Party Time With the Captain

'Step Into the Black' party

"...Captain Morgan is celebrating its new dark spiced rum Captain..."

May 28, 2012 Food Post by Meghan Ruth Speakerman

The Captain

A bleak warning from Nazi Germany carries modern resonance

"...The apparel oft proclaims the man – an aphorism often..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: The Captain's Quarters

What's on this nightstand? Walk the plank to find out.

"...Really? You want to know what's on the nightstand in this ol' patroon's quarters for this latest..."

April 11, 2011 Books Post by Kate X Messer

'Juiced': Monday Monday With Bags, the Captain, Wood, Turnin' Lane, and More

"...Lane. For that matter, ask Lane himself; he'll be there too. Personally, Juiced can't wait to see if Milo..."

Feb. 1, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Captain America: The First Avenger

Marvel Entertainment continues to pave the road for its forthcoming Avengers epic with another origin story for another superhero.

"...Dominic Cooper, Richard Armitage, Stanley Tucci and Toby Jones. Captain America is an uncomplicated guy, as befits a character..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

"...innocent man is killed by two sailors. Drunk silly, they jab a knife in him to determine whether he..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

The next installment of this franchise that no one asked for

"...Beware the summer season tentpole franchise that purloins its opening action..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

"...Christian Bale, John Hurt, Penélope Cruz and Nicolas Cage. The delicate tremolo of Captain Corelli's Mandolin lulls you so..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Devil's Rejects

A viciously entertaining psycho-road-movie-revenge-‘n’-wreckage-romance.

"...Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Ken Foree, Matthew McGrory, Leslie Easterbrook, William Forsythe, Michael Berryman, Mary Woronov,..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 'N' Word

Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

"...Captain Phleabag, the Dread Pirate Stagedive, and a cutthroat guitarist..."

May 21, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Rob Zombie Resurrects the Firefly Family for 3 From Hell

Here to do the devil's work: Director talks how being cool is no excuse

"...Filmmaker Rob Zombie first introduced the world to the murderous, cannibalistic, necrophiliac Firefly family in..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The Swallowed Man

The Austin author's rich and strange take on Pinocchio has Geppetto tell the story from the belly of the giant fish

"...he animated that patchwork of corpses in his lab. The young doctor might have taken some lessons from it..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Latinauts: The Wrath of Juan at ColdTowne

Prima Doñas’ third installment of its popular “telenovela in space” delivers the laughs

"...I learned a couple things this week at ColdTowne Theatre. First: My comprehension of the Spanish language isn't as..."

April 20, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The Luv Doc: Debbie Downers

It is truly fascinating to witness the beautiful butterfly squeeze back into an ugly caterpillar

"...nights at various places around town where we get together and drink wine and catch up with each other...."

May 25, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

"...Richter, Vincent Berry, Patrick Kilpatrick and August Schellenberg. Among the fictional cetacean set, Moby Dick still commands all the..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Hot Night in the Lounge Room

Kasey Chambers leads the Australian invasion

"...Chambers and Shane Nicholson were supposed to perform at the Cactus Café last September. Then Hurricane Ike happened, flights..."

June 24, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Luv Doc: The Same Soft Consonants

The Luv Doc gives his two cents on a bunch of tiny goddamn freeloading chemical zombies

"...Exchanged niceties with a smokin' hot thirtysomething woman at the Oltorf H-E-B on Thursday morning. We were both reaching..."

March 20, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Film Festival Witnesses The Obituary of Tunde Johnson

Time travel thriller will be opening night film

"...away, but that's still time (ad time again) for the fest to have added sci fi social commentary The..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Come Sail Away With Amanda Ward's The Jetsetters

Local author asks, "Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?"

"..."In the morning, Charlotte went to mass. When she knelt after..."

April 22, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Elizabeth Crook’s The Which Way Tree

Chasing revenge on the Texas frontier in this remarkable new novel from the author of Monday, Monday

"..."I seen the panther before me, but not facing me, as it..."

March 9, 2018 Books Review by Robert Faires

Sharks in the Water

American Sharks kick off tour on Pau Wau’s party barge

"...Sharks shove off on a national tour. Since releasing their eponymous LP in 2013, Austin’s speed-sludge trio has toured..."

Aug. 10, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Boys of Summer, Cowboys That Is

"...just a few short weeks to build and sculpt their squads and prepare for the power and glory that..."

June 21, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

The Ballad of El Molino

Unearthing one of the great "lost" albums of Texas rock & roll history

"...a band so unscrewed that even hardcore fans shake their heads in wonder at the absurdity of it. After..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Page Two: All in the Family

Debunking the hippie Mafia theory, and starting to say goodbye to Rollo Banks

"...stop yourself from counting mile markers, you suddenly hit the moment when you are on the stretch of road..."

April 20, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Captain Phillips

Tom Hanks is at his best in this multidimensional thriller that grabs real life by the throat.

"...Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus and Catherine Keener...."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Captain Marvel

Brie Larson confidently lays the next cornerstone of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

"...In the history of Marvel Comics, there's been few characters that..."

March 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

In the Heart of the Sea

Ron Howard sets sails with that famous Nantucket whale story

"...The unimaginable chain of catastrophic events that led to the..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival: 10 Things We Learned From the Writers of Infinity War

Marvel scribes Markus and McFeely stay spoiler-free

"...scriptwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely who have done the most to shape Marvel’s Cinematic Universe...."

Nov. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

One of the better offerings from Marvel’s growing multimedia omniverse, this film gives fans plenty to chew on.

"...”Captain America: now more than ever” is what the tagline..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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