Hard Candy

Metaphorically speaking, Little Red Riding Hood eats Humbert Humbert in this story of an online predator and his jailbait, gamine prey.

"...Humbert Humbert. That's playwright Brian Nelson's unspoken pitch for Hard Candy, in which an online predator and his jailbait,..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Strangers With Candy

The high school comedy of co-creators Dinello, Colbert, and Sedaris is completely over the top in its audacity and absurdity.

"...Jessica Parker, Ian Holm and Kristen Johnston. Strangers With Candy is the kind of TV show and movie that..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Local Candy Roundup

'Tis the season of your mom's nightmares and your dentist's sweet dreams

"...century, Halloween's marketing geniuses and a secret alliance of candy lovers formed a pact. Rooted in the now permanently..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Candy Hell

Or, it takes a lot of patience to play Mrs. Santa Claus.

"...all too true tale of how I descended into candy hell, creating several days' worth of disasters with the..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

A Fresh Look at Halloween Candy

Head to Big Top for all your Halloween candy needs

"...Big Top Candy Shop1706 S. Congress, 462-2220 Daily, 11am-9pm..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

A Fresh Look at Halloween Candy

Celebrate Día de los Muertos with sugar skulls from the bakery, or make your own

"...Time required: 10 minutes to make the candy dough...."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Big Top Candy Shop

Tis the season for sugar overload

"...You know what Santa got me for Christ­mas? A candy store called Big Top Candy Shop. It's less than..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Food Feature by Rosalind Faires

Heston Blumenthal's Popping-Candy Chocolate Cake

"...For the popping-candy base..."

July 25, 2008 Food Feature

The Umlauf x Sky Candy: Burlesque Ball

An elegant night of high-flying finery & bodacious bidding battles

"...has teamed up with the daring dazzlers of Sky Candy to supercharge a slate of live and silent auctions..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Candy-Coated Copyright Infringement

Museum of Human Achievement sues Mars, associates over SXSW installation

"..."We're usually standoffish," said Traeger. "But the idea of candy was really attractive, and they were seemingly asking us..."

May 11, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Juno

This indie comedy is funny, smart, cool, and heartfelt, and features breakout showcases for star Ellen Page and screenwriter Diablo Cody.

"...and smart and cool without trying (“I try really hard,” he confesses to Juno) and entirely worthy of her..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Neon Demon

Cinema's bad boy, Nicolas Winding Refn, strikes again

"...up a magnificently beautiful bauble, full of glittering diamonds, hard candy, and fresh meat. With cinematographer Natasha Braier, Refn..."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Live to Tell

Madonna Live Shot, Houston's Minute Maid Park, 11.16.2008

"...did she ever break a sweat or even breathe hard. Of Montreal’s Barnum & Bailey blowout at Austin’s Fiesta..."

Nov. 17, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Blank Generation

Amy Sedaris on 'Strangers With Candy'

"..."prequel" to the cult Comedy Central series Strangers With Candy arrives. In doing so, it reinforces that antiheroine Jerri..."

July 21, 2006 Screens Feature by Steve Birmingham

Slabs, Screw, and Stories from the Country: Deezie Brown & EC Mayne Soundtrack Bastrop County

Candy Blue Like Screw reclaims Texas rap heritage

"...Candy Blue Like Screw, a grooved-out dose of pure Texas..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin @ Large: Every Day Is Halloween

But will only the good corporate kids get the candy?

"...City Hall had already given a bunch of tax candy to the Domain project – which was controversial (and..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

'The Red Shoes': The High-Flying Sweetness of Sky Candy

The aerial arts troupe's circus adaptation of the fairy tale flies again

"...So when it's done well, it's positively refreshing. Sky Candy's production of The Red Shoes, which sold out its..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Arts Feature by Raven Hinojosa

Dine Inside This Life-Sized Gingerbread House

Donate all of your unwanted candy for the cause

"...sugar-loving youths, the Westin Austin Downtown is collecting unwanted candy to help crowdsource the building process for their life-sized..."

Nov. 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Faster Than Sound: All Is New for Photokem, Freshly Graduated and Buzz Cut

On the senior-year making of inquisitive debut EP Luffon Bright

"...as inspirations for his current open practice. Like the "Hard Candy" line – "I miss you too/ But I'm..."

July 8, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Demolition

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in dramedy as a man rebuilding his life

"...and associates. Curiously, he becomes fixated on the malfunctioning candy machine in the ICU area of the hospital where..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zatôichi

Beneath its layers of epic detail, this Zatôichi is cinematic cotton candy.

"...in CGI to make them prettier), but you’d be hard-pressed to call this Zatôichi an action movie. Rather, Kitano..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Circuit

"...as a Playgirl centerfold) has tried -- and tried hard -- to create a gritty, edgy cautionary tale for..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Lover of the Last Empress

"...to make them resonate as anything more than eye candy. Wong Jing isn't Tsui Hark, and never will be..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Three Swordsmen

"...may leave you pounding your fists in frustration, it's hard not to be entertained during the film's many action..."

Jan. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Name of the Game

The Hives

"...plus clop rocker “Square One Here I Come,” and hard-banking closer “Bigger Hole to Fill” approach a Between the..."

Sept. 15, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

You could call it Seabiscuit Jr., but this horsey heartwarmer does something surprising in spite of its underdog sports-movie formula and shameless emotional manipulation: It manages to be an enjoyable movie about and for girls.

"...about and for girls, and in our world of candy-coated sparkly pink crap, that’s a rare and commendable thing...."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns

"...not a "wishful thinking" selection from aGLIFF, but a candy-coated valentine of a documentary about art-rock quirksters They Might..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dark Blue World

"...several years later in Mirov Prison, where Franta does hard labor at the behest of the Communists. (Intertitles explain..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dead Man On Campus

"...That's about all there is to say about this black-cotton-candy mouthful of a film; it vanishes after one bite..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flesh and Bone

"...to town as a vending machine supplier. He stocks candy, cigarettes, condoms, the dancing chicken arcade -- anything he..."

Nov. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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