Comedy Out the Wazoo and In Your Weekend: Now!

Unless you'd rather just, what, twiddle your thumbs until Moontower?

"...You know the Moontower Comedy Festival's coming up fast...."

April 9, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cover Up: The Fun Fun Fun Fest Files

Front page stars of the 'Chronicle,' from Black Angels to Ume

"...Now we know the full lineup, it seems pretty clear that Fun Fun..."

July 14, 2012 Music Post

Awesome Overload: Alamo Does the Kobayashi Maru Class of '82

Alamo Drafthouse screens 1982 30 years later

"...in 1982? You weren't born yet? Being late to the party is a weak-ass excuse, and now it's not..."

April 16, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Saying Goodbye to the Ex

Margaret Moser says goodbye through the ether.

"...week, I had to say farewell to one of them. Mike Malone, better known to Austin as Rollo Banks,..."

April 30, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Festival No. 1 – is raring to go, and the proof is in the lineup. As of today, the..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

While Council's Away the Mayor Will Play

Council seeks to feast on the good of the land

"...Along with plenty of the rest of us, City Council has taken its annual..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

The Weapon Is Really a Silent One

The politics of K'Naan

"...new fans with his festival performance tomorrow, 5:45pm on the Wildflower Center stage...."

Oct. 1, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Bonnaroo (From the Pit)

"...me I had won a trip to Hollywood for the premiere of PS I Love You starring Hillary Swank...."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

Rick Noriega's Speech to the Texas Democratic Convention

Blasts Cornyn, calls for end to Iraq War.

"...After the jump is the speech Rick Noriega just gave to..."

June 6, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Mob House Rules

Trail of Dead introduces their new epic release to the world

"...About 12 hours before the most famous Texan in America begins his second term..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Will Women Have a Voice at the New Women's Hospital?

Issues of choice and midwifery still perplex women using Brack's hospital-within-a-hospital.

"...not inclined to raise a public ruckus, even if their livelihoods are threatened by the loss of hospital privileges...."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Renewing the Rainbow

A Preview of the Gay / Lesbian Right Lobby Agenda for the 77th Legislature

"...Lobbying for the rights of gays and lesbians is not always an..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Sword of Trust

Marc Maron like you've never seen him in this oddball Southern road trip to the truth

"...marvelous gem of a comedy about a Civil War sword of dubious origin gently tickles the ribs, like when..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

We Come From the Land of the Ice and Snow

Sword drummer Trivett Wingo hammers out an appreciation of Led Zeppelin III

"...Page's "threshing oar," John Paul Jones' battering basslines, and the marching beat-down of John Bonham conquered a subgenre still..."

March 28, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night

MMORPG anime puts the grind into dungeon grinding

"...Remember Leeroy Jenkins? The legendary meme spawned when a World of Warcraft player..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Butterfly and Sword

"...Leung Chi Wah. A berserk action melodrama with all the stops pulled out, Butterfly and Sword is an adrenaline-charged..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

New adaptation of the MMORPG anime

"...Sword Art Online isn't the first movie to be based..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Kull the Conqueror

"...Griffith, Litefoot, Harvey Fierstein, Karina Lombard and Edward Tudor-Pole. The large-screen debut of Kevin Sorbo (television's Hercules) is a..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

The Sword and Metallica ride the lightning at Ozzfest, while Kanye West and Hope for Heroes lend a helping hand to U.S. veterans

"...Gods of the Earth..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Austin Historical Weapons Guild Brings Historical Swordplay to Life

Cut, thrust, parry, fun

"...to fans of fantasy, who hasn't wanted to be the weapon-wielding warrior, the knight in shining armor? Who hasn't..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Arts Feature by Robert Penson

The Last Legion

Although this story of ancient Rome offers guilty-pleasure fun, the film is not very inspired or well-conceived.

"...Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness in 1992 to find the famed, occasionally reviled, Italian mogul's last, semigreat cinematic outing..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Conan the Barbarian

Robert E. Howard's iconic Conan the Barbarian has been resurrected for a new generation, but our hearts belong to Ahnold.

"...Taghmaoui, Ron Perlman and Leo Howard. Morgan Freeman narrates the requisite (albeit totally unnecessary) opening exposition while we witness..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Far From the Madding Crowd

This Thomas Hardy adaptation is a reflection of our times

"...subtitles onto his books, lending readers a clue about the true character of poor Tess of the d’Urbervilles (“A..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Playback: The Legendary White Swan

The Legendary White Swan doesn't bite

"...Recently, after a show at his other club, Beerland, owner Randall Stockton admitted to me how..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Counting down 2008 in lists and casting the first ballot for the annual Chronicle Music Poll

"...The Countdown Continues Top 10 National..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Handicapping the Holidays

We narrow the field for the gamer on your gift list

"...The Legend of Zelda: Skyward SwordWiiNintendo $50 Super Mario 3D..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The Three Musketeers

Did we miss the memo asking for the umpteenth retelling of the Alexandre Dumas classic?

"...Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Christoph Waltz, Matthew Macfadyen, Til Schweiger and Mads Mikkelsen...."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Many Faces of Janus

AFS Essential Cinema series presents a wild lineup

"...appeal – for such a beauteously bonkers lineup. Call these wildly diverse films objets d'art – and, really, even..."

April 12, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Throwing the first stone for the Chronicle Music Poll

"...The concept behind Song Island could be a reality TV..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of … V8?

"...direct-to-video, faith-based, vegetable characters, and I also somehow missed their 2002 big-screen debut, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie. As I..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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