Million Dollar Baby

Glorious performances and Eastwood's confident direction result in a film that transcends the rules of its genre and shows us, with an unvarnished simplicity, how human beings struggle to come to terms with the unthinkable.

"...Bridges of Madison County, Mystic River, and now Million Dollar Baby to appreciate the truth of the statement. On..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Dogg’s Honest Truth About Beatle Barkers

“It’s terrible, but it’s a good gimmick.”

"...night before the issue hit newsstands. Here’s the Dogg’s honest truth about one of the worst novelty records ever..."

July 21, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Boss

This Melissa McCarthy comedy is funny, but should be even funnier

"...on jokes about being fat and crude. To be honest, the crude humor isn’t really gone, though it’s more..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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Million Dollar Legs

"...(1940) odd. But I was won over by Million Dollar Legs, Six of a Kind (1934), and If I..."

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature

Whurley, Physics, and the Strange Work of Quantum Computing in Austin

Is the world ready to take a quantum leap?

"...creative development firm Chaotic Moon, small-business retirement savings planner Honest Dollar, and the newly launched venture firm Ecliptic Capital...."

April 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

The Luv Doc: A Blinding Amount of Light

If Jeff Bezos can launch a $5.5 billion dollar penis rocket into suborbital space, he can surely put a dimmer switch on a floodlight

"...Look, if Jeff Bezos can launch a $5.5 billion dollar penis rocket into suborbital space, he can surely put..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: 'Office Space' 10 Year Anniversary Reunion!

Paramount Theatre, Sunday, February 8, 2009

"...You're no different than most Americans. You do an honest day's work for an honest dollar. So what if..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Kicking Television

Nels Cline sings low

"...Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, was part of the Million Dollar Bashers house band for the I’m Not There soundtrack,..."

July 11, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Breaking the Internet With Neill Blomkamp's Demonic

Terror and terabytes create a new vision of possession

"...exorcist horror into something more of a Google, Silicon-Valley, trillion-dollar organization."..."

Aug. 18, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Interactive: Innovation vs. Regulation in Austin

Local officials weigh in on the Uber/Lyft debate

"...and William Hurley, aka “Whurley,” founder and CEO of Honest Dollar...."

March 12, 2016 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Live Here!

An all-star cast evaluates the final episode of Rupaul's Drag Race

"...and wonderlusty lover of subtlety, Abi Tapia; Unicorn headband-wearing cute-as-a-three-dollar-bill Bettysoo; Lesbatronic-animatronic Felice Triragoff; the eye behind the camera..."

March 25, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Far from Hollywood

"...dignity of the daily struggle just to make an honest dollar and hold the family together. A proponent of..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Charles Nafus

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Our readers talk back.

"...children. How does this contribute to a fair and honest approach?..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column

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Sudden Death

"...correct and right. Furthermore, we need an efficient and honest system for this so that the truly guiltless are..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Column

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...with the bus," explains O'Connor. "He'd sign hundreds of dollar bills and tell the bank president he could come..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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"...challenge the director and the board to take an honest look at the workings of the organization and its..."

April 12, 2002 Column

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Brown Right To Fight

"...has a large coffee to go for only a dollar. So there's now a place to sit and coffee...."

Sept. 19, 1997 Column

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"...penetrating and reasoned dissection of the ideological motives and dishonest practices of the "intelligent design" or I.D. movement and..."

July 25, 2003 Column

The Lot of the Working-Class NFL Fan

'America's Parking Lot'

"...their beloved spot outside of Texas Stadium to the billion-dollar Cowboys Stadium. The economics of this new era of..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

The 'Lot' of the Working-Class NFL Fan

Q&A with Jonny Mars, 'America's Parking Lot' docmaker

"...beloved spot outside of Texas Stadium and into the billion-dollar Cowboys Stadium. The economics of this new era of..."

March 15, 2012 SXSW Post by Mark Fagan

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"...And I recall that he worked to shut down high-dollar electric utility projects like the trash burner, the lignite..."

April 25, 2003 Column

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"...Street ["Who Owns Sixth Street?" May 4] presented an honest overview of the Sixth Street dynamic that included the..."

May 11, 2001 Column

Austin At Risk

Tech leaders look for solution to Austin's growth problems

"...do about it? Well, who are "we"? That's the 64-dollar, 32-bit question. When our hills were first sprinkled with..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Yep Roc EP, a collaboration with NC honky-tonkers Two Dollar Pistols, which was a tribute to country duets of..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Rosetta, My Rosetta

"...Rosetta Arnett, formerly Rosetta Wills, the sum of one dollar ($1) and my love and affection."..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Rock and a Hard Place

Balancing the Austin Music Ledger

"...Nine dollars may not get you much anymore, but it can..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Music Feature

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...the Lesbian Gay Pride Commission of Austin. With Kip [Dollar] and Toby [Johnson of Liberty Books] and Pat [Kramer]..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Blood on the Tracks

The ballad of Griff Luneburg and Cactus Cafe

"...Nanci Griffith was the first act. We charged a dollar of students, 2 for nonstudents...."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Luv Doc: Resolve

No one is satisfied with just being better

"...almost everyone is thinner, more attractive, and, let's be honest, healthier than me, and it seems like no matter..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Stubborn With My Goals: Impassioned MC J Soulja Stays Focused on Creating Opportunities in Austin Rap

"There ain't no trophies for that kind of shit"

"...Monday, he opened his mailbox and suddenly received a multithousand-dollar check and a cordial invitation from the cigar brand..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

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