Stepmom

"...Unfortunately, his shiny product is more silverplate than sterling. Stepmom is the tale of two adversarial mothers, one a..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Celebrating the Stepmom at BookPeople

Two new books from Austinites examine blended family dyanmics

"...setting aside some time, and some love, for the stepmoms tonight with a double book party feature three Austin..."

May 8, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

We Are Family

This Bollywood film is a Hindi adaptation of the Julia Roberts movie Stepmom.

"...is a Hindi adaptation of the Julia Roberts movie Stepmom...."

Sept. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Omen

Julia Stiles is miscast, although Mia Farrow delights in this unnecessary remake of a perfectly good child-as-Antichrist movie.

"...miscast as both his wife and Damien's unwitting human stepmom. Lee Remick was 41 when she tried to raise..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Cinderella Story

Hilary Duff's Cinderella tale goes splat like a pumpkin.

"...Fernando Valley girl Sam Martin (Duff), who’s stuck with stepmom Fiona (Coolidge) and her twin brats when Sam’s father..."

July 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Body Snatchers

"...of amphetamines is edgy in the extreme. As the stepmom, Tilly is truly frightening as she becomes the first..."

Jan. 14, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thanksgiving

Eli Roth's fake trailer gets a real (and really fun) slasher

"...She's the big target because it was her mercenary stepmom (Cliche) convinced her storeowner dad (Hoffman doing stellar Dr...."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Killer Joe

Matthew McConaughey's Killer Joe is sociopathy incarnate; William Friedkin adds visual punch to the venality within Tracy Letts' screenplay.

"...his morally deficient, mentally moribund dad (Church, perfect); skeevy stepmom Sharla (Gershon); and googly-eyed, virgin-naif sister Dottie (Temple). A..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D

The family-friendly spy franchise is revived once again, this time with a "fourth dimension" of scratch and sniff.

"...the cool potential of having a spy for a stepmom. Spirited, Austin-based fun ensues, with Jeremy Piven essaying multiple..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Kid B'

Linden Dalecki's new novel: an excerpt

"...least not since my moms died. Lori was my stepmom but I never thought of her like a real..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Stranded

Karen Bernstein's 'Are the Kids Alright?' examines the state of mental health care in Texas

"...to live in the same house with his dad, stepmom, and stepsiblings. Then, he got in trouble, and there..."

July 9, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Kate & Leopold

"...a specialist in the feel-good formula (Hope Floats and Stepmom). It's really not wrong to hope for more from..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Passion of Mind

"...Screenwriter Ron Bass, who has penned numerous women-in-distress tales (Stepmom, Waiting to Exhale, When a Man Loves a Woman,..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Qmmunity: Gay Tidings We Bring

Qmmunity brings you events, news, and more to make the holigays bright

"...on a lineup that includes Oklahoma City punk band stepmom plus locals Cat Jaguar and Dena Hope. Thu., Dec...."

Dec. 23, 2022 Column by James Scott

Molly Burch on Romance Movies and New Album Romantic Images

Local singer-songwriter reveals her favorite rom-coms and rom-drams

"...Really cozy – Eighties, in the winter, snowing. My stepmom is always like, "What do you think the word..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Luv Doc: Sex and the White American Male

White guys ruin everything. Why wouldn't they ruin sex?

"...the good news is that if you're a Latina stepmom MILF with big tits and a big ass who..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

The Many Truths of I, Tonya

Sebastian Stan and Steven Rogers on unreliable narrators and figure skating's most controversial figure

"...the scriptwriter best known for fluffy cinematic confections like Stepmom and Love the Coopers. Stan said, "He approached this..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Teenage Time Bomb

Can you handle the suburban hellscape of Blonde Death?

"...his hands in the air, while her fundamentalist banshee stepmom declares a holy war against their hellspawn's transgressions. Soon,..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Screens Feature by Zack Carlson

The Luv Doc: To Tell The Truth

If your GF actually cared what you thought, she would have asked you before she bought that dress

"...I’ll bet your ass is in a sling right..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

The Q&A Hole

Austin chefs field questions about the weirdest thing they ever ate and the trends they want 86'ed

"...delicious. It's also the first nonvegetarian meal that my stepmom ever tried. I like to believe that it is..."

June 14, 2013 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Coffee Table Iconoclasts

Oversized books and outsized personalities

"...Reynolds' daughter, Carrie Fisher, to whom Taylor briefly played stepmom. Icons: The Celebrity Exposures of Markus and Indraniby Markus..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM: It Came From the White House

Obama and a majority of Democratic legislators support the NDAA, allowing the arrest of U.S. citizens without a warrant

"...are by no means "behind the door," as my stepmom Margie used to say – I never quite got..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

The Heavy Circles

"...Songwriter and composer Harper Simon, son of Paul, and stepmom Edie Brickell (only six years his senior) collaborate on..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

ACL Fest Interviews

"...dismantling you," Cash relates. "I lost my dad, my stepmom, my stepsister, and an aunt in the course of..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Naked City

The Chronicle News Dept.'s Official Holiday Gift Guide

"...Stand" custom wheel grip. Driving is as American as stepmom and frozen apple pie, which is why you're never..."

Dec. 21, 2001 News Feature

Raised by Lesbians

In the Subterranean Theatre Company production of Raised by Lesbians, writer Leah Ryan and director Ken Webster transport the audience to the heart of The Who's "Teenage Wasteland," dealing with adolescence, lesbians, and men and women's notions of each other without laughing at teens or distorting them with nostalgia.

"...waiting in Jersey is Jennifer (Rebecca Robinson), Joe's new stepmom. Robinson presents Jennifer through an entertaining monologue. Every quarter,..."

April 13, 2001 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...filmmaker Berliner directs from a script by Ron Bass (Stepmom). (May 26)..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Robin Williams goes heavy metal in this Chris Columbus (Stepmom) comedy about an android who unexpectedly develops feelings and..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Poetry of Pain

The Fires

"...a precocious 11-year-old boy, whose clueless father and airhead stepmom are obsessed with alien abductions, develops a fascination with..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

TV Eye

Star Power

"...her acidic teen attitude-with-a-capital-A and her unmasked dislike of stepmom Jacey, Lori brings strange boys into the house, "borrows"..."

July 9, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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