From the Vaults: Hoops Players Onscreen

Let's hope Kevin Durant's film career doesn't go the way of Shaq's

"...during his freshman year at UT. And we understood when he abandoned college hoops for the NBA. We adored..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

An Alternative Universe Blog I Wrote in a Dream

"...Would this have happened if Vince Young hadn't been the Heisman Trophy bridesmaid for a second year in a..."

Jan. 11, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Shortcuts

"...As the last flush of summer action, horror, and effects movies..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playing on the Past

"......"

June 11, 1999 Screens Feature by Chris Baker

Powerhouses Begin to Emerge in the ASL

Waterloo, Wheatsville, and C3 Presents remain undefeated

"...no mere “instant classic.” This was a clash of the titans: Mike Tyson vs. Razor Ruddock; the Monitor versus..."

April 20, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

Tailgating Teasips

Mick Vann makes a foray into the curious and often elaborate rite of University of Texas fandom known as "tailgating" and discovers some intriguing practices.

"...There exists a strange and bizarre subculture of football fanatics..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Making Mjolnir Out of a WiiMote

Local game developers Red Fly talk 'Thor'

"...Sometimes it is good when lightning strikes. That's what local firm Red Fly got..."

May 11, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Express Defeat Rangers, Get Promoted to Major League

Texas Rangers lose to AAA affiliate in exhibition game

"...On Friday, April 1, the Round Rock Express will play the Boston Red Sox..."

March 31, 2011 Sports Post by Will Eidam

An Interview With the Toros Marcus Williams

"...The NBA is a league where upside is everything. Potential..."

April 2, 2008 Sports Post by Matt Moore

Once a Cardinal, Always a Cardinal

Josh Hancock, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, dead at 29

"...I didn't have much of a connection to the late Josh Hancock, other than that he played for..."

April 29, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Bending the Rules

Getting arts funding from the City of Austin is a long, complicated game, and Austin Chronicle writers Robi Polgar, John Walch, and Mary Jane Garza have been following some of the players around the game board this year. In the final part of their four-part series, they critique the city arts funding process.

"...Nothing is more grueling than the final stage of a Monopoly game. Long hours have..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...– Billy Joe Shaver, "There Ain't No God In Mexico"..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

A 'Tree Grows in the Meadowlands

Cowboys beat defending champs in season kickoff game

"...In the fall of ’92 I and a woman from work..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

The Present Beware! The Future Beware!

Austin animator Brad Neely drinks beer, hates British children

"..."He'll save children/but not the British children." My conversation with..."

June 13, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Kasparek No-Hits Bobcats, UT Takes Weekend Series From Wildcats

"...Before we get to last weekend's series with the K-State Wildcats, it must be noted that UT right-hander..."

April 30, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...and man of leisure. I am a gentleman.    All the same, I must destroy Happy Jack.    The game is..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Packs a Punch

Chances are you've seen Powerhouse Animation's work, whether you know it or not -- its portfolio includes Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, Disney TV's The Proud Family, and plenty of local TV spots, ad campaigns, and one-off Flash animation projects.

"...Success in the animation field can be measured many different ways. In..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

49th-Inning Stretch

Both the players and the announcer have the same dreams of going to the major leagues. The difference between the players and announcer Mike Capps is that none of the young men on the roster of the Round Rock Express earned an Emmy nomination, covered the Persian Gulf War for CNN, or did a 10-hour marathon broadcast of the end of the 51-day Branch Davidian siege in Waco.

"...On a blazing July afternoon on the field at Dell Diamond, the home of Double-A baseball's..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Sports Feature by Mike Butts

Johannes Roberts Says Welcome to Raccoon City (Hope You Survive the Experience)

How the latest Resident Evil film goes back to basics

"...Across 25 years, 28 games, six live action films, and four animated films, Resident..."

Nov. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five-Second Violated

UT's season ends on a blunder

"...The final, fatal 14.5 seconds of Texas’ controversial 69-70 loss..."

March 24, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Wheatsville Bags BookPeople

Wheatsville's alternative softballers top the BookPeople Filthy Animals

"...Those little 11 words strung together are as powerful as a slap in the face,..."

April 23, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

ASL Preseason Heats Up

The Alternative Softball League: Still cheap as free

"...in Pennsylvania knows something. It seems to hardly matter here in Texas what a rotund rodent who would have..."

March 14, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...Austin has been a government town, and from nearly the beginning, local leaders have wanted it to be more..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tackling Texas Truisms

Filmmaker Don Howard and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...Hanlin Local documentary filmmaker Don Howard doesn't look like the sort of guy to challenge existing stereotypes and subvert..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Major League II

"...Directed by: David S. Ward. Starring: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, Omar Epps, Dennis Haysbert, James..."

April 1, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rampage

The Rock! The ape! The lizard! The ... flying wolf?

"...Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello, Marley Shelton, P.J. Byrne, Demetrius Grosse, Jack Quaid, Breanne Hill, Matt..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Stoops to Franchione: Bobcats Need A Badass Snowball

Sooner coach checks in as Texas State readies for UL-Monroe

"...Editor’s note: Joe O’Connell claims the following message was left on his old-school answering machine..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

This glad-hearted and furiously funny piece of pop entertainment stars Michael Cera and is told in the vernacular of video games.

"...Scott Pilgrim vs. the World comes from (and compacts) Bryan Lee O'Malley's six-volume..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Almost Lights Out at the Ballpark

Emo's turns off KOOP, Wheatsville SKUs skewer BookPeople, Waterloo Records grounds Vampire Bats

"...We had all waited three months for this one. The Emo’s Lounge Vampire Bats and the KOOP Radio Kilowatts..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

NFL Preview

"...Playing the psychic game is rather difficult, just ask the singing..."

Sept. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

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