The Cast of Characters

"...John MacCormack, 49, reporter, San Antonio Express-News..."

Nov. 20, 1998 News Feature

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...So imagine the lodes of self-righteous vanity that fueled newspaper editors in the Western pioneer settlements, where the exercise..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Coach's Corner

"...I'm trying to think of a song, like "New York, New York," saying something, let alone anything nice,..."

May 1, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Paulie

"...Mohr, who mimics Walken's turns in The King of New York and True Romance verbatim without a touch of..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Masterminds

"...group of Uzi-wielding terrorists -- led by the school's new security adviser and ex-SAS officer Ralph Bentley (Stewart) --..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cop Land

"...or My Mom Will Shoot! for domestic release) with newfound luster. All kidding aside, Stallone is dynamite, his readings..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reissues

"...U.N.C.-obsessives, it will be disappointing; the CD unearths nothing new -- no previously unreleased music, photos, or info. Fortunately,..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

Coach's Corner

"...spread throughout the league. The difference? Detroit, Chicago and New York were all excellent teams, perfectly capable of blitzing..."

April 25, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Jewish in Austin

A Texas Jewboy Misses Home

"...family moved to San Antonio, Texas from Long Island, New York, I didn't know what a boutonniere was, or..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Davis plays a suburban mom, amnesiac, and trained-to-kill bottle blonde.

"...of her life before she woke up on a New Jersey beach eight years ago. But the two-bit gumshoe..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...back from the commercially disastrous Cutthroat Island with this new action-adventure story in which she plays an amnesiac who,..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Home, Sweet Home

(Or Slum, Slum, Slum?)

"...that Wood was fined $125,000 by the state of New Jersey for selling health insurance policies that overstated their..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...New Review..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Clerks III

Deservedly self-indulgent return to the Quick Stop where Kevin Smith began

"..."Le Grand Fromage" (arguably the second-best non-Springsteen song about New Jersey after Thursday's "Turnpike Divides")...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cha Cha Real Smooth

The pains of growing up in this touching portrayal of post-college love

"...as his own lead again). He's back home in New Jersey with no direction and a lousy job, but..."

June 17, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Many Saints of Newark

Nothing holy about this Sopranos prequel

"...Alan Taylor deliver the long-awaited origin story of the New Jersey mob boss: The Many Saints of Newark...."

Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Beth Sullivan

Blinded by the Light

Semi-true story of how the Boss shook the world of a boy from Luton

"...ocean away from the working-class shores of Asbury Park, New Jersey, but he feels an emotional connection to the..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Born in China

The Disneyfication of nature continues

"...this particular writer born in the industrial part of New Jersey. How else might one see animals doing their..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sully

Eastwood's film tells the story of the "miracle on the Hudson"

"...back to LaGuardia nor attempt to make it to New Jersey’s nearby Teterboro Airport, and instead glide his way..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Freeheld

Julianne Moore and Ellen Page are adrift in this gay-rights drama

"...their rights to do so in the state of New Jersey. With her cancer spreading and death ever more..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Public Intoxication?

What proof does APD need to make a PI arrest? Not much.

"...The couple, Don and Jackie Timmerman, were visiting from New Jersey, here to watch that weekend's UT Longhorn football..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Music Fest 2014 Sunday Interview

A sole Sunday act speaks for the Sabbath

"...New Jersey folk-punks the Gaslight Anthem boast definite ties to..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The AggreGAYtor: December 17

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...New Jersey makes it easier for trans garden staters to..."

Dec. 17, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Out of the Furnace

The writer/director of Crazy Heart returns with an all-star cast for his sophomore effort, which takes place amid the rusted-out lives of America's steel belt.

"...after a bare-knuckle fight in the backwoods of neighboring New Jersey, Russell and his uncle (Shepard) go after the..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the Naked Truth

For his first turn in the director's seat, JGL tackles pornography ... sort of

"...is about dancing. Really, it's Annie Hall for the Jersey Shore generation. "It's a movie about how people objectify..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Again – Tonight

Jason Mewes on the duo's 'Super Groovy Cartoon Movie'

"...blunt-wrapped demons: a cartoon film that finds the two New Jersey street-curb prophets morphing into stoned superheroes in an..."

July 25, 2013 Screens Post by Chase Hoffberger

Food Issue: Not Your Average TV Dinner

10 summer TV favorites and what to eat while watching them

"...5) Real Housewives of New Jersey/The Princesses of Long Island (premiered June 2): Do..."

June 13, 2013 Chronolog Post by Candice Gallion

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...experience." Rich­mond, Va., followed, where Barbara Green for The News Leader wrote: "Bruce Springsteen is a curious performer. Thin..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Sin Nombre

Winner of dual awards for directing and cinematography at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, this immigrant drama is suffused with gritty realism, poetic imagery, and melodramatic hokiness.

"...Honduras, teenage Sayra (Gaitan) decides to emigrate north to New Jersey with her father and uncle. They travel to..."

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wrestler

In the latest film from Darren Aronofsky, Mickey Rourke rips his tattered name from the dustbin of history with his portrayal of an aging professional wrestler.

"...baddie talking shop backstage at some VA hall in New Jersey and laying out the game plan for that..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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