Oasis

Gift guide

"...set long ago on the bombastic panache of Oasis. Manchester's Gallagher lads were slated to live forever on cigarettes,..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Joy Division

Gift Guide

"...Curtis might have envisioned if he'd stuck around. The Manchester quartet's short career yielded just three LPs on Factory..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Horns, Lions, Out

"...next to last day of group play this midweek: Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal are through to the final..."

Nov. 29, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Soccer Watch

Lady Longhorns get their season started on the road, and more

"...big question is: What's wrong with the defending champs? Manchester United has two draws and an embarrassing derby loss..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

National Poetry Slam Opening Bout Schedule

"...BOUT NO. 3 BOUT NO. 4 BOUT NO. 5 Manchester Oklahoma City Austin - NeoSoul Tucson St. Louis Honolulu..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

Morrissey

"...List" poem from the Who Put the 'M' in Manchester? live DVD, and rain showers appeared imminent. But it..."

June 1, 2007 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Soccer Watch

Manchester United and Chelsea on track for a series of showdowns, and more

"...Manchester United and Chelsea continued on track for what could..."

April 20, 2007 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

European Soccer Clubs on Collision Course

"...Manchester United and Chelsea continued on track for what could..."

April 18, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Soccer Watch

MLS scours Europe for talent, and more

"...up. At the start of the weekend you had Manchester United with a 6-point lead on struggling Chelsea, with..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Weekly Update

"...vs. AC Milan PSV Eindhoven vs. Arsenal Lille vs. Manchester United AS Roma vs. Lyon Barcelona vs. Liverpool Real..."

Dec. 20, 2006 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Flushed Away

Flushed Away has a wicked, smart, and subtle sense of humor, and unlike so many kids movies these days, its characters are living, breathing parts of a small ecosystem.

"...Bowers and Sam Fell. Somerset Maugham, The Third Man, Manchester United, Kate Beckinsale: Curse me for an Anglophile, but..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Euro Champions League,
Game Day 3

"...Madrid 4 Dynamo Kiev 0, Lyon 3 Group F Manchester United 3, FC Copenhagen 0 Celtic Glasgow 3, Benfica..."

Oct. 19, 2006 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Soccer Watch

Two big home games for the Lady Longhorns, and more

"...EPL teams won (as did Glasgow Celtic). Arsenal and Manchester United both handled good Portuguese teams, while Didier Drogba..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Weekly Digest, Sept. 20, 2006

"...week, as struggling Arsenal got a huge win at Manchester United, and champs Chelsea put the hurt on equally..."

Sept. 20, 2006 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Texas Arts Exchange: CultureCon 2006

The Texas Commission on the Arts' latest biennial conference draws together artists and arts professionals to discuss ways to integrate the arts more fully into the lives of our communities

"...Arts & Humanities; Bill Strickland, president and CEO of Manchester Craftsmen's Guild and Bidwell Training Center in Pittsburgh; and..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Truth Serum

Pity the poor costumed heroes of our childhood

"...The setting's a place called Manchester, a modern burg that Adams has rendered in fine..."

May 12, 2006 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Soccer Watch

Women's college and Champions League heat up

"...European Champions League: Some big names – AC Milan, Manchester United, Glasgow Rangers – are among those needing good..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Fever Pitch

Don’t go into the Farrelly brothers’ Fever Pitch seeking an adaptation along the lines of the merely Yankified remix of the Nick Hornby novel High Fidelity: This is not that – not even close.

"...tape of the ’79 FA Cup Final rout of Manchester United, or – and this may be the wiser..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Academy Award-Nominated Short Films 2004

A program of eight short films nominated for live-action and animated Academy Awards in 2004.

"...of outright despair. It’s the story of a young Manchester mother who, desperate for a night out, takes her..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Steamboy

Japanese anime director Katsuhiro Ôtomo, best known for Akira, here delivers a dazzlingly straightforward rush that thrusts its protagonist into astonishing action set-piece after set-piece.

"...of setting and character are beyond reproach. If Victorian Manchester had been remotely like this, H.G. Wells never would..."

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...guitar licks and foggy despondency more akin to Eighties Manchester than modern-day Texas. Their 2002 self-titled debut is worth..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Soccer Watch

The battle for Europe; and American success in the Premiership

"...put London's Fulham into the FA Cup quarterfinals against Manchester United. – Nick Barbaro..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Sports Column

Eurotrip

A kinder, gentler teen sex comedy?

"...Stock & Two Smoking Barrels) shows up as a Manchester United soccer hooligan; the pope comes in for some..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Soccer Watch

"...in Europe, Champions League play started this Tuesday-Wednesday, with Manchester Utd. apparently not missing David Beckham in a 5-0..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

28 Days Later

A zombie picture, with lots of topical updating.

"...a machete-wielding toughie named Selena (Harris), and heads toward Manchester, lured by a scratchy radio broadcast that promises a..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bend It Like Beckham

"...hype as the Spice Girls once generated (fitting, since Manchester United's phenomenal forward David Beckham, justly famed for his..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Formula 51

"...guy, only wants to score tickets to the big Manchester United/Liverpool FC game the next day -- are dodging..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...hub of sorts arose in the Midlands city of Manchester, England, which in turn spawned the wildly popular "Madchester"..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Bossa Nova

"...trash talking before he departs Brazil to play for Manchester United. There's a wildly funny scene in which he..."

June 2, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Same Men, New Tricks

"...and loves of a trio of gay men from Manchester. The series' new season, Queer as Folk 2: Same..."

April 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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