Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Michael Caine zips around on a giant bumblebee and Dwayne Johnson is a pectoral spectacle in this family-friendly, fantasy-island adventure tale.

"...based on the writings of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Robert Lewis Stevenson – or any combination thereof – somewhere..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

LegeLand: A Bill To 'Protect Our Women'

Yet another fight over abortion

"...was terminally ill, several senators – including committee Chair Robert Dun­can, R-Lubbock – seemed to throw up their hands..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of Criminal Appeals threw out the murder conviction of Robert Burns Springsteen IV, sentenced in 2001 for his part..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

Day Trips

Texas Monthly has called the Old Jail Art Center "the best small town art museum in Texas -- and maybe the nation."

"...was abandoned in 1929 for a more modern hoosegow. Robert E. Nail, heir to one of the area's ranch..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Privatizing Services: A Pay Raise at a Cost

"...but it was a job with benefits," says Mike Gross, president of the Texas State Employees Union, which represents..."

May 21, 1999 News Feature

The Style Files

A Little Tongue-in-Chic

"...Chic Simple: Accessories edited by Kim Johnson Gross and Jeff Stone; text by Christa Worthington; photographs by..."

May 30, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...these weeks. Topping the list are Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, each of whom is featured in at..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...The quality level hits a certain consistency; Marjorie Baumgarten, Robert Faires, Margaret Moser, as writers and editors, lead the..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...Ari Sheinkin; with Adam White, Ben Pascoe, Michael Dalmon, Robert Cyrus Ryland, Donald Sneed. A More Perfect Union plays..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Regarding UT president what's-his-name calling Robert Jensen a fool ["War of Words," Sept. 28], I..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Regarding UT president what's-his-name calling Robert Jensen a fool ["War of Words," Sept. 28], I..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Regarding UT president what's-his-name calling Robert Jensen a fool ["War of Words," Sept. 28], I..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

Review: The City Theatre’s An Ideal Husband

It’s the girls gone Wilde that rule this rendering

"...In a nutshell, Lady Gertrude Chiltern sees Sir Robert, a member of Parliament and one of the young..."

March 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...Marilyn Schlossberg. Second assistant director: Len Marsal. Prop master: Robert O'Neil. Makeup: Virgil Frye. Special effects: Steve Karkus. Still..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Short Cuts

Hello Murdah, Hello Foddah: Marc Savlov reports from the Alamo's Camp Hacknslash, where more than 1,000 horror fans saw Freddy Vs. Jason while not sloshing their way around a softball field and flashing their kibbles and bits.

"...Freddy Vs. Jason on board for the event -- Robert Englund and new Jason Ken Kirzinger (replacing four-time hockey..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

An Immense World of Delight

It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"

"...Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright..."

June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

The Accountant 2

Ben Affleck's unlikely action hero is back ... but why?

"...Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Daniella Pineda, Robert Morgan, Grant Harvey and Allison Robertson...."

April 25, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Oddities, Psychos, Unprofessionals, and More Weekday Events

Get out and get weird

"...artists including Dan Brereton, Half-Human, Francisco Salinas, Holly Hansel, Robert Zavala, Mia Burwitz, and Cody Schibi. Terrors of all..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Top 10 Most Read Screens Stories of 2021

The year's big stories, from true crime to interstellar action

"...history when it comes to conspiracy theories. So Joe Gross didn't shy away from taking about the city's bad..."

Jan. 5, 2022 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

ATX Film News: Good News for Texas’ Film and Game Incentives

"...produced by James Cameron and directed in Austin by Robert Rodriguez, continues to be an international hit. After opening..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Game of Thrones: Taking Back the Kingdom

Epic playlist for the HBO siege’s fourth season

"...in a lineage snafu after the death of King Robert. This drives a wedge further into a not-so-warm-and-fuzzy familial..."

April 4, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

From the Watergate Break-in to a Broken News Media

Key players in All the President's Men reflect on what 35 years have wrought

"...by legendary cinematographer Gordon Willis and starring the all-American Robert Redford and a squirrelly Dustin Hoffman as Woodward and..."

April 15, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• UT journalism professor Robert Jensen, the mild-mannered radical author and activist with a..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

Rare Bird

From her office vantage point, beside the rosy glow of the majestic Capitol dome, 78-year-old feminist, political powerhouse, and gay rights lobbyist Bettie Naylor keeps a watchful eye over the doings at the legislature

"...she says. "I had him add up all the gross receipts and wrote to everyone on there that I..."

June 3, 2005 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Migrating North

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

"...fed by local heavy hitters such as Mike Judge, Robert Rodriguez, and Sandra Bullock...."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Max Keeble's Big Move

"...Tim Hill. Starring: Lil' Romeo, Orlando Brown, Noel Fisher, Robert Carradine, Nora Dunn, Zena Grey, Josh Peck, Jamie Kennedy,..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...professor that you labeled "Pacifist Professor" [UT journalism professor Robert Jensen, "Media Clips," Feb. 5, 1999, austinchronicle.com/issues/vol18/issue23/pols.media.html] is actually..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

Summer Film Calendar

Your month-to-month guide to summer film

"...cheesy horror spoofing + ejaculation jokes = $157 million gross.JULY 6Kiss of the Dragon: Luc Besson produced and co-wrote..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Baseketball

"...Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Yasmine Bleeth, Jenny Mccarthy, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine, Dian Bachar, Trevor Einhorn and Bob..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...week's episode is "1950s: The Beat Films." Included are Robert Frank's 1953 classic Pull My Daisy with Jack Kerouac,..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

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