Great Expectations

"...(A Little Princess) reinvents Dickens' hoary, often-remade tale. This Great Expectations has a seductive, enchanting feel that has nothing..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Great Expectations

Assessing Austin's Class of '96

"...and Alejandro Escovedo all were releasing label debuts, and expectations for their success was high. Sincola, readying the release..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Different Stages' Great Expectations

In this retelling of the Charles Dickens novel, a visible love of narrative is the show's greatest strength

"...number of points in Barbara Field's stage adaptation of Great Expectations, for in it, many stories are related by..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Great Expectations

Rebecca Chastenet de Géry hopes for the best at Collin B's Bistro and Wine Room.

"...My first step inside Collin B's kept my expectations soaring. The restaurant's interior is tasteful, inviting, and a..."

May 31, 2002 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Great Expectations

Sarah Jarosz returns to her roots – the Old Settler's Music Festival

"..."The Grammys are a great learning experience, just to see all the different directions..."

April 11, 2014 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Isn't She Great

"...Hyde Pierce, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing and John Cleese. Great fortunes are often built on the simplest of realizations...."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Weight of Expectations: Austin FC 2023 Season Preview

A team that looks great on paper prepares to step on the pitch

"...it. Ask Michael Jordan, who despite being the unquestioned greatest player of his era scavenged the newspapers regularly for..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

No Expectations

Whiskeytown

"...made Whiskeytown the conference's hottest act and alternative country's great white hope. Last March, reflecting on that night, Adams..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Expectations of Future Growth

Third Time Lucky?

"...producer Fred Maher (Luna, Matthew Sweet). Names aside, label expectations for an out-of-the-box alternative radio success are high, especially..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Plays With Expectations

Jake Silverstein mixes fact and fiction, funny and bleak, to dramatize one journalist's coming-of-age

"...regularly descends into bloodbath (fact). Throughout, the would-be journalist's expectations are forever upended, his attempts at a scoop ever..."

April 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Great Comics Getting Greater

Austin's newest comic and film convention leaps into action

"...This weekend, Greater Austin Comic Con kicks off its first installment out..."

June 15, 2018 Screens Feature by Moisés Chiullán

Review: Shearwater’s The Great Awakening (Polyborus)

Austin indie institution’s latest feels like a far-off summer lightning storm: all low rumbles punctuated by occasional flashes of grandeur

"...Pack up and stow away any expectations that the tragicomedy of the Donald Trump presidency or..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Subverting Expectations at Fantastic Fest With Ladyworld

Female-fronted film prepares for a #MeToo backlash

"...One of the great cultural cliches is that it would be impossible to..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Six Great Breweries Off the Beaten Path

In tumultuous times for Austin beer, these undersung gems are worth seeking out

"...it’s worth, beer fans and sweat-abolitionists have witnessed true greatness over the course of the last two decades in..."

March 1, 2024 Food Feature by Eric Puga

TX Blended Whiskey Shatters Expectations

Firestone and Robertson Distilling Company is making some of the best American whiskey we've ever tasted

"...We're always looking for a great Texas-based adult beverage story. If we have a bias,..."

April 5, 2013 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Great Demand, Greater Expectations for AISD

Timeline set for superintendent search

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Alla Salute, Salume

Great expectations at Salt & Time

"...I headed to brunch at Salt & Time with great expectations and discovered that the food service aspect of..."

May 31, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Y Tu Mamá También

Boys, filled with testoterone and joints, will be boys.

"...shift for Cuarón, whose English-language films (A Little Princess, Great Expectations) are breathtaking, but chilly, obsessive works of art...."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rudo y Cursi

Y Tu Mamá También actors Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna reteam for this cautionary tale about soccer-playing brothers.

"...expecting rousing scenes of athletic prowess will also find expectations quashed, because this film contains hardly any action footage..."

May 15, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Dickensian Prospect

Great Expectations or Bleak Housing in Austin?

"...way it gets done," Slusher explains. However, Pete Winstead, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce chairman and legal counsel to..."

Nov. 14, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...There is a great deal of editorial hand-wringing these days about the nastiness..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Charles Dickens' Prolific Work Comes to Several Austin Stages

There's more than Scrooge on Austin stages this holiday season – which is just as his creator would want it

"...radio drama broadcast – a Different Stages' production of Great Expectations and Aus­tin Playhouse's revival of The Mystery of..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Sudden Death

"...band, this isn't one of those "How dare you/we're great dammit" diatribes. Any band with a release should expect..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Column

Won't Get Schooled Again

Austin's Music Class of '98

"...by having this music community's highest output and highest expectations. In fact, with this year's release schedule, it's already..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Spider-Man 2

Even superheroes have to do their own laundry in Sam Raimi's truly spectacular vision that combines human pathos and breathtaking action.

"...and J.K. Simmons. His late Uncle Ben’s statement, "With great power comes great responsibility," may be the one thought..."

July 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pride & Prejudice

This fresh adaptation of Jane Austen’s masterpiece starring Keira Knightley presents a witty and lovesick skirmish of the sexes that exceeds all expectations.

"...and lovesick skirmish of the sexes that exceeds all expectations. The prickly courtship between the headstrong Lizzie Bennett (Knightley,..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

How to Be a Latin Lover

A middle-age lothario learns some life lessons

"...Meanwhile, Maximo’s fellow tribe of gigolos is played with great cynicism by Rob Lowe and Michael Cera. How to..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Should I?

If we have learned anything from the last 4,000 years of recorded civilization it’s that deception and conspiracies are always a good idea

"...the beans about Magwitch at the very beginning of Great Expectations. Lies, lies, lies! Seriously, the only book left..."

March 25, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Moonwalkers

A stoner comedy frames this moon-landing conspiracy-theory romp

"...Who doesn’t love a great conspiracy theory? Whether it’s 9/11 being an inside job..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Charles Dickens Masterworks Collection

Muck and maggots and food slopping down chins, or: The World According to the Original Chuck D

"...left to surrogates to provide kindness and sometimes fortune – Great Expectations' escaped convict, Oliver Twist's Nancy, Bleak House's avuncular..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

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