Hilary and Jackie

"...its knock-'em-dead acting and aggressively stylish direction, Hilary and Jackie is still best described as arthouse comfort food: a..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Jackie Davies

Austin entrepreneur was national restaurant delivery pioneer

"...Growing up in Detroit in the Fifties and Sixties, Jackie Davies spent a lot of time around the restaurants..."

April 10, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Jackie Venson’s Purple-Tinted Visions

Video premiere infects you with compassion

"...Jackie Venson’s new video for “Endless War” confronts visions of..."

April 11, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Introducing Blues Burner Jackie Venson

Classically-trained local pianist wrestles electric guitars

"...Back from a European tour, blueswoman Jackie Venson returns to local stages this Sunday at the..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Saint Jackie

It was with high expectations of low class that Stephen MacMillan Moser embarked upon the latest crop of books about Jackie O. But shortly into it, he found himself thinking, "Where's the dirt?"

"...When asked what she fed her German Shepherd puppy, Jackie smiled slyly and said, "Reporters." If John F. Kennedy..."

June 9, 2000 Books Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

“Jackie Lee Young curated by Sandy Carson”

Lower Left Gallery exhibits a dusty doublewide Americana in this photographic solo show

"...space currently exhibiting a solo show of photographs by Jackie Lee Young. The aura of her works, curated by..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Jackie, Oh!

"It's been a long time since a woman was mayor," Jackie Goodman mused the other day.

"...been a long time since a woman was mayor," Jackie Goodman mused the other day. Understand, of course, that..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Kam Franklin (The Suffers), Jackie Venson & Sailor Poon Play Festive Fest

Eleven acts fundraise for Girls Rock Austin, Sunday at Mohawk

"...The momentous lineup leads with acclaimed Austin guitar great Jackie Venson, Kam Franklin of Houston place-making soul ensemble the..."

Dec. 9, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Drunken Master II

"...Directed by: Lui Chia Liang and Jackie Chan. Starring: Chan, Anitia Mui, Ti Lung, Liang, Andy..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Stepmom

"...career woman, and the other a stepmother-to-be, a successful young photographer who is thrust prematurely into full-blown, reluctant motherhood...."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Painted Faces

"...Cheng Pei-Pei and Lam Ching-Ying. It's 1962, and a young boy is entering the mysterious, exotic world of Master..."

Aug. 6, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dragon Lord

"...Directed by: Jackie Chan. Starring: Jackie Chan, Hseuh Li and Huang Ing..."

Sept. 30, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Win Win

Paul Giamatti stars in this dark comedy from the director of The Station Agent and The Visitor.

"...Amy Ryan, Alex Shaffer, Bobby Cannavale, Jeffrey Tambor, Burt Young and Melanie Lynskey. We first see only the backside..."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hustler

"...Directed by: Robert Rossen. Starring: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie and George C. Scott. This pool-hall..."

Aug. 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen

This double-layered documentary examines the creation of a Hong Kong action film and the impossible feats performed by the Asian stuntman.

"...of the HK film industry when future stars like Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung were placed at the Peking..."

April 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

"...her for. But even while trading body blows with Jackie Chan and the Heroic Trio, Cheung's formidable acting skills..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Final Option

"...on formula plotting. Ho Chi-wai (Peter Yung) is a young, hot-headed cop who decides to join the Special Duties..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Lakeboat

"...“That guy from the flick about that black chick? Jackie something-or-other?” “Oh, yeah. Him. He's good.” “Fuckin'-A right he..."

Dec. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Iron Monkey

"...who robs from the rich and, well, you know…. Young Wong is traveling through town with his father when..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Savior of the Soul 'ninety-Two

"...in favor of some of the dopiest mugging since Jackie Chan's City Hunter, while tossing liberal bits of dream..."

Jan. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Addams Family

"...Uncle Fester (Lloyd, so perfectly cast, it's as though Jackie Coogan never existed) after a 25-year absence from the..."

Nov. 29, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Killer

This is the film that made John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat household names within action-crazed American households. Elements of conventional melodrama and criminal double-crosses blend in this story about a hitman conducting one last job to earn the money to restore the eyesight of a woman he had previously blinded.

"...according to the press notes, directed kung fu hero Jackie Chan's first major film, Countdown in Kung Fu. But..."

April 19, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Eli Josef's HITW residency, KOOP's Birthday Bash, and free Jackie Venson highlight our recommended shows

"...show at Hole in the Wall. When the five young guys started the band in 2019, they primarily steered..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Music Column by Katie Karp

CJ7

Known for his manic comedic style, Chinese filmmaker Stephen Chow tries his hand at a kids movie, but sadly, the result is a cutesy and sentimental story we've seen dozens of times before.

"...and action films of figures like Jet Li and Jackie Chan, for whom Americans have acquired a growing taste...."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Black Mask

"...and his new love as well, a mousy, lovestruck young woman who works alongside him at the library. Like..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Texas Artists Had to Say on the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

Jackie Venson, Midland, and more talk country music’s Austin migration

"...Here's what the Lone Star talent had to say. Jackie Venson..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Playback: Big Henry's Grooves Antone's

Antone's new vinyl annex, Scoot Inn's new look, Jackie Venson's new late-night TV fan, and new (bad) ideas for ACL Fest signage

"...business in Port Arthur when she and Clifford were young...."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior

The mass release of this top-notch Thai action film should havee American audiences grinning ear to ear and shore to shore.

"...Pumwaree Yodkamol, Rungrawee Borrijindakul, Chetwut Wacharakun and Wannakit Siriput. Jackie Chan, your days are numbered. Actually, they’ve been numbered..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

A taste of Eighties-style buddy-cop action-comedy hits all the right faces

"...about a grizzled old mob boss and a cocky young cop hunting down a serial killer, handed the script..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Proud Mary

Taraji P. Henson picks up her guns but shoots blanks as an assassin with a conscience

"...muscles. The genre never totally expired (cf. Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown) but it took a beating as soon as..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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