and transmogrification clog up your screens

"...happened to movie monsters. Remember when they hated being inhuman and would kill themselves in a hail of sparks..."

Aug. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Appalled at Beenie Man Recommended

"...that the Chronicle chose to recommend the Nov. 9 performance by Beenie Man at the Flamingo Cantina ["Music Recommended,"..."

Nov. 10, 2003 Postmarks

The Iron Man

Longtime local stage phenom Ken Webster has a record to rival that of a Baseball Hall of Famer

"...this guy. This guy has been here before – many, many times – and even if you didn't already..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cinco de Mayo, May the Fourth (Be With You), and More Recommended Events

The week in community happenings

"...Our neighbors to the south were victorious over the French in the 1862 Battle..."

May 3, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move

The singer’s long road to Austin

"...hernia for seven years, and I didn't do anything about it because I didn't have insurance," offers the Austinite...."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Simple Man, Simple Dream

Part of the Seventies Southern California songwriting cabal that produced Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and the Eagles, J.D. Souther brings his craft to the Dripping Springs Songwriters' Festival

"...Nowadays, the mainstream knows J.D. Souther from a network television hit, ABC's Nashville. Before that,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

Ramblin' Man

Chet Garner on what's next for TX travel show 'The Daytripper'

"...and hosts – is that of a sort of everyman-goof. Roaming the highways and byways of Texas, he finds..."

Oct. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Waiting for the Man

Lou Reed wonders if you ever read Othello

"...tap into the call. His phrase "waiting for the man" never seemed more profound...."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spacing Out in Round Rock

Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...of our interviews with the cast of Trading Spaces. Managing Editor Cindy Widner and I spent a blustery day..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Straight Out the Trailer

Examining the current overwhelming white trash influence in popular culture

"...attorneys excitedly passed around an invitation to an upcoming Fourth of July "white trash" party. The size of a..."

July 28, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Austin Punk Chronicles: "Hard, Fast & Unapologetic" – Raul's Shifts Into Fourth Gear

In the wake of the one-night debut of the Skunks and the Violators, Austin punk begins in earnest in Chapter 5, Part 2 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...installments of the “Austin Punk Chronicles” here. "It Ain't About Playing the Right Chords, for a Start!"..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...industry revolt colliding with radio programmers and the oncoming youth tidal wave. Later sampled into a standard, its "nasty..."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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