First Sunday

Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan play petty criminals who spend a night reckoning with the lord when they rob their neighborhood church.

"...with. Cube plays Durell, an air-conditioning-repair whiz whose best pal, the criminally stupid LeeJohn (30 Rock's Morgan) convinces him..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Death in Brunswick

"...Clarke and Yvonne Hawley. Some days it just doesn't pay to clean up your life and grow up. The..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Full Contact

"...up with a gang of Thai killers when his pal Sam fails to pay back a vicious loan shark..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Outside In

Jay Duplass and Edie Falco in a story of post-prison re-integration.

"...as usual), his former high school teacher turned pen pal turned legal advocate. Chris owes her his freedom; Carol..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Loft

Five married men share a penthouse loft in which an unidentified woman turns up dead.

"...Vincent), James Marsden (naive psychologist Chris), Wentworth Miller (timid pal Luke), Eric Stonestreet (obnoxious buddy Marty), and Matthias Schoenaerts..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Top Five

Chris Rock is on a roll with this funny yet pointed comedy, which he wrote and directed, and also stars in.

"...success as a second banana in films by his pal Adam Sandler or when voicing an animated character in..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wicker Park

Paul McGuigan pulls out all the stops on his Wurlitzter Organ of Incessant Camera Trickery to muddy the waters of rationality in this bizarre remake of a fine French thriller.

"...ahem, missing piece. Aided in his search by lothario pal Luke (Lillard, in the same role that’s threatened to..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Common Law

Tips for buying on eBay during the holidays

"...Third, be sure to use a secure method to pay for the item. But before discussing secure ways to..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Column by Megan Lonergan

Sunday

"...bleeding, and soon a hemorrhaging bank account, so please pay, pal: [email protected]. That means a something-to-prove Stooges fest set..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Feature

With Friends Like Jim Bob...

Developer Gary Bradley Is Sued by Old Pal as Finances Fade

"...in MUD reimbursements currently available for distribution by the municipal utility districts for improvements." The Circle C Ranch development,..."

March 28, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Austin's bands of tomorrow are already here, they're just U18

"...the Paul Green School of Rock in Chicago at Lollapalooza 2008, but is this really the bellwether of change?..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Heart & Soul, Part 2

Second half of lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...Huey Lewis: Well, yeah. Ray Benson is my pal. In the early days when I used to bounce..."

July 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Public Notice

Gather 'round the Yule log and the figgy pudding, get out a paper and pen, and jot down some of these items form our Annual Holiday Wish List 2000. Local organizations need you!

"...a jaunty conversation with our very butch, very babe pal (who shall remain, for the sake of this column..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Naked City

"...in the news again -- not for helping his pal and City Council Member Daryl Slusher, but for helping..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Where to Find Desi Pizza in Austin

A slice of South Asia

"...Shuvankar Pal and Pradip Rai opened Bombay to Kathmandu Kitchen in..."

May 5, 2023 Food Feature by Haris Qureshi

The Best Man

Lundgren and Wilson wasted in shoddy action flick

"...(and highly profitable) way to get a studio to pay for their vacation? Kind of the same as the..."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...New Orleans resident Joe Bucher, a longtime Georgia pal of Blaze and our tree house landlord [revisit "Faded..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Casino Jack and the United States of Money

Muckraking documentarian Alex Gibney here directs his camera toward the influence-peddling scandals that erupted around Jack Abramoff.

"...working in concert with the Christian right (including longtime pal Ralph Reed) to close Indian casinos, then reaping millions..."

May 21, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Yellow

"...foil L.A.'s open-container law. Woon Lee demands that they pay five cents extra for each bag while Sin Lee..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...a fling with Stewart's roommate. He then has to pay for his sin by having a one-night stand and..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...day. He's gotten so god-awful boring. How much y'all pay?..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...too many days from school will be forced to pay $565 in fines, thus making a true hardship on..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Aug. 20, with a "unanimous vote" for a 3% pay raise for teachers and school staff ["Austin Stories," Aug...."

Aug. 30, 2002 Column

Money to Burn

John Cornyn tries to keep tobacco case lawyers from reaping all of the financial benefits.

"...a contract in an effort to reward his lawyer pal, Marc Murr (see "My Friend Murr," below)...."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...mention sorting these based on federal privacy laws). Your pal would laugh hysterically because that would be the end..."

April 21, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Balcones Responds

"...privatized medicine [Vol. 16, No. 12] and how the "paying customers" health care dollars must continue to be held..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Column

512 + 1

Non-native filmmaker Kevin Ford got here as fast as he could

"...– arrives in Austin on the eve of his pal's wedding as a successful, poetically inclined New York-based yin..."

May 9, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...for the 20-year reunion of the Left-Handed League at Palmer Auditorium...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

Those Crazy Kids Will Do Anything ...

"...-- took the form of a pledge drive to pay off their half-million dollar bar tab. Weird plot devices..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...102 min.) Never Talk to Strangers is a Brian DePalma film without the benefit of Brian DePalma. Coming from..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

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