ATTN: Nail-biters, Color Lovers, and Toe Suckers

SpaRitual comes to the rescue with healthy, long-lasting color

Aug. 3, 2010 Design Post by Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Chicago

Hello, suckers!

"...Logan Floyd) greets the audience with the salutation, "Hello, suckers!"..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Bridesmaid

Claude Chabrol's latest film is based on a Ruth Rendell novel and, though not one of his best films, is still a good reminder of the madness that sometimes lurks in plain sight.

"...about femmes fatales – mostly, that men are eternal suckers for their come-hither gaze. The Bridesmaid, Chabrol's latest film..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Overlord

How do you make killing Nazi zombies this dull?

"...running. Accents come and go, and continuity is for suckers...."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"

First Place winner

"...Those whales often had scars that matched the cookie-cutter-shaped suckers on a giant squid's tentacles, evidence of a struggle..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

Cheap Thrills

This grisly, dark comedy is last year's winner of Fantastic Fest's Midnighters Audience Award.

"...tale insomuch as it's just the story of two suckers waiting for good dough. Laugh, clown, laugh. Shoot to..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3am: Zelda's Law and 9/11

9/11 conspiracy theories will outlive their perpetrators

"...Throw in another plane for dramatic effect. Let U.S. suckers have a Pyrrhic victory to emote over. The White..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: The Bad and the Beautiful

Film noir cuts through the cant of America's idealism

"...If men were suckers for beauty, that meant men were suckers, period. Greer..."

May 20, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

deEP End

Thursday

"...prove worth the thigh sweat. (Fri., Mohawk Patio, 10pm.) Suckers(I Am Sound)..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Pitt and Jolie, who are reduced to set dressing in their own star vehicle, nevertheless pack a lot of bang for the buck.

"...loosey-goosey charm. Was I suckered? Sure. But the biggest suckers may be Pitt and Jolie, who are reduced to..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie

Would that you could activate a "Dark Clown" card on this bewildering anime import.

"...of drawing the short straw: One of us poor suckers is gonna get stuck with the latest evangelical picture..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Boss's Daughter

Ashton Kutcher suffers the price of fame with the release of this previously shelved clunker.

"...at least, have an excuse. The rest of us suckers do not. Sight unseen, My Boss’s Daughter had the..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Darkness Falls

"...going into the dark and a thousand audiences of suckers (uh, “theatregoers,” I mean) doing just that. “Scream! Scream..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blade II

"...this twilight universe populated by terrifying beasties and nasty super-suckers all engaged in a deadly battle between good and..."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Auntie Mame

"...Pippa Scott. "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death," are the bywords of the..."

June 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bats

"...frankly, I wouldn't be surprised) to knock those swooping suckers out of the air, but to no avail. With..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Screamlines

"...stretch, but she is one of the better modern blood-suckers...."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Burn, Aspen, Burn

Chasing Celebrity With a Basic Cable Nobody at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival

"...a picture of him anyway in hopes that the suckers back home will be fooled...."

March 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Brad "Chip" Pope

Turbulence

"...be too long before some overzealous lepidopterist snares those suckers for display in the Museum of Natural History.) His..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beer-Fueled, Fence Humping Music

TheWannabes

"...their domestic beer-fueled run, the Wannabes are still just suckers for a pop song...."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Feature

White Collar Paradise

"...the afternoon. Articles in the Texas Constitution are for suckers! Just ask Ken Paxton … but, yeah, remember to..."

Sept. 16, 2023 Postmarks

The Luv Doc: Personal Trainer

No need to wallow in the tedium of comprehensive knowledge

"...in the tedium of comprehensive knowledge. That's for those suckers on the nerd couch who are probably making billions..."

May 6, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Other Worlds Review: Red Snow

Vampire comedy takes a bite out of Twilight fans

"...has to have its limits, and Ann Rice's sexy suckers deal has worn out its questionable welcome, so Red..."

Dec. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...That’s cool. But we’ve moved on to JK lagers, suckers!..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Luv Doc: A Better Business Plan

If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride

"...than that. I'm betting you aren't one of those suckers P.T. Barnum was talking about...."

Sept. 10, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Live and Recorded Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Black Pistol Fire, BLXPLTN, Jazz for a cause, and more

"...A big bold moon brings out Austin's Afrodelic life-marrow suckers Golden Dawn Arkestra, revisiting the interstellar overdrives of jazz,..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips & Beyond: January Travel Roundup

Remembering 2020 and looking forward to travel in 2021

"...hoax, unprecedented times, an abundance of caution, losers and suckers, super-spreader events, third wave, rounding the corner, too close..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

TABC-Thwarting Shenanigans, Smokin’ Beauty’s Vietnamese Brisket, Lenoir’s Sunday Suppers, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...food here, of course, not cosmetics – but we’re suckers for good design and have to tell you that..."

Aug. 26, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lynn Shelton and Marc Maron Wield a Sword of Trust

A question of trust in this new comedy

"...just that we all have the capacity to be suckers."..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Shalavé Cawley

Austin Filmmakers’ Waking Nightmares

They're just making a movie. What could possibly go wrong?

"...rental scam had been pulled several times before, hapless suckers paying via a Western Union wire for a property..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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