After Hippie Hour

Casper Rawls takes over the Continental Club's Tuesday's Hippie Hour.

"...After 15 years, Toni Price played her last Tuesday early evening gig at..."

Sept. 13, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Manufactured Landscapes

With the eye of an artist, photographer Edward Burtynsky views the effects of China's industrial incursions into its natural landscape.

"...a hangar-sized factory in China, you may get the sensation you’re in uncharted waters. After all, few documentaries seek..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

War

Jet Li and Jason Statham spar and provoke all-out war among the Asian mobs.

"...Directed by: Philip G. Atwell. Starring: Jet Li, Jason Statham, Devon Aoki, John Lone and Ryo Ishibashi. Statham..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Lions

"...Pride. A pride of Leo’s nest at the Chronicle. August is our month. Today one departs, a good..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Doing the Continental

The LeRoi Brothers and Pat MacDonald at the Continental.

"...Until I heard them at the NAMM party on Saturday night at the Continental, I’d forgotten how good..."

Aug. 1, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Joe Montana – Nice Guy, Pretty Good Football Player

"...Most of my bad decisions have included booze, bottle rockets, the improper use of..."

July 2, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

I'm Reed Fish

The ultimate indie self-indulgence, this film (with a script by Reed Fish) is weighed down in its own coming-of-age angst.

"...Meadows is quirky in that quaint way that exists only in the movies. Imagine Northern Exposure a lot less..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Patti, Mary, and Miriam

Girl talk with Patti, Mary, and Miriam.

"...distressed. It’s hard to give a middling review to someone like Patti Smith, who’s generally delivered stellar work over..."

May 7, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Austin Lightning Get Their Season Started and More Soccer News

"...get to play for the FA Cup. But neither one will be there to play for the title they..."

May 2, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

NFL Analysis: Haunted Is the (AFC) West

"...Shields. How many offensive linemen have had their own Boston Market commercial with MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann? Just Shields. Class..."

April 19, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

More Old-Timers: National Division

New bluegrass DVD and CD releases.

"...In tune with Mark Rubin’s spotlight on the local folk/bluegrass scene in this week’s issue, there..."

March 30, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Johnnie Taylor, Soul Man

Johnnie Taylor's Live at the Summit Club gets released.

"...If you have ghosts, Roky Erickson once posited, then you have everything. I’m borrowing that..."

March 9, 2007 Music Post by Greg Beets

Hannibal Rising

Who would have thought mass murder and cannibalism could be so dull?

"...Directed by: Peter Webber. Starring: Gaspard Ulliel, Rhys Ifans, Gong Li, Helena Lia Tachovska, Dominic West, Aaron Thomas, Kevin..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Stomp the Yard

Although littered with clichés and shopworn manipulations, this film's intervening dance sequences are so captivating that it’s almost possible to forget you’ve seen this movie a hundred times before.

"...Sylvain White. Starring: Columbus Short, Meagan Good, Ne-Yo, Darrin Henson, Brian J. White, Laz Alonso, Valarie Pettiford, Jermaine Williams,..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Freedom Writers

Although based on a true story, this is another movie in which the cute white lady goes into an irascible high school and makes everybody love learnin'.

"...LaGravenese. Starring: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, April Lee Hernandez and Jason Finn. The success story..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Sunday Afternoon at the Convention Center

"...Falls Skyforce Dec. 17 Pregame: Just my luck: My first game back with the Toros after an unexpected trip..."

Dec. 23, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Horns Having Success in the NFL

"...Yes, Longhorn fans, it’s cringe-worthy indeed to see the very same..."

Dec. 4, 2006 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Déjà Vu

If the science fiction in Déjà Vu has more to do with fiction than science, it’s not as though this Denzel Washington picture ever pauses long enough for that realization to fully take hold.

"...Directed by: Tony Scott. Starring: Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Val Kilmer, Jim..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stranger Than Fiction

A good movie but not a great one, Stranger Than Fiction is reminiscent of the films of Charlie Kaufman but lacks that writer’s conceptual rigor and imaginative power.

"...Directed by: Marc Forster. Starring: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Queen Latifah, Tony Hale and..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Like Running Into a Brick Wall?

"...Bay Buccaneers to a mere 68 yards rushing Sunday afternoon? It’s been quite some time since the Saints defense..."

Nov. 7, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Technically Speaking

"...there’s the new basketball in use, and the ban on players bitching at the refs. In the Spurs-Heat preseason..."

Oct. 22, 2006 Sports Post by Dave Mann

Wassup Rockers

Larry Clark, the director of Kids, is back 10 years later with this look at a group of teenage male Latinos in Los Angeles who have more than the usual difficulties finding somewhere to fit in.

"...Directed by: Larry Clark. Starring: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Yunior Usualdo Panameno, Eddie..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Down in the Valley

Sadly, this is less the epic modern Western it aspires to be than a muddled melodrama about a delusional drifter played by Edward Norton.

"...Directed by: David Jacobson. Starring: Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse, Rory..."

June 2, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Sentinel

This serviceable action thriller disintegrates into an implausible mess that's barely salvaged by the presence of old pros like Michael Douglas and Kim Basinger

"...Directed by: Clark Johnson. Starring: Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger, Eva Longoria..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Don't Come Knocking

With its wonderful veteran cast, its heart on its sleeve, and a love for the landscape that suffuses its technique, Sam Shepard and Wim Wenders' movie is a peculiar but rewarding escape.

"...Fairuza Balk and Eva Marie Saint. Cameras are rolling on the set of Phantom of the West, a mawkish..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Shaggy Dog

There are precious few surprises here, but this breezy remake starring Tim Allen is a painless affair.

"...soft spot in my heart for Disney’s original 1959 version of this “dog bites man bites dog” tale, thanks..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

16 Blocks

Richard Donner still has it. 16 Blocks may be a formulaic good-cops/bad-cops actioner, but it’s rarely stereotypical.

"...Directed by: Richard Donner. Starring: Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse, Jenna Stern,..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Tommy Lee Jones has made a modern Western in the culturally askew tradition of Peckinpah, Huston, and Boetticher. Don't let the near-impossible-to-remember title keep you away from this singular and slightly surreal scorcher.

"...Directed by: Tommy Lee Jones. Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Imagine Me & You

A traditional romantic comedy with a lesbian twist, Imagine Me and You has its charms, but for a movie about loving radically, it sure plays it safe.

"...Ol Parker. Starring: Piper Perabo, Matthew Goode, Lena Headey, Anthony Head, Celia Imrie, Sue Johnston and Darren Boyd. British..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Mrs. Henderson Presents

This staid British music-hall drama seems calculated to earn Judi Dench lots of award notices. Mission accomplished.

"...calculated to earn Judi Dench lots of award notices. Mission accomplished on the latter score, and I don’t begrudge..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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