The Hangover: Part III

The hard-R comedy trilogy concludes with more mortal peril and questionable taste.

"...by: Todd Phillips. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Justin Bartha, John Goodman, Melissa McCarthy, Jeffrey..."

May 24, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TPPF, Jim DeMint, Milton Friedman, and Me

Lunch and school choice with unholy free market triumvirate

"...If conservatives had invented love-ins, they would look a lot..."

March 31, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW: A Cold One With Joe Swanberg and His 'Drinking Buddies'

The festival's oddest and most comfortable press gathering

"...is themed, the result is cloying and dull. But when Joe Swanberg and his cast just sat around drinking..."

March 14, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

‘Downton Abbey’ Watch

Lady problems

"...then last night’s episode lacked urgency, too – especially when compared to, say, the third episode of season 1,..."

Jan. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Bedside Manner: Science Lesson

How I learned that I know next to nothing

"...When I first moved to Austin a little over a..."

Dec. 10, 2012 Books Post by Lauren Tucker

Playing for Keeps

In this all-too-predictable romantic comedy/drama, Gerard Butler plays an ex-soccer star who ultimately reunites with his ex-wife and son, whose team he coaches.

"...great filmmakers and film projects that can’t find funding, how did this effort secure its reported $35 million for..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Louis Black

Expressing Himself

How David Bologna made the leap to Broadway and a Tony nomination in Billy Elliot the Musical

"...Billy Elliot the Musical, was a highlight of that show's first year on Broadway and even earned the young..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Going Places

By merging technology and old-school community-building, Heyride just may revolutionize how you get from here to there

"...March, Huck found himself on a stretch of West Fifth, trying to get home and unable to hail one..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Fran Lebowitz in Town Tonight

Social commentator to speak with Frank Rich at Bass Concert Hall

"...score is sprinkled throughout. You can't help but wonder if it's an affectionate goosing: The movie, after all, is..."

Nov. 14, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

The Story of Johnny Lydon

PiL/Pistols frontman and FFF Saturday headliner finds peace

"...Fun Fun Fest star explains his love of learning, how butter saved PiL, and what folk music means to..."

Nov. 1, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Least Among Saints

A combat veteran suffering from PTSD becomes the dubious mentor of a boy whose mother has just OD'd in this heartfelt drama.

"...much cheap beer, and a pending divorce from his wife (Anderson), who is mightily fed up with his constant..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Traveling Barbecue Road

Visiting from Germany, Central Texas barbecue has won me over

"...machine called a masticator because they do not know how to cook it to make it tender. All my..."

Oct. 3, 2012 Food Post by Takis Würger

Liberal Arts

When a Manhattanite returns for a visit to his old liberal arts college, he falls hard for a student 15 years his junior.

"...to TV watchers as the puppyish Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother, Radnor stars as Jesse Fisher,..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Why is William Gibson at BookPeople Tonight?

Because you should definitely distrust that particular flavor

"...there anything more ironic than technical problems with phones when you're interviewing William Gibson?..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jamie Stewart: The Sent Down Boy

Rob yaks with Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu

"...have churned out a bounty of ridiculous, fractured rock. If the title to their new album, Always, is any..."

May 14, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Discomfort Zone

How far can Rubber Repertory push you?

"...When Rubber Repertory started auditioning for its new show –..."

April 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

How Parallelogramophonograph survived Scotland and became a better improv troupe

"...festival you're performing in and instead come see your show, in which you and your three friends make up..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Game Changer

How Austin's indie gaming scene got cooking as Juegos Rancheros

"...their upcoming console juggernaut, Starhawk, to a discussion of how their work on smaller projects keeps them from drowning..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The Uses of Joy

When Conspire Theatre helps incarcerated women, it's all in the game

"...to work in an office with a rule about when we could take lunch, which was a constant source..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Texans Season Preview Part 2: The D

Phillips will turn struggling defense around

"...In my last installment, I talked about the Texans prolific offense and how Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson, and Arian..."

Sept. 10, 2011 Sports Post by Barrett Walton

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

The Unflinching Abigail Smith

New animal services chief faces up to Austin's shelter warfare

"...department. Her timing really couldn't have been heavier with significance and expectations: South by Southwest in town, spring (see:..."

March 25, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Gnomeo & Juliet

Animated garden gnomes do Shakespeare while the Bard requests an Alan Smithee credit.

"...two imperatives: 1) This is Shakespeare’s story, in plot if not poetic resonance, and 2) it’s enacted by animated..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Painting by Numbers

Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future

"...Before this session of the Texas Legislature ends, however, there could be at least 49 people under the..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Houston Kid

Rodney Crowell reminisces on '˜Chinaberry Sidewalks'

"...stellar debut memoir. Expect the two to come together when Crowell visits BookPeople on Friday, 7pm...."

Jan. 27, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Checking All the Connections

Intersections of the inside and outside and queerness...

"...If you hold a baby goat just right, they make..."

Nov. 10, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis

Criminally Innocent

How can you be exonerated of a crime that never happened?

"...Twenty-eight-year-old John Arena would like to visit California. He's never been there – in fact, he's never..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Chris Morris Talks Terrorist Comedy

UK hit Four Lions touches down in Austin

"...season, war-wise. In light of Wikileaks release of 391,832 classified military documents pertaining to the Coalition occupation of Iraq..."

Nov. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Social Network

This retelling of Facebook's first contentious steps is a blisteringly entertaining film formed of a lovely amalgam of David Fincher's direction, Aaron Sorkin's screenplay, and Jesse Eisenberg's spotless performance as Mark Zuckerberg.

"...and Twitter, most especially – rewrote the rules on how information moves. We first meet the eventual founder of..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Billy Corgan on the Smashing Pumpkins, the Source Family, and Sky Saxon

"...“We’re a nation that doesn’t know how to mix foods,” Sky Saxon told me in June..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

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