The Booze, the Booze, the Booze We Choose

Seven swanky new swigs for your taste and relaxation

"...Yes, it’s time for another roundup of spirited adult beverages!..."

June 9, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bye-Bye to Broyles, Hello to De Nada, Birds Gets a Lager, Ice Cream Celebrates Pride, and More

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

"...Yes, it’s your Food News Buffet for the first week..."

June 2, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

JuiceLand Strikes, DipDipDip Ice Cream Spikes, Samuel Adams Likes Moms, and More

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

"...tries to regains its social, economic, and ideological footing. Yes, citizen, it's your Food News Buffet for the third..."

May 19, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Can we all finally just be excellent to each other?

"...Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, William Sadler, Anthony Carrigan, Erinn Hayes, Jayma Mays and Holland Taylor...."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin At Large: Let Me Make Things Clear

Yes, we need to move ahead quickly – but not recklessly – with a new land code

"...Yes, I support the LDC Revision; it is long, long..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Come to Daddy

Family freakout with Elijah Wood in this slick and twisted thriller

"...outpost by a letter from dear old Dad. Old, yes, but dear? Oh, no. As played by Canadian national..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Boys for Life

Not bad, not good, just the same again from the aging action heroes

"...time and money, fan or otherwise? The answer is yes, just so long as you’re cool with the same..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brightburn

What if Superman, but bad?

"...been done with more depth and nuance? In comics, yes. DC Comics has done it enough times with Superman,..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hail Satan?

The Satanic Temple’s idiosyncratic quest to remind America about freedom of religion

"...If this sounds like naked confrontationalism, then yes and no. Documentarian Penny Lane (Nuts!, Our Nixon) takes..."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Avengers: Endgame

The end is the beginning is the end as Marvel's Infinity Saga reaches a satisfying, tearful end

"...end of the three-phase Infinity Saga. Some heroes rise (yes, of course you knew that). Some fall. Some rewrite..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Capernaum

Lebanese drama of the destitute is tough to watch, but tougher to live

"...Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters). It's a hard road to travel, yes, but Labaki makes you want to squeeze into Zain's..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Endorsements: City Propositions

Up or down, yes or no

"...Proposition A: Yes..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

The Meg

This giant shark tale simply lacks bite

"...Yes, the CGI Meg is reasonably horrifying, but then so..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Latest dinosaur romp sticks to the equation, but still evolves the action

"...The answers? Yes, and sort of. In director J.A. Bayona’s follow-up to..."

June 22, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Tyler Perry's Acrimony

Tyler Perry takes on the "woman scorned" trope.

"...their stories, aren’t we supposed to believe them? Well yes, we should, unless we can categorize them as “crazy”..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Happy End

Michael Haneke creates a mosaic of French bourgeois life.

"...work, and that is Haneke at his finest and, yes, most humane. His humor remains black unto bleak yet,..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Darkest Hour

Gary Oldman disappears into the role of the beloved English statesman

"...anything more than a brilliant impersonation? The answer is yes, but it’s a performance that always stands apart from..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Murder on the Orient Express

You may want to cancel your ticket to this latest Christie adaptation

"...wailing self-seriousness more befitting one of Branagh’s Shakespeare adaptations. Yes, liberties will be taken, and some of them, like..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Little Pony: The Movie

A rainbow-hued acid trip for 8-year-olds

"...The jaunty score of musical numbers (yes, there are songs) sounds vaguely familiar and yet instantly..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dolores

A stirring portrait of a social-justice pioneer

"...Sí, se puede, a phrase Barack Obama anglicized into “Yes, we can!”..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The LEGO Ninjago Movie

The LEGO law of diminishing returns

"...classic, film output. To paraphrase the Chinese scholar/philosopher Confucius (yes, I know he was Chinese and ninjas are a..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Untamed

Sex and body horror in the backwoods

"...repulsed by your own tangled mass of desire? Well, yes. I mean, who even knows what it is or..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Rough Night

Girls gone murderously wild

"...as coarse, as disgusting, as raunchy, as gross, and yes – as funny – as men in any hard-R-rated..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Five Things to Do in Austin This Weekend

Oh, wait, is this a new list of entertainment options?

"...Why, yes, observant citizen – this “Five Things” post is part..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Devil's Candy

Heavy metal and Satanism in a rural Texas town

"...expected conventions by adding a serial killer twist and, yes, tracks by Slayer, Metallica, and PJ Harvey. Ultimately, though,..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Unforgettable

Another round of a psycho ex from hell

"...What this otherwise, yes, forgettable addition to the film canon of obsessive lady..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Lure

The Polish Mermaid musical you never knew you needed

"...Yes, it conforms – or maybe adapts – to the..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Why Him?

What if your child brought home James Franco as your new son-in-law?

"...with the emphasis focused more on family dynamics and, yes, romantic love. A scene involving Cranston attempting to negotiate..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Office Christmas Party

Workplace comedy lacks the laughs

"...on Office Christmas Party to deliver a contact high. Yes, there are laughs to be had, but not the..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inferno

Hanks tours the museums of Europe trying to save the world

"...thwart a mass extinction event, familiarity breeds comfort. Ah yes, this is the reliably serviceable conspiracy thriller we know..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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