Mr. Nanny

"...George Jefferson) would be an equal insult to both Mr. Nanny co-stars. And if you remember director Gottlieb at..."

Oct. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saving Mr. Banks

Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson star in this story about how Walt Disney convinced the prickly author of Mary Poppins to sell her creation to Hollywood.

"...In Saving Mr. Banks, British author P.L. Travers (Thompson) resists the efforts..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Boy

Horrors: A nanny finds that her new charge is a life-sized doll

"...Another day, another evil doll, another nanny in trouble. It’s a wonder people even buy life-size..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mary Poppins Returns

The perfect nanny returns, the same as last time

"...the east once again to carry everyone’s favorite no-nonsense nanny to Cherry Tree Lane in this happy sequel to..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wide Sargasso Sea

"...Ward. Ever wonder in Jane Eyre how the first Mrs. Rochester went mad and came to be locked away..."

June 4, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One Good Cop

"...legal guardian of the dead man's three young daughters. Mr. Mom all over again? Well, not really. Lewis's wife..."

May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paddington 2

Everyone's favorite polite bear returns with marmalade sandwiches for all in a thrilling birthday present hunt

"...household (actors Bonneville, Hawkins, Joslin, Harris, and Walters’ Scottish nanny Mrs. Bird all return) in picturesque West London, but..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Downton Abbey' Season Premiere: Part One

The denizens of Downton are back (some of them in black)

"...on a mantelpiece. Meanwhile, a baby cries as a nanny bustles down the night-darkened hall. Mary lies in bed,..."

Jan. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

'Downton' Watch

Part II: Mary's got the bit between her teeth

"...half left off, seemingly the morning after Cora shit-canned Nanny West for abusing Sybbie. Cora praises Thomas in front..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Postmarks

The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival is not sexist; the city/Bradley settlement bodes poorly for Barton Springs; golf courses pay their way; and more reader mail.

"...four- and five-year-olds not to be home with a nanny if 20 to 40 years ago at age five..."

March 24, 2000 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...efforts as a ruse against development. Pervading council chambers, Mr. Clark-Madison's (April 2) article ["New Rules for Old Buildings,"..."

May 7, 2004 Column

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Contradictions Exposed

"...to separate people from policy." I am assuming that Mr. Roberts is telling the truth -- that he really..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...in unsubtitled Spanish) never feels like a single film. "Mr. Tricker's Treat" feels like a PG take on a..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Technically Speaking

The Digital World Turns the Page

"...with someone who turned out to be a 43-year-old Mr. Creepy -- still waiting for the drama, the insight,..."

June 2, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

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Our readers talk back.

"...bilingual, why not apply in a job as a nanny/housekeeper? Maybe a job like that would give you time..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column

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Bergstorm

"...our "upscale" part of downtown, here, directly across from ATC/MHMR). Clearly you are unaware of our pioneering efforts to..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...It's also ironic Mr. Pendley accused science of "creatively exploiting linguistic ambiguities," then..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Column

Burn, Aspen, Burn

Chasing Celebrity With a Basic Cable Nobody at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival

"...Steven Wright, Kevin Pollak, David Cross and Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show), Robert Klein, Tom Arnold (don't ask), Margaret Cho,..."

March 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Brad "Chip" Pope

Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount

The most unforgettable moments from this year’s classics of cinema

"...antics, no jolly holiday with Mary, no enchantingly enigmatic nanny at all. The only character in it is Mr...."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Chronicle staff

DVDanger: Things That Go Bump

Ghosts, nightmares, and flashlights in this horror roundup

"...Found footage is nowhere near dead (cf. Afflicted, Mr. Jones, Exists), but it really needs something to raise..."

May 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Arnold Prieto Scheduled to Be First to Die in 2015

"...both been stabbed to death, along with the longtime nanny to the Rodriguez children, 90-year-old Paula Moran, who lived..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

After a Fashion

Stephen disavows any career advice to K-Fed

"...of him being dropped on his head by the nanny, there were the whispered allegations that the baby had..."

May 5, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Coffee Tawk With Maureen Dowd

Chatting with the star 'NYT' columnist about Judy Miller, Bush's nannies, and blogs

"...insider reporting, Judy "Miss Run Amok" Miller, and the nanny presidency...."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Greener Pastures

Youth, Joy, and Jean Arthur

"...lean Leslie Howard was both professorial and petrified, and Mrs. Miniver was one housewife the postman best not call..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...Groucho's Rufus T. Firefly to Margaret Dumont's wealthy dowager Mrs. Teasdale in Duck Soup, a superlatively surreal 1933 Marx..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

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Nonprofit Needs

"...the gun or bullet, motive, the testimony of the nanny revealed in the film Kurt and Courtney, just to..."

March 19, 1999 Column

Public Notice

West by Westwest

"...etc., talent -- like Trace Adkins (Fri, Mar12, 7pm), Mr. Achy Breaky Hairdo Billy Ray Cyrus (Sat, Mar 13,..."

March 12, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer