Shooting Fish

"...a bit of a throwback to groovier times in Shooting Fish; from its jaunty pop-music score to cinematographer Henry..."

May 22, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fish Tank

In this raw and award-winning film, a prickly British teenager hurls herself into scenarios fraught with danger.

"...– she's too pathological for our uncomplicated empathy. In Fish Tank’s opening shot, writer/director Arnold fixes her camera on..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shooting Spelce in a Barrel

Bush and Bush Land a Free Ad

"...need a look at Bush and Shrub's staged "private" fishing moments, but we got it. The two-night special, which..."

March 13, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Hearing Voices

"...Tim Ahern and Michael Davenport. I don't really like shooting fish in a barrel, but Hearing Voices is an..."

June 26, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Austin Film Society Documentary Tour

Fish Kill Flea

"...we're introduced to the subject of the oddly titled Fish Kill Flea – namely, the flea market that would..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Clarence Birdseye, Culinary Pioneer (1886-1956)

October 7 was the anniversary of inventor's death.

"...working in Labrador as a fur trader, he noticed fish frozen by the Inuit (aka "Eskimos") during the intensely..."

Oct. 10, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

Funniest Person in Austin Semifinals

Wayne Alan Brenner describes being a judge for one of the semifinal rounds of the 2006 Funniest Person in Austin Contest at Cap City Comedy Club

"...a death-spraying Kalishnikov, or whatever – and actually shot fish in a barrel? A regular barrel, about waist-high, as..."

May 12, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Xanadu

"...of Mr. Sinus Theatre is about as sporting as shooting fish in a barrel. Olivia Newton-John plays a muse..."

April 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

A slow summer news week means we get to take some well-deserved potshots.

"...my column two weeks ago on the Jessie Owens shooting, where I suggest that -- solely knowing what we..."

July 11, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...SHOOTING FISH..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

TV News Revealed

K-EYE's Smoke and Mirrors Approach

"...alone in its inanity. Criticizing TV news is like shooting fish in a barrel. According to a 1995 study..."

May 2, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

AC Wine: Randall Grahm's Great Grenache

Thinking about a cookout? Here's your wine!

"...chock-a-block with enough self-important types that Grahm is almost shooting fish in a barrel...."

July 23, 2015 Food Post by Wes Marshall

This Week's Waste of Time

It's the end of the week, waste time until the whistle blows

"...standard achievement-based game in the same wheelhouse as Radical Fishing and the more meta Upgrade Complete. I enjoyed the..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Sunny Side to Every Situation

Defending Ethan Hawke and the virtues of John Wayne in a wet shirt

"...Own Private Idaho? Seriously, mocking Keanu Reeves is like shooting fish in a barrel, but with My Own Private..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Funny Papers

More than ever, the Chronicle is what people make of it

"...but remember to do so would be lazier than shooting fish in a barrel...."

Aug. 15, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Hunting Blind

"...also suffice as a perfect deer-in-the-headlights scenario. Talk about shooting fish in a barrel! Cheaters won't be tolerated, though...."

Nov. 21, 2006 News Post by Amy Smith

TV Eye

Do the right thing! Or not.

"...Whitney Houston (who she has nicknamed "Crackie") is like shooting fish in a barrel. But when Griffin relates the..."

April 2, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two

No matter how clearly wrong it may be shown to be, the Statesman's APD report will remain in the community's mind as 'truth'

"...at the daily from this weekly read like self-congratulatory, shooting-fish-in-a-barrel laziness...."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The Planned Parenthood construction boycott is thuggery, pure and simple; conservatives' hysteria about Bush-bashing is ahistorical and largely fantasy-based.

"...using Statesman columnist Marvin Olasky as an example is shooting fish in a barrel. The "no president has ever..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Our Top 10s give you another chance to laugh, and rail, at us; Republican dominance and a state budget crisis bode ill for government services, and for Austin; we bid a fond farewell to "Dancing About Architecture" and chart a new course, a bit.

"...Under my favorite heading, "Shooting Fish in a Barrel" (if this is a genre..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Louis Black

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings

"...LOVE 4.0 (M.B.) 12/25/98 SHATTERED IMAGE Preview (M.B.) 12/11/98 SHOOTING FISH 2.0 (M.S.) 5/22/98 SHOPPING FOR FANGS Preview (M.B.)..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

The Chicken and Egg Deal

Getting Press: The Haves

"..."It's like shooting fish in a barrel," says Minor, who believes grassroots..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Movies That Matter

An interview with Killer Films producer Christine Vachon

"...include Tom Kalin's Swoon, I Shot Andy Warhol, Go Fish, and the notorious Kids. Vachon has also produced the..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Serene Life

David Lynch meditates on Inland Empire

"...Transcendental Meditation in his new book, Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity. He recently camped out on..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Postmarks

Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

"...Is it clear that fish eat algae? If so, why not re-seed the pool..."

April 28, 2000 Column

A Day

First Place

"...than his lungs could possibly hold, behaving like a fish on land. In the VA hospital I would see..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Karl Monger

From the Fonz to Gene Cousineau: Henry Winkler's Career of Fearless Reinvention

The man who defined cool on the changing demands of acting, being an icon, and the joy of fly fishing

"...of MacGyver, and then season 3 of Barry starts shooting in March. In the middle of that, he's heading..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Further Reflections

"...performances, penetrating subject matter, and a simple but thoughtful shooting style make Drylongso a movie that is truly extraordinary...."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Food Is People

Look at Jody Horton's photographs of food, and you'll see the passionate folks who make it

"...of the tub they spill, dozens upon dozens of crawfish, a cataract of crustaceans, their orangey-red rawness set off..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Legendary Snow Monkeys of Texas

A brief open season on monkeys resulted in protections for them in the Lone Star State

"...they didn't belong. In June of 1994, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ruled that this particular troop of..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Ed Baker

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