The Tuxedo

"...and forced to toil as unpaid fight-scene extras in the faltering Hong Kong film industry for their inexcusable crime..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Medallion

Furthering his American decline, Jackie Chan will wins no medallions for this stinker.

"...Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, John Rhys-Davies and Alex Bao. The idea of giving Jackie Chan superpowers is something like..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Spy Next Door

Jackie Chan plays an undercover CIA agent who turns out to be a disastrous babysitter for his girlfriend's three kids.

"...Will Shadley, Magnús Scheving, Alina Foley and Lucas Till. There was a time when the arrival of a new..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Forbidden Kingdom

There are plenty of comic moments and some seriously kickass fight scenes in this film that co-stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

"...and Li Bingbing. If you've shelled out dough for the last half-dozen films by the grinny, battered Chan –..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior

The mass release of this top-notch Thai action film should havee American audiences grinning ear to ear and shore to shore.

"...Wannakit Siriput. Jackie Chan, your days are numbered. Actually, they’ve been numbered for what seems like ages now as..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

ACL Review: Walker Lukens & the Side Arms

Soulful and local electro-pop with a sex beat

"...Electro doo-wop? The prospect of just such a new millennial subgenre blips,..."

Oct. 9, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Learn to Make a White Tuxedo With a Livestreamed Happy Hour

Roosevelt Room's spirits wizard Matthew Korzelius shows you how

"...Punch is the James Beard Award-winning online magazine of narrative journalism about..."

April 20, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Outsiders

Four local bands map their own chart through choppy industry waters

"...The hand of rock & roll has slipped snuggly into..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Bachelor

"...a nuptials-phobic bachelor who breaks into a sweat at the words “I do”? Sweet, clean-cut, boy-next-door Chris O'Donnell as..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Finding the Funny in Serious Music

When Igudesman & Joo play classical, they really play

"...that symphonic stuff, thundered out with such gravitas in the concert hall, and the chamber music, so soberly earnest,..."

Jan. 21, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Sweetening the Pill

Seeking Arrangement and the Wendy Davis kerfuffle

"...bump in its molehill building. It's more evidence of the rampant political sexism than an indictment of character. For..."

Jan. 27, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Look Into the Light Light Light Light …

Furniture Records refinishes an Oneida classic.

"...ever again. Everyone knows we'll all soon have iPods the size of contact lenses. Furniture Records, the Austin/Chicago bastion..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Playback: Barracuda on the Block

"...at a real concert," offers Jason McNeely, leaning against the red brick exterior of his new Seventh Street venue...."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Jack White Towers Over the Austin Music Hall

Night two of a sold-out stand

"...City Limits, and 13 years after becoming one of the most consistently successful rock stars of the modern age...."

Jan. 26, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Symphony of the Star (Wars)

Long ago in an Erwin Center far, far away

"...If the clipped, formal and very English voice wasn't a clue,..."

June 9, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...Before he took the stage of Central Missouri State University's Hendricks Hall on..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...Last year, as the Austin Music Awards were kicking off South by Southwest..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

The Party Circuit

The Real Southwest Conference

"...Times are tough on Sixth Street, say both the clubowners and musicians. In fact, all over town, big..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Is the Net Neutrality Repeal Another Blow to Tex-Mex Musicians and Broadcasters?

Bidi bidi bom bom

"...Last December, the Federal Communications Commission, led by President Donald Trump's chairman..."

July 6, 2018 Music Feature by César E. López Linares

The Luv Doc: A White Suit

You can never be underdressed.

"...With the world going to hell in a handbasket, I have..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Column

The AggreGAYtor: November 18

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...The Good..."

Nov. 18, 2013 Qmmunity Post

The Take-Out

Priced out

"...I was determined to make it work. The Hyde Park duplex I moved into was well over..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Food Column by Brandon Watson

Playback – Nonprofit Holidays: The Cult of Black Fret and More

Homegrown music nonprofits that need your holiday cheer

"...accepted his $17,000 grant at Saturday's Black Fret Ball, the local singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist promised, "I'm going to invest all this..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Good Eye: Killer Outfits - Julia Cotton's Armani Suit

You would kill for this suit

"...In the weeks leading up to Halloween, I'll be discussing women's..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

The Hightower Lowdown

Gifts for pets and corporate spies, and Michael Milken lobbies for a presidential pardon.

"...'Tis the season when visions of sugar plums have been dancing..."

Dec. 29, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Ballad of Davy Jones

Hickoids guitarist keeps breathing

"...a roar of rushing words that goes something like, "ohGodnoI'mdyingpleasejust-givemeanotherchance."..."

May 22, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

'Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz'

The debut novel from Chronicle staff writer Belinda Acosta: an excerpt

"...When Belinda Acosta, the Chronicle's longtime "TV Eye" columnist, was contracted to write..."

July 31, 2009 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

7 & 7 is

7 & 7 is

"...With last year's debut EP, Spiral Haircase, Tuxedo Killers pulled off a post-punk fission of Austin, 1985,..."

July 29, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Live Shot: Stones Throw Records

“Stones Throw got that funk shit, Stones Throw got that soul”

"...Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records at SXSW Film, the independent left coast label was back again cultivating a..."

March 21, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

A guilty pleasure for thirtysomething stoners with ironic dispositions and large nacho platters.

"...Raja Gosnell. Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Seth Green, Peter Boyle and Alicia..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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