Bass Adventures with George Reiff

Words of experience from local ground note

"...This summer, George Reiff appeared on Leno, Letterman, and Good Morning America..."

Aug. 13, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Friday Headliner Face-Off: Miley Cyrus vs. George Strait

"Amarillo by Morning" or "Midnight Sky"? Here's a guide to decide

"...high as fuck up here" Photo by Gary Miller George StraitFriday, 8pm, Lady Bird stage..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

The Greening of George W. Bush

An industry pollution control program started backed by Gov. George W. Bush has cleaned less than 3% of the industrial toxic emissions it aimed to clean up.

"...Best Available Control Technology (BACT). Sen. Buster Brown, R-Lake Jackson, and Rep. Ray Allen, R-Grand Prairie, introduced SB 766,..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Murder on Music Row

Nashville, we have a problem.

"...Country Music Association awards, former Entertainers of the Year George Strait and Alan Jackson premiered a new duet. There..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

In Black and White

Jesse Jackson and Tom Wicker

"...Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Books Feature

House Party 2

"...Directed by: Doug McHenry and George Jackson. Starring: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Tisha Campbell, Iman..."

Nov. 1, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The first film in Jackson's Tolkien trilogy stays true to the spirit and logistics of the novels, but is also a breathtaking and beautiful work of art on its own.

"...Directed by: Peter Jackson. Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin,..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Legend of Tarzan

This new take on Tarzan, with its CGI jungle animals, isn't half bad

"...David Yates. Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Djimon Hounsou and Jim Broadbent...."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dead Alive

The Citizen Kane of Oedipal zombie-cannibal-right to death-comedy-love stories. In this early film, Jackson takes the shopworn flesh-eating zombie genre by its rotting horns, adds a dash of Monty Python, and comes up with a film so gleefully over-the-top that it's decidedly hard not to gag while you're laughing yourself incontinent.

"...Directed by: Peter Jackson. Starring: Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin, Diana Penalver and Timothy..."

April 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Banker

Controversial biopic about two bankers who helped build the African-American middle class

"...Directed by: George Nolfi. Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie,..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review

The Least of These

UT professor Horace Newcomb reflects on the segregation South on the release of his friend and colleague Paul Stekler's documentary George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire.

"...things. The historically black college, located just northwest of Jackson, my home, was the center of civil rights activism..."

March 10, 2000 Features Feature by Horace Newcomb

The Skulls

"...Hill Harper, Craig T. Nelson, Paul Walker and Joshua Jackson. I never thought I'd run across a film that..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Nine Lives of Ol' Possum

An overview of country legend George Jones' life and career.

"...find a framed photo of Hennig shaking hands with George Jones and band. The crew had just purchased a..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...Jack Jackson, fiftysomething, wears glasses, has white hair and a white..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Scary Movie 3

Third outing is 90% chaff, 10% wit, and pure Children of the Corny.

"...Charlie Sheen, Anthony Anderson, Pamela Anderson, Peter Boyle and George Carlin. Enough already. This third and, it is to..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wedding Singer

"...this were some sort of Biblical epic and Boy George wrote the Ten Commandments. Everything from Dallas jokes to..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reign of Fire

"...frees a dragon dormant since the days of St. George. In short order, the gargantuan beastie manages to reproduce,..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW List No. 7

Music fest drafts Dion, Børns, Sun Kil Moon, Faust and 143 more

"...Destiny Bond, the Hot Nut Riveters, Richy Hyliger, Jenifer Jackson, Los Coast, the Mau Mau Chaplains, Missio, Mobley, Mr...."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Farinelli

"...figure and modern-day, pop culture icons such as... Michael Jackson, perhaps? Scriptwriter Andree Corbiau has structured the film's larger-than-life..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Quarantine

An L.A. apartment building is quarantined in this new horror film, and a news crew's videotape may be the only proof of the strange goings-on.

"...drooly victims. It's also more than a little like George Romero's Diary of the Dead but less self-aware, ironic,..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eragon

Dear George Lucas … It's bad enough that you've cloaked your true identity behind that of the 15-year-old bestselling novelist Christopher Paolini, but did you have to remake Episode IV all over again? With friggin' dragons?!

"...Irons, John Malkovich, Robert Carlyle and Garrett Hedlund. Dear George Lucas: What gives with this Eragon jazz? I mean,..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

There’s a Blue Note in Each Song That I Sing Since You’ve Been Gone

George Jones, 1931-2013

"...our tracks and wept uncontrollably at the news that George Jones, native of Saratoga, died this morning. I know..."

April 26, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Love Is Strange

Heartfelt, seriocomic romance about two longtime partners who wed after 40 years, then discover all is not bliss.

"...Tahan, Tatyana Zbirovskaya, Olya Zueva, Darren E. Burrows, Cheyenne Jackson, Manny Perez and John Cullum...."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Maryland Mayor Sues Cops Over Botched Drug Raid

Mayor Cheye Calvo says SWAT practices must change

"...Heights, Maryland, Mayor Cheye Calvo is suing the Prince George's Co. Sheriff's Office, hoping that the court will order..."

June 30, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Daydream Believer

George Hickenlooper and 'Mayor of the Sunset Strip'

"...for $1.3 million – almost didn't get made. By George Hickenlooper (Hearts of Darkness, The Man From Elysian Fields),..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Ethics Commission Fines Hecht

Texas Supreme will have to pay $29,000 fine for accepting a donation larger than the law allows, and for failing to report it

"...of a discount on legal fees) from law firm Jackson Walker, and then failing to report it as a..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

SXSW Film Review: Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

Celebrating 50 years of Big Easy music and culture

"...be matched.” That’s the judgment of the late, legendary George Wein, who died last September while the New Orleans..."

March 17, 2022 Screens Post by Michael King

Cat Power

"...without a glint of conviction, but Marshall recovers with George Jackson's "Aretha, Sing One for Me" and unrestrained reworking..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Abilene," George Hamilton IV..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...The Saint (a character played in different decades by George Sanders and Roger Moore). The Power Rangers will go..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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