Lightning Jack

"...people that hate Westerns. Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee) is Lightning Jack Kane, an expatriate Aussie outlaw doing his damnedest..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Youth Without Youth

After a 10-year absence, Francis Ford Coppola has come in from the vineyards, but his Youth Without Youth is a self-satisfied bore that fails to connect with the audience.

"...Once upon a time, I thought the 1996 movie Jack was about as low as Coppola's film-directing career could..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Food-o-File

New restaurant lightning round

"...In keeping with the breakneck development pace, here's a lightning round of the things to look for in early..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

A Quiet Place

As monsters lurk, the world survives with a whisper

"...Office (and increasingly for action-packed events like his upcoming Jack Ryan series for Amazon), Krasinski is no stranger or..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Birth of the Dragon

Bruce Lee: the early years

"...kung fu godhead facing off against Shaolin monk Wong Jack Man (Yu) who has come to SF to teach..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Haunted Mansion

Second movie based on the Disney ride isn't worth wasting a Lightning Lane booking

"...in the film, denying it an opportunity for a Jack Sparrow-esque charismatic maniac...."

July 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

War Machine

Live review of AC/DC performance in San Antonio, 12.12.2008

"...San Antonio’s sold-out AT&T Center. “Back in Black,” “Big Jack,” “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,” “Thunderstuck,” all in row;..."

Dec. 15, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday

Despite storms, we caught 03 Greedo, Sobs, Tangerine Dream, and more

"...With threats of lightning storms having already relocated Luck Reunion to Friday and..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed Over Austin – in Second Ever Local Concert

…with sympathy for the parking lot

"...mild morning forecast sold short what would transpire: hail, lightning, and severe rain over Austin. Had the original local..."

Nov. 21, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Unlocking the Michael Schenker Festival

Sound pilgrim reveals the combination to his “whole story”

"...turbine at the center, German guitarist Michael Schenker, 64. Lightning rod to Seventies Scorpions and UFO, his supersonic melodies..."

May 16, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

16 Blocks

Richard Donner still has it. 16 Blocks may be a formulaic good-cops/bad-cops actioner, but it’s rarely stereotypical.

"...that straddle them. When we first see Willis’ Det. Jack Mosley, he already looks three breaths away from six..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seven of the Best With Owen Wilson

From small-town crook to the ultimate speedster, the most unmissable roles of the Texas actor's career

"...romantic comedy of discomfort, it's clear that future father-in-law Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) is the nemesis of Greg..."

April 7, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Grand

There's some truly hilarious material (though not nearly enough) in this partially improvised movie about characters competing in a Las Vegas championship poker tournament.

"...is cast as the story's de facto central character, Jack Faro, an inveterate reprobate and Las Vegas scion who..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

14 Austin Terror Fest Picks

The best metal for brave ears

"...Hellion unleashes anguished philosophical screams. The magnetic frontman, born Jack McLimans, burst out of Cleveland in 1988 and issued..."

June 7, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Country Living's Handmade Halloween: Ideas for a Happy, Haunted Celebration

Six-year-old Rosalind Faires gives the low-down on a new book filled with Halloween project ideas.

"...Chapter Two is mostly about jack-o-lanterns. It is about many different ways to make jack-o-lanterns...."

Oct. 29, 1999 Food Feature by Rosalind Faires

DVDanger: Drawn to the Screen

Some animated selections from beyond the House of Mouse

"...definitely those of a Gothic leaning, French steampunk romance Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart may fit the melancholic bill...."

Dec. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...Dallas clipjoint proprietor and killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby: "I can tell you about Jack Ruby, and..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Better Too Much Than Not Enough

"..."I was struck by lightning," recalls Forsyth. "It was just a guy and a..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Here Comes the Judge

Beavis and Butt-head's Hollywood Score

"...truck devouring the asphalt around town, with Wes Archer's Jack Mack and Rad Boy logo emblazoned on the side..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thursday Picks

"...all, the man who sang, "Take down the Union Jack; it clashes with the sunset."..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...New Wave nuggets like "Yellow Pills" and "Remember the Lightning." Bassist/vocalist Ron Flynt is now based in Austin. Another..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Keely, TOD proved remarkably consistent in generating concert chaos, crackerjack songwriting, and an explosive fusion of prog ambition and..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Jack London, inbred turtles, and much more

"...The novelist Jack London was a socialist...."

Aug. 21, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Insider's Outsider Guide to Texas

Remembering Bud Shrake

"...almost the right word is the difference between the lightning and the lightning-bug – Mark Twain."..."

May 15, 2009 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Texas Top 10s

Local Top 10s of 2006

"...3) Ghostland Observatory, Paparazzi Lightning (Trashy Moped)..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Music Feature

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...real monsters? Cast: Natalia del Riego, Benny Emmanuel and Jack Huston with Angela Sarafyan (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Portraits of Austin Musicians With Their Pets During Stay-at-Home

"...Ezra Edwards (DJ Girlfriend) with Jack..."

May 7, 2020 Photo Gallery

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas, Mike Doyle, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Jack Ferver (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...“D Tour” (USA, 70 min.) Director: Jeremy Konner Featuring: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Ben Stiller, Jon Stewart Regional Premiere..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TCB

"O Death, where is thy sting?" – 1 Corinthians 15:55

"...became obituaries, like when World Burns to Death singer Jack Control was stabbed breaking up a fight outside the..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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